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I just figured they would carry the NFL stuff since they carried all the college games whether it was on ESPN 1, 2, or U unless it was a local blackout. I just wondered if there was a rights issue with streaming the NFL games.

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Probably is. I don't think any NFL or NBA games are on there, ever. Not sure about MLB. NHL (et al) and MLS (as well as all the overseas leagues) seem to be.

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Woot has a 250GB Microsoft hard drive for the 360 for $54.99 delivered.

http://www.woot.com

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Thanks for the heads-up, SunMonkey. I was going to run out of space soon, so I went ahead and grabbed this. Hopefully my old 360 can live through the rest of this generation.

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In for one. Didn't wanna pay $125 for that stupid thing, and was getting really sick of my 20 gig

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guess you missed the entire thread about it ;)

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This thread was stickied, so I clicked this one first. I posted in the other one too.

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i have you on ignore.

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Wish I could do that with you. :) You should de-mod yourself for my XMas present.

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I want to create two offline Xbox profiles for my girls so the Kinect can ID them and associate them to their respective profiles. I have some questions...

1. Can I turn these offline profiles into online profiles (either free or gold) when they get older assuming they still are interested in the Xbox?
2. If the answer to #1 is yes, then do the earned achievements carry over to the online profile?
3. If their offline gamertag is not available online I assume they will be prompted to change it. Is there a cost associated with this? Or does the "change your gamertag" cost (800 pts I think) only kick in when you are changing the tag for an online profile, either free or gold?
4. My daughters are 3 and 4... should I create offline profiles or free online profiles?

Thanks

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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. Might as well be online

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I will disagree with piñata on point 4.

If you make a Silver account for them I believe they will be able to buy things online. My 6-year old knows enough to stop when menus are asking her questions she doesn't understand but when she was three... Well who knows what we might have ended up owning. :lol:

Another thing is actually stinging my 17-year old brother. He signed up for a silver account when he was 14 or 15. He put in his birthdate. Now he is 17 and because it knows he is a minor it won't let him download any M-rated demos or trailers. :lol: It kills him that he can play MW2 and BlOps but can't watch any videos about them.

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Disagree with miyu on everything.

Don't give them points on their account.

Be an attentive parent.

Eat meat.

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:lol:

Even if you don't give them points, can't they buy points through the interface on the linked credit card? I admit to being ignorant on that point since I have had a card linked to my account since the original Xbox. My daughter also has an offline account because she was angry that the gamertag she wanted was taken. :lol:

Good advice on being an attentive parent.

Also great advice on eating soy-or-wheat-based-meat-analogues. :lol:

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I don't have a linked credit card so I don't know about the pitfalls therein.

But, wouldn't different accounts have different CC info or are they inherited based on the console or "parent" XBL account?

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I'm currently having huge achievement troubles. I played NBA 2K11 the other day for the first time. It's only showing 14 achievements available for 230 points total instead of 50 for 1000. The achievements I unlocked in game that aren't on the list don't stay on my account after I turn the machine off. Today I put in another new game, and the achievements weren't accessible from the Xbox button quick menu. Left the game to go look at them from my recently played list and it's only showing 12 achievements for a total of 210 being possible. WTF? Has anyone had this before?

Edit - Xbox support had me recover my Gamertag and that seemed to fix the issue. No idea what caused it to happen.

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<strike>So nice of Microsoft to give the entire website www.xbox.com the long weekend off, apparently.</strike>

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Works for me.

ETA: But you did lock up my xbox at the exact time I checked xbox.com!

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Works for me as well Decker.

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Huh? Works on my other computer. Can't figure out why I can't connect on the laptop to that site when everything else works (i.e. majornelson.com works, but links to bum sites onxbox.com. Anyway, never mind previous post.

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What achievements in NBA 2K11 did you earn but not earn due to this glitch? Any chance to re-earn them without deleting your save file and starting over?

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So I just happened to look at my Rewards status and was shocked, SHOCKED!, to see that I have 220 points pending. 20 for a December survey that I did and 200 for renewing my membership on 12/22/2010.

Now, I've never renewed my membership directly through Microsoft. They don't have a credit card number or anything and I haven't added time to my account (via pre-paid code) in six months or so. Not only that, but apparently the reward for a 12-month renewal is only 100 points.

While confused, I'm not complaining. Maybe you guys should check to see if you've been grandfathered in to something.

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Same here.

Same date, etc.

For the lazy ones: http://rewards.xbox.com

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big fat 0 for me.

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I got the 200 also, with a date of 12/20.

Based on my Live expiration date right now (12/20/2012), it looks like if you enter codes, you get points based on when your year is actually needed, not when you enter the code. For example, I entered the code a few months ago, but my old subscription time didn't run out until December 20th. Thus the two years that I entered a few months ago didn't actually start until 12/20.

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Well, fired up my elite last night and got the rrod :( Apparently since it's been over 3 years since I purchased it, the extended RROD warranty no longer applies either, so $99 to fix it.

Does the error affect hard drives at all? If I decide to just buy a replacement, can I just pop the 120gb hd off it and stick it on any new xbox - elite or otherwise?

I'm leaning towards a repair vice replacement, but any tips/suggestions appreciated.

thanks.

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Same here :(

BTW, anyone else still doing the bing search everyday?

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Okay, remember when I posted a few weeks back how it was strange that ESPN on the 360 never showed any commercials during the breaks? Well now I would like to shoot myself because today they are showing commercials. As a matter of fact, the same two commercials over and over and over again.

Fucking football AT&T commercial and the man falling on the car Allstate commercial back to back or even twice in a row EVERY FUCKING COMMERCIAL BREAK. I'm having to mute the goddamn TV every time the fucking game goes to break. First during the Georgia game and now they are doing the exact same thing in the South Carolina game. I miss the quiet "your program will return" message now.

Ugh. :suicide:

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I could go either way. Some commercials would actually be nice compared to staring at a static screen for 3 minutes. On the other hand the silence is nice too. :lol:

And yeah, still doing Bing. Cashed in for about 1600 so far. Saw on the point page that there is a 3000 MS point limit. :( I guess switching over to Amazon would work.

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Yeah, I was bitching about this yesterday too. For me it was eventually the Allstate Mayhem commercial FOUR times in a row, every commercial break.

I turned on the stream on my laptop to see how it was different. Not only was the Internet stream like 1-2 minutes ahead of the Xbox stream, it didn't suffer from that commercial issue. It's like the xbox version only gets access to a few commercials or they have some sort of cache that got filled up improperly.

Either way, I think I'm going to forget ESPN on the xbox and just use the laptop for several reasons:

1) Less annoying
2) Can split-screen the simultaneous games
3) More real-time
4) I can play games on the xbox too

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Yes you can slap your hard drive on any other xbox that is of the same form factor. Not sure you can buy a "new" one that will fit your hard drive since the "new" xboxes have changed styles and the hard drives are internal now.

I think you'd be buying a used "old" xbox to use that hard drive.

While your money would be better used in upgrading the hardware, I'm not sure what options you have to migrating the data off the old hard drive. For example, I'm not sure if the hard drive migration kit works on old-style hard drive -> new-style hard drive with a new xbox in the mix. I *should* but I can't guarantee.

Another option would be going to a friend's house and manually moving all the volatile data (saves, profiles) off onto a usb drive and then moving them back later.

Just some ideas off the top of my head.

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What's the Bing search?

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If only there was a search engine capable of giving an answer to that question. :lol:

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I know that Bing is a search engine.

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I never even signed up, but thanks for reminding me. I started today. It may take a while to get 400 hundred points, but, hey, it's essentially a few "free" Rock Band songs that I can eventually cross off my ever-growing wishlist.

https://ssl.bing.com/rewards/signup/SEGetStarted

sign up and download Bing toolbar for IE --> search for stuff, take surveys, etc. --> earn Bing points --> redeem Bing points for Xbox Live points

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Xbox Live Deal of the Week:


January 3rd, 2011: "Avatar Dress Up" GOLD MEMBERS ONLY

• Band Hero Mic w/Stand (Prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
• Black Tuxedo (Male) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
• Bunny Outfit (Male/Female) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
• Doctor Outfit (Male/Female) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
• Flamenco Dress (Female) - 80 Microsoft Points - 50% off
• Kilt (Male) - 80 Microsoft Points - 50% off
• Police Officer #2 (Male/Female) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
• The Executioner Outfit - Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Male/Female) - 240 Microsoft Points - 40% off
• Wedding Dress (Female) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Perhaps the lamest Deal O' The Week ever, but hey, it got me a doctor's outfit for $1.50, so I'm not complaining.

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Yeah..I was able to re-earn them by playing again. They would always pop, they just wouldn't track. So one of them I got 3 times before it actually stuck to my Gamerscore and profile. I had my Gamertag stored on my MU and it officially became too large for the card. I think that may have been the source of the issue.

Dumb Question: Were those daily Holiday deals Gold only?

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Not a dumb question. I think they were good for everyone.

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Good. Those are the only sales I'm really interested in and I'm letting my Gold expire in a few months.