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"A poll: Yes or No"

Hi everyone- I don't venture in here much so some of you might have never seen me before, but anyway.

I have an Xbox. I don't have very many games, but I have a new job so that can be solved in no time. My question is, however, is LIVE worth it?

Do you get value for money? Are the games that much better online?

I play PC games online, and I am in a clan so I do know a lot about multiplayer gaming. So my main question is:

"What makes Live special, and would you reccomend I get it?"

Thanks everyone.

Chipseh.

I believe Valentino Rossi is running Live on a 256 kbps line. A lot of Americans use 340 kbps. I'd view 256 kbps as the minimum though. I use 512k, but moving to a 1mb line wouldn't improve anything as the bottle neck would be the upload speed which would remain at 256k for any ADSL line.

512k.

Anyway, personally, I think Live is about as much fun as getting stabbed in the eye with a large piece of sharp ice.

But most others disagree.

What's the minimum broadband speed necessary for xbox live?

I mainly play Team Survival. Meat Factory is an alright map.

Garage, Trainyard or Airport 2 are class.

As I said, played RS3 for the first time since the stats reset months ago last night.

Sharpshooter, Import/Export. I came equal first despite only joining midway through the round. Think to myself that I'm back and have never lost my touch. Next two rounds were in meat packing plant. Last both times.

I hate that map. So if you want to make it to a 3,000 rating, that's where to fight/slaughter me.

HA! That's just telling everyone my tag so I can play (read: Beat) them.

I'll play you on any game you want.

That I have too, obviously.

I think your tagline shows where your heart really lies...

I've yet to play you on Live. I might go on tonight, but not until after 23:00.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
>> Go for it. I think the final proof of how good it really is can be
> seen in Tiltawhirl and Mattribute no longer being Nintendo fan boys.


And yet, I still resolutely stand!

I've had Live for 7 months or so now. I don't play on it very often if I'm honest. I played RS3 on Live for the first time since the stats reset last night. But those few games reminded me of just how great it really is.

Live is the best online gaming service there is. No doubt about it. I have played PC games online since the dawn of Windows, and Mac games before that.

What Live does however is it puts everyone on a level playing field. Everyone has the same hardware, and everyone should have a decent connection. So sadly it really does come down to skill.

I also find that playing console games is more comfortable. I have my big widescreen telly and my leather recliner to play games form with my amp-cum-coffee table at my side.

Live itself is incredibly reliable. Most of the people on it are decent enough, the proportion of cheating scum is lower than with PC gaming.

And finally, the content downloads make it all worth while. I'd almost have been happy to buy a years subscription to Live just to be able to download Paris for PGR2.

I assume that if you are in a clan then you are probably a fan of FPS games primarily. We are rather blessed in that area with RS3 being the Live version of Counter Strike in the way it is ubiquitous with online gaming. Of course we do have Counter Strike as well. There are a whole bunch of others beyond that. You've seen the list of games to come.

Whether you play Live 80 hours a week or just 2, it is still fun. On the big games you can always get a game. Only one I struggle to find a match with is ESPN NHL Hockey. But then I'd totally thrash them anyway.

There is a huge variety of games as well. FPS, racing, snowboarding, ice hockey, tennis, RPG... Hell even Worms is coming to Live.

Go for it. I think the final proof of how good it really is can be seen in Tiltawhirl and Mattribute no longer being Nintendo fan boys.

I just looked in the thread.

:O