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"Xbox live: just for the selected?"

I remember reading that if you had broadband you could get the starter kit from xbox.com from the end of this month. However today I got an email from them and it said to qualify for Xbox live you have to full in a questionnaire and then depending on the results it said a few would be chosen to try the service before its official launch. Are they just saying that and we will be able to buy the starter kit from them or do you really have to be chosen?

Whatever you say AID_rian lol

Silent85 wrote:
> Savatt78 wrote:
> I have a router so I'm all wired up and ready to go. :-)))
>
> Praying that I get to be a Beta tester. ;-)
>
>
> I pray with thee friend

I am also praying. I know lets all get together like in Oddworld and chant :)

Savatt78 wrote:
> I have a router so I'm all wired up and ready to go. :-)))
>
> Praying that I get to be a Beta tester. ;-)


I pray with thee friend

adrian wrote:
> Yeah maybe. But MS has said from the start that it wants XBox live to
> be easy, and having the same Nick all the time without having to keep
> changing it between games would be easy.

No need to change it in between games.
You choose which ID to sign on as and then keep signed in until you stop playing.

>I am pretty sure your only
> allowed 1 Nick, and that Nick is the same from when you register. This
> then allows MS and other gamers whether someone is cheating or just
> being a pain. You can't go along swearing, cheating, being unfair and
> ruining the game as MS will know.

Hmmm.
It'll still be the same signature code from your machine/credit card/subscription account, so MS will still be able to police you, but you'll be using a different name/identity so you'll be yourself rather than share a "family name" between all the people who use the Xbox.

> So I think that it will be either paying £40 a few times or
> using the same Nick for a few people. You might be able to register
> more than one Nick for your £40 but I doubt it.

I'll hope so.

Not long now till its unleashed in America. A friend of mines getting it, be he doesn't believe that you get 2 free games.

I have a router so I'm all wired up and ready to go. :-)))

Praying that I get to be a Beta tester. ;-)

Strafex wrote:
> Perhaps you're allowed a few identities per subscription...
> Useful if more than one person uses the Xbox.

Yeah maybe. But MS has said from the start that it wants XBox live to be easy, and having the same Nick all the time without having to keep changing it between games would be easy. I am pretty sure your only allowed 1 Nick, and that Nick is the same from when you register. This then allows MS and other gamers whether someone is cheating or just being a pain. You can't go along swearing, cheating, being unfair and ruining the game as MS will know.

So I think that it will be either paying £40 a few times or using the same Nick for a few people. You might be able to register more than one Nick for your £40 but I doubt it.

Strafex wrote:

> Perhaps a gamer tag will allow sub-accounts or something.
> I wonder when MS will release their full details?

IGN say that once you've installed the live software onto your hardrive, Xbox live becomes an option in the same menu as Music etc (when you boot up the console without a game.)

Create a new account is an option, along with manage accounts.

Perhaps you're allowed a few identities per subscription...
Useful if more than one person uses the Xbox.

I suppose I'll probably be getting a Router anyway.

The hardest part will be trying to persuade mum and dad to invest in broadband...

U have to pay still