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[Topher]

Did some research and with that 100k yearly cap Microsoft put into place, it is impossible to earn enough points for Game Pass Ultimate. GPU requires 28500 points a month. 100k is 8333 points a month max. That leaves 20k a month. No way to generate that many points.

So I'll just do the dailies and let it build up until I have enough for......something else.

 

[Windle Poons]

That's all I'm doing now to be fair.

 

[Antwix]

Hmm I'm finally off cooldown right after this removal of gp happens

 

[adamsapple]

Hmm I'm finally off cooldown right after this removal of gp happens

All according to keikaku.

 

[Punished Miku]

These point bonuses are huge now. Got Halo Wars for $5. Got nearly 700 pts.

 

[Pallas]

These point bonuses are huge now. Got Halo Wars for $5. Got nearly 700 pts.

Don't tell Microsoft that, they will just nerf it too.

 

[Labadal]

For every day you log in in the Xbox app 5 day log in streak, they lowered the points from 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 to 2, 6, 10, 14, 16. That's -3, -4, -5, -6, -7.

You get more points deduction for each day of the streak. Play PC game went from 10 to 5.

 

[Topher]

Microsoft Rewards tells us on October 6th that the gift card sale won't be on the 1st

 

[adamsapple]

Just did the weekly. They kinda nerfed the rewards for Game Pass but as a pass-time for gaining passive

Microsoft Rewards still us on October 6th that the gift card sale won't be on the 1st

They took off GP, not sure what exactly they'll put on sale.

Gift cards?

 

[Topher]

Just did the weekly. They kinda nerfed the rewards for Game Pass but as a pass-time for gaining passive


They took off GP, not sure what exactly they'll put on sale.

Gift cards?

Yeah....gift card sale

 

[adamsapple]

Yeah....gift card sale

The issue with that is if you get a Rewards based gift card you have to use it within 90 days, IIRC.

So there's not a lot of lead-in room there.

Unless there's some really good stuff here, I'll just continue stockpiling the points.

 

[Topher]

The issue with that is if you get a Rewards based gift card you have to use it within 90 days, IIRC.

So there's not a lot of lead-in room there.

Unless there's some really good stuff here, I'll just continue stockpiling the points.

Morbid curiousity on what this "sales" actually entails, but I suspect I'll continue stockpiling as well. Rewards poins are going to take a hit for me in January when Game Pass runs out though. Used to be I had enough to pay for GP as well as get a Best Buy gift card every now and then. And that is after all the hits the program has taken the last couple of years. This is finally the one that kicks me out of Game Pass.

 

[Antwix]

back on the cooldown shitlist. nice.

 

[Topher]

back on the cooldown shitlist. nice.

What for?

 

[Antwix]

What for?

is there even a way to find out specifically or do i need to contact them? i've never seen one personally, just people posting random generic "you didn't follow tos" notifications. i got a little notification on the bottom of the bing app last time that just said im on cooldown. not this time though. i think they just hate me now.

maybe they're cracking down further on vpn use even though i exclusively use a vpn (i live in US and use a server close to my home) for the last several years with no issue. idk who knows lol

also, i bet this sale is gonna be like 10% off

 

[Topher]

is there even a way to find out specifically or do i need to contact them? i've never seen one personally, just people posting random generic "you didn't follow tos" notifications. i got a little notification on the bottom of the bing app last time that just said im on cooldown. not this time though. i think they just hate me now.

maybe they're cracking down further on vpn use even though i exclusively use a vpn (i live in US and use a server close to my home) for the last several years with no issue. idk who knows lol

also, i bet this sale is gonna be like 10% off

I'm not sure. I've never got a 'cooldown' message myself. I'm an upstanding citizen and not a shady character like you, so I'm sure that's it.

lol....I've got zero excitement for this "sale". 10% sounds about right tho

 

[adamsapple]

How the fuck do you complete these ..

 

[Topher]

How the fuck do you complete these ..

I gave up trying

 

[Sardaukarama]

I used "The Martian book" and "haircare products" from the bing search suggestion

 

[Topher]

I used "The Martian book" and "haircare products" from the bing search suggestion

I went to try those and now the tiles are gone. lol....wtf, Microsoft?

 

[Sardaukarama]

Yeah they been doing some dodgy shit lately , Lost my streak a few days ago because the daily questions would not trigger for me

 

[adamsapple]

I gave up trying

I used "The Martian book" and "haircare products" from the bing search suggestion

The two entries are removed now, they might have gone up on err.

 

[Kilau]

Did some research and with that 100k yearly cap Microsoft put into place, it is impossible to earn enough points for Game Pass Ultimate. GPU requires 28500 points a month. 100k is 8333 points a month max. That leaves 20k a month. No way to generate that many points.

So I'll just do the dailies and let it build up until I have enough for......something else.

Looking into this, the 100k cap is just the max GPU subscribers can earn, up from 58k. We can still get more with everything else added, not that I'm doing that junk anymore.

 

[Topher]

Looking into this, the 100k cap is just the max GPU subscribers can earn, up from 58k. We can still get more with everything else added, not that I'm doing that junk anymore.

There was a cap before? I'm not on GPU any more but I know I've hit more than 100k in a year.

 

[Kilau]

There was a cap before? I'm not on GPU any more but I know I've hit more than 100k in a year.

I think maybe "cap" is the wrong word. 58k was the max possible from GPU activities and now it's 100k. Total MS points earned in a year has no set limit but there must be max total possible with variables for points earned on purchases.