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Xbox Live Silver question
- Thread starter Ecrofirt
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Cerebral Palsy
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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/myxbox/myprofile.htm
Just sign up for a Xbox.com account and it'll give you silver membership I believe.
Just sign up for a Xbox.com account and it'll give you silver membership I believe.
RaySpencer
Member
fuck...
...i didnt think anyone else would have a name based off of a port in Japan ... now i need a new new...fucking hell...
i blame that Nibiru game/planet bullshit ><
what a shitty day it is today !
...now i want a new name here, a new gmail account, and all sorts of stuff !! why is it so hard to get a unique name for xbox live >< i figured more people would be using gmail than xbox live...fuck..
...i didnt think anyone else would have a name based off of a port in Japan ... now i need a new new...fucking hell...
i blame that Nibiru game/planet bullshit ><
what a shitty day it is today !
...now i want a new name here, a new gmail account, and all sorts of stuff !! why is it so hard to get a unique name for xbox live >< i figured more people would be using gmail than xbox live...fuck..
When you get your Xbox 360, you'll be asked to create a profile on the system upon first firing it up. Instead of needing to create a profile for each individual game, you create one profile on the hardware, and it's used for all games. This makes things extremely easy for you, since you can set some default options (like setting inverted Y-axis for all FPS games) that are applied every time you start a new game.
If you have an ethernet cable plugged in, I believe you'll automatically have Xbox Live Silver when you create the profile. Since Silver comes included with the 360, I would imagine this is how it is given to you.
If you have an ethernet cable plugged in, I believe you'll automatically have Xbox Live Silver when you create the profile. Since Silver comes included with the 360, I would imagine this is how it is given to you.
I'm plugged into my router.
If I try to access Xbox Live Marketplace or Xbox Live Arcade games, it takes me to the Join Xbox Live screen.
From here it tells me Ecrofirt is already in use on Xbox Live. I can try to recover the account, but doing so asks me for the last four digits of the credit card used to sign up for Live.
What I've been asking is if trying to recover my account is going to automatically sign me up for Gold.
If I try to access Xbox Live Marketplace or Xbox Live Arcade games, it takes me to the Join Xbox Live screen.
From here it tells me Ecrofirt is already in use on Xbox Live. I can try to recover the account, but doing so asks me for the last four digits of the credit card used to sign up for Live.
What I've been asking is if trying to recover my account is going to automatically sign me up for Gold.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
I don't think there are currently enough people with your predicament in order to get an answer (considering only a few thousand 360s are out there right now). You should probably call support.Ecrofirt said:
As soon as I plugged in my xbox 360 it asked me to make a gamer tag, and set up a profile. After that It asked me if I wanted gold. You get a free month of Gold, so I signed up for that. I think if you didn't want Gold you would just say no and you would be signed up for silver.
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
When you've dealt with the hassle of hundreds of 12-year-olds calling in every day to change their GamerTags... when they've got a dozen or so trial accounts and you KNOW they'll just want to change it to something else two hours later... you'll appreciate just how essential this update is.Wario64 said:
And the folks at Microsoft realized full well just how many parents open up their wallets completely to spoil their youngsters, so it should come as no surprise that they've elected to turn what was once a customer service headache into a potential source of revenue.
That's just smart business.
For those of you wondering, btw... you'll get that 'free month of Gold' for the first three unique Silvers you set up on your X360. After that, you're out of luck.
Nikashi said:
Yeah, I know you'll have to confirm it. My situation isn't just transfering over an active account to 360, though. My account was cancelled months ago, but they've still got my name in the system.
If I recover that account, am I going to be forced into Xbox Live Gold by default? It's not a very difficult question, but it seems like some pople answering aren't reading through the thread.
OK and can you confirm this from personal experience, or is there some place where it was stated you can link me to?
I don't mean to be so anal, but last time I was on Live we used my dad's credit card. If I get him to give me the info again and he ends up getting charged, he's gonig to be pissed.
I don't mean to be so anal, but last time I was on Live we used my dad's credit card. If I get him to give me the info again and he ends up getting charged, he's gonig to be pissed.
The Faceless Master
Member
if your account was cancelled a few months ago, it might not be recoverable at allEcrofirt said:
The Faceless Master
Member
oh that far away, it's unrecoverable... mine was cancelled in July and it couldn't be recovered last month... i even got to "Level 2" tech support about it...Ecrofirt said:
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LakeEarth said:
that's lame as hell. I hadn't heard that before.
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
Retired GamerTags are kept in the system for historical purposes, for stats and for offense tracking. Some refinements may have been introduced for X360 which could allow for the potential of releasing these retired names back into the fold at some point, but nothing has been decided on the matter up until now.Ecrofirt said:
As for recovering old cancelled names, it's made quite clear by XBL reps that names are "unrecoverable" at the time of deactivating one's account. In reality, the truth is that you may have a 30 to 60-day window with which to re-enable an expired GamerTag... but there are no guarantees.
This issue is rendered more or less moot with X360 as expired Gold accounts will merely revert into free Silver subscriptions. The only instance where you can LOSE a Silver GamerTag is by not accessing the XBL network for a period of roughly 6 months or so.
What's the diff between Gold and Silver?
I just bought a 12 month Gold Card. I can activate it WHENEVER I want to start using the Gold, right, not from date of purchase? I think the Premium pack comes with 1 month of gold already, and I don't want to activate it now if I'll lose that month.
I just bought a 12 month Gold Card. I can activate it WHENEVER I want to start using the Gold, right, not from date of purchase? I think the Premium pack comes with 1 month of gold already, and I don't want to activate it now if I'll lose that month.
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
Exactly... although one bit of additional advice. Once that free month kicks in, you can add that 12-month subscription code into your X360 immediately. It will 'stack the time' and kick off that year-long subscription after your initial month of Gold runs out. So feel free to activate that card on Day 1.Ecrofirt said:
Mr. Lemming
Member
LakeEarth said:
They should last forever. I think they are more along the lines of limited demos, only letting you play with certain features or certain levels, or for a length of time or however the game decides.
