# SDMB Xbox Live Gamertag **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 9, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312 "2008-06-09T11:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/41 "2008-06-26T06:16:05Z")
[QUOTE=garius] There is apparently only one SDMBer with more Achievement Points than me. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. 😉 [/QUOTE] I guess I’m in third place, then. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/42 "2008-06-26T09:06:44Z")
I should be online this weekend. If anyone fancies teh haloes just drop me a message if you see me. Don’t worry if i appear to be playing a different game - i normally only switch to halo once someone i “know” is playing and play other games until then. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/43 "2008-06-26T13:00:48Z")
[QUOTE=garius] I should be online this weekend. If anyone fancies teh haloes just drop me a message if you see me. Don’t worry if i appear to be playing a different game - i normally only switch to halo once someone i “know” is playing and play other games until then. [/QUOTE] We may or may not cross paths this week, then. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/44 "2008-06-26T13:29:16Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Bah. Not playing Halo 3 isn’t an FPS existence I want any part of. Jump into it and open up your mind. FPS is very good on the console. I’m sure you may say that it’ll never be as good as keyboard/mouse, but it’s as good. [/QUOTE] I wasn’t intending to create a platform debate really. I’ve tried the original Halo on the XBox and found it extremely awkward and irritating to control. I’m told some games integrate an auto-aim component to smooth this out and that’s strongly unappealing to me. I get the impression too that the PC multiplayer community is more mature - plenty of idiots and kids, of course, but the horror stories I hear about XBox Live make it sound pretty irritating. Gamepad control certainly has its advantages - playing Madden or Tony Hawk on a keyboard and mouse is probably as much or more irritating (for me) as playing an FPS on a gamepad. You can get a gamepad for the PC, though, and it doesn’t work the other way around. But besides that, my computer is way more technically advanced than an XBox. Any game that I have a choice where to play it I’ll play it on the PC and it’ll be faster and look better. My idea of what makes a good console is more in line with the Wii - focus on the casual gaming, something you can sit with in front of your couch with friends, lots of party games, etc. It’s complimentary to a PC. Whereas the “serious” consoles with their FPS games attempt to replace PCs and do a poor job. If it wasn’t for Rock Band, I probably wouldn’t be getting a console - and similarly, if Rock Band Wii didn’t suck, I’d probably get a Wii. But I may get a few more games that work well with consoles - racing games, sports games maybe. I can’t decide how to get an XBox. Rumor is that Microsoft will announce a new mid-range XBox model at E3 - replaces the premium system, with a 60gb instead of 20gb drive, cooler running components with higher reliability, and a retail price of $320-330, and that it’ll ship in august. If I don’t want to wait, I’ve been thinking of buying one used - but it’s a gamble with the reliability problems. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/45 "2008-06-26T14:13:08Z")
I’m also not trying to turn this into a debate, I’m just saying that a controller works just fine for FPS. Besides, there are enough console-only titles to justify jumping into it. I’m on my first Xbox, for what that’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/46 "2008-06-26T14:16:02Z")
Besides Halo 3, what are the worthwhile exclusives? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/47 "2008-06-26T14:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef] Besides Halo 3, what are the worthwhile exclusives? [/QUOTE] Blue Dragon, Gears of War, GTA IV (for a while), Halo Wars, yadda yadda yadda. There’s a list on Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/48 "2008-06-26T14:27:54Z")
To be honest **SenorBeef** , four or five years ago i was you. These days i don’t even own a PC capable of high-end gaming. Don’t be afraid to give it a try - you’ll find a lot of very rewarding games out there. Its not like its an either/or situation - the Counter-Strike Police have yet to bust down my door and arrest me for crimes against PC Gaming, and its been a good five years now. 🙂 Console FPS and PC FPS are very different beasts, both good in their own ways. As long as you accept both on their own terms you’re fine. Xbox Live is the same - it has its fair share of red-necks, homophobes and screaming kiddies, but then it doesn’t suffer from the Script Kiddies, code-exploiters and hardcore tweakers that used to ruin my online PC Gaming days, so it all balances out in my mind. Certainly when it comes to Halo, i find that if you avoid the dreaded “Social” zone (where games don’t contribute to your public skill level and therefore there is less incentive to play “properly”) then the experience is adult enough for me. Doubly so as i choose _who_ i play with carefully to make sure its an enjoyable social experience as well as a gaming one. The other night, for example, i ended up playing Halo with a Swedish guy I had played with before and a couple of his mates. Much to the missus’ amusement (i play with the voice-on-tv option enabled so she gets both sides of the conversation) they were trying to teach me how to play Halo in Swedish: > [@](#): > > “Okay i’m gonna go for the invisibility… er… the osinligen i mean. That right?” > > “Yar! You’re getting it!” > > “Excellent! Okay, then i’m going to go for the rockets. Whats swedish for > rockets?” > > “Umm… we call them ‘Rockets’ also.” > > **pause** > > “That’s a bit dull.” > > “Sorry. We are not a very imaginitive people sometimes.” > [@](#): > > Besides Halo 3, what are the worthwhile exclusives? Depends what your tastes run to. FPS-wise Halo and _Gears of War_ are probably the biggies. Chuck in other genres and you’ve got a helluvah lot of other stuff available as well - not to mention the ability to catch up on the original XBox’s exclusives via download. Like **Least Original User Name Ever** I’m not trying to turn this into a debate - its just that as someone who came from a PC Gaming background and resisted the Microsoft console machines for a long time, i hate to see a fellow Gamer miss out on some quality shit. 😃 Either that or maybe i just want to pull someone else down into console-adultery with me i suppose 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/49 "2008-06-26T14:29:42Z")
Also, if you want to get away from the kids that play on Live, I know of a community that has only pople that are 25 and older playing on it. It’s rather active. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/50 "2008-06-26T14:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Blue Dragon, Gears of War, GTA IV (for a while), Halo Wars, yadda yadda yadda. There’s a list on Wikipedia. [/QUOTE] Gears of War is available for the PC and GTA IV is heading there. I wonder if Halo 3 will be some day. If I was getting an Xbox anyway, and there was a great worthwhile Xbox game, I’d get it. I may grab Halo 3, although I don’t think I’d like it. For what it’s worth, I own a PS2 and Xbox. I rarely ended up playing them… when I did, it was almost entirely extreme sports games (Tony Hawk, etc) and football games. Aside from short periods here and there, the PCs I’ve built have always been way ahead of their contemporary consoles. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/51 "2008-06-26T15:55:21Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Also, if you want to get away from the kids that play on Live, I know of a community that has only people that are 25 and older playing on it. It’s rather active. [/QUOTE] Is that the “2old2play” bunch? I’m in the “CurmudgenGrudge” clan there. They play Halo most Mondays and some Thursdays (although Rainbow Six Vegas 2 got a lot of play time when it first came out). ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/52 "2008-06-26T16:59:17Z")
You are correct, kind sir. Good website. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/53 "2008-06-29T17:43:09Z")
By the way, our Gamertag is at 25 members. It’s a quarter full. There’s tons of room for people that want to come in and play with Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/54 "2008-07-30T20:52:00Z")
I added to the friends list a few days ago. Rabbbilfool. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/55 "2008-08-09T21:52:02Z")
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to do it, but friend request sent. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/56 "2008-08-09T22:06:11Z")
I’ll check up on it when I get home tonight (assuming I don’t get bombarded with a dozen game invites the second I hop on for Halo 3.) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/57 "2008-08-10T16:20:19Z")
I finally got around to getting an Xbox. The name is SenorBeef0. I tried using SenorBeef but it says that the account is associated with another live account (which is mine), and then asked me for the e-mail address and password. So I enter it, and it says… account not associated with a gamer tag. Well duh - that’s what I’m trying to do now. I don’t know what I wanted, so I just added the 0 and made a new account. I only have Rock Band so far. I’m not sure what else I’m going to get yet… maybe Madden 09 but I played the demo and it’s remarkably ugly. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I seem to recall the 2k NFL games on my _dreamcast_ looking better. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/58 "2008-08-10T16:42:17Z")
I’ll re-update it again tonight when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/59 "2008-08-12T19:00:28Z")
I sent my request last night too. I’m JAM626. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-xbox-live-gamertag/452312/60 "2008-08-13T23:22:59Z")
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