Anyone having issues with xbox live?
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im so glad i found this thread, its been soooo gay, ive got into COD4 in a big way and come 8.30 ive not been able to play coz live has been fubar'd
I have found though that if you open a private room and invite your friends you can play and it doesnt mess about, however live has been freezing so not everyone has been able to join....
I have found though that if you open a private room and invite your friends you can play and it doesnt mess about, however live has been freezing so not everyone has been able to join....
I haven't once been able to play CoD4 in the evenings since Boxing Day. And then they have the cheek to send an email saying they will be taking money from account for another 12 months. I have a new debit card, and the old number shouldn't work seeing as that card is cancelled right?
I have not been on much so its not affected me too badly, but nice job MS in giving something back, hopefully the servers dont die when everyone tries to download it, and yes they should have a choice. But nobody is forced to download it if they don't like it 
Problem is not everyone will be happy with the choice of game. Tbh I don't want an XBLA game. I'd prefer my membership to be extended a month or even two.
Whatever they offer will have to be a new title or they'll anger those who had just purchased it. That Omega XBLA shooter looks awesome but stupidly hard, old school style - I'd prolly like that.
With no offers of a different game for people who have it.Yes it is available to them, and no it doesn't defeat the point as Silver users couldn't use the marketplace, or play Divx/Xvid/.mp4 videos (need to be connected to Live to do that) etc. either.
It wasn't just people who wanted to play multiplayer that were affected.
Minor point, but it appears you don't need to be connected to do that (I've done it myself)
Yes, but the people who pay for the service should be the ones who are compensated. Gold subscribers couldn't do anything including all the extras they paid for. So, in my opinion, it does still defeat the point.
It's annoying for silver subscribers but they're not actually losing anything. Gold subscribers were not able to get what they paid for. So if MS want to compensate silver members, fine, but gold members should have their accounts extended too - or something else extra.
Personally I'd prefer my account was given an extra free month (or even just the two weeks it's been down for) but since MS have decided its a game instead, I don't see why silver members should get the same level of compensation to be honest.
I'm a paying Gold member, but I will still have to agree to disagree. The fact is that features available to Silver users weren't accessible either, and over a period like Xmas too.
MS are giving us this game as a gesture of good will for the inconvenience, rather than directly compensating Gold members subscription fees.
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Are you sure? I've seen other people complain about it, and whenever I have tried without being connected to Live it just says it cant download the codec to play the file. Once connected, its fine.
I think stuff like .wmv will still play, but I have certainly not been able to use Xvids etc. when not signed in. In fact the last time it happened was over Xmas with the Live downtime, I wanted to stream a video and couldn't.
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Yeah, there are still issues in the UK evenings when the Yanks come online.
This weekend will be interesting as it's the first weekend since Christmas and the New Year. Bet the network still dies. I've a sneaky feeling these problems aren't related to too many subscribers. I keep feeling that it's a DoS attack on Live and Xbox.com.