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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 12:20AM (Unverified) said

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Final prep for spring update/GTA IV.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 12:42AM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, it's getting a few servers online for the massive GTA4 surge when everyone decides to check out MP first.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 12:42AM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, it's getting a few servers online for the massive GTA4 surge when everyone decides to check out MP first.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 12:32AM (Unverified) said

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This had better address the Apple Time Capsule connectivity problem....I've been off of Live now for weeks while I've waited for a patch. I refuse to buy a bridge for this and running ethernet cable simply isn't an option as the 360 is on another floor from the router/modem. My online gaming has been forced to my PS3 and I hope that doesn't become permanent.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 11:19AM (Unverified) said

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I think that's Microsoft last priority to fix.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 1:22AM (Unverified) said

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Prepping for the MGO Beta.


...kidding...
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 2:16AM (Unverified) said

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haha my thoughts exactly. Well, perfect timing for me.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 2:30AM (Unverified) said

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wow my b-days on that day!
that sucks
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 10:32AM hotpuck6 said

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happy birthday!
mine too.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 2:58AM (Unverified) said

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Could it be preparing for spring update ?
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 5:01AM (Unverified) said

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Spring update anybody?
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 6:38AM Ace Norton said

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If you downloaded the content on a console that was repaired, you can repair the licenses on all the DLC, which would allow you to play it during the outage. FYI.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/account/postrepair.htm

~Ace
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 8:22AM (Unverified) said

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yeah, but those of us whose disc drive broke and bought a new console rather than pay the $99 to get a ^*%*#$ing crappy used console back are screwed.

eventually everyone's consoles are going to be out of warranty... oh what fun the internets will be when that happens..
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 7:15AM (Unverified) said

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Well I just worked that times out for GMT and it's 6pm Sunday 20th until 2am Monday 21st.

Great. That's my Sunday night session out the window then.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 9:05AM AL7AIR said

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You do realize that each time zone is adding an hour or a half towards Europe when starting in the US? So the maintenance starts at 10:00 UTC/GMT.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 9:07AM AL7AIR said

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Monday morning 10:00 that is ... so Xbox LIVE downtime from 10:00 to 18:00 GMT in Europe.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 12:19PM xenocidic said

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It starts at 11 PM EST on 4/20 ...

wtf are all the stoners gunna do without LIVE ?
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 12:21PM xenocidic said

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oh, and GMT wise I think it's 05:00 to 13:00

not sure what you were talking about Boff
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 2:55PM xenocidic said

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^^ sorry, that was way off. ^^
but it's still on monday and not sunday.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=21&year=2008&hour=2&min=0&sec=0&p1=234
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 7:17AM thewilleffect said

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That image is so awesome!
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 8:08AM Dragsy said

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Actually, it's more like 10am-6pm Monday, Sunday night won't be affected at all. Also, it's BST right now, not GMT.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 7:59AM (Unverified) said

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If it saves Live going nuts when GTA4 comes out, I'm all for it.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 8:07AM (Unverified) said

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Live will still crash.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 8:46AM emirabal said

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LIVE will still crash when GTA4 is release, everyone is going to jump on that release to play online and get their "CHEEVOS" (trademark use from xbox360fanboy), because they will want to take advantage of not getting PWNED (like myself).
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 9:11AM Cal said

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Great, they went chose the day after my coursework crunch for the downtime...
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 9:21AM AL7AIR said

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Wasn't there a Major Nelson blogcast on which Aaron "BIG VIP" Greenberg - or was it e? - stated that they had updated LIVE's infrastructure in a way that those kind of maintenance work will go unnoticed in the future?
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 10:34AM hotpuck6 said

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awesome, on the one day i have off until the end of the semester.... Great planning guys, next time don't do it on any sort of holiday.
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Posted: Apr 18th 2008 1:31PM DjDATZ said

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meh...i dont give much of a shit...i have an exam monday from 8-11am est and another one tuesday from 12:30-3:30am est...so i wont be gaming online anyways...plus...my gold expired on wednesday and i won't be getting another subscription till i'm done on the 22nd. so...yea. lol
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 5:33AM (Unverified) said

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my live aint workin so i came to see if its the update but if it was 6pm sun-2am monday it should be fine but i heard that others got there live cut off aswell
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 5:58AM (Unverified) said

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i cant play till 5pm
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 8:02AM (Unverified) said

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Ah dammit, this does suck. forgot about it being down today.
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 10:19AM (Unverified) said

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Its now my mtu that fails is this due to my linksys router and its problems?
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 10:50AM Red Son Rising said

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no live for 3 more hours!?! wtf am i supposed to do; look for another job? get my license renewed?
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 1:54PM (Unverified) said

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So its gonna be down till 1:00 EST? Not bad, only got like a half hour left =]
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 1:58PM (Unverified) said

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lol... i didnt get the confirmation email till now... and xbl is already up lmao
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 2:20PM (Unverified) said

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it seems the update has once again ruined live, many friends of mine experiencing large "slow down" Call of Duty becomming unplayable as it will never find a game, amongst other errors such as; being disconnected within seconds of signing in. Good job Microsoft, make a worldwide super console, but next time try update it properly (Y)
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 2:38PM (Unverified) said

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I'm having this problem too - I can connect to live - but just can't find a game in COD4, or get into a game at all.
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 3:59PM (Unverified) said

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yer call of duty 4 aint workin for me it wont load xbox live so nooby!
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 2:40PM (Unverified) said

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Still down over here in the UK and its 19:39, random disconnects and no sight of any hosted matches, kickes you back to title screen when you host one yourself.
i really hope theyre pullin out all the servers for GTA, they really need one big massive building full of servers just for xbox games i think, end all this host advantage and lagging etc.
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Posted: Apr 22nd 2008 5:52AM (Unverified) said

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Yep M$ suck yet again for screwing up an update - They will never learn.

COD4 has drop outs so will wait and see what happens :(
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 5:20PM (Unverified) said

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i DEMAND Cod4 to come back online XD its the main game i play on xbox... fifa08 and gh3 are just getting lame =(
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 4:58PM (Unverified) said

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time is now 21:33 here in uk, i login to xbox says im online yet i cant access marketplace or msn features yet it pops up that my friends are online, weird thing, can still play games but dont have a gold subscription well saving it till just before gta4 comes out. i tried to connect earlier an it crashed had to restart xbox.
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 5:31PM (Unverified) said

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same thing aswell for me...i couldnt stand all day without xbox live all day then now the thing isnt even working...and this is after the update was finished! so i rang microsoft,had 2 wait 10 mins, then the guy on the other end said and i quote''After the update Microsoft shuts off all the servers then restarts them which takes a lot of time due to the amount of people that use Xbox Live'' stright after he said this it worked!!wow magic i thought but then i went off for about an hour , turned it back and well nothing was working again...god damn servers...haha maybe i should give him another call see what happens :L
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 5:56PM (Unverified) said

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5:31 EST, update was supposed to be done at 1:00 EST. I still can't get on or access anything from marketplace, I'm on the east coast. Anybody else having this problem????!!??
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 6:07PM (Unverified) said

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dude...did u not read what i wrote...it basicly explains everything....the servers are down simply beacuse:
1. Microsoft were restarting all servers
2. Some how everybody including me could get on half an hour earlier which caused even more trouble because servers wernt finished and so so
3. Most people signed in when it was suppose to finish...i know because 30 people have never been on at the same time for me.

im afraid u will have 2 just sit and wait like me again
this is the second this happend to me in 2 hours...what a bummer...only got 1 hour of gaming today!!:(
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 7:45PM (Unverified) said

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After the eight hours i went on xbox live and its been going really slow and im unable to play with my friends why is that?
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 6:44PM (Unverified) said

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this sucks
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 6:53PM (Unverified) said

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yeh but it should work soon...what hapened to me was that on dashboard it wouldnt work but playing a game like cod4 it signed in but still didnt work. never went into lobby in the end just keep loading saying ''game settings loading'' .just leave ur xbox on 4 ages or play some demos it should eventually work give it some time IT WILL WORK! im playing search and destroy on COD4 right now:D::D
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Posted: Apr 21st 2008 7:56PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, I just registered for XBOX Live and I try to connect through the Dashboard and it wont, it just brings me back as if I didn't try to connect at all.. I hope it's fixed soon, I thought it was fishy that there were no games going on Gears of War or Call of Duty 4
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Posted: Apr 22nd 2008 1:31PM (Unverified) said

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i've been forced to play Saints Row again until its done updating. The stupid M$ people told me that when they did the huge update yesterday, something got messed up, leaving alot of servers down and unable to be repaired through troubleshooting. Unfortunately its 1:28pm Eastern rignt now on April 22nd, and i'm still without service.

When i play Saints Row, i'm able to chat with people who are online, but when i try my COD4, it stays in the "Game Settings Downloading" screen.

If i dont have xbox live back to its regular full status before launch of GTA 4, i'm going to bomb Bill Gates's house with eggs.
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