According to Major Nelson, this will "NOT" affect Xbox Live and service should remain (relatively) reliable. If things do go wrong with the Live service, be sure to leave little love letters to Microsoft in the comments below.
PSA: Xbox.com and forums going down soon for maintenance
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Nov 18th 2008 1:30AM
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According to Major Nelson, this will "NOT" affect Xbox Live and service should remain (relatively) reliable. If things do go wrong with the Live service, be sure to leave little love letters to Microsoft in the comments below.
Reader Comments (26)
Posted: Nov 18th 2008 1:39AM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
I had a few disconnects last week when the small problems were recognized by Major Nelson. Nothing major but it was kind of annoying that my entire team and myself were disconnected from our Horde match at around wave 18 & 21. Not the end of the world but it was a very small annoyance. I was actually relieved to hear it was issues with Live and not my connection per se.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 1:40AM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
no "major" pun was intended
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 1:47AM Keithustus said
"In preparation for the [overwhelming complaints and problems associated with the] NXE launch this Wednesday, Xbox.com and the Xbox forums will go offline......."
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 2:18AM PhaseDMA said
E must be having a huge amount of fun.
All these blockbuster games coming out. Then the record breaking Live Gears of War 2...
And then the NXE launch which they have been soft launching for weeks now, finishing up with the full launch on the 19th.
E and his guys must have had a real fun past month.
I think we should all send E a thank you letter for keeping Live up and running with no major issues. I'll take a few disconnects over not being able to get on in the first place thank you very much.
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All these blockbuster games coming out. Then the record breaking Live Gears of War 2...
And then the NXE launch which they have been soft launching for weeks now, finishing up with the full launch on the 19th.
E and his guys must have had a real fun past month.
I think we should all send E a thank you letter for keeping Live up and running with no major issues. I'll take a few disconnects over not being able to get on in the first place thank you very much.
Posted: Nov 18th 2008 3:10AM Jae Brav said
At about 10:50pm the update blade popped up on my screen after I got disconnected from Live! and said there was a console update.
Turns out it was NXE. Why did I get the update early? I didn't sign up for the thing on Major Nelsons site.
I think that because today (18th) is my birthday Microsoft gave me a present! YAY!
Well, that's what I like to think.
And it's awesome. Took a little getting used to but it's all good now.
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Turns out it was NXE. Why did I get the update early? I didn't sign up for the thing on Major Nelsons site.
I think that because today (18th) is my birthday Microsoft gave me a present! YAY!
Well, that's what I like to think.
And it's awesome. Took a little getting used to but it's all good now.
Posted: Nov 18th 2008 3:13AM (Unverified) said
Has it been anounced exactly when NXE is supposed to launch this Wednesday? I'm running the NXE beta and cannot access Live until the official launch.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 4:35AM (Unverified) said
I really couldn't care less about what you think about installing the update early. I was asking if anyone knows when it launches officially.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 10:38PM (Unverified) said
Wow, you're just severely retarded aren't you? What's so fucking hard to understand? I'm not interested in your opinion on anything. I was asking if someone knows what time the NXE is officially launched. My god you're retarded.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 5:25AM (Unverified) said
I signed up for the early download and got into the "no wait but not VIP" group AKA everyone else.
The 360 runs so quietly now that I installed games onto my 120 GB HDD. :3
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The 360 runs so quietly now that I installed games onto my 120 GB HDD. :3
Posted: Nov 18th 2008 6:27AM (Unverified) said
Xbox Live better not have any problem... L4D is out!
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 8:17AM Omega Aero said
xbox.com is back up now and shows avatars as gamerpics and the full avatar on people's profiles who have them.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2008 9:00AM (Unverified) said
seriously? or what exactly happens if they "fuck up"...?
toolbox.
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toolbox.
Posted: Nov 18th 2008 9:22AM Dirty said
Last night whilst playing Gears 2 Co-Op I was booted off xboxlive (mid chainsaw no less) to be greeted with the NXE. I dont know why I got early access but I did and its pretty cool. The menu's move a lot faster and things like themes and gamer pics load a hella of a lot faster.
Played some Gears without the disc spinning and it is strangely quiet and its nice to feel like my xbox isnt going to explode every time I play a game.
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Played some Gears without the disc spinning and it is strangely quiet and its nice to feel like my xbox isnt going to explode every time I play a game.
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