PSA: Xbox.com and forums going down soon for maintenance
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Nov 18th 2008 at 1:30AM }
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.
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Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 18th 2008 1:39AM
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.
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 18th 2008 1:40AM
no "major" pun was intended
FSK405K @ Nov 18th 2008 1:47AM
"In preparation for the [overwhelming complaints and problems associated with the] NXE launch this Wednesday, Xbox.com and the Xbox forums will go offline......."
Anthony @ Nov 18th 2008 2:18AM
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.
John Z @ Nov 18th 2008 7:52AM
Indeed. Though I would imagine that gamers flooding his inbox with praise might only be marginally better than his managers flooding his inbox with complaints. :)
Jouten @ Nov 18th 2008 3:00AM
Doh! EQ2 just went down too for update for new expansiion! Now this?! I guess I will have to play my PS3 now! Ha-ha!
KingOfGods @ Nov 18th 2008 7:47AM
Did you read the post?
Jouten @ Nov 18th 2008 3:49PM
Yeah, I had to do a re-read. I was up too late and was tired.
Thanks for pointing out the obvious tho, as you always do.
Debikul @ Nov 18th 2008 3:10AM
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.
Dirty @ Nov 18th 2008 9:23AM
Wonder why we got early access?
Dirty @ Nov 18th 2008 9:24AM
http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/11/17/sign-up-for-the-preview-you-re-in.aspx
Nevermind
Oddish @ Nov 18th 2008 3:13AM
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.
Exo @ Nov 18th 2008 3:29AM
thats your problem, shouldnt have installed the update if you wernt supposed to have it yet
Oddish @ Nov 18th 2008 4:35AM
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.
Exo @ Nov 18th 2008 6:27PM
well you are just going to have to fucking wait arnt you, which is my point if you are that eager to play you shouldnt have installed it DUH
Oddish @ Nov 18th 2008 10:38PM
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.
Chase @ Nov 18th 2008 5:25AM
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
Tombstone @ Nov 18th 2008 6:27AM
Xbox Live better not have any problem... L4D is out!
MEGAJIMZ @ Nov 18th 2008 7:45AM
LOLZ oh no!! end of the world ;):D
offday @ Nov 18th 2008 8:13AM
Who cares. The xbox.com forums suck and are full idiotic mods.
Aero @ Nov 18th 2008 8:17AM
xbox.com is back up now and shows avatars as gamerpics and the full avatar on people's profiles who have them.
Brian @ Nov 18th 2008 8:24AM
microsoft better not fuck up on this maintenance like what happened last time (halo 3 got all fucked up aka no exp for ages)
alans @ Nov 18th 2008 9:00AM
seriously? or what exactly happens if they "fuck up"...?
toolbox.
Brian @ Nov 18th 2008 11:58AM
@alans: you don't make sense.
Dirty @ Nov 18th 2008 9:22AM
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.
Rollins @ Nov 18th 2008 10:10AM
Are the men at work without hats?