XBL Silver members: Play 1 vs 100 this weekend!

by Christopher Grant { Jun 26th 2009 at 9:15AM }

Here's how it works: Xbox Live Primetime's initial offering, 1 vs 100, will be free to Xbox Live Gold members (translation: the ones who lay down $50 a year for the service). We're still not sure how (or if!) free-but-limited Xbox Live Silver members will be able to play the title short of upgrading to Gold. Sure, we caught an errant "Buy Season Pass" option in the menus, so that could be one option. Also: how about free-to-play weekends?

Microsoft let us know that this weekend – from Friday June 26 (that's today!) to Sunday June 28 – Silver members "can enjoy the 1 vs 100 premium entertainment experience reserved exclusively for Gold members" for a limited time only. We're going to assume that most of you on Xbox Live are Gold members so consider this an opportunity to get some gaming in with those Silver members taking up space in your friend's list. Not a Gold member? Give 1 vs 100 a shot and see if it's an effective gateway drug.

Tags: 1-vs-100, Xbox-Live-Primetime, Xbox-Live-Silver

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Alan @ Jun 26th 2009 9:19AM

I seriously cannot play a single game of 1v100 without getting booted off. Once I played for a whole 20 minutes! This is way too soon. Guess I might as well not even bother this weekend...sure, it's free, but it's a big waste of time til they get the kinks out of the net connections.

SaltyGary @ Jun 26th 2009 9:22AM

I've played it 4 times and there has never been an issue. The longest I played was almost an hour.

MystileArmor @ Jun 26th 2009 9:36AM

Only the first time they did it is when I had problems, but they eve adressed it in-game. They only had place for about 50k people and more then 100k tried to log on. Other then that, I've never had connection issues.

I just have a problem with the same people winning every time, not connectivity issues.

Dr. @ Jun 26th 2009 9:42AM

I had connection issues the first night of the Canadian beta, but never since.

Smoke_me_a_Kipper @ Jun 26th 2009 2:44PM

I had issues last night, but found a download on the PC had kicked in.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Jun 26th 2009 9:22AM

Hmmm Free for Silver Members this weekend?? Guess I will see what all the hype is about.....

Platinum_Skeet @ Jun 26th 2009 10:07AM

It only costs $1 for you to get Xbox Live Gold for a month... There's not excuses not to have a gold account at this time...=P

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Jun 26th 2009 10:20AM

$1!?!? Get the Fuck out of here with that....

and even if it was I still wouldnt pay that shit....I'll pay for Sirius Radio before that

megapenguinx @ Jun 26th 2009 1:07PM

$1? Where are you buying your Live? Last I checked it was $7 a month, $21 for 3 months or $50 for one year.

Matt the Catt @ Jun 26th 2009 1:49PM

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/17/microsoft-offering-silver-members-one-month-of-xbl-gold-for-1?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_joystiq

Also the ad for it is all over the dashboard on silver accounts.

Rosssas @ Jun 26th 2009 9:22AM

IS this even out in europe?

Brian @ Jun 26th 2009 9:29AM

When is 1 vs 100 beta coming to Europe?

guidedbyvoip @ Jun 26th 2009 11:21AM

After they convert it to metric.

Rocketboy @ Jun 26th 2009 11:50AM

Duh, it's one vs 100. not 1 vs 254. It's already in metric.

Paul @ Jun 26th 2009 9:31AM

i played the first usa beta through all the way with my cousin but i think the coolness factor slowly wore off once we both realized that out of the 50,000 players online, our odds of getting to be the one or in the mob was VERY low. the questions were fun to answer and i appreciate microsoft offering this for free but i just thought it would be funner i guess. i don't really know how they could make it better though....

Prox @ Jun 26th 2009 9:35AM

You might hum a different tune if we could actually win prizes for being in the Mob/the One. I know I would.

tenor77 @ Jun 26th 2009 1:09PM

I've been in the mob twice. You can get in by getting a lot right answers, answering quickly (accuracy be damned) or playing all of the extended plays.

Wizzleteets @ Jun 26th 2009 9:37AM

I'm still ridiculously confused about this. I was in the mob, won, received an update that told me I won some MS points and an Arcade game and that they would be delivered to my e-mail address in 4-6 weeks, and then 30 minutes later the host told the entire audience that there were no prizes in the Beta. What the hell? If that were true, why would they program the Beta to tell me that I won a prize? I'm not a programmer, so I don't know what goes into that sorta stuff, but it does seems a bit misleading, yes?

Morisato @ Jun 26th 2009 9:42AM

Betas are for bug testing, so it would be natural to see the product as finalized as possible. This just leads to the fact that in the actual release, there will be prizes given out.

_LarZen_ @ Jun 26th 2009 9:39AM

WOW!!! We can play online for FREE!!? Oh....been playing online for FREE all the time on the PS3....

But gues im gonna fire up the old X360 and take a look..if I just can find the controller again.....

Dr. @ Jun 26th 2009 9:43AM

PS3 games have multiplayer?

Brian @ Jun 26th 2009 9:43AM

go away troll

Christopher Grant @ Jun 26th 2009 9:50AM

You've been playing a massively multiplayer quiz game with a live host on PS3 for free? I didn't realize they had one of those. :-/

R (XBL: Esoteric Lord) @ Jun 26th 2009 10:07AM

You're right. PS3 does have decent free online gameplay.

This is the part where you say "thank you" to Microsoft and Xbox owners everywhere, for offering Sony such a strong competition in the online area that they were forced to make that move. If MS hadnt ever launched XBL, youd probably be paying MONTHLY fees for a vastly inferior online service compared to what you are using now.

You're welcome.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Jun 26th 2009 10:22AM

yea Chris...Buzz! was up and working....for like a day...lol

Anthony @ Jun 26th 2009 10:43AM

PS3 has games? I was just using it for Blu-ray.

Adrian @ Jun 27th 2009 9:30AM

@ christopher Grant

The 64 player Buzz space in home. With prizes.

tyrone hawk @ Jun 26th 2009 10:05AM

Why, Microsoft, why? After enjoying the first days of the Beta, after the "maintenance" I haven't been able to play again. Ok, Ok I know I'm in Venezuela, but my Xbox and Live accounts are in the US, and my 360 is configured to the US, so what gives?!?

NOOK @ Jun 26th 2009 10:07AM

PS3 has games?

NOOK @ Jun 26th 2009 10:07AM

Stupid, stupid, stupid comment system. It's all your fault, trolling PS3 fanboy!

Adrian @ Jun 27th 2009 9:32AM

Uncharted, MGS4 and inFAMOUS. Also the best 3 games I have played.

Epyon83 @ Jun 26th 2009 10:48AM

Any news on europe release date?

CDN Crockett @ Jun 26th 2009 10:59AM

Sweet!

Paul @ Jun 26th 2009 11:43AM

well that's what i'm saying. i played through the whole BETA. and that was on june 1st. 3 weeks later we are still in the beta. how long does it take? i just feel like me and a lot of my other friends have already lost interest. don't get me wrong, i'm sure i will try again when the real prizes but i have talked to some of my friends who didn't even realize that in the beta, they weren't even giving out prizes, and they had lost interest anyway.

Letters2Kay @ Jun 26th 2009 12:21PM

No!

J @ Jun 26th 2009 1:03PM

I've been having a blast playing this..

However, last night, I clicked to play Primetime and it took me to another extended play... I heard that there wasn't even a Primetime event last night, so I'm just a little confused.

I was doing doing pretty well the other night, but then got kicked out once w/ a service error... logged back in and just got sports questions... ending a pretty decent streak.

Other than that, it truly is pretty fun... I know a lot of useless shit... as long as you've seen Goodfellas at least a couple of times, you'll do fine ;)

Smoke_me_a_Kipper @ Jun 26th 2009 2:48PM

Here are some more must sees to play:

RENT
PIMKIN
SOCCER, US or EUROPEAN

There are others but those are the bane of my playing. Though I know know more about Rent & Pimkin then i ever needed to.

SouldrinK @ Jun 26th 2009 1:50PM

The beta won't be over until December 31st, when the first "real" episode airs. The fact they brought it into beta so early is a great thing - part of MS's new "put it out there early as beta" strategy that will help the products quality immensely. Similar to how they are doing with the RC build of Win 7. :)