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@Rabite

via Twitter Xbox Support "The Rewards deposit today was credited multiple times for some users. The extra points have been recalled ^JG"

@Rabite

ONLY Philip (^PS) is stating that you can keep the points. The rest of the tweet team is saying that they have no info on the situation. And as it was pointed out earlier, they are already removing the points, even putting some accounts in a negative balance.

Sorry about the double post. JoystiQ must be acting up because that was a reply to the Tweet you mentioned earlier.

@surrealsunshine

They deleted that post in a hurry, didn't they?

@surrealsunshine

They deleted that post in a hurry, didn't they?

@MrGtD

I just talked to MS when I noticed that my account had jumped a little over 5000MS. The rep told me that the promo points have been escalated and the matter will be resolved within 72 hours. I ask what they were doing if I had already spent them. The reps answer was that MS is planning on handling the matter is five phases.

1- If the points weren’t spent then they are just going to remove them from the accounts that got them.
2- If the points were spent leaving a zero or negative balance of points and there is a credit card on file, then they are going to bill for the points used.
3- If there is no credit card on file, they plan on sending out an E-mail “demanding” payment.
4- If there is no credit card on file and the “demand” for payment goes unanswered then they “may” subtract months of gold membership that equal the amount of points used.
5- If there is still a negative balance then they plan on banning the console and the account until it is no longer negative. This one she said at least three times.

@KyGuyTC7

SEGA Pass was hacked. SEGA sent out an E-mail to it's users this morning stating that on June 16 their servers were hit and some personal info about their users was stolen.

@trendscenedental

Holy $#%! Are you even old enough to understand what you are reading instead of falling into propaganda? The ESRB is not a regulated rating system that reviews actual content. Nor is it mandatory for developers to submit their games to the ESRB. Some stores may ID for certain titles, but that is store policy not law and is seldom followed consistently. None of this law will effect any aspect of how games are presented or made, that is a fabrication made up in the mind of minors who don’t want to be limited in their ability to undermined their parents when it comes to what games they purchase. Limiting sells to minors will not effect the art form of the gaming industry one bit, unless the developer decides to change their product for appropriateness to increase sells, which they do already. There is no difference between what this law proposes and what is already in place for other media such as movies. You say that you are tired of “lazy parents” and I am tired of stores that will sell mature rated games to minors without a parents consent. If a parent deems a mature rated video game appropriate for their minor then the parent can purchase it for them.

@Dan50 That may be, but is it not the right to free speech for a store to say “We do not support the content of this game, so we will not sell it”? No one is censoring the way that the games are made or their content, they are placing age restrictions on people who can purchase it. That is just simply not a constitutional issue nor is it limiting freedom of speech. The only thing laws like this accomplish is limiting minors from purchasing material that is questionable.

As a parent and a gamer, I am okay with them banning the sell of violent video games to minors. Doing so would not bring about the end of the industry the way so many seem to think, nor will it even stop the production of these games because of the large consumer base that isn't considered a minor. My opinion is an independent rating group outside of the ESRB should be formed to put restrictions and content labels on packaging similar to movies. Then allow parents to decide if the content of the game is appropriate for their children. If a parent feels that the violence that is presented is okay, then the parent can purchase the game for their minor child.

There is nothing unconstitutional about banning the sells of questionable material to minors, because minors are dependants and subject to parental standards., they are not yet entitled to many of the “rights” they claim in their defense. I really see the ECA only concerning themselves with the profitability of merchants and game designers, while trying to diminish the rights of parents and legal guardians.