The Reason why I could not sign in XBL September 2, 2008
Posted by cityztarz in Gaming, News, Xbox Live.Tags: Castle Crashers, XBL, Xbox Live
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After downloading the amazing new game on the Xbox Live Marketplace “Castle Crashers” I noticed that after I was finished playing, I could not sign back into XBL. Now I was scratching my head for awhile just thinking about what could be the problem. I checked my phone jack and everything was fine. I was lost in the dark until I found this. Apparently, Castle Crashers has been giving most of the Xbox Community some problems. This is what I discorverd from Kotaku.com
“There have been widespread reports of networking problems with some gamers being unable to connect to games and others being completely unable to find online servers. Several instances of Xboxes freezing were also reported in the Xbox.com forums.”
A sign of relief but still, I knew it was to good to be true! You could not have an amazing game and sign in to tell your friends about it. Good news is, they are fixing it.
Oh, and it is still a great game!
Lost Cities On Xbox Live Arcade (4/23/08) April 24, 2008
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For 800 Microsoft Points ($10) you can get this week’s release on the XBL Arcade which is Lost Cities.
About Lost Cities: “Risk it all on the expeditions of a lifetime in the award-winning card game Lost Cities as it comes to life on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Draw from a pool of cards to amass the most points, play your cards wisely, take chances with your money, and create the best strategy to outwit your opponent on the road to victory.”
For more just go to xbox.com
Update on Xbox Live Outages January 4, 2008
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Microsoft delivered this kind statement on the Xbox outages this Holiday break. Seems like the news is nothing to cry about.
The statement:
Dear Xbox LIVE Members:
During this past holiday season you helped us break a number of Xbox LIVE records. This included our largest sign-up of new members to Xbox LIVE in our 5 year history and just yesterday you broke the record for the single biggest day of concurrent members ever on the service.
As a result of this massive increase in usage we know that some of you experienced intermittent Xbox LIVE issues over the holiday break. While the service was not completely offline at any given time, we are disappointed in our performance. I would like to take this moment to thank you each and every one of you for your patience and understanding as our team has worked around the clock to return the service to a stable state.
At the same time we would like to offer a token of our appreciation to all of you in celebration of record success for the service. And as a thank you for your loyalty during this holiday period, we will be offering all of our Xbox LIVE members around the world access to a full Xbox LIVE Arcade game that will be available to download free of charge. In the coming weeks we will be sharing the specific details of this offer with you.
Thank you again for helping make Xbox LIVE everything that it is today!
Sincerely,
Marc Whitten
General Manager, Xbox LIVE
Thanks Microsoft, but what about some Microsoft Points for the wait buddies…
Well it is the end of the Year and… December 31, 2007
Posted by cityztarz in Art, Blog Banter, Books, Clothing, Downloads, Event, Funny, Gaming, Halloween, Halo, Hardware, Interview, Message From Me, Movies, News, Release, Sweepstakes, TV, Technology, Toys, What am I doing Now, Xbox Live.3 comments
This blog all started on October 11th, 2007, I thought to myself “why am i doing this?” then I realized, one, I love gaming and it’s community and two, because I have met so many friends along the way. This post is for these people. I wish them so much success in the future in whatever they want to do.
Alexis from Gamingbits.com
You were the one who saw me grow the most. You helped me on my writing and would feed me anything in gaming. You were so inviting with your site and the experience writing for you was amazing. I started with all my PS3 Demo reviews then you actually let me go on the front page. All the events we would cover were great and because of you, I wanted to start my own blog. I always loved gaming but you were the one who brought me into the nitty gritty of gaming. I appreciate everything you have done for me. So for that, Thank You.
BS Angel From HawtyMcBloggy.com
You guided me through anything and everything. Your love for the Xbox Community inspires me. You were there since the very beginning. You were my first friend I ever met in the Gaming blog community and your still at the top of my list. Every question I have ever asked you, you have always spoon fed or directed me to the solution. If you didn’t have the answer, you would still give me something to help me with my problem. The “Blog Banter” is a huge success I think and I can’t wait to write more with the blogging group (Who ever wants to join the Blog Banter go to HawtyMcBloggy.com
and you can contact her there). So again, Thank you for all your kind words and hospitality. Thanks
The Crew at Glitch Gear
You guys were my first interview and man, what an interview. It went from all seriousness to just talking about anything that came up. You guys are the coolest guys around and I still think till this day that your shirts are works of beautiful art. Your banner will be on my site until it runs to the ground. I support you guys all the way and when I get enough money I will buy your whole line and if I’m like 50 years old when I finally get the money, I want all the throwbacks too lol. Thanks You Guys. Go under “Categories” and click “Interviews” to see my interview with Glitch Gear.
I would also like to thank all my newest friends, Please visit their blogs and sites aswell:
Cat’s Blog
Gamertag Radio
GNG Magazine
Sarcastic Gamer
The Girl Gamer
The Underground
We The Gamers
Last but certainly not least, All my wonderful readers that visit my site on a daily basis and make my blog the way it is today. Thank you all and if any of you guys have a question just contact me and I will try my best to answer it.
Thank You and Happy New Year.
Xbox Live Trouble? December 31, 2007
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From:Kotaku
So excited to jump on Live and own some people on Halo 3 but then you realize, wait, I can’t find a game and I have been sitting here for the passed 30 minutes trying to find one. Well, your not, why? Microsoft is having a little dilemma with Xbox Live. Here is what they had to say:
“You may have noticed that the LIVE service has been having a few issues over the past few days. This includes things like signing in, matchmaking and account recovery. Not everyone has had problems, but I know some of you have and I wanted to give you and update. While the service was never completely offline, problems like this are not acceptable. The entire LIVE team has been working day and night to ensure that you can have a great LIVE experience. While we’re not done yet, I wanted to let you know that things are getting better each hour and that no one on the team is going anywhere until the job is done. Thanks for your patience.”
So Microsoft, how about a free month for my troubles?
