Xbox Live Sucks!

Yes, I know what you are thinking...

"She's a girl why does she have an XBL account?"
"She's a mom why does she have an XBL account?"
"How does she even know what XBL is?"

Well let me enlighten the masses... first of all, females can play video games, contrary to the popular myth created by males. Second, we have wonderful hand eye coordination, we even have opposable thumbs (Yay for thumbs!) therefore we can hold a controller and press the necessary buttons in order to complete the objective, which I might add means killing you and your antiquated ways of thinking. Who knew?!

Oh, on a side note to the mom's out there that don't play... don't give me any crap about video games being violent, they instill violence in children blah blah blah... let me enlighten you as well. I've been playing games since the gaming console was invented! I played Pong for heavens sake! I loved it. We got it when we were in Japan. I also played on the Atari, Odyssey, Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II C, the original Nintendo, the Sega Genesis, do I really need to go on listing the consoles?

I played games along side my brother. We purchased consoles together with our allowance. My brother is the sweetest guy you will ever meet, he doesn't run around killing people and neither do I. Okay, I kill virtual people but that is my way of relieving stress and I know there is a difference between virtual and reality! Most people who have no other issues know the difference, so blaming the gaming industry is idiotic. Don't make them the scapegoat for bad parenting skills.

My kids will probably play too, and I think that I have the advantage over most mom's because when it comes to games, consoles, and content in games, I actually know what the hell is going on, I refuse to stay oblivious. I don't play in front of my kids; it's an after the kiddies are in bed fast asleep kinda thing. My kids are still too young to even know what a gaming console is let alone respect it and the overly expensive accessories (oh! did I just say that?).

Now back to the fact that Xbox Live has been doing a number on it's paid subscribers.... I pay to use XBL, $50 a year... I personally don't have a steady income (I have Cafepress store so I can stay at home) so I am picky about what I do spend my money on, I expect to pay for the service promised and Xbox has fallen quite short of their promise. To compensate its subscribers Xbox Live is going to give away a game. I know you are saying,

"Wow! That is really nice of them."

Uhm No. It costs around $60 for any top game at any store that sells them, and less for the games no one wants to play. XBL is notorious for giving away games that no one wants. It is the consensus on the forums that we will probably be rewarded with Carcassonne, don't ask me about the game just know it isn't worthy of explanation. I must also mention they just gave the game away for free in October or November... I've played it once and am glad I didn't pay a single dime for it. If they want to make me happy they need to cough up MS Points. I would love those over a game that well, here's are copy of a post that I made that really tells you how I feel:

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After lasts nights xbl fiasco I want MS POINTS not some stupid low end of the totem pole piece of crap no one would ever buy but MS needs to recoup the loss somehow so they give it away for a tax write off type of game!!!


It's the least they could do! We couldn't invite, send messages, receive messages, we kept loosing people IF we even got a game! I am beyond tired of this, they know what the problem is, it's NOT stupid hackers, that's a lame excuse, someone in the xbl group f'd up somewhere and they need to fire him (it's gotta be a guy!) and fix it... just fix it!
If I wasn't so freaken addicted to Halo3, GOW and now COD4 I'd tell them where they could put their xbl. I pay for this? What is wrong with me!? I'm a play at home mom! My money is precious to me, I don't spend it willy nilly I want the service I paid for, not some hacked up craptastic service, if I want craptastic service I'll go to a fast food joint!
Xbl is the largest online paid gaming system? Well freaken act like it, fix the probs, get more bandwidth for the higher traffic volume or whatever but do it! It's been a month! Be Nike! JUST DO IT!

Ok I'm done ranting... I'm still po'ed but.... like a nth of a degree less so.... *grumbles* stupid xbl!

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Yeah, I know I have anger issues but better to have them in a text format don't you think? I'd really rather be pissed off then pissed on anyway. Not to mention those with whom I play along side, including my fellow clan members, are just as pissed off. It's anger that is justifiable towards Xbox Live and it's lack of properly handling the situation!

Well to make me smile and that is all it does, I'm not yet giddy... I'll get to that point if this actually happens but XBL is getting sued... I'm going to keep watching the situation because it interests me and because it affects me... While I understand that Xbox Live is not a guaranteed service so these guys really don't have a leg to stand on, the out come will be interesting none the less! I'll post more on this in the future. In the meantime Happy Gaming! (if XBL lets you!)