Xbox live

[GLENRED]

Is it offline for maintenance today?

[NWMark]

sure is :-(

Ive read upto 48 hours but i think that may be just for zune, as ive also read xbox live is down for upto 24 hours

Edited by NWMark on Monday 29th September 19:13

[Taffer]

Down for 24 hours from 8am today.

There were several notices on XBox Live over the past week, so if you've logged in over the past 7 days you've really got no excuse for not knowing!

The new Dashboard won't be available after the update, but is arriving very soon apparently........

[RemaL]

I thought everyone had message a week or 2 ago about this. But I still forgot about it for the first 5 mins of trying to get it back on

Edited by RemaL on Monday 29th September 21:34

[Road Pest]

Oops remember now I've just logged on here!

[benzo]

Just tried to log on for my daily gaming dose, but forgot about the xbox live down messages. I've been running around testing my BT line and checking broadband download speeds. Then I remembered xbox live was down. Doh moment.

Will we get a 1 day refund or 1 day free?

[Road Pest]

I don't think so. Trust PH to have the answer! What game you logging on to benzo?

[skylinecrazy]

Oh dear. Something else wrong with the 360?

Edited by skylinecrazy on Tuesday 30th September 01:14

[benzo]

Road Pest said:

I don't think so. Trust PH to have the answer! What game you logging on to benzo?

eta. Hi Roadpest.

I am an unashamed Battlefield 2 'modern combat' junkie. Bf2 might not have the best graphics, but imho the online gameplay is enthralling. I find it to be extremely layered & full of suprises. For me, most fps are nothing more than a test of reactions. People run around, see an opposing team member then 'spray and pray'. No real skill, just reactions. Bf2 is like a mixture of rainbow six three and cod 4.

After a long bf2 session other games are fired up to. Ace combat 6 floats my boat. I cant be arsed with shooting down people (to hectic), but zooming around 6 ft from the ground is quite pleasant.

ttfn.

Edited by benzo on Tuesday 30th September 04:10

[vdubbin]

Managed to log back into the Forza 2 website, (http://forzamotorsport.net/mystats) so it looks as though it's all hunky dory again...

[:J:]

vdubbin said:

Managed to log back into the Forza 2 website, (http://forzamotorsport.net/mystats) so it looks as though it's all hunky dory again...

Logins to the websites work, i.e xbox.com, but Live still down

Major Nelson has reported it is taking longer than expected and we should expect an update around 20 mins ago......although not there yet

All this for us to see no changes at all.....great

A lot of people all over the net are asking about getting a refund for loosing a day, which is amusing as it works out out around a whole 11 pence

[:J:]

Ok, after last post, went back to Major Nelson's 'Twitter' (whatever one of those is ??) and he said it was back.

I signed in, and sure enough, Xbox Live is back on line

Right, now just got to call Xbox up and see about getting my 11p back

Edited to say that I just remembered I got my Live from Play.com, so I will be after my 9p

Edited by :J: on Tuesday 30th September 10:27

[MK4 Slowride]

The 11p is all about principal, we get st load times and fked laggy games then for them to sort their st out it cost us again. In fact, I'm going to ask for a whole months gold membership to see how they say no.

[KENZ]

benzo said:

Road Pest said:

I am an unashamed Battlefield 2 'modern combat' junkie. Bf2 might not have the best graphics, but imho the online gameplay is enthralling. I find it to be extremely layered & full of suprises. For me, most fps are nothing more than a test of reactions. People run around, see an opposing team member then 'spray and pray'. No real skill, just reactions. Bf2 is like a mixture of rainbow six three and cod 4.

Edited by benzo on Tuesday 30th September 04:10

Ayeee..Need a fix every night..Try to play some of my other games but it's not the same. my colleagues at work say I should try playing COD4 again..

[mrobertshaw]

This update seems to have made live alot worse, well for me at least. COD 4 is acting very strange saying no connection when it's connected, not letting me start games etc. Iv'e spoken to a couple of others and they are having same probs. ANyone else here?

[Road Pest]

benzo said:

Road Pest said:

I don't think so. Trust PH to have the answer! What game you logging on to benzo?

eta. Hi Roadpest.

I am an unashamed Battlefield 2 'modern combat' junkie. Bf2 might not have the best graphics, but imho the online gameplay is enthralling. I find it to be extremely layered & full of suprises. For me, most fps are nothing more than a test of reactions. People run around, see an opposing team member then 'spray and pray'. No real skill, just reactions. Bf2 is like a mixture of rainbow six three and cod 4.

After a long bf2 session other games are fired up to. Ace combat 6 floats my boat. I cant be arsed with shooting down people (to hectic), but zooming around 6 ft from the ground is quite pleasant.

ttfn.

Edited by benzo on Tuesday 30th September 04:10

I'm mostly on Rainbow six vegas at the moment. Am about to get to top level, so sticking with it for the moment. Will definately be needing something else when done as it's been at least 6 months. (Don't get online for long and spend a lot of time messing around when I do). I've hooked up with quite a good crowd on R6V giving it more of a pub chatter feel, which always adds to the entertainment.

Have COD4 but it's a bit too hectic late at night so may pick up BF2 and give it a go. Been tempted by Ace Combat 6 too in the past so sounds like that may feature in my box soon....

[dan1981]

mrobertshaw said:

This update seems to have made live alot worse, well for me at least. COD 4 is acting very strange saying no connection when it's connected, not letting me start games etc. Iv'e spoken to a couple of others and they are having same probs. ANyone else here?

I've got these problems - not working very well at all this evening.

[ih8thisname]

MK4 Slowride said:

The 11p is all about principal, we get st load times and fked laggy games then for them to sort their st out it cost us again. In fact, I'm going to ask for a whole months gold membership to see how they say no.

Well do let us know how you get on with that one then.

[mrmr96]

It seems to have gone off again? Anyone else unable to connect right now? [20:17BST on Weds 1 Oct]

[rarathoon]

working for me no problem signs in fine directly through xbox live in call of duty 4 lobby