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(USA) Free Xbox Live Weekend Confirmed
« on: March 10, 2006, 09:29:00 AM »

(USA)  Free Xbox Live Weekend Confirmed-- Posted by XanTium on March 10 11:29 EST
From planetxbox360.com:

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Microsoft today announced the first Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend, presented courtesy of Verizon. From March 31 through April 2, Xbox 360 gamers are invited to connect to Xbox Live and enjoy an action-packed weekend of multiplayer gaming in a community of 2 million players, free of charge.

The Verizon-sponsored Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend will feature 72 hours of nonstop events, constituting the largest programming effort of online Xbox multiplayer games ever. Events will include the following:
* A 72-hour multiplayer schedule of the most exciting games on Xbox 360
* Xbox Live Arcade leaderboard tournaments
* Xbox Live Play and Win contests
* Xbox Live veterans hosting new gamers on Xbox Live

Read More: planetxbox360.com and the official pressrelease.

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HSDEMONZ

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2006, 10:00:00 AM »

now.. if only they'd confirm or deny the Update issues..
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blackchild1101

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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2006, 10:44:00 AM »

QUOTE(HSDEMONZ @ Mar 10 2006, 06:07 PM) *

now.. if only they'd confirm or deny the Update issues..

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HansiHusten

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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2006, 12:57:00 PM »

... and why only in the USA?... I bought an Xbox 360 also in the hope in playing online weekends and what now?.. I could create another Live account with USA location, right? But... well i think you know what i mean, why only AMERICANS? ffs
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sew3521

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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2006, 02:18:00 PM »

QUOTE(HansiHusten @ Mar 10 2006, 02:04 PM) *

... and why only in the USA?... I bought an Xbox 360 also in the hope in playing online weekends and what now?.. I could create another Live account with USA location, right? But... well i think you know what i mean, why only AMERICANS? ffs

Only americans b/c of 2 reasons
1)We are awesom jester.gif  jester.gif
2)Verizon is sponsoring it....i dont know if they are in other countries
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The Zep Man

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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2006, 02:12:00 PM »

QUOTE(sew3521 @ Mar 10 2006, 10:18 PM) *
*cough*

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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2006, 02:20:00 PM »

QUOTE(sew3521 @ Mar 10 2006, 04:18 PM) *

2)Verizon is sponsoring it....


ugghhh..... i have verizon dsl..... *cough* they suck *cough* *cough*
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2006, 05:11:00 PM »

trust me, your not missing much if your in it for just a good game... live games are ok, but the lag gets horriffic. i never lag on xbc and host 16 daily w/ no issues... only thing live has over xbc IMHO is there is "less" modding...
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