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Xbox Live support is ending for the original Xbox

Posted 5 Feb 2010

Xbox Live support for the original Xbox and all of its titles will end on Apr. 15th of this year. Microsoft claims this is necessary in order to move forward with new Xbox Live features. This is pretty disappointing for someone like me who still regularly plays on Live with their original Xbox. Luckily we have Xlink Kai and online play for the original Xbox will never die. Major Nelson's entry on this is here: http://majornelson.c...-and-games.aspx

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I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360. Our first step in this process will be to turn off auto-renewals for those members who only use Xbox LIVE on a v1 Xbox. While I can’t comment on the specifics, this change will allow us to continue evolving the LIVE service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox LIVE community. We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features.

Xbox LIVE general manager Marc Whitten (Gamertag Notwen) has posted this letter to the community which provides additional context.

The best is yet to come, and we look forward to sharing more details in the near future.
Doom licensing thread

Posted 7 Jan 2010

I am assuming since this wad is based on Freedoom (or at least uses many assets from Freedoom) that when this is all done the wad will be freely available to the Jag community to use for further development?
Clicking sound when discs spin

Posted 24 Dec 2009

I have an early Wii and it makes an annoying clicking sound when discs are spinning. I don't get any read errors and I haven't noticed any other issues. The discs do not get scratched. I am pretty sure the problem is exactly what is demonstrated here:

I usually am not shy about opening a console. I have modded many many consoles and I opened my day 1 360 to fix my red of ring of death and didn't think twice about it. I just don't want to open the Wii. Looking at some videos of it being opened it looks like a complete pain in the ass. I also don't like fixes that are likely only temporary. Looking at this fix I could see the metal relaxing eventually and going right back to making the same noise.

I have to get rid of this noise. I didn't notice it much in the past because I kept the console in my media room and played it on my 80" screen with my loud booming sound system. Now I have the Wii in my bedroom and I play it while my wife sleeps. I can keep the TV volume down but there is nothing I can do to keep the damn Wii quiet. When you are playing a game the discs constantly spin up and spin down and spin up and spin down and it drives me nuts! It is like someone is slowly accelerating and stopping an electric weed whacker over and over. I can't take it and I don't think my wife can stand it either.

So, this Wii needs repair. I am planning to send it to Nintendo. Obviously the warranty is long expired. How much does a repair typically cost? How quick does the turn-around seem to be? What are the chances I will get my unit back with all my saved games and downloads intact? I hate doing this stuff and this problem doesn't seem to be causing any problems in the way of functionality but I can't stand to even play it after a while. Thanks for any info.
Unreal Championship Competition

Posted 14 Dec 2009

I announced this on the Xbox forums here: http://forums.xbox.c...7/ShowPost.aspx

This weekend I was playing Counter-Strike on the original Xbox. It continues to have a healthy following on Live and there are no problems getting a game. I decided to swap it out for Unreal Championship for a couple matches and I was disappointed to find there were no games available. I hosted a game and waited... and waited... and waited. Nobody came in. I tossed in some bots and played over the weekend and nobody ever connected. That was pretty disappointing to me. I don't think the issue is that nobody plays Unreal for the original Xbox on Live anymore. I think that I could find a game fairly easily if I popped in Unreal Championship 2. But this game was the original Xbox Live game and the lack of any games at all depressed me a little. The last time I popped it in I got a game within a few minutes at least. Anyway, after looking at some of the Xbox Live activity lists on Major Nelson's blog I decided I wanted to get this game onto the top 5 list for original Xbox games played on Live. With that goal in mind and a $100 check my Dad sent me for Christmas I came up with this idea.

So I hope some of the members on AA's live list will show up and play Unreal Championship during the week of competition. I look forward to seeing everyone there.

Here is the content of the original post on the Xbox forums. If you are a member of that forum I encourage you to post in the thread just to let people know it has attention.

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I am announcing a friendly Unreal Championship competition on Xbox Live. The details follow.

What – Friendly open Unreal Championship competition

When – January 10, 2010 – January 16, 2010

Where – Xbox Live!

Who can participate – Everyone! If you don’t intend to compete for the prizes participate anyway because we need you.

What you will need – An original Xbox, Active Xbox Live Subscription, Internet Connection, A copy of Unreal Championship.

Rules – There are two simple rules.

1) Follow all rules of Xbox Live and your subscriber agreement.

2) Do not purposely inflate your score with the use of bots. Since this rule cannot be enforced we will be using the honor system here. Please participate fairly. I will not have an argument because of this at the end of the competition. The category winners according to the Xbox Live weekly leaderboards will receive the prizes. We all just want to have fun so I will not entertain any disputes.

Prizes – At the end of the week I will award the following prizes to the leaerboard weekly leaders of the following categories:

Deathmatch: $20
Capture the Flag: $20
Bombing Run: $20
Overall: $40

This competition will be for 1 week and there will be 4 cash prizes given away at the end. I decided to try and put together this competition with 2 goals in mind.

1) To have a good time and towards that end I would like to encourage people to take some time out from their new games and pop in a classic on the original Xbox.

2) To put Unreal Championship on the top 5 list for original Xbox games played on Live during the week of the competition. I do not intend to try to knock Halo 2 off the #1 slot but it would be great if we could put Unreal Championship, the original Live game, into the top 5 list. You can see this list when it is posted on Major Nelson’s blog.

The prizes are not the point of the competition. They are simply a little encouragement. Please participate even if you don’t think you have time to compete for the prizes. Any time you spend playing will make our competition better.

Please pass this information around. Let your friends on Xbox Live know and if you are involved in any gaming forums or communities share this information with them. Put a link to this thread into your forum signatures on whatever online forums you participate in. Help us have a great week of Unreal Championship on Live. Also, I hope to see people on practicing for the week of the competition.

So with that let me answer some of the questions you might have.

Q: Why Unreal Championship?
A: The reason for competing in Unreal Championship is two-fold. 1) It was the first Xbox Live enabled game. When Microsoft unveiled Xbox Live at E3 2002 this was the game they demonstrated it with. I, like many others, pre-ordered this game when I pre-ordered Xbox Live and I picked them up together on release day. By playing this game on Xbox Live we are demonstrating our appreciation to Microsoft for continuing to support the original Xbox on Xbox Live. As someone who still plays Counter-Strike and other great original games on Xbox Live I appreciate the continued support by Microsoft. 2) This game is not backwards compatible. You might think that is exactly the reason why the competition should use Unreal Championship 2 instead but I believe this to be a reason for using this game. I want Microsoft to know that we appreciate their continued support of every Xbox Live enabled game on the original Xbox regardless of whether or not it is on the BC list.

Q: How will the prizes be rewarded?
A: At the completion of the competition I will take a picture of each leaderboard for the categories being participated in and I will post those pictures online with a congratulations to the winners. I will then send a message over Xbox Live to the winners to arrange for payment through a secure paypal payment from a verified paypal account. I do not require any personal information and I will not be contacting any participants that did not win.

Q: Who is providing the cash prizes.
A: I am personally paying out the cash prizes. If you guys play during the week of the competition you will have made it a great use of $100.

Q: Can I contribute to the prize?
A: I will be paying out $100 of my own money. I will not accept any money. But you are welcome to increase the cash prize. You will have to contact the winners/winner and arrange for their receipt of the prize. If you do intend to reward the winners/winner please reply here to make that known so that the winner will be aware of your intention to contact them.

Q: Can the winners be disputed?
A: No. The leaderboards know all.

Q: Can you win the prize?
A: No. I do not anticipate coming in first place in any of the categories but should that happen I will award the prize to the second place position.

Q: Can someone win more than one category?
A: Yes. Not only can you win more than one category, I expect that the winner of at least one of the categories will match up with the winner of the overall category.

Q: My Xbox Live account is not activated on my original Xbox. Can it be?
A: You can do an account recovery to get your Live account working on your original Xbox. This does not affect your 360’s ability to use your account and it does not have to be recovered every time you switch consoles. In order to do an account recovery on an original Xbox your account must have a credit card associated with it. You can remove the card from the account once the recovery is complete. There is no charge for account recovery.

Q: Where can I get a copy of Unreal Championship?
A: http://www.amazon.co...60833275&sr=8-1
http://shop.ebay.com...al+championship

Q: Where can I get an original Xbox?
A: http://www.gamestop....roduct_id=36781
http://www.amazon.co...60833602&sr=1-1
http://video-games.s...d=p3286.c0.m282

If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you have any ideas on how to improve the competition then please share them. Help me get the information out there so we can all have a great time. I will see you there!
Quake Live Is Awesome

Posted 19 Aug 2009

I was a little skeptical about whether or not I would care when I first heard about Quake Live. Now I know that I care very much. I loved all the Quake games and a free one (even if it is pretty much Quake 3) is awesome. It is also really cool that the game is a browser plugin. When you play windowed the game actually plays in a box in your browser. It is also really cool that all you have to do is login to the website and you have access to your account from anywhere and your keybindings are saved online. But what really makes it good is, without question, the site itself. The stats are cool, the matchmaking is simple and effective, the achievements system is well done, the friends interface is good, and getting into a game couldn't be easier. Top that all off with the fact that I can play it in both Linux and Mac OS X and I am in love with Quake Live.

Anyone that hasn't checked out Quake Live yet really needs to take the two minutes needed to sign up. Add me onto your friends list... my username is the same there.