Updated Xbox Live Gamertags

[UncleSmoothie]

Just FYI for those sending messages and friend invites tonight: Live is well and truly borked after some "routine" maintenance this morning. Watch the updates on Major Nelson's Twitter (http://www.majornelson.com/default.aspx) (left-hand side of the page), which is what passes for an official status blog with MS.

[Fugitive]

Speaking of the maintenance, rumour has it that this was for the deployment of the server-side support for clans, making their debut in Halo 3. Some slides that are supposedly from a previous GDC imply that it'll be on a per-game basis.

[ElGuapo]

OK, WTF, it wasn't just me then. I was trying to get into games and private chat was fucked all night.

[DennyA]

The one thing that's annoying is that while watching DVD's we get all the announcements of who is going on and offline. A friend told me I could shut this down in setup, but I spent about 15 minutes looking today and couldn't find any such setting. How do I disable messages while watching DVD's?

1) Press the Guide button (Big Silver X)
2) Select "Notifications"
3) Uncheck "Show During Videos"

And yes, it is weird that most settings are on the System bar, but a few are only available from the Guide button...

[ProStyle]

Yes, I still have no idea how to "edit text" on the original Friend Request dialog. I even tried to just send a normal message and it had no options regarding the friends list, although I could edit the text there. I'm sure it's probably buried somewhere, but I ended up sending an extra QT3 PS message to the few I attempted to add. I'll probably just follow suit and change my little quote to mention QT3, it would make this easier.

[noun]

Just a reminder to please add a "from Qt3" message with your friends requests... I have a nearly maxed friends list pending requests from HighTwister and sykofant and I have no idea if they're Qt3 guys or random xbox.com folks.

Hey - I got a few invites from this sykofant character, too. I just deleted them because I couldn't identify who he was.

[Ryan Markel]

Yes, I still have no idea how to "edit text" on the original Friend Request dialog. I even tried to just send a normal message and it had no options regarding the friends list, although I could edit the text there. I'm sure it's probably buried somewhere, but I ended up sending an extra QT3 PS message to the few I attempted to add. I'll probably just follow suit and change my little quote to mention QT3, it would make this easier.

You can add voice to a friend request, but not text AFAIK.

I usually send a text message AND a friend request, because I prefer to add people through the Web interface.

[EvilIdler]

Web interface is best, but once you've added someone, you can pick them from the top of the friends list and
send a message from there in the dashboard. You only need two letters and a number to identify yourself :)

[msdoran]

msdoran = Taheca

[Dean]

1) Press the Guide button (Big Silver X)
2) Select "Notifications"
3) Uncheck "Show During Videos"

And yes, it is weird that most settings are on the System bar, but a few are only available from the Guide button...

Yay! That worked! Now I don't need to be bothered while watching my pr0n^H^H^H^H academy award winning dramas.

[TriggerHappy]

Me = NYCTriggerHappy

I just added a ton of people through the web interface, I'll tag the requests as from QT3 when I get home.

[copeknight]

<--- copeknight

[biclops]

<--- LonelyGeekfest

[Glycerine]

<--- Glycerine74

[Zuwadza]

Just picked up a 360 today! My gamertag is devonrt. All I have right now are GRAW, Bioshock and Dead Rising but I'll probably be picking up GoW soon.

Everybody else on this thread: Expect a friend request!

[EvilIdler]

I'm considering trading in my GeoW, since it's largely unused. Anyone want to rush through hardcore, then insane, some weekend ASAFP? :)

[Ryan Markel]

I'm considering trading in my GeoW, since it's largely unused. Anyone want to rush through hardcore, then insane, some weekend ASAFP? :)

I've almost done this a few times, then thought twice about it (traded it in). On the one hand, it's a really good game, but on the other hand, am I even going to play it anymore now that I have Halo 3?

[Inevitability]

I'm "L77tigator"

[Austen]

<-- Austentacious

[Desslock]

thedesslock

[Tom McNamara]

Felonious Monky

[fenrrris]

Fenris84

[Andrew Mayer]

drvital

[JPR]

Just for the record, I posted here a couple of weeks ago but was never added to the first post.

Gamertag is "roberdjp"

[Mark Crump]

thedesslock

According to XBL, you don't exist.

[Jake Plane]

Just the obligatory reminder - we love adding Qt3 folks, but please identify as such.

[Desslock]

According to XBL, you don't exist.

There are some capitals - try: TheDesslock

I also only have a silver membership right now.

[EvilIdler]

Caps don't matter when adding people - you can type it all lowercase, as long as you get spacing right.

[Islanti]

There are some capitals - try: TheDesslockIt's case insensitive, which means you probably have just a local-to-your-system account, not an Xbox Live account.


I also only have a silver membership right now.Then why would anyone want to add you? You can't play any game online.

[Desslock]

It's case insensitive, which means you probably have just a local-to-your-system account, not an Xbox Live account.

Then why would anyone want to add you? You can't play any game online.

I had a Gold version, but just let it expire since I never played multiplayer. How is that not an xbox live account? I use it to download 360 patches and demos, etc.

[Fugitive]

It looks like there's a space in there, as "The Desslock" (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=The+Desslock)

[Desslock]

I can't even figure out how to login through the web - do I need a hotmail account, wtf? I just went through the registration process on the 360, and don't think I entered an e-mail address. When I click on that link I just get taken to a registration page.

[LesJarvis]

Your gamertag is tied to a Windows Live ID, and you either had to create a new Live ID or tie your gamertag to an existing one when you set up your account, so log in with that.

[Desslock]

I can't even find a log-in option (at the website) that's not associated with a "registered" e-mail address, and I'm almost certain I never gave one when I created my account on the 360.

[madkevin]

Then why would anyone want to add you? You can't play any game online.

Speaking for myself, I only have a silver membership but I still like seeing people's rankings and comparing achievements, etc.

[Fugitive]

I can't even find a log-in option (at the website) that's not associated with a "registered" e-mail address, and I'm almost certain I never gave one when I created my account on the 360.
It's possible you created an offline profile, which doesn't need to be associated with an email address, and the one I found is someone else entirely. You can check it here (http://profile.mygamercard.net/The+Desslock) instead without having to log in.

I think there's a procedure for migrating an offline profile to an online one, though I can't remember the specifics offhand. (Edit: Might just be a matter of going through the Join Xbox Live (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/connecttolive/xbox360/livesetup/join.htm) steps. If you've already done that, then you must have entered an email address at some point.)

[Desslock]

It's possible you created an offline profile, which doesn't need to be associated with an email address, and the one I found is someone else entirely. You can check it here (http://profile.mygamercard.net/The+Desslock) instead without having to log in.

That's me! - that's my sad little collection of achievements (at least as of the last time I was online last month). I haven't really played anything other than Oblivion on my 360, other than to boot up and mess around a bit.

edit - I think I originally had an offline profile, and then I created an xbox live profile on January 1, 2007 (I think to download the free Oblivion mod offered last x-mas) - had no idea that I could move my offline profile, so I just created a new one. I have actually played the 360 more than that profile suggests, but I guess my other achievements are on my offline account.

Still have no idea how to login online to xbox live through my PC. I guess I just boot up my 360 and plug in a connection when I want to download a demo. Think the last time I was online I downloaded the bioshock demo.

I think "Desslock" was also claimed by me because I had to register through passport for something (maybe Halo pc?) but couldn't remember any information by the time I got a 360, and no longer had the same email address. Bah, give me config.sys and autoexec.bat, or require me to build a PC from scratch - I find this xbox stuff confusing, lol.

[Mark Crump]

That's me! - that's my sad little collection of achievements (at least as of the last time I was online last month). I haven't really played anything other than Oblivion on my 360, other than to boot up and mess around a bit.

edit - I think I originally had an offline profile, and then I created an xbox live profile on January 1, 2007 (I think to download the free Oblivion mod offered last x-mas) - had no idea that I could move my offline profile, so I just created a new one. I have actually played the 360 more than that profile suggests, but I guess my other achievements are on my offline account.

Still have no idea how to login online to xbox live through my PC. I guess I just boot up my 360 and plug in a connection when I want to download a demo. Think the last time I was online I downloaded the bioshock demo.

I think "Desslock" was also claimed by me because I had to register through passport for something (maybe Halo pc?) but couldn't remember any information by the time I got a 360, and no longer had the same email address. Bah, give me config.sys and autoexec.bat, or require me to build a PC from scratch - I find this xbox stuff confusing, lol.

Go to xboxlive.com for at least a web interface.

[Jim Hoffman]

Can you do messaging w/ only Silver membership?

[Desslock]

Go to xboxlive.com for at least a web interface.

I was doing that, but couldn't log in without an e-mail address. Figured it out - booted up the console and checked out my profile to see if there was an e-mail associated with it, which there was although I didn't remember it, so I can now access Live through online. Very exciting.

Actually it is kind of cool.

I think you can do everything with Silver other than play multiplayer games online. Halo 3 comes with a 48 hour upgrade to gold, so I'll probably try some multiplayer online at some point.

[Jim Hoffman]

<-- ElDoradoJim
Silver only, but you can still msg me if you want to tell me what a dick I am.
:P

[asspennies]

asspennies -> asspennies

[notatiger]

Friend me so I can start playing Halo 3 multiplayer. Gamertag - txjoe

[LesJarvis]

As my location field would suggest, my gamertag is JesLarvis. Note the transposed J and L. Friend me so I don't have to play with random 12 year olds, please.

[KoreanBBQ]

Korean B B Q
Don't find myself online often, but here ya go, anyway.

[NuclearWinter]

ElenkisUK

[Desslock]

Can you do messaging w/ only Silver membership?

Actually, I don't think there's messaging for Silver memberships, after all.

[biclops]

You can send text messages with Silver Membership

[JPR]

Not from xbox.com, though.

You have to be on your 360 to do it.

[Islanti]

I had a Gold version, but just let it expire since I never played multiplayer. How is that not an xbox live account? I use it to download 360 patches and demos, etc.I was speculating, since the Gamertag you listed doesn't exist according to the system and it is not case sensitive. Either you mis-spelled it (I'm assuming you checked that), it was never an Xbox Live account (you're saying it was gold), or it was an Xbox 180 account that you let expire. The original Xbox accounts are burned forever once they expire unlike 360 accounts which just revert to Silver. In that case you'll need a new Gamertag entirely.

[Lizard_King]

LIZRDKNG

now who to try to add from this vast list....

[Union Carbide]

Everyone up to this point has been added to the QT3 Leaderboard.

http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/clboard/bDr6dm46.png (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46)

Except for:

Cheerful Dub is not a valid GamerTag
NO CONNECT is not a valid GamerTag

[ZekeDMS]

Oh, good. I'm 8 minutes too late, but I'm ZekeDMS on XBL as well. Mmm, universal screen name usage.

[_Fury_]

Gamertag: DocFoo

word

[Islanti]

Speaking for myself, I only have a silver membership but I still like seeing people's rankings and comparing achievements, etc.For me -- with only 100 friend slots -- there's not room for people I'll never actually play with online.

[Ephraim]

<-- ElDoradoJim
Silver only, but you can still msg me if you want to tell me what a dick I am.
:P

The irony of ElDoradoJim not having a Gold account is not lost on me!

[Reemul]

Reemul = Reemul 9

[ZekeDMS]

Band together, Silver Brothers!

We shall stand and fight the golden regime, enjoying our non-competitive xbox live use in a way free from the crying of adolescent children!

[NuclearWinter]

A lot of people I've tried adding from here have full friend lists now, and a bunch of you rejected my friend request. I feel so unloved.

[Jim Preston]

Everyone up to this point has been added to the QT3 Leaderboard.Not me. :-(

Gamertag = Dr Preston

[Dave V]

Gamertag: IronFriar

[0racle]

if any of you still have my username on your friends list you can go ahead and take it off. I gave away my 360 to a friend and i don't think i'll be redoing the name ever again, right now someone else is using my gamertag, but when the subscription ends it'll just be gone.

brandon

[Vesper]

Gamertag: o Vesper o

[RickH]

Everyone up to this point has been added to the QT3 Leaderboard.

Dammit, I got within 100 points of Xaroc, but he pulled away again while I dink with 5-point "pink mist" achivements in H3.

[Juste]

Doesn't look like i'm registered on the Board: Juste 667

[spence]

May I get an add? gt: cyclohexene

[Union Carbide]

Everyone's added up to this point.

Not me. :-(

Did you change your gamertag recently? I could have sworn you were on there under a different tag. Or at least in my friends list with a different tag. Or something.

[Dave V]

Everyone's added up to this point.
Not me: IronFriar

[Kitus J.]

gamertag: kitusj

[DragonPup]

The Dispatcher

It's an injoke because a lot of the guys at work have gamertags relating to their jobs. :p

[HFL99]

If it's not too much trouble, could you add me as well? My gamertag is EnricPDX. I don't have a whole lot of time to play these days, but I'd be down for a friendly game of Carcassonne, Catan, or Halo 3.

[Brakara]

Hmmm, guess I never posted here. My gamertag is (obviously) Brakara.

[Wholly Schmidt]

Sorry I'm getting slack about the updates guys. I'll bring it up to date now (hopefully).

[nife2o4]

With the release of the Elite value bundle, I've finally joined the 360 cult..gamertag nife2o4

[Papageno]

My Xbox Live gamertag is FreshQu33blets.

So far, I've only played Forza 2, Crackdown (with Sheep Salad aka Andrew Myers) and Project Gotham Racing 3. Eventually I'll probably get Gears, Halo 3 etc.

[Ezdaar]

I got a 360 recently as well, tag is emulsifier.

[Rogen]

add me add me
tag is "the implausible"

[Mink Staccato]

Thanks so much for putting this together. When you have a moment, could you please add me? It's 'Mink Staccato'.

Thanks.

[Pogue Mahone]

Greetings to the fellowship of the Xbox, I have joined the masses and ask admittance to the club. I've purchased a few games and grabbed a few arcade demos, I think I'm going to like it here. Now if you could just teach me the secret handshake, and the location of those secret tunnels that allow me to bypass all this godforsaken traffic, I would be much obliged.

Regards, ThousandKnives (a much cooler gamertag than I could have ever thought up)

[Wheelkick]

Everyone up to this point has been added to the QT3 Leaderboard.

http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/clboard/bDr6dm46.png (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46)

Except for:

Cheerful Dub is not a valid GamerTag
NO CONNECT is not a valid GamerTag

Don't know what to say about that. NO CONNECT is my actual gamertag:
http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/NO+CONNECT.png (http://profile.mygamercard.net/NO+CONNECT)
(I'm actually contemplating changing it for something else. Got this name out of frustration of not getting the wireless adapter to connect to my router. But now when everyting works fine, the name doesn't fit so well anymore...)

[Wolff]

Hey there qt3ers thanks for all the great xbla suggestions.

Now to join the rest of you foos

Mostly I spend time on Bioshock and Halo3 atm, which is strange cause I'm not a huge fps fan, and my fiance is playing an enormous amount of viva pinata.

Anyways hook up with me at Wolff Walker

Would love to play some Halo3 with non asshats or at least asshats that I remotely know where they are from.

W

[If I had a unicorn...]

D3COMP

no one here much likes me but why the hell not

[DavidKaye]

no one here much likes me but why the hell not

At a guess, I'd say it was the pointless trolling threads.

[If I had a unicorn...]

they werent pointless, i found some amusement in them

[RickH]

they werent pointless, i found some amusement in them

And that, folks, is why masturbation is rarely a spectator sport.




At least if you aren't a hot chick.

[JetLagger]

Just picked up a 360 so i can semi-hide during all of the required holiday relative socialization, most of whom i don't particularly like.

Gamertag: JetLaggerSix

I'm off to get my ass handed to me in Puzzle Quest...

-Jet

[Jamie Madigan]

Ah, I should have guessed that there would be a thread for this.

Mine is hjmadigan

[Shadarr]

Shadarr

But I won't be paying for Gold till Rock Band hits the frozen north. Unless somebody desperately wants to help me get the co-op achievement in Crackdown.

[Marcus]

I'm not on that QT3 list for whatever reason. I'm on the one in this post but not on the tracking website.

[SqueakyFoo]

Shadarr

But I won't be paying for Gold till Rock Band hits the frozen north. Unless somebody desperately wants to help me get the co-op achievement in Crackdown.
I don't have the co-op achievements in crackdown yet!

[Shadarr]

Maybe we should take this to the dating thread.

[HomemakerBetty]

Gamertag: Barrett Blank

(How do I get that under my location in my profile as well?)

[JPR]

You add spaces to your location, then type "Gamertag: whatever".

[Islanti]

If you'd like to join the "friend of friends" Quarter To Three site gamertag click here (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Friends.aspx&gt=QuarterToThree&AddAFriendSubmit=Add%20Friend)! This will allow you to browse to a single Gamertag and see other members of the site easily!

[Talisker]

If you'd like to join the "friend of friends" Quarter To Three site gamertag click here (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Friends.aspx&gt=QuarterToThree&AddAFriendSubmit=Add%20Friend)! This will allow you to browse to a single Gamertag and see other members of the site easily!
We'll need more than one of those, given the 100 friend limit -- there are currently 215 people listed at the top of the thread.

[JetLagger]

If you'd like to join the "friend of friends" Quarter To Three site gamertag click here (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Friends.aspx&gt=QuarterToThree&AddAFriendSubmit=Add%20Friend)! This will allow you to browse to a single Gamertag and see other members of the site easily! Cool, I just signed up on line: JetLaggerSix

-Jet

[Islanti]

We'll need more than one of those, given the 100 friend limit -- there are currently 215 people listed at the top of the thread.See my discussion of this issue here (http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showpost.php?p=1170581&postcount=72).

[Rock8man]

Come Monday morning, you should make a new topic on this Islanti. A lot of people don't check Qt3 on nights and weekends, and might miss the topic in a couple of threads not expressly for that purpose. I think you'll get the most people by posting it on Monday morning. Or I suppose posting a new thread, and then bump it up on Monday morning so that people get the link on the first page.

[Keto]

Added myself to Ishanti's list, gamertag: Ketorolac.

Save me from the endless losses to 12-year-old sociopaths and let me lose to much older sociopaths.

/just kidding!

[Ryan Markel]

See my discussion of this issue here (http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showpost.php?p=1170581&postcount=72).

So really, you can only extend this to one group of 100 friends.

Having a second group wouldn't work right - the two groups wouldn't be able to see each other easily, right?

[Acid]

I'm ChristmasOnMars.

If anyone cares.

[Islanti]

Just a post-weekend reminder. There is a "QuarterToThree" as a silver gamertag which will be useful as a "Group List" after tomorrow's dashboard update. If you want to be a part of the list add yourself to the group list by clicking here (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Friends.aspx&gt=QuarterToThree&AddAFriendSubmit=Add%20Friend)! Unfortunately there's only 100 slots, so hurry up.

For more details, see here (http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=40273).

[Charlatan]

I guess I need to post here. I'm CharlatanPrime.

[DennyA]

Perfect. QuarterToThree was my 100th friend.

[Anti-Bunny]

I finally gave in and bought this stupid thing. It's turning out to be fun... Hit me up for an easy win in Catan.

http://card.mygamercard.net/Contrary+Jackal.png (http://profile.mygamercard.net/Contrary+Jackal)

[Islanti]

For those who were wondering, the "QuarterToThree" gamertag hack works as expected. It's really easy to send invites to multiple friend-of-friends.

Sign up now (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Friends.aspx&gt=QuarterToThree&AddAFriendSubmit=Add%20Friend)!

[DavidKaye]

Somehow it seems wrong to me that the QuarterToThree has 0 gamerscore.

[forgeforsaken]

Is this going to work with the one gamertag though? Don't we need more than that?

[Rock8man]

Is this going to work with the one gamertag though? Don't we need more than that?

It looks like Islanti was right and one might work for a while. When I checked this morning, QuarterToThree had only about 35 friends. Even though the Qt3 Leaderboard has 197, it is possible that less than 100 are interested in this.

[Guido Jones]

Yeah, it doesn't really work. You can't see friends of friends of friends, and there are over 100 gamertags here.

[DennyA]

Somehow it seems wrong to me that the QuarterToThree has 0 gamerscore.
Islanti's welcome to borrow my copy of Avatar: The Burning Earth. :)

[Islanti]

I agree the "0" looks funny. Also the generic Gamerpic (although I figure that'll help identify it in the friends list). The account doesn't even exist on an Xbox at the moment... I did everything through Xbox.com.

[Fugitive]

You need to find a 1-point achievement that won't trigger any others while you're trying to get it.

[Bahimiron]

1?

It seems to me that it needs 245 points of achievements.

[André Costa]

Following today's update, i stalked Union Carbide's friends list and sent requests to a bunch of people from here but kindly forgot to mention i was from QT3 ;_;

[fuzzyslug]

Following today's update, i stalked Union Carbide's friends list and sent requests to a bunch of people from here but kindly forgot to mention i was from QT3 ;_;

I think I have one of those invites. If you don't say so, I'm unlikely to approve.

[Adree]

I finally bought one.
http://card.mygamercard.net/Adree1.png (http://profile.mygamercard.net/Adree1)

[Islanti]

Only about 60 people on the QuarterToThree list so far.

Join now! (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Friends.aspx&gt=QuarterToThree&AddAFriendSubmit=Add%20Friend)

[Wholly Schmidt]

Sorry for the laziness, I think I just brought it back up to date.

[BlakeD]

So, I just changed my user name at Qt3 and my Xbox Live gamertag. I used to be "Murdr of Crows" on both Qt3 and Live, now I am BlakeD here and DiffrnceEngine on Live. I recently added a number of people here on the list, if you saw my friend invite and didn't get a message explaining that I was from Qt3 I apologize.

[Equis]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2121/2194785768_c88d482b2b.jpg

Hey guys. I am now on Live. Does being in a completely different timezone affect multiplayer options?

[EvilIdler]

Nah. Some people live on LIVE.

[garin]

I just got one recently as well, but I too am on the wrong side of the planet timezone-wise.

[Equis]

I just got one recently as well, but I too am on the wrong side of the planet timezone-wise.

I should prob friend you then. I'm about 2 hours away from NZ.

[EvilIdler]

I don't have sleep cycles, so I am in most timezones through the week.

[Mysterio]

I don't have sleep cycles, so I am in most timezones through the week.

Ah, life as a cyborg. How I envy you!

[Vincent_GC]

Can always add me to the list. Drz190

[SpoofyChop]

You can add me to the list. My gamertag is SpoofyChop.

[Jab]

Regarding the friend's list , how do I add QT3 to it? Also gamertag jab2565.

[EvilIdler]

gamertag is QuarterToThree, but it might be full now. Hopefully a #2 will be made?

[Equis]

I've added qt3 to my list, but it won't accept the request. I guess I know how it feels about me now. :(

[Mysterio]

gamertag is QuarterToThree, but it might be full now. Hopefully a #2 will be made?

Does anyone think Microsoft will ever increase the friends list cap? I noticed that Major Nelson's friends list doesn't even have a cap! How does he rate? ;-)

[Bahimiron]

Does anyone think Microsoft will ever increase the friends list cap? I noticed that Major Nelson's friends list doesn't even have a cap! How does he rate? ;-)

Major Nelson's got the same cap as everyone else.

Try to add him as a friend and it'll tell you that he's at his limit.

[Guido Jones]

gamertag is QuarterToThree, but it might be full now. Hopefully a #2 will be made?

A #2 doesn't really work (unless you don't want to play with the people from list #1)

[Islanti]

I just cleaned off a few people who hadn't logged in for 2 or more weeks if you want to try again.

[Arioch]

Yeah, you can remove SpielerDrei also if you haven't already, I'm too broke at the moment to buy a new Gold Account.

[DennyA]

I just pruned out a couple of dead/silver friends, so I have a couple of openings. Make sure you send me a message saying you're from QT3, though, as I get too many random requests from people I don't know and I don't accept those.

[Islanti]

Yeah, you can remove SpielerDrei also if you haven't already, I'm too broke at the moment to buy a new Gold Account.
Done.

[EvilIdler]

A #2 doesn't really work (unless you don't want to play with the people from list #1)
If Islanti is a friend of both, shouldn't that work? And both being friends of eachother, of course.

[rowe33]

Mine is rowe33 though I can't always join up MP when I'm on the 360.

[Islanti]

If Islanti is a friend of both, shouldn't that work? And both being friends of eachother, of course.Nope. You can't view friends-of-friends-of-friends. It only goes 1 layer deep unfortunately.

[Guido Jones]

yeah, can't see friends of friends of friends. So if you want to play with everybody from List #1, they all have to friend List #2. Which then makes list #2 full of the same people as List #1.

[Mysterio]

yeah, can't see friends of friends of friends. So if you want to play with everybody from List #1, they all have to friend List #2. Which then makes list #2 full of the same people as List #1.

My head hurts.

[mystery]

So my gamer tag is Mysterywisc, and I've been a friend of QuarterToThree for a little while now.

My son tells me the other day: "Oh, yea, I was playing Rock Band with one of those Quarter To Three people, and..."

"You were WHAT?!?!"

"I think his name was 'cr8mnky' or something."

"He didn't tell you to meet him in a park someplace, did he?"

"Uh, no."

Now he properly fears that particular friends list.

/I keeed.

[Torbe]

Hi finally took the plunge and got a 360 this weekend. My gamertag is SleepySid. Look forward to seeing you guys online.

Cheers

Torbe.

[Rock8man]

So my gamer tag is Mysterywisc, and I've been a friend of QuarterToThree for a little while now.

My son tells me the other day: "Oh, yea, I was playing Rock Band with one of those Quarter To Three people, and..."

"You were WHAT?!?!"

"I think his name was 'cr8mnky' or something."

"He didn't tell you to meet him in a park someplace, did he?"

"Uh, no."

Now he properly fears that particular friends list.

/I keeed.

Yeah, that was a weird experience. I was playing Solo Rock Band when I got an invite from Mysterywisc, who I'd never heard of before. But I accepted. Since I was playing solo, I didn't have my mic hooked up, so there was no way to communicate. Mysterywisc was using a guitar and so was I, so I figured no one wants to be the bassist, so for every song, I kept waiting for a bit and then choosing Bass instead of guitar. It was my first experience being the Bassist, and it was pretty hard actually (since I couldn't really hear the Bass track that well, even with Bass Boost on). I kept trying to play on expert, since I figured playing bass was easier than guitar. I held my own though.

The main problem with multiplayer Rock Band is that since there's no multiplayer career mode, it lacks any kind of cohesive goal. Since I wasn't hosting, I wasn't choosing the songs, so I just kind of had to sit there and hope some songs got picked that I had fun playing. But there really needs to be some better structure to online multiplayer than just "get together and play a song".

It's a lot of fun in local multiplayer, but its hard to translate that energy of playing with a band to online multiplayer. I bet even with a career mode, online multiplayer wouldn't be as fun as local play, but it'll probably help a little.

[Union Carbide]

Updated to here
http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/clboard/bDr6dm46.png (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46)

[wumpus]

my gamertag is

codinghorror

all I really play is Rock Band, with a smattering of Guitar Hero II and III

[nlanza]

My gamertag is 'nlanza'.

I don't play multiplayer stuff too often, though, 'cause I got sick of listening to twelve-year-olds scream in Halo 2 matches. Actually, I don't think I've played a game over Live since I got the 360. But, y'know, first time for everything.

[Yaltan]

Gamer tag: HighballManor

I admit that I play my XBox about once a month :(

[Islanti]

Xbox.com now lets you edit your extended profile. I added a basic Bio for the group gamertag. You can check it out here (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=QuarterToThree). Feedback welcome!

While I'm on the subject, I wanted to let everyone know I randomly go through the list and purge inactive (not logged in for 2+ weeks) or Silver gamertags from the list. If you're interested in joining and haven't been able to get on the list feel free to PM me your Gamertag and I'll get you added next time a slot opens up.

Click here and join the Quarter To Three Xbox Live friends list. (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?act=Add&ru=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Friends.aspx&gt=QuarterToThree&AddAFriendSubmit=Add%20Friend)

[Equis]

While I'm on the subject, I wanted to let everyone know I randomly go through the list and purge inactive (not logged in for 2+ weeks) or Silver gamertags from the list.

That explains why I was booted. I thought qt3 no longer loved me.

In anycase, I might go to silver when there's the next great multiplayer game out. This first quarter dry season has me back to work and soloing more often than not.

[Tom Ohle]

So yeah, I've finally caved and moved my 360 to the other side of the TV, where one of the leading features is convenient just-enough distance to my router. ttrain81 is how you can find me.

[Anders Hallin]

Druv - Anders Hallin

[Coca Cola Zero]

While I'm on the subject, I wanted to let everyone know I randomly go through the list and purge inactive (not logged in for 2+ weeks)


"2+ weeks" of inactivity == boot is pretty harsh. There have been multiple times in the past year where I haven't been on Live at all for close to a month.

[Wholly Schmidt]

Updated, sorry for leaving Ohle hanging for a month.

[Mysterio]

"2+ weeks" of inactivity == boot is pretty harsh. There have been multiple times in the past year where I haven't been on Live at all for close to a month.

Agreed and same. Damn real life getting in the way...

[SqueakyFoo]

I give it two months before I'll boot someone from my list.

[Islanti]

"2+ weeks" of inactivity == boot is pretty harsh. There have been multiple times in the past year where I haven't been on Live at all for close to a month.


Agreed and same. Damn real life getting in the way...

Remember the purpose of the list is to have a large group of active QT3ers to play online with. I don't generally go through the list removing people. If I have a request from someone to be added I make room for them (which occurs randomly). I haven't had anyone come back and complain that they were booted so I'm not worrying about it.

[ColonelT]

Ahoy! My gamertag is "Dack Montana". Please add me to all that I can be added. (That's a terrible sentence, there.)

I'm still playing a lot of Culdcept Saga and catching up with key releases from the last couple years.

[fuzzyslug]

At this point, I'm at 99. I don't have room for anyone else without kicking someone. It's certainly nothing personal. I'm on the QT3 list. If we actually play games together, I'm much more likely to leave you on my list regardless of your downtime.

[Mysterio]

They really need to increase the number of friends allowed on one's list. We seem to bring this up every few months, yet we're still limited.

[Guido Jones]

Remember the purpose of the list is to have a large group of active QT3ers to play online with. I don't generally go through the list removing people. If I have a request from someone to be added I make room for them (which occurs randomly). I haven't had anyone come back and complain that they were booted so I'm not worrying about it.

Well, it's not like you get a big popup when you're removed from someone else's friends list, most people don't notice I'm sure. That said, I don't think having a 2 week limit is a bad thing.

[Zuwadza]

Has anyone suggested having separate Qt3 accounts for each game?

[Fugitive]

Maybe not every game, as that could become a pain in the ass to maintain, but perhaps a group account for each of the major genres might be useful. Looking at the full list, damned if I know who'd potentially be interested in a round of Forza 2 unless I'd already played with them before.

[Talisker]

Well, it's not like you get a big popup when you're removed from someone else's friends list, most people don't notice I'm sure. That said, I don't think having a 2 week limit is a bad thing.
... so if you RROD, you're outta the club.

[SqueakyFoo]

Maybe not every game, as that could become a pain in the ass to maintain, but perhaps a group account for each of the major genres might be useful. Looking at the full list, damned if I know who'd potentially be interested in a round of Forza 2 unless I'd already played with them before.
qt3-racing
qt3-fps
qt3-sports
qt3-rockband

That actually sounds like a great idea.

[Mysterio]

qt3-racing
qt3-fps
qt3-sports
qt3-rockband

That actually sounds like a great idea.

How dare you leave out qt3-strategy, especially with CivRev coming out soon! :-)

[Islanti]

Having genre specific lists is a great solution. I'm sure there are some who never play certain genres which will help keep lists less full.

Proposed Gamertags:

QT3-Board ##There's a strong interest in games like Catan and Carcassone as well as chess.
QT3-Driving ##Racing Games
QT3-Shooters ##FPS and 3rd person shooters
QT3-Sports
QT3-Rhythm ##Rock Band, Guitar Hero, etc.
QT3-RPG
QT3-Strategy


Comments?

[Wholly Schmidt]

No, I think QT3-Comments would be overkill.

[datter]

How about QT3-RROD for those with dead...



oh. nevermind.

[Rock8man]

Having genre specific lists is a great solution. I'm sure there are some who never play certain genres which will help keep lists less full.

Proposed Gamertags:

QT3-Board ##There's a strong interest in games like Catan and Carcassone as well as chess.
QT3-Driving ##Racing Games
QT3-Shooters ##FPS and 3rd person shooters
QT3-Sports
QT3-Rhythm ##Rock Band, Guitar Hero, etc.
QT3-RPG
QT3-Strategy


Comments?

As with the previous Qt3 list, I'd humbly suggest starting the name with "AA" or "AAA", like "AAAQt3 - Rhythm". That way the name shows up alphabetically as your first offline contact and you don't have to go searching for it. If its always the first offline contact you see, you're much more likely to remember to use it.

[Zuwadza]

I like these ideas but I'm afraid a shooter genre might end up being just as full as the regular list.

[joshdura]

I'm new here, so a little late to the game...

gamertag = jdura

[Islanti]

As with the previous Qt3 list, I'd humbly suggest starting the name with "AA" or "AAA", like "AAAQt3 - Rhythm". That way the name shows up alphabetically as your first offline contact and you don't have to go searching for it. If its always the first offline contact you see, you're much more likely to remember to use it.Bah, I think that's hideously ugly but I see your point.

"a " as a prefix is something I've seen on another site which does genre-specific lists.

So we have...

a QT3-Board ##There's a strong interest in games like Catan and Carcassone as well as chess.
a QT3-Driving ##Racing Games
a QT3-Sports
a QT3-Rhythm ##Rock Band, Guitar Hero, etc.
a QT3-RPG
a QT3-Strategy


As for "a QT3-Shooters" being full... the only other solution for this is to make specific lists for each shooter. Something like:

a QT3-Rainbow6
a QT3-CallOfD
a QT3-TeamF2
a QT3-SplinterC
a QT3-BattleF

Am I forgetting any? These are kinda funky names because Gamertags are limited to 15 characters. We could also just use the common abbreviations (CoD, RS, TF2) but that might be confusing for some (?).

[Guido Jones]

Having one for each game kind of defeats the whole point - the same people will probably be on each list anyway, and then you've just wasted 5 (or more) friends slots for each person.

How many people are being kept off the Main QT3 list that want to be on it right now anyway? Or are we just future proofing here.

[Islanti]

Having one for each game kind of defeats the whole point - the same people will probably be on each list anyway, and then you've just wasted 5 (or more) friends slots for each person.There will probably be quite a bit of overlap. However, if someone *hates* Rainbow Six, they probably wouldn't add themselves to that list. I'm willing to try it with just "Shooters" for now. We can always depreciate the list in favor of the individual game ones.


How many people are being kept off the Main QT3 list that want to be on it right now anyway? Or are we just future proofing here.There are more than a handful of people I've removed for inactivity and a few more who want on the list. There's also a healthy dose of future proofing.

[Mysterio]

Bah, I think that's hideously ugly but I see your point.

"a " as a prefix is something I've seen on another site which does genre-specific lists.

Are underscores allowed on XBL? For my personal use, they work best when I want something listed above other things.

[IndridCold]

I don't post very often, so I haven't had a chance to get to know any of you guys, but I'd like to get on the list if possible.

Gamertag: IndridCold75

I just played my first matches of COD4 last night. What a trancendent experience. I think I'll be sticking with this one for a while...

[Islanti]

Are underscores allowed on XBL?Nope.

[0racle]

I know I said i wasn't gonna keep my gold account, but I have come into some money, and was able to bring it back. I'm no longer dead in the xbox live arena. Still O R A C L E for my tag. I play lots of COD4 right now. and thats about it.

[Islanti]

New Group (Friend of Friends) gamertags have been created. See details here (http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=43707).

[Tortilla]

Well, I've finally gone and done it. I have connected my 360 to the intarwebs and gotten a silver LIVE membership. A Puzzle Quest expansion was enough to finally drag me kicking and screaming into the century of the fruitbat.

Gamertag: Vector Mangler

I feel dirty.

[XPav]

You're only half-sullied, with a Silver membership. There's little reason for anyone to put you on their friends list, becuase you can't play online with anyone.

[Pogue Mahone]

Apologies for any confusion, but for anyone who may have me on their friends list, I have changed my tag from 'ThousandKnives' to 'divedivedive'. Hey, that rhymes. That is all.

[Talisker]

Gamertag change, so's to be more in line with my nick here: SheepSalad --> Talisker 18.

[Papageno]

BTW, can you only "game invite" certain people? It seems that with some, the best I can do is send a message... (maybe they can only get invites from friends?)

[Fugitive]

BTW, can you only "game invite" certain people? It seems that with some, the best I can do is send a message... (maybe they can only get invites from friends?)
Perhaps they only have a Silver membership at the moment, in which case an invite would be pointless since they wouldn't be able to play online anyway.

[Rock8man]

BTW, can you only "game invite" certain people? It seems that with some, the best I can do is send a message... (maybe they can only get invites from friends?)

What Fugitive said, plus, I noticed that in some situations the option to invite disappears. For example, in Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, if they're in single player, or the lobby (or 360 Dashboard), the option to invite is there. But if they're in certain parts of the menu in those games, then the option to invite them disappears until they get out of that menu. This is much easier to notice if their 360 is in the same room as you, and you can tell them to hurry the hell up.

[Rock8man]

Oops, double post.

[Saxman_72]

Gamertag = Saxeh

[Adam Altmann]

Already sent you a PM, but am posting here as well.

My gamertag is: Two Nine Actual

Thanks.

[Poops McGee]

Thought I'd added this a while ago:

Gamertag: Willtuck

[Wholly Schmidt]

Updated, thanks for the PM to get me motivated on those last few I kept forgetting.

[Jose Liz]

thinkjose

[mojovonio]

Add me to the list

Mojo Zomg

[salwon]

salwon

Anyone still playing Crackdown?

[Maddness]

SA Maddness is my GT

[MSUSteve]

MSUStud

[Zerot]

ARS Zerot

[mojovonio]

salwon

Anyone still playing Crackdown?


When I get back from Cuba, I'll most likely get back in to it.

[jemann]

salwon

Anyone still playing Crackdown?
JadedJonty

I still don't have the MP achievements, so I'd be available.

[Arioch]

SpielerDrei (now with Gold membership)

[Clay]

XBL: Nude Rick James

[Dreamshadow]

Dreamshadow1977, if you send me a friend invite, let me know you're from qt3

[Wholly Schmidt]

I stopped updating this thread because Tom started a new one, which he also stickied for a while, and then he unstuck it, mysteriously, but you should probably find that one.

[Union Carbide]

Updated to here
http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/clboard/bDr6dm46.png (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46)

[Jon Rowe]

I would like to be added to the leaderboard.. if that hasn't happened already.. thanks.

[Eric Majkut]

I'm drjonezmd on Live. Add me :)

[Lum]

Add me (http://profile.mygamercard.net/Lum%20der%20Mad) please so I can drag down the average with JRPGs and bad Arcade games!

[seventimessix]

I would also appreciate being tossed into the Qt3 group. My gamertag is Hypnotoad42.

[Chris]

Please add me, gamer tag is UnclePsycotrain

Thanks

[CommunistWalrus]

Please add me when you get the chance. Gamertag is TransMallard.

[Adam Sensoy]

I thought I had added to the list, but I guess I hadn't: my tag is CalvinGT, and would like to be added to the list!

[krayzkrok]

Darn, I can't be bottom of the list (someone with zero points has that luminous honour) but I can be close to such illustrious company if you add me too! Tag is krayzkrok.

[Union Carbide]

(xposted from the new thread)
OK, I just realized I can make the signup for the QT3 leaderboard open, so now you all can add yourselves and I don't have to feel vaguely guilty for not looking at gamertag threads for months at a time.

[Robert Sharp]

Oh, I'm not on the list.

Bobertchin

[Rock8man]

Robert, join it by visiting this page (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46).

[Acid]

Do we have a thread like this for PS3 monikers? I'm ChristmasOnMars there, too.

[frank austin]

I'm "frank austin", shockingly enough.

[Fugitive]

Do we have a thread like this for PS3 monikers? I'm ChristmasOnMars there, too.
Everything was consolidated into a database, and there should be a link to it in the stickied rules thread.

[dermot]

I added myself - "deadlock irl". Mostly playing GoW2 Horde at the moment. Badly.

[Jose Liz]

thinkjose, friend me plz

[spelk]

spelkZERO, I've added myself to the list.

[Cubit]

Is there a way to add yourself to this leaderboard, or does someone have to add me?

[Lizard_King]

Is there a way to add yourself to this leaderboard, or does someone have to add me?

Yeah, I want to twist those statistics as well.

[Rock8man]

I believe Wholly Shmidt is the person you're looking for.

No wait, maybe it's Union Carbide that you're looking for, since he's the one who created the Leaderboard itself, while Shmidt maintains the first post in this thread.

EDIT: Add yourself you lazy bums! (Apparently! Sorry UC!)

[Union Carbide]

(xposted from the new thread)
OK, I just realized I can make the signup for the QT3 leaderboard open, so now you all can add yourselves and I don't have to feel vaguely guilty for not looking at gamertag threads for months at a time.


http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/clboard/bDr6dm46.png (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46)

[Telefrog]

How do you sign up? Am I missing the "join group" button on the MyGamerCard page?

[Wholly Schmidt]

And for the record, I haven't been updating this thread since that other list where you can add yourself was started.

http://creator.zoho.com/monofurioso/qt3-gamer-tags/#View:Qt3_Gamer_Tag_Input_Form_View

It's mentioned at the bottom of the forum rules/new members sticky thread, though that's easy to overlook.

[Rock8man]

How do you sign up? Am I missing the "join group" button on the MyGamerCard page?

Try going to this page (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46), which is the QT3 leaderboard. Right below the drop-down boxes, on my screen, there's an option to "Leave this Leaderboard". It appears right above the first person on the list. Presumably, if you're signed in, that will instead say something about Joining the Leaderboard instead. (I assume).

[Cubit]

How do you sign up? Am I missing the "join group" button on the MyGamerCard page?

This is what was confusing me too. I don't see anything like that in the area that rock8man is describing, just two buttons that say "Reset" and "View Leaderboard"

[Rock8man]

This is what was confusing me too. I don't see anything like that in the area that rock8man is describing.

Did you go to the page and then make sure you're signed in in the upper right corner, so that it has your gamertag up there? That's the only thing I can think of right now. Like I said, I'm already signed up, so I don't know what the page looks like for people that aren't.

[Telefrog]

Weird. I don't get an option to join at all even though I'm signed in on MyGamerCard. Oh, well.

[Rock8man]

Union Carbide: You might want to check the settings for the leaderboard. Maybe "Allow Open Signup" setting got changed somehow?

[Union Carbide]

I just checked again, and it caps at 250 gamertags. Sorry, newbs.

[IGJoe]

Joby21 here! I've been playing Battlefield 1943 and UFC 2009: Undisputed lately.

[Cubit]

I just checked again, and it caps at 250 gamertags. Sorry, newbs.

boooooo

[RickH]

Try going to this page (http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=bDr6dm46), which is the QT3 leaderboard.

Hm, I've basically taken the last 6 months off from console gaming, but I've only fallen to sixth. The stack of unplayed 360 games is growing...

[Dean]

Sheesh, some of you guys are achievement whores.

BTW, my gamerscore went up by about 200 yesterday (finally got to Civ: Rev) and it hasn't updated on the leaderboard.

[Rock8man]

Sometimes it takes some time to update.

That 250 gamertag limit sucks. It also puts a damper on XPav's stats a bit, knowing that, since it's now a sampling instead of being representative of everyone here.

[Talisker]

I just checked again, and it caps at 250 gamertags. Sorry, newbs.
That sort of arbitrary stupid limit makes me want to punch somebody in the neck. It's not as bad as the 100-person friends list cap, though.

[Mysterio]

It's not as bad as the 100-person friends list cap, though.

Yeah, that limit annoys the hell out of me. As a Gold member, I should have unlimited capacity. Heck, limit Silver members to 5 if required to make room. ;-)

[Telefrog]

The limit is even more infuriating if you have friends on your Zune because the limit is shared between them.

[Rock8man]

Apparently it has to do with legacy support. Jason Cross asked MS about it a while back. The original Xbox is hard-coded and couldn't handle it if they upped the limit from 100.

I was about to say: who is still tied to the original Xbox? But then I had a look at the bottom of the Qt3 leaderboard, and apparently we have someone here in that list who has zero gamerscore and is still using XBox Live to get online using an original Xbox, so what do I know?

[Wholly Schmidt]

The limit is even more infuriating if you have friends on your Zune because the limit is shared between them.
I can only imagine how furious the three of you are!

[datter]

Since the QT3 group at mygamercard is full at 250 (and will no doubt remain so), is there enough leftover n00bs like myself to start a second QT3 group, or does that make no sense?

[Rock8man]

I think it makes sense. There seem to be a lot of people here that wanted to be on the list but couldn't. Even people who have been playing on their 360 for a long time, like Lizard_King.

You might want to start a new thread to get people's attention if you do it though, and do it on a weekday, when you'll get more people's attention that might miss it on a weekend.

[Omniscia]

The limit's 250 now? I guess there's no excuse for me not to be adding more people.

[interman]

I'd definitely be interested in that.