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Garside · 18th Jan 2007, 10:25

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01..._free_forever/

Reevey · 18th Jan 2007, 11:23

The person hasn't done a very good job at keeping his game tag hidden. Supposidly it's a fake anyway, some kid in #xbox360 (quakenet) has been staking the claim all yesterday. It's pretty easy to manipulate firefox to have done that and made it look real.

But oh well, if it is real then well played... you saved £40 for a service that is worth much much more.

DXR_13KE · 18th Jan 2007, 11:50

people want it free..... that is how people are in general.

Firehed · 18th Jan 2007, 12:11

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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

people want it free..... that is how people are in general.

I'll second that, despite owning neither an Xbox nor a 360.

While I have very little interest in owning either, having their (from what I've consistently heard) excellent online service for free could certainly influence future purchasing from me. Not that them opening it up would make me run out and buy a console, but them charging is certainly one reason why I haven't (though mostly system/game cost and a lack of interest)

rupbert · 18th Jan 2007, 12:57

Go use the PS3 network and see why we pay for Live...

Narvi · 18th Jan 2007, 12:59

Nice guy, to actually tell Microsoft about it.

rupbert · 18th Jan 2007, 13:06

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Originally Posted by Narvi

Nice guy, to actually tell Microsoft about it.

Be nice of MS to reward him with a free life time subscription

mikeuk2004 · 18th Jan 2007, 13:21

So someone starts posting that he knows how to get Xbox Live for free and people believe it?????

Wheres the proof???? Am i missing a link or something or not seeing it.

I get free unlimited broadband for life. Wont tell you though, but ill tell the isp's as I feel sorry for them loosing £30 a month.

Cabe · 18th Jan 2007, 13:22

TBH it would be easy enough to fake that with couple of entries into your hosts file and some swift work with a html editor.

Good on him for being honest though.

saeghwin · 18th Jan 2007, 14:39

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Originally Posted by rupbert

Go use the PS3 network and see why we pay for Live...

I think the PS Network works fine, at least from what I just played 3 minutes ago in Ridge Racer. I was playing 5 people from Japan, no lag. Granted there is no major means of communication between the lack of a microphone and a language barrier (besides all of the preset greetings and comments you can choose). I still want to see how the chat function works though, it is supposed to be relatively nice from what I have heard.

Lucidity · 18th Jan 2007, 19:12

One thing I noticed is that he didn't click on the link about the grace period.....

JaredC01 · 18th Jan 2007, 21:32

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Originally Posted by Lucidity

One thing I noticed is that he didn't click on the link about the grace period.....

You'll also notice his service is noted as 'Active'. If you read the 'Active' note, it means the service is enabled. As for what you're looking for, the activation date, was end of October, 2006. The 1 month trial had an expiration date, of January, 2006. This obviously isn't normally possible. I say congrats to the guy that found it out, and hopefully MS will give him some credit for finding the bug, and pay him for his discovery.

McFlyinCA · 19th Jan 2007, 01:54

All I want to know is how I can "use" this discovery for myself. I also hope Microsoft compensates this gamer for finding a pretty big bug for them.

Tman08 · 19th Jan 2007, 13:22

Does anyone know if theres something like this, but for the Microsoft points?

Lord Kordir · 19th Jan 2007, 20:47

Reevey · 19th Jan 2007, 22:10

The person who claims to be the one to have done it, calls himself sprite on irc, has now made the following claim:

"(19:38:19) (+sprite) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K02TeLfyUb0 - Xbox live.. got passed it again.. THey cancelled me.. But now i managed to get a silver account to play with gold features. IN YOUR FACE MS
(19:38:31) (+sprite) there u go, MS gonna go a bit apeshit over this one lol"

*shrugs*

jackdaniels88` · 5th Feb 2007, 19:33

hey the exact same thing has happened to me, my free trail has run out. i can still play online and it says i have a gold mebership, i aint gunna go to the trouble of doing a video or contacting microsft im just guna count my blessings. i suspect that like me this guy was just very very lucky
im gunna enjoy my free xbox live hehe

it30rivers · 20th Feb 2008, 07:19

look now I know that no one in the world could possibly like paying for something that if you did it on a PC instead of a console would be totaly free. i don't think it is realy fair that M$ charges people for a service (which a friend of mine has made an emulator on his computer with the help of the original xbox cd drive to get directly past the live feature and play directly without the live) which should be free, i mean we did pay for the console, we did pay for the games, we did pay for any other crap at outrageous overpricing. so why not give people the fredom to play with eachother with out needing to worry about paying for it. after all this "service" dosent require M$ to do anything special exept let people connect with eachother and its a program that connects them anyway so there is no extra staff needed to do anything but ocationaly update the system.

which brings me to my second point.

if anyone knows a fool proof way of getting xbox live gold for free forever could you please tell me. i got the live silver with the gold trial and thought that what i was doing was so basic that i shouldnt have to pay and it would come with the silver for free (the only difference between live silver and gold i thought was that gold you get M$ points and maby some small extra features eg. better connections to other people with gold) but how M$ was misleading.

as many people say the best things in life are free why not a small feature from a man (bill gate$) who earns about 1000$ every minute.

so if anyone can tell me a way of getting gold for free (this exlueds the twister crap or any kind of 'compleate and offer deal') please email me at it30rivers@hotmail.com

Thanx for your support in the downfall of the evil M$ (Micro$oft)

Bindibadgi · 25th Jan 2009, 22:30

Closing thread because every post in the last 6 months has been deleted

18th Jan 2007, 10:25	#1
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18th Jan 2007, 13:21	#8
mikeuk2004 What you Looking at Fool! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 3,045	So someone starts posting that he knows how to get Xbox Live for free and people believe it????? Wheres the proof???? Am i missing a link or something or not seeing it. I get free unlimited broadband for life. Wont tell you though, but ill tell the isp's as I feel sorry for them loosing £30 a month. __________________ -\|- Xfire - Mikeuk2005 -\|- Xbox Live - Mike UK 2006 -\|- Playstation Network - Mikeuk2004 -\|-

18th Jan 2007, 13:22	#9
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18th Jan 2007, 11:23	#2
Reevey What's a Dremel? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 10	The person hasn't done a very good job at keeping his game tag hidden. Supposidly it's a fake anyway, some kid in #xbox360 (quakenet) has been staking the claim all yesterday. It's pretty easy to manipulate firefox to have done that and made it look real. But oh well, if it is real then well played... you saved £40 for a service that is worth much much more.

18th Jan 2007, 12:57	#5
rupbert Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 799	Go use the PS3 network and see why we pay for Live...

18th Jan 2007, 12:59	#6
Narvi Minimodder Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 25	Nice guy, to actually tell Microsoft about it.

19th Jan 2007, 01:54	#13
McFlyinCA What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: California Posts: 6	All I want to know is how I can "use" this discovery for myself. I also hope Microsoft compensates this gamer for finding a pretty big bug for them.

19th Jan 2007, 13:22	#14
Tman08 What's a Dremel? Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1	Does anyone know if theres something like this, but for the Microsoft points?

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19th Jan 2007, 22:10	#16
Reevey What's a Dremel? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 10	The person who claims to be the one to have done it, calls himself sprite on irc, has now made the following claim: "(19:38:19) (+sprite) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K02TeLfyUb0 - Xbox live.. got passed it again.. THey cancelled me.. But now i managed to get a silver account to play with gold features. IN YOUR FACE MS (19:38:31) (+sprite) there u go, MS gonna go a bit apeshit over this one lol" shrugs

5th Feb 2007, 19:33	#17
jackdaniels88` What's a Dremel? Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	hey the exact same thing has happened to me, my free trail has run out. i can still play online and it says i have a gold mebership, i aint gunna go to the trouble of doing a video or contacting microsft im just guna count my blessings. i suspect that like me this guy was just very very lucky im gunna enjoy my free xbox live hehe

20th Feb 2008, 07:19	#18
it30rivers What's a Dremel? Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1	look now I know that no one in the world could possibly like paying for something that if you did it on a PC instead of a console would be totaly free. i don't think it is realy fair that M$ charges people for a service (which a friend of mine has made an emulator on his computer with the help of the original xbox cd drive to get directly past the live feature and play directly without the live) which should be free, i mean we did pay for the console, we did pay for the games, we did pay for any other crap at outrageous overpricing. so why not give people the fredom to play with eachother with out needing to worry about paying for it. after all this "service" dosent require M$ to do anything special exept let people connect with eachother and its a program that connects them anyway so there is no extra staff needed to do anything but ocationaly update the system. which brings me to my second point. if anyone knows a fool proof way of getting xbox live gold for free forever could you please tell me. i got the live silver with the gold trial and thought that what i was doing was so basic that i shouldnt have to pay and it would come with the silver for free (the only difference between live silver and gold i thought was that gold you get M$ points and maby some small extra features eg. better connections to other people with gold) but how M$ was misleading. as many people say the best things in life are free why not a small feature from a man (bill gate$) who earns about 1000$ every minute. so if anyone can tell me a way of getting gold for free (this exlueds the twister crap or any kind of 'compleate and offer deal') please email me at it30rivers@hotmail.com Thanx for your support in the downfall of the evil M$ (Micro$oft)

25th Jan 2009, 22:30	#19
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