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    So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?

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    Image of Felch Felch
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    Simple and effective. unlike all the noobs who use X's, Z's and numbers to emphasise their inability to think of a worthwhile GT.
    You know, like: -xXoO SUP3R 5NIP3R 187 OoXx-
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    the7k promoted this comment Felch was starred Felch was unstarred
    Image of the7k the7k
    08/12/09

    @Felch: Even worse are the people who use the names of popular fictional characters in their names.

    While playing BlazBlue, I got matched up with someone named 'lelouchgeass9' or some shit and as soon as I saw it, I just felt that I needed to kick his ass. He had to die.
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    Image of Scazza Scazza
    08/12/09

    @Felch: You forgot xXxMast3rCheif3771xXy
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    Image of puffa469 puffa469
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    Little known fact:
    The first user made gamertag that was not a Microsoft employee:
    -=XX_dAnK_NuGz_42O_XX=-
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    Image of Chinpokomon Chinpokomon
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    Better than McSquared, I suppose. :)
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    I thought it would've been xXKobex8xByantXx or something creative like that.
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    Image of phicaluk phicaluk
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    I thought drug references were banned from XBox Live.

    Remember kids, Everything Starts With "E"
    *throws shapes*
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    Edited by phicaluk at 08/12/09 7:42 AM phicaluk was starred phicaluk was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    I figured the first XBL gamertag would have been the precursor to all the ones we know and love - you know, that have a bunch of random numbers, some XxXx's for flavoring, and a combination of uppercase & lowercase letters and numbers for no reason whatsoever.
    xXXxEliTEn00bSlAY3r1989xXXx, for example...
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    08/12/09

    @AngryEddy: Don't be so silly, Eddy!

    You forgot the 'sn1p3r' bit.
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    Edited by Ursus-Veritas at 08/12/09 7:55 AM Ursus-Veritas was starred Ursus-Veritas was unstarred
    Image of L3G10N L3G10N
    08/12/09

    @AngryEddy: Hey, I was playing that kid the other night in L4D. He is certainly no Noob slayer. ::sigh:: I hate that word...noob.
    Almost as much as XXxPwnZrN1nJaxXX.
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    Image of Scorpi Scorpi
    08/12/09

    @AngryEddy: Actually, it is entirely conducive to the modern synthesis that the first gamertag was "e," and from that base point, people slowly experimented with new letters and grew longer gamertags, tossing out those unusable or ill-adapted to the environment and gradually developping complex new gamertags - variety, plus gradual selection, brought the humble "e" all the way up to "homo sapiens," and - oh, wait, you can't say "homo" on Xbox Live. My bad! Sorry Darwin.
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    Image of CiremoIV CiremoIV
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    I was expecting "asdasd"
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/12/09

    @CiremoIV: Except on the 360's retarded keyboard that would be 'jkljkl' (or whatever)
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    That bastard already has a copy of Shadow Complex! He's even got gamerscore on it and was playing as recently as yesterday!

    DAMN YOU XBOX EMPLOYEES!
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    08/12/09

    @(Zombie) Komrade Kayce: I'm shaking my raised fist furiously at them! Bastards!
    * furious fist shake! *
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    08/12/09

    @AngryEddy:
    Shake harder, boy!
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    Image of torched torched
    08/12/09

    @(Zombie) Komrade Kayce: uhh err can't help my self......................
    Thats what she said.
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    Image of WildaBuzzard WildaBuzzard
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    his profile:

    http://www.xboxlc.com/profile/e
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment Showmeyomoves! approved this comment WildaBuzzard was starred WildaBuzzard was unstarred
    Image of Wrayfield Wrayfield
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    Look at it this way, he could've used "First", that would've been bad.
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment Wrayfield was starred Wrayfield was unstarred
    Image of Johnny Johnny
    08/12/09

    @Wrayfield: If I would create the first gamertag on a network as pppular as Xbox Live... I would call it First.
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    ThursdayNext promoted this comment Johnny was starred Johnny was unstarred
    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    08/12/09

    @Janxer: If you were the first one to create a name it would be on the worlds least popular network because at the time you were writing "First" there would be zero subscribers.
    Honestly, I swear some people just don't think...
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    Image of JayEdGahoover JayEdGahoover
    08/12/09

    @ThursdayNext: yeah, but its xbox live, so you would do it with the knowledge that thousands of people will be subscribing in the future. And the very fact that you are the first and only member adds irony. Putting "First" as your gamertag would, therefore, be pretty f*cking funny IMHO.
    You're right, some people just don't think :P
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    Image of stonefry stonefry
    08/12/09

    @JayEdGahoover: There was no such knowledge. This was when XBL first started. Not for the 360, but for the original XBOX. It could have been a giant failure.
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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    08/13/09

    @stonefry: Someone gets it. Thought I was the only sane person in this place for a while there.
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    Image of JayEdGahoover JayEdGahoover
    08/20/09

    @stonefry: it would need to be a giant failure on the scale of "0 subscribers"
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    Image of Antiterra Antiterra
    08/12/09

    In reply to So, What Was The World's Very First Gamertag?
    Someone needs to find out what the first PSN username was.
    Please let it be "sugarnipples".
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    08/12/09

    @Antiterra: If it's "f" I'd laugh a little bit, then stop and realise that "f" is actually more interesting than "e"...
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    08/12/09

    @PaxtonAstypalaea-Prime: Then we need to find out the first Friend Code- Oh wait, it was probably 00000000000000000001....
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    Image of Antiterra Antiterra
    08/12/09

    @PaxtonAstypalaea-Prime: Oh yeeaaah, Friend Codes are so sexxxaay. :)
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    Edited by Antiterra at 08/12/09 7:43 AM Antiterra was starred Antiterra was unstarred
    Image of zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
    08/12/09

    @Antiterra: they are sexy, in that "pseudo binary numerical code" sexy! :P
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    Image of Billkwando Billkwando
    02/19/09

    In reply to Expiring Email Accounts Can Eat Your Xbox Gamertag
    It's lovely when the consumer has to suffer for Microsoft's poorly thought out insistance upon integrating all their services.


    Hey kids, let's not forget Microsoft tells us to associate our Live accounts to an email address "you never use for anything else", to prevent theft of our Live accounts.


    Catch 22.

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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    02/18/09

    In reply to Expiring Email Accounts Can Eat Your Xbox Gamertag
    Wow, this is really pathetic on their part. But doesnt surprise me.
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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    02/18/09

    In reply to Expiring Email Accounts Can Eat Your Xbox Gamertag
    This happened to my Japanese account, and just when I was trying to download the RE5 demo back when it was Japanese only. It no longer lets me log in to XBL with that account, which sucks because now I have to delete that awesome ganguro Mii60.
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    Image of WolvenOne WolvenOne
    02/18/09

    In reply to Expiring Email Accounts Can Eat Your Xbox Gamertag
    Oh, how long does it take them to expire? I've been trying to get Microsoft to delete an old Live Account that belonged to my youngest brother. I made the mistake of giving them my credit card info for a Gold Account, and now they seem to periodically reactivate the thing even after canceling the subscription.
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    Image of Netnavi Netnavi
    02/18/09

    @WolvenOne: The easiest thing would be to change your credit card. Same account but new number. MS keeps your info forever, unfortunately, like most businesses.
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    Image of DaveKap DaveKap
    02/18/09

    @WolvenOne: You can go to Xbox.com and log into the account, click your name to goto your profile page, then click "My Account" in the middle of the page, then click "Manage payment options" on the far left, and then delete the credit card from the account's information.


    This was only fixed recently after the last scandal concerning the inability to delete credit card numbers off accounts. Thankfully, the fix actually came instead of being thrown out.

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    Image of Netnavi Netnavi
    02/18/09

    @DaveKap: I didn't know they changed it. I wonder if it is fully deleted or also stored on their servers and not the site.

    @WolvenOne: They should change it if you say it was lost or stolen. If not then your carrier is screwing with you. Bad enough that the rates are going up.


    Or you can try what Davekap said.

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