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-
@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.
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...
@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.
@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.
@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...
@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
@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.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
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You know, like: -xXoO SUP3R 5NIP3R 187 OoXx-
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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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The first user made gamertag that was not a Microsoft employee:
-=XX_dAnK_NuGz_42O_XX=-
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Remember kids, Everything Starts With "E"
*throws shapes*
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xXXxEliTEn00bSlAY3r1989xXXx, for example...
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You forgot the 'sn1p3r' bit.
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Almost as much as XXxPwnZrN1nJaxXX.
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DAMN YOU XBOX EMPLOYEES!
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* furious fist shake! *
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Shake harder, boy!
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Thats what she said.
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http://www.xboxlc.com/profile/e
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Honestly, I swear some people just don't think...
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You're right, some people just don't think :P
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Please let it be "sugarnipples".
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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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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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@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.