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Spilt_Milk — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:32:39 MDT

Yep, it is free now, confirmed.

Yay.

Spilt_Milk

ultraViolence — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:38:22 MDT

it's free now you cheapo's so start playing.
i will destroy u n00bs because i know teh maps better than u. lolz & roflz

ultraViolence

Lackshmana — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:29:11 MDT

NOW its free

Lackshmana

Lackshmana — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:01 MDT

I tried DLing it to see if it really was free, but it said I didn't have enough points.

Still not free.

Lackshmana

abadab59 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:24:39 MDT

as of 11:23 AM Central i have been downloading The Heroic Map Pack for free.

abadab59

DarthWind — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:19:11 MDT

12:18pm EST (MD) & it still ain't teh free-sauce.
Grrr.....

DarthWind

Dresarius — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:12:15 MDT

Ah. It *is* free, just that it still says 800ms points at the market place.

Dresarius

Dresarius — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:10:31 MDT

Not Free.

Dresarius

Spilt_Milk — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:41:32 MDT

Still not free in the US at 10:40 central time.

Spilt_Milk

gillykyle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:32:27 MDT

im in the uk its 2 30 pm in the aftoonnoon tuesday and still saying 800points thingy when is it free

gillykyle

Walker — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:14:28 MDT

Still not free in UK. Ah well.

Walker

Gray665 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:10:50 MDT

sweet, here's hoping they show up more in the playlists.

Gray665

kidjesus — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:06:50 MDT

Looks like they're finally free, according to a very recent comment on the above-linked Bungie forum. It'll be nice to have Standoff and Rats Nest on Big Team games... nice to have more than 3 Big Team maps in general.

kidjesus

otimus — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:34:26 MDT

@effort:
Actually, the fee has nothing to do with the smoothness of Live. Live doesn't use dedicated servers. It's all hosted by the individual gamer.
That's what you pay for: The ability to host stuff for people/play on people's hosted stuff... and for the servers to host content.

otimus

Han Daimond — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:08:11 MDT

Not free on the US.

Han Daimond

eightcell — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:53:16 MDT

8:51 AM in NYC... still not free.

eightcell

effort — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:49:07 MDT

@Rodent:

really? you do realize that paying the measley $50/year keeps xbl running as smoothly as it does, yes? go out and buy a wii (if you haven't already) and try playing smash bros online using the free service (just bring popcorn, because you're in for a slideshow.) you pay for quality and, personally, i'll be happy to keep on paying.

effort

Eon. — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:39:50 MDT

Still not free but I have a full day ahead of me so I can wait.

Eon.

FredQC — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:39:06 MDT

At 7AM in Canada it is still is 800 points.

FredQC

ApocalypseVII — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:13:46 MDT

As of 4AM Today (Check timestamp above) still not free. I'm going to bed
(Was playing R6V2, figured I'd check on free stuff; and yes I need to explain myself!)
-Adam

ApocalypseVII

Rodent — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:55:56 MDT

I just let my XBL account, that I've had since Halo 2, run out, and I have no plans on returning to the service until it's free.

Rodent

kojirodensetsu — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:30:34 MDT

Yeah they're not free yet. Just wait guys it's not the end of the world if you can't download the maps today.

kojirodensetsu

DoomedSeraph — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:25:41 MDT

P.S - some of the guys on there really do need some professional help.

DoomedSeraph

DoomedSeraph — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:24:27 MDT

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