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NXE, That new Xbox Dashboard Thing?

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Okay, I've got to say I'm not a big fan of the way hitting menu button when your friends jumps on no longer brings up their profile. It was so quick and easy. Yeah sure sometimes you had to wait a moment until it dropped to access the main menu, or hit up the friend then hit back.

    Still I'm finding I love everything else, and the party system is completely fantastic. Seriously, that thing is worth price of admission all on its own.

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  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So I see that Banjo-Kazooie and Aqua Teen Premium themes went up today. Does anyone have pictures of those yet?

    Also curious about this.

    Yeah same, I'm loving the Hell out of the new Banjo, would like to see what the theme looks like, could throw down coin if it is snazzy. Kinda scared off by the fact it costs the same as two - three Rock Band tracks though.

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  • JCRooksJCRooks Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Willeth wrote: »
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Just a tip ... if you find yourself playing games with friends a lot on their 360s, I find that having your profile just being on your MU is the best way to go. That's what I do, and it's really convenient! No needing to "Recover Gamertag" anytime I want to play Rock Band at a friend's and still want access to my gamertag.

    The only downside is that you'll have to always plug-in your memory card at home. Also, you have to be careful not to forget your MU. Fortunately, in the event you do forget it, you can always recover it as a backup.

    Disclaimer: This guy works for Microsoft and wants your money :D

    To be fair, I do the same thing :)

    No, I don't want your money. I just want your soul.*

    Anyway, I got that tip from a friend of mine who works in the actual Xbox group, after complaining the "Recover Gamertag" was sooo slow. The same friend, who often jokes "Hold on, I know what I'm doing, I work in Xbox" later scratched my copy of Rock Band because he tilted the 360 while trying to plug in the drumset to the back USB port while the game was still running. Grrr.

    *just kidding ... I think?

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  • LoveIsUnityLoveIsUnity Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Just a tip ... if you find yourself playing games with friends a lot on their 360s, I find that having your profile just being on your MU is the best way to go. That's what I do, and it's really convenient! No needing to "Recover Gamertag" anytime I want to play Rock Band at a friend's and still want access to my gamertag.

    The only downside is that you'll have to always plug-in your memory card at home. Also, you have to be careful not to forget your MU. Fortunately, in the event you do forget it, you can always recover it as a backup.

    Disclaimer: This guy works for Microsoft and wants your money :D

    To be fair, I do the same thing :)

    No, I don't want your money. I just want your soul.*

    Anyway, I got that tip from a friend of mine who works in the actual Xbox group, after complaining the "Recover Gamertag" was sooo slow. The same friend, who often jokes "Hold on, I know what I'm doing, I work in Xbox" later scratched my copy of Rock Band because he tilted the 360 while trying to plug in the drumset to the back USB port while the game was still running. Grrr.

    *just kidding ... I think?

    This does little to instill me with confidence in Microsoft.

    I really like the new dashboard update though, and it's awesome to play Dead Rising without getting a DRE every hour or two.

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  • JCRooksJCRooks Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Just a tip ... if you find yourself playing games with friends a lot on their 360s, I find that having your profile just being on your MU is the best way to go. That's what I do, and it's really convenient! No needing to "Recover Gamertag" anytime I want to play Rock Band at a friend's and still want access to my gamertag.

    The only downside is that you'll have to always plug-in your memory card at home. Also, you have to be careful not to forget your MU. Fortunately, in the event you do forget it, you can always recover it as a backup.

    Disclaimer: This guy works for Microsoft and wants your money :D

    To be fair, I do the same thing :)

    No, I don't want your money. I just want your soul.*

    Anyway, I got that tip from a friend of mine who works in the actual Xbox group, after complaining the "Recover Gamertag" was sooo slow. The same friend, who often jokes "Hold on, I know what I'm doing, I work in Xbox" later scratched my copy of Rock Band because he tilted the 360 while trying to plug in the drumset to the back USB port while the game was still running. Grrr.

    *just kidding ... I think?

    This does little to instill me with confidence in Microsoft.

    I really like the new dashboard update though, and it's awesome to play Dead Rising without getting a DRE every hour or two.

    To be fair, he works in software. He's partially responsible for the awesomeness in NXE. I just don't trust him with anything physical or hardware-related. :) This actually goes for myself as well. We dorks can be pretty clumsy, but put us in front of Visual Studio ...

    JCRooks on
    Xbox LIVE, Steam, Twitter, etc. ...
    Gamertag: Rooks
    - Don't add me, I'm at/near the friend limit :)

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  • ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Trojan35 wrote: »
    ginguskahn wrote: »
    I... actually bought Runble Rozes XX when it first came out... :s I thought it had a pretty solid wrestling mechanic behind it. That and pretty ladies...

    Wife bought it. It was the party game of choice before Rock Band. Actually, it's always the girls who want to play it.

    :winky::winky::winky::winky::winky: SO MANY WINKYS!

    (Show me some Aqua Teen Themes!!)

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    250 points for a premium theme? You can have nothing and fuck off while you're doing it.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    ben0207 wrote: »
    250 points for a premium theme? You can have nothing and fuck off while you're doing it.
    250 points is nothing o_O

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    ben0207 wrote: »
    250 points for a premium theme? You can have nothing and fuck off while you're doing it.
    250 points is nothing o_O

    It's $3 for something to look pretty for the whole 20 seconds most people spend in the dashboard.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It's $3 for something to look pretty for the whole 20 seconds most people spend in the dashboard.
    Yea. But isn't whining about the price of component(s) that are entirely optional and offers only cosmetic benefits getting kind of old?

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Mild warning to those of you using the MyGamerCard.Net mini avatar sig and a line a text, the moderators will warn you to change it to something smaller.
    See: Here

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    meatflower wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    so again you guys are talking about going to some link and not linking it?

    Jesus man, you're the one who chewed me out for bringing something up that's mentioned "every other page" when the last time it was mentioned was NEVER in this 20 page thread, and a handful of times in the old thread that was locked a WEEK ago.

    You have some problems and need to take control of them. Like stop playing thread nazi. There you go, I just fixed your life.

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    ben0207 wrote: »
    250 points for a premium theme? You can have nothing and fuck off while you're doing it.
    250 points is nothing o_O

    It's $3 for something to look pretty for the whole 20 seconds most people spend in the dashboard.

    it just annoys me that 400 pts = $5, so 250 points is really like $3.13

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  • LoveIsUnityLoveIsUnity Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    JCRooks wrote: »
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Just a tip ... if you find yourself playing games with friends a lot on their 360s, I find that having your profile just being on your MU is the best way to go. That's what I do, and it's really convenient! No needing to "Recover Gamertag" anytime I want to play Rock Band at a friend's and still want access to my gamertag.

    The only downside is that you'll have to always plug-in your memory card at home. Also, you have to be careful not to forget your MU. Fortunately, in the event you do forget it, you can always recover it as a backup.

    Disclaimer: This guy works for Microsoft and wants your money :D

    To be fair, I do the same thing :)

    No, I don't want your money. I just want your soul.*

    Anyway, I got that tip from a friend of mine who works in the actual Xbox group, after complaining the "Recover Gamertag" was sooo slow. The same friend, who often jokes "Hold on, I know what I'm doing, I work in Xbox" later scratched my copy of Rock Band because he tilted the 360 while trying to plug in the drumset to the back USB port while the game was still running. Grrr.

    *just kidding ... I think?

    This does little to instill me with confidence in Microsoft.

    I really like the new dashboard update though, and it's awesome to play Dead Rising without getting a DRE every hour or two.

    To be fair, he works in software. He's partially responsible for the awesomeness in NXE. I just don't trust him with anything physical or hardware-related. :) This actually goes for myself as well. We dorks can be pretty clumsy, but put us in front of Visual Studio ...

    I was just joking with you. We've all had those moments.

    Is there any way to find out what themes are coming out in the near future? I like the free one that's got the urban, hip-hop thing going on, but I wouldn't mind dropping $3 on something cooler.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I was hoping with the NXE, they'd give you a better look at gamer picture packs and theme packs so you knew what the fuck you were buying before you bought it

    Or maybe if they'd update that part of the Xbox site more than once a year

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  • ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Stolen fromo the gaf... shamelessly
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    I hear its US only tho so Im screwed :(

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    ginguskahn wrote: »
    Stolen fromo the gaf... shamelessly
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    I hear its US only tho so Im screwed :(

    That's....holy shit that's pretty cool looking.

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  • ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    ginguskahn wrote: »
    Stolen fromo the gaf... shamelessly
    [IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/al bums/e374/IITaKeRII/0843aa67.jpg[/IMG]

    I hear its US only tho so Im screwed :(

    That's....holy shit that's pretty cool looking.

    I am going to buy it if its available in the UK, sucker tho I may be :P

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  • TacoManTacoMan Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So I discovered something so awesome. Now I don't know if this is NXE-related but hear me out and many apologies if this has already been said:

    Remember that handy feature that could close the tray in the event that you were just so damned excited about that movie or game that you giddily rushed to the couch, only to realize that you had forgotten to close the tray. The horror! D:

    Well, I always thought it was odd there wasn't a button to open it...until the other day....well, sort of.

    I had the tray open with some manly movie inside, it doesn't matter let's just say 300.I was done, so I was surfing through the dashboard with movie hanging out there in the open tray. Somehow, I accidentally pressed 'A' whilst passing through the "Close Disc Tray" menu. With lightning speed, I countered with a mighty protest and hit the 'A' button out of pure animal instinct (300 does that to me)...and then something magical happened: the tray opened back up.

    Now it wasn't fully closed, mind you; it was in mid-motion to close, but still, it opened back up.



    Okay, yeah, that's all I got, but you're all very welcome.

    TacoMan on
  • JeTmAnJeTmAn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    TacoMan wrote: »
    So I discovered something so awesome. Now I don't know if this is NXE-related but hear me out and many apologies if this has already been said:

    Remember that handy feature that could close the tray in the event that you were just so damned excited about that movie or game that you giddily rushed to the couch, only to realize that you had forgotten to close the tray. The horror! D:

    Well, I always thought it was odd there wasn't a button to open it...until the other day....well, sort of.

    I had the tray open with some manly movie inside, it doesn't matter let's just say 300.I was done, so I was surfing through the dashboard with movie hanging out there in the open tray. Somehow, I accidentally pressed 'A' whilst passing through the "Close Disc Tray" menu. With lightning speed, I countered with a mighty protest and hit the 'A' button out of pure animal instinct (300 does that to me)...and then something magical happened: the tray opened back up.

    Now it wasn't fully closed, mind you; it was in mid-motion to close, but still, it opened back up.

    That's how it's always worked on my Xbox. I got a lot of use out of opening the tray through the menu since I was always alternating between playing things from the main Xbox drive and the HD-DVD addon.



    Okay, yeah, that's all I got, but you're all very welcome.

    JeTmAn on
  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh god damn I want to buy that theme

    Dixon on
  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I have obtained an additional 27 Golden Hammerburst codes. Shoot me PMs and I'll send some y'all's way this weekend after I've recovered from tomorrow. Those who PMed me last time after I'd run out will be the first to get them...after that, it's on a first-come, first-served basis. And I do accept bribes and promises of sexual favors to be paid by either yourselves or female family members/significant others.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    It's $3 for something to look pretty for the whole 20 seconds most people spend in the dashboard.
    Yea. But isn't whining about the price of component(s) that are entirely optional and offers only cosmetic benefits getting kind of old?

    So say it is something I want to buy (it isn't), but I don't like the price. What exactly do you expect me to do?

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I can not find how to enable auto sign-in with the NXE. I don't see it anywhere. Anyone know?

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  • ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It's $3 for something to look pretty for the whole 20 seconds most people spend in the dashboard.
    Yea. But isn't whining about the price of component(s) that are entirely optional and offers only cosmetic benefits getting kind of old?

    So say it is something I want to buy (it isn't), but I don't like the price. What exactly do you expect me to do?

    Wait 'till it gets cheaper?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Some of the premium themes would be more buy-able if they hadn't shat them up somewhere. The floating heads in the Halo Wars theme, the Fable 2 logo on the Fable 2 theme, etc.

    It'll be like gamerpics/themes. I'm just going to buy the first one I truly like and that'll be it. I only bought one gamerpic set (NOD Talent Pack, just for the Kane/NOD logo pics), and I guess I 'bought' a theme by getting a Halo 3 360 console (MS, you better fucking gives us a new NXE version of that one for free).

    They need an option to hide the stupid globe for old themes though.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Which makes the ATHF theme the best looking so far. The globe melds so well with the background. More themes need to be like

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  • UltimanecatUltimanecat Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mxmarks wrote: »
    I can not find how to enable auto sign-in with the NXE. I don't see it anywhere. Anyone know?

    Use the original guide. Sign in, hit the guide button, and go to profile options or something. It'll be in there.

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  • ghost_master2000ghost_master2000 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mxmarks wrote: »
    I can not find how to enable auto sign-in with the NXE. I don't see it anywhere. Anyone know?

    Use the original guide. Sign in, hit the guide button, and go to profile options or something. It'll be in there.

    yeah took me about 10 minutes to find it when I first updated.

    Why the hell didn't it transfer over your previous settings? So retarded.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I've noticed that no one's done any reporting on how skate performs after installation. I would love to but I recently traded out my copy. I would like to think that there would be some improvement for resetting your skater.

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  • LotharsLothars Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    chasm wrote: »
    I have obtained an additional 27 Golden Hammerburst codes. Shoot me PMs and I'll send some y'all's way this weekend after I've recovered from tomorrow. Those who PMed me last time after I'd run out will be the first to get them...after that, it's on a first-come, first-served basis. And I do accept bribes and promises of sexual favors to be paid by either yourselves or female family members/significant others.
    I would love to get one if you have extras, I never got one because we never had a midnight opening around here.

    Thanks :)

    Lothars on
  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Has anyone with a 120GB drive installed as many games as possible yet? I'm curious to know how many you've been able to fit. So far I've installed six games and I have around 70 GB left.

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  • coffin joecoffin joe Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Also stolen from Gaf.

    256 internal "MU" on the jasper board.

    Now NXE has a home without an HDD. And awesome in general, plus another way to know if it's a jasper. No pack in memory unit? Jasper!



    Oh. and jaspers are officially out it seems. :P


    Sorry if in another thread.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    coffin joe wrote: »
    Also stolen from Gaf.

    256 internal "MU" on the jasper board.

    Now NXE has a home without an HDD. And awesome in general, plus another way to know if it's a jasper. No pack in memory unit? Jasper!



    Oh. and jaspers are officially out it seems. :P


    Sorry if in another thread.

    That's awesome. I'd love to keep all my saves on the internal MU and keep the HDD just for games.

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  • mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    Has anyone with a 120GB drive installed as many games as possible yet? I'm curious to know how many you've been able to fit. So far I've installed six games and I have around 70 GB left.

    I have around 10-12 discs installed and a good 20 GB left over. One was a gamefly game so Ill rid myself of that soon enough and once I reach disc 2 of The Last Remnant Im saying goodbye to disc 1. So you can fit a good amount of things. Not to mention I havent played half of what I installed....I just have them and figured...what the hell..I have the space. Most games take around 6 GB I noticed but the new Naruto that just came out only took like 3.4 it was crazyness. I found that odd because DOA 4 which my friend downloaded took 6.8.

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  • Sir PlatypusSir Platypus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    TacoMan wrote: »
    So I discovered something so awesome. Now I don't know if this is NXE-related but hear me out and many apologies if this has already been said:

    Remember that handy feature that could close the tray in the event that you were just so damned excited about that movie or game that you giddily rushed to the couch, only to realize that you had forgotten to close the tray. The horror! D:

    Well, I always thought it was odd there wasn't a button to open it...until the other day....well, sort of.

    I had the tray open with some manly movie inside, it doesn't matter let's just say 300.I was done, so I was surfing through the dashboard with movie hanging out there in the open tray. Somehow, I accidentally pressed 'A' whilst passing through the "Close Disc Tray" menu. With lightning speed, I countered with a mighty protest and hit the 'A' button out of pure animal instinct (300 does that to me)...and then something magical happened: the tray opened back up.

    Now it wasn't fully closed, mind you; it was in mid-motion to close, but still, it opened back up.



    Okay, yeah, that's all I got, but you're all very welcome.


    A fun thing to do if your 360 is low to the ground is mess around with your cat by opening and closing the tray. Bonus points if you can hit it in the nose by opening it while it's sniffing the tray.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Or ctacht it's nose in the opening. Ouch.

    (also my controller has strated vibrating wildly without reason. Should I be concerened?)

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    ben0207 wrote:
    (also my controller has strated vibrating wildly without reason. Should I be concerened?)

    :winky:

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Seriously it jiust went absolutely apeshit, really deep vibrating on the left side.

    I decided to sit on it.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    ben0207 wrote: »
    I decided to sit on it.

    :winky:

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Sometimes when an error occurs during vibration, it can get stuck like that. Removing the battery pack usually sorts it for me.

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