May 30

I Really Hate XBox Live Sometimes

Tag: Technology/Gagetry,Video Games — Bush Mackel @ 4:30 am

Over the weekend I was at my buddy’s house and he was playing what else, Halo 2 online. I was like, “Man, …I should start playing Halo 2 again. I forgot how much fun this was!” And with newer playtypes including SWAT and more maps, Halo 2 over Live was sure to be a nice experience for me once again.

So yesterday after work, I decided to give it a whirl. I new that I would be fine as far as a Live account went because I recently just opened up a new account since my old one expired. Ok, so I start up Halo 2 go to online play, and try and get into Team Swat. But then I message comes up telling me that I’m missing some maps and need to download them first. At this point, I really just wanted to play so I try the other game modes, and apparently every one of the game types is requiring me to get these maps. *sigh* So I go to the content download section of Live (as directed by Halo 2) and see what’s up.

Turns out that there’s 4 map packs for download, 3 of the free ones I already have and the other one that I need to pay for is the one I need. Hmph. I’m thinking to myself that it’s kind of crappy that the game is requiring me to buy a map pack to play online now. But whatever. They have me over a barrel. I choose to buy the thing and it starts downloading. But wait-What’s this!? The purchase failed. Argh! And I’m sure it’s because I have gotten a new credit card since I made my Live account. But whatever. I’ll just go into account maintenance, change the credit card number and be done.



SO, I take the Halo 2 disc out my XBox. I reset the thing, go into Settings, and into XBox Live. Off to a good start. I then go into account maintenance to change my credit card number so I can buy this stupid map pack. But what’s this? I have to input the last 4 digits of the credit card number I used to make my Live account. *rolling eyes* I’m finished. I tried every number I could in there and no dice. And of course you can’t get to ANY PART of your Live account’s info w/o those freakin’ numbers. ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH! But then I said, “I can’t believe I’m going through all this trouble, but I’ll just register a new name.” But then I forgot that you can’t register a new name unless you have a subscription code that you have to get from a retailer, or inside a box. I mean seriously, could Microsoft have made XBox Live ANY HARDER to deal with!?

I hope it’s not this hard on the 360. Maybe what I’ll do is just block out an hour of time everyday and just try 500 numbers for the credit card number part on Live. That way this time next week I’ll be back online. *rolling eyes*

3 Responses to “I Really Hate XBox Live Sometimes”

  1. apex says:
    June 4th, 2007 at 8:34 am

    I bought the same Halo 2 maps. On XBox 360 though I used a 12 month subscription card. It was still a hassle because I had to put a credit card onto my account.

    Then, it was near impossible to get it removed from the account.

  2. Bush Mackel says:
    June 4th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    Yeah, dealing with XBox Live accounts is a pain in the freakin’ neck. Apex- I started to respond in more detail, but it was turning into a post. So um…look for an “update” post about this soon!

  3. Bush Mackel » Hatin’ and Lovin’ XBox Live - Technology is Where I Live and the Web is Where I Work. says:
    June 4th, 2007 at 12:51 pm

    [...] you may have remembered my earlier post chronicling the problems I had with my XBox Live account in trying to just play Halo 2 online. [...]

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