Comments on: The Red Ring of Relife http://ready-up.net/2009/06/22/the-red-ring-of-relife/ We Play Games Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:34:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lorna http://ready-up.net/2009/06/22/the-red-ring-of-relife/comment-page-1/#comment-7768 Lorna Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:40:52 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=8354#comment-7768 Great blog, Tony. I feel the same way. regardless of how much it may give up the ghost and lay weakly fanning itself onthe couch, I'd never ditch my Xbox. Live is a core part of the experience...even though I may not multiplayer as much as everyone else I know, there is an odd sense of comfort and also...maybe wonder that when I'm logged on there are thousands of others out there in and around this hub. I snoop onto my friend's list and see what they're playing, who is doing what. It's almost like a window. Not so much a lone gamer anymore, regardless of whether I'm playing alone and that's an interesting thing. Plus...I'm not ditching all those games just yet and I lovve my chatpadded up weighty controller almost as much as a huge bag of Roast beef Monster Munch...almost. Great blog, Tony. I feel the same way. regardless of how much it may give up the ghost and lay weakly fanning itself onthe couch, I’d never ditch my Xbox.

Live is a core part of the experience…even though I may not multiplayer as much as everyone else I know, there is an odd sense of comfort and also…maybe wonder that when I’m logged on there are thousands of others out there in and around this hub. I snoop onto my friend’s list and see what they’re playing, who is doing what. It’s almost like a window. Not so much a lone gamer anymore, regardless of whether I’m playing alone and that’s an interesting thing.

Plus…I’m not ditching all those games just yet and I lovve my chatpadded up weighty controller almost as much as a huge bag of Roast beef Monster Munch…almost.

]]> By: Loz http://ready-up.net/2009/06/22/the-red-ring-of-relife/comment-page-1/#comment-7709 Loz Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:22:45 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=8354#comment-7709 fantastic blog tony, and i completely agree! Xbox Live is as much of a neccesity as the games I play. In fact, me and the fella figured out that in the years we've been together, our nightly xbox live convos have saved us hundreds, if not thousands of pounds in phone calls.. XBL is our O2, T Mobile or Vodaphone. I just paid out £80 to get my 'spare' console replaced just in case the new one breaks. That with the £40 a year XBL gold fee is far cheaper than anything a mobile network could offer, and for that we will both keep forking out for replacement consoles! and just to comment on Kats previous post - I also felt your pain at being disconnected for a day.. it felt like a week! awesome work and muchos kudos to you both! Loz xxxxx fantastic blog tony, and i completely agree! Xbox Live is as much of a neccesity as the games I play. In fact, me and the fella figured out that in the years we’ve been together, our nightly xbox live convos have saved us hundreds, if not thousands of pounds in phone calls.. XBL is our O2, T Mobile or Vodaphone. I just paid out £80 to get my ’spare’ console replaced just in case the new one breaks.

That with the £40 a year XBL gold fee is far cheaper than anything a mobile network could offer, and for that we will both keep forking out for replacement consoles! and just to comment on Kats previous post – I also felt your pain at being disconnected for a day.. it felt like a week!

awesome work and muchos kudos to you both!

Loz
xxxxx

]]> By: The Rook http://ready-up.net/2009/06/22/the-red-ring-of-relife/comment-page-1/#comment-7706 The Rook Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:00:39 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=8354#comment-7706 I dread to think what Tony would be like if he not only lost Xbox Live, but if he couldn't have his GTA nights. He'd probably turn into Father Jack or something. The owned games would be a big aspect for me as well. I don't trade my games and certainly have more for the 360 than I do for my PS3. I'm on my 3rd Xbox, first red ringed, Microsoft replaced it with a new model which I sold off as I had bought my Elite by then. And now on my 2nd Elite. I enjoy my 360 too much to give up on it. Even with it faults, Microsoft have made a great machine. The great games, the social interaction, the gamerscore and achievements, the ease of using points to pay for additional content. I'll not be getting rid of my 360. I dread to think what Tony would be like if he not only lost Xbox Live, but if he couldn’t have his GTA nights. He’d probably turn into Father Jack or something.

The owned games would be a big aspect for me as well. I don’t trade my games and certainly have more for the 360 than I do for my PS3.

I’m on my 3rd Xbox, first red ringed, Microsoft replaced it with a new model which I sold off as I had bought my Elite by then. And now on my 2nd Elite.

I enjoy my 360 too much to give up on it. Even with it faults, Microsoft have made a great machine. The great games, the social interaction, the gamerscore and achievements, the ease of using points to pay for additional content. I’ll not be getting rid of my 360.

]]> By: Laura http://ready-up.net/2009/06/22/the-red-ring-of-relife/comment-page-1/#comment-7701 Laura Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:55:00 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=8354#comment-7701 Yeeeeah XBL!!! Great read Tony! :D Yeeeeah XBL!!! Great read Tony! :D

]]> By: MarkuzR http://ready-up.net/2009/06/22/the-red-ring-of-relife/comment-page-1/#comment-7697 MarkuzR Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:04:47 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=8354#comment-7697 I've never understood the "why buy another?" question, because if our TV goes on the blink we don't spend the rest of our lives staring at a cardboard box with Trevor McDonald hastily drawn on using magic marker. We get a new one. When something breaks, we either buy a new one or we repair it... it's how it works. I've never had any problems with any of my 360s, not ever, but if one of them decided to grace me with that shining red glow... I'd either buy a new one or get it repaired. I wouldn't switch to another console, I think that's strange. We have three 360 Elites and we had two regular 360s before upgrading. We've also got a Wii, PS3 and countless retro consoles... but the 360s are played daily, for hours. The PS3 has been on once I think, maybe twice. The Wii... well... I wanted to take a hammer to it for the Red Faction competition but was advised not to because of the "Wii to Game" value ratio. In retrospect that's probably true - I could get weeks out of Red Faction (I'm sure) whereas the Wii is more or less worthless to me. Go Xbox!! I’ve never understood the “why buy another?” question, because if our TV goes on the blink we don’t spend the rest of our lives staring at a cardboard box with Trevor McDonald hastily drawn on using magic marker. We get a new one. When something breaks, we either buy a new one or we repair it… it’s how it works.

I’ve never had any problems with any of my 360s, not ever, but if one of them decided to grace me with that shining red glow… I’d either buy a new one or get it repaired. I wouldn’t switch to another console, I think that’s strange.

We have three 360 Elites and we had two regular 360s before upgrading. We’ve also got a Wii, PS3 and countless retro consoles… but the 360s are played daily, for hours. The PS3 has been on once I think, maybe twice. The Wii… well… I wanted to take a hammer to it for the Red Faction competition but was advised not to because of the “Wii to Game” value ratio. In retrospect that’s probably true – I could get weeks out of Red Faction (I’m sure) whereas the Wii is more or less worthless to me.

Go Xbox!!

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