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My Xbox 360 is one from the 2006. That is the third one came back after repair/replacement. It is one of those noisy, heat generating, disk scratching machines. As soon as I turn it on it fills the room with noise. I have no idea where it is coming from. If I don’t save games to disk, there is another level of huge drive noise that gets added. I also think this hardware is inadequate to handle the new experience and also the latest games. May be the heat is impacting the performance? I don’t know.

I am guessing that Microsoft and Game developers are using newer hardware to test the software. When it comes down to my system everything is sluggish. The dashboard stutters, each game load causes the system to slow down even more requiring me to use age old technique of restarting the console.

There might be remedy for this. Get a newer Xbox 360 hardware. I will get an HDMI output as well. But I do not need a controller, cables or hard drive. If there was something like a bare console at a lower price I would have gone out and purchased one. Not sure if there is a good market for it.

For now I am watching for deals on the arcade model.

These guys were in a party. Others couldn’t hear what they were talking so there was not much of a team play. 

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ZOMBEAST 2

 

I replied to the first message saying they should have played as team.  Anyway, this is the kind of players you get on Gears of War 2. I am not sure why I was matched up with players in the Underground zone. 

Microsoft seems to take action quicker if you complain about gays (?)

I have a Linksys WRT610N router that replaced my old faithful D-Link DI-524. I play online on Xbox live. I almost never can win a chainsaw dual in Gears of War 2. I probably suck big time. But when I mash the A button 5 times to make one jump I doubt it is just incompetence. Anyway I have really pissed off a bunch of people because to them I am not shooting or moving fast enough. Below is a message I received from someone.  My zone is set to recreation. This guy’s zone is underground. Why was I teamed up with this guy? What does zone mean to XBL if there is any meaning at all? 

I recorded a game today just to capture my Gears of War 2 online play. On this website I have posted my connection speeds. They are pretty good. Either the game suck or the router suck. I do not remember such a bad experience since Call of Duty 2 initial release. I don’t remember if I started experiencing lag after installing this router. I returned the latest dual band D-Link router to get this one because that one would reboot while in the middle of a gaming session. 

Rebooting the router seems to have some positive effect on the performance. Xbox is connected directly to the router using ethernet cable, not wireless. I just setup the QoS to medium for xbox. Let me see how that works. It won’t improve my gameplay though.

Religious?

Race?

Nationality?

The most obvious is being looked up by Microsoft as we speak. Could cause cancellations from pretty large groups. Whatever they do, it may be a good idea to hide it from others unless they expressly want to see it.  

Personally I don’t have a problem with people having preferences as long as they are not forcing me to accept their preferences and beliefs.

http://www.edge-online.com/news/scratched-360-discs-affect-less-1

It is old new but I have to tell you. I have a bunch of disks that are scratched by xbox 360. I haven’t noticed it from the latest one. Also, I started installing the games on to the hard drive.