peteer01 Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) Quote Xbox LIVE Gamertags go zombie and rise from the dead Starting today, we have begun the process of making previously used and unavailable (dead) Xbox LIVE Gamertags available. This process will take some time to complete, and no we can’t tell you when the Gamertag you want might be available. If you are interested, you should check back regularly as we are reviving Gamertags daily. From Major Nelson's blog (as seen on Deanb's TAY News Feed) This is kind of interesting news. If you look at the comments over at Major Nelson's blog, at least a few people think this will be all the dead gamertags from original Xbox users, others are expecting any gamertags that haven't been used in X years... Major Nelson will apparently have more in a podcast this week on the topic. My guess is that this'll be a good bit of easy money for MS, as it's still 800 points to change your gamertag (and some of my Japanese friends do that way too often), and a decent number of people will change their gamertag because of this. Why? Here's one forum poster's logic (emphasis mine): Quote Waiting for mine to be available. It's worth paying 800pts for a tag that you will use for the rest of your life . Edited March 2, 2011 by peteer01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 ....for the rest of your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteer01 Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) On 3/2/2011 at 5:36 AM, Strangelove said: ....for the rest of your life. Microsoft execs must be high-fiving themselves over that! I mean, you've convinced the guy it's worth $10 to change his gamertag because he's already decided he's going to support your consoles and services until he dies. Wow. Edited March 2, 2011 by peteer01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbitarty Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 On 3/2/2011 at 6:12 AM, peteer01 said: On 3/2/2011 at 5:36 AM, Strangelove said: ....for the rest of your life. Microsoft execs must be high-fiving themselves over that! I mean, you've convinced the guy it's worth $10 to change his gamertag because he's already decided he's going to support your consoles and services until he dies. Wow. I've been pestering support about this for ages. Glad this is finally happening. My original gamertag which I applied for on xbox, and lost access to the mail, I've been unable to claim this tag back. Hopefully I can finally get it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbitarty Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 On 3/2/2011 at 11:02 PM, arbitarty said: On 3/2/2011 at 6:12 AM, peteer01 said: On 3/2/2011 at 5:36 AM, Strangelove said: ....for the rest of your life. Microsoft execs must be high-fiving themselves over that! I mean, you've convinced the guy it's worth $10 to change his gamertag because he's already decided he's going to support your consoles and services until he dies. Wow. I've been pestering support about this for ages. Glad this is finally happening. My original gamertag which I applied for on xbox, and lost access to the mail, I've been unable to claim this tag back. Hopefully I can finally get it back. I can't believe it. Some bastard already took mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Part of me would love to be able to pay 800MSP to change someone else's gamertag...for the rest of their life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteer01 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 On 3/6/2011 at 11:47 PM, Hot Heart said: Part of me would love to be able to pay 800MSP to change someone else's gamertag...for the rest of their life. xX I Rage Quit Xx? IDashboard? AngryTeenageRacist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 On 3/6/2011 at 9:19 PM, arbitarty said: I can't believe it. Some bastard already took mine Since someone already took it, do you mind saying what it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 On 3/6/2011 at 9:19 PM, arbitarty said: On 3/2/2011 at 11:02 PM, arbitarty said: On 3/2/2011 at 6:12 AM, peteer01 said: On 3/2/2011 at 5:36 AM, Strangelove said: ....for the rest of your life. Microsoft execs must be high-fiving themselves over that! I mean, you've convinced the guy it's worth $10 to change his gamertag because he's already decided he's going to support your consoles and services until he dies. Wow. I've been pestering support about this for ages. Glad this is finally happening. My original gamertag which I applied for on xbox, and lost access to the mail, I've been unable to claim this tag back. Hopefully I can finally get it back. I can't believe it. Some bastard already took mine Are you sure it wasn't you who already took it? They're not freeing them all up right away, it's a staged process, so yours might not have been freed up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbitarty Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 On 3/7/2011 at 5:52 PM, TheMightyEthan said: On 3/6/2011 at 9:19 PM, arbitarty said: On 3/2/2011 at 11:02 PM, arbitarty said: On 3/2/2011 at 6:12 AM, peteer01 said: On 3/2/2011 at 5:36 AM, Strangelove said: ....for the rest of your life. Microsoft execs must be high-fiving themselves over that! I mean, you've convinced the guy it's worth $10 to change his gamertag because he's already decided he's going to support your consoles and services until he dies. Wow. I've been pestering support about this for ages. Glad this is finally happening. My original gamertag which I applied for on xbox, and lost access to the mail, I've been unable to claim this tag back. Hopefully I can finally get it back. I can't believe it. Some bastard already took mine Are you sure it wasn't you who already took it? They're not freeing them all up right away, it's a staged process, so yours might not have been freed up yet. Yeh, I've been checking it for years, and its obviously been an old xbox one as it was a blank profile. Now it's a fully populated profile with gamerscore etc. The guy seems to have just got it because it was the same as his PSN tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Ah, that sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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