Who went out and bought a blu ray?

I'll tell you what I did...I ordered a 360 hd dvd player with planet earth lol! I just thought that it will eventually be rare to find a 360 hd dvd so I wanted to make sure I took full advantage of amazons half price offer (I live in uk).

I have a coupple of close friends from highschool which I played with before I went off to Uni and XboX live is also great to stay in touch. Other than that I add the friends they play with if they are cool enough. Otherwise I usually add people who I have fun playing with and more importantly talking to on the headset. XboX live is a great experience, but I mean except for the challenge a headset is a big part ofi t as well. Btw, feel free to add me if you want as well... Always up for more friends on Live...SLXD

thats cool. I'll do that. I dont doubt live is a great experience. I love live even without knowing anyone on there (in real life i mean). But I imagine my experience with live would be even greater with people I actually know in real life.

usually the friends will come you just gotta play. let your skills do the talking if someone invites you to a party accept it they invited you for a reason unless thier douches. also you can meet people on gamespot, its always good to have friends you have things in common. seriously though you dont have any one in your real life that likes games like you do a high school buddy or something.thereal11

yer, ill add a few people from gamespot such as you guys. We'll see how it goes :D

but yer, noone. just noone i know are into games like i am (in terms of game creation and thought and creativity). not even that 1 person i know has a 360 and hes not on live.

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Where do you get your friends on your friends list in Live?

I mean, in my personal experience, none of my friends from university play with 360, nor do they care about things like LIVE. No one I know plays or has a 360. The ones that do (they are very few) cant be bothered to connect it to LIVE. They keep saying "I will soon" but never do.

So I'v been adding people to my friends list that I feel like they gave me a challenge or were just good to play with in games such as cod 4.

I feel though, that this is affecting my experience with LIVE as I know that I would have a much better experience if i was playing against people that I know and see in real life. For example, I know that I would love Burnout paradise if I were to play against friends that I know on a personal level. At the moment though, I havnt played it alot nor can I bring myself to play it anytime soon.

So, where do you get your friends on Live from?

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I undoubtedly agree with you; the LIVE experience is always best when you know the people on the other end of the headset, but getting to know the decent "strangers" out there can be just as fun. I earned a fair share of my frineds playing the GRAW2 co-op missions; we started out as strangers, but after a few tries and re-tries of the same missions, we formed a unit and eventually made pals of one another. Another way I acquired some online frineds is through the friends of my existing friends, y'know, "a friend of my friend is my friend" sorta thing.

Most of my friends I know in real life, but I collected a fair share simply meeting up with random folks and giving what I expect: respect. A "good game" after a win or loss, I don't derride anyone's performance or verbally assault my opponents (or teammates) and most importantly, keep things light and friendly. These are video GAMES, simulated wars and such; no one has anything at stake except a bit of prideH. alo 3 is a good place to meet new friends (ironic due to Halo's less-than-stellar online "friendliness" quotient) because after random matchmaking, it offers impromptu "partying up" which allows the randomly assembled squad to permanently team up for subsequent matches.

But if you're dead-set on getting on with your real life-chums, (and I don't blame you,) take the first step and maybe buy them a 1 month subscription ($8) to let them get a feel for it and see how much more their games have to offer. I'm sure after a tastes of it, they'll have no problem committing to a longer sunscription or at least re-imbursing your $8.

yer I suppose you are right. I have made friends through LIVE but it seems that we were friends for that one day and that is it. We were actually having interesting conversations as well which is a first on LIVE. Havn't really spoken to him since. The point im making is that if I actually knew the guy in real life, I would put more of an effort into inviting him to games and generally playing more together.

What better place to add friends to live then right here at Gamespot? With chat available on live, it is notably easy to form friendships with those you play with. MsCortana

well I have added someone from gamespot. Never actually played a game with him. dunno, something about playing someone you know in real life and woopin their ass only to see them the next day and rip on them about it.

One's my brother, two others are friends from high school. The other 3 are from Gamespot.grunt1096

do you find that the experience differs between the two? I mean between people you know and people from gamespot?

Where do you get your friends on your friends list in Live?

I mean, in my personal experience, none of my friends from university play with 360, nor do they care about things like LIVE. No one I know plays or has a 360. The ones that do (they are very few) cant be bothered to connect it to LIVE. They keep saying "I will soon" but never do.

So I'v been adding people to my friends list that I feel like they gave me a challenge or were just good to play with in games such as cod 4.

I feel though, that this is affecting my experience with LIVE as I know that I would have a much better experience if i was playing against people that I know and see in real life. For example, I know that I would love Burnout paradise if I were to play against friends that I know on a personal level. At the moment though, I havnt played it alot nor can I bring myself to play it anytime soon.

So, where do you get your friends on Live from?

I also wished for more variety, but still I love the game. I hated the storyline crap and I wish they would've stuck to one period. However basically every game is repetative, and at least this was so well made I didn't mind the repetativeness at all, I simply don't get sick of this.Keitarourashima

as i stated, reptitivness isnt that bad because some games disguise it really well. But this shows. This shows like 32x shows that it blows.