[Update: This giveaway is now closed and our winner has been notified. Check your inbox (and spam box), you might be our winner.]
So, perhaps you've heard, but Xbox Live turned five last week. In celebration of this fact, Microsoft sent us a little gift, an Xbox 360 wireless controller with a nice orange finish and the words "Live Turns Five" emblazoned upon us. Nice folk that we are, we've decided to give this sucker away. But wait, there's more. Along with the controller, we received a little pamphlet detailing some of the criticisms faced by Xbox Live before it launched. Microsoft took something of a risk with Xbox Live, and it has paid off. In short, Microsoft wanted us to believe in Xbox Live, and believers we have become.
As a symbolic addition to the limited edition controller, we're also tacking on a few games that Microsoft really wanted us to believe in. Those games are: Tenchu Z, Vampire Rain, Project Sylpheed, Fuzion Frenzy 2 and Crackdown. Hey, one outta five ain't bad, right? Yes, they're not the best games in the world (minus the incredible Crackdown, of course), but think of them as free achievements. Hell, to sweeten the deal, we'll even toss in 1600 MS Points. Sound good? Follow these simple instructions to enter:
- Xbox Live is five years old. Leave a comment on this post telling us about your best Live moments so far. You can leave one comment per calendar day (Eastern Time).
- Be sure you only leave one comment per day. Posters of multiple comments during the same day will be disqualified. We'll accept entries until Friday, November 23 12:00pm Noon, Eastern Time. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only
- On Friday, we'll pick one winner via a random drawing
- One winner will receive a limited edition Live Turns Five wireless Xbox 360 controller, one copy each of Tenchu Z, Vampire Rain, Project Sylpheed, Fuzion Frenzy 2, and Crackdown, and one 1600 point MS Point card, worth about $230 in all.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 64)
11-21-2007 @ 12:04PM
Cameron said...
When I signed up and noticed how sweet it is.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:05PM
Kelly said...
the wonderful day i downloaded the GH3 demo had to have been a favorite live moment.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:05PM
nathan said...
I would have to say my favorite moments of live would have to just be killing all of my friends...over...and over....and over again.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:05PM
Iliad Force said...
That first game of Ghost Recon. I miss that game.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:05PM
Jonathan Murrell said...
I love Xbox live and this swag looks awesome. I hope I win..
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11-21-2007 @ 12:06PM
John said...
Halo. Halo Halo Halo.
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and beating my brother at Uno. That was sweet.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:07PM
MadCatVT said...
The best time was when I first started up Halo 3 and got to play online.... it was awesome
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11-21-2007 @ 12:07PM
Chris said...
Excluding Canadian readers again. Thanks.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:07PM
Jeff said...
My favorite moment so far on live has been a couple of days after I signed up for Live back in 2003, and playing Unreal Tournament against people. Won the game, and haven't looked back since.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:08PM
Joel said...
Best Live moment so far... none yet. I'm going to join the Live party for the first time this week when I buy my Xbox 360. What a better way to enjoy it than with winning this prize.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:09PM
xylophipps said...
GEARS OF WAR!
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11-21-2007 @ 12:10PM
miker said...
head-shotting my buddies
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11-21-2007 @ 12:10PM
Justin Fletcher said...
I was once a PC gamer and shouted its multiplayer paises from the hillside. Then the console with multiplayer capability came and I didnt have to search for servers, I didnt have to worry about haxors (very much anway). XBL ftw!
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11-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
Jon said...
Best moment is when i first used Xbox live to play gears of war!
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11-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
Etchasketchist said...
My favorite Xbox Live moment has to be the first time I completely owned somebody in Puzzle Fighter. It was the first time that I saw somebody leave a lobby as soon as they saw my gamertag because they knew I was going to destroy them.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
ThatDudeReeg said...
Best Live Moment.
Halo.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
BAG OF MEAT said...
Downloading Autstin Powers for free from the XBL Marketplace was a pretty sweet Live moment. Let's have more of those, please.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
Jeremy said...
I still get giddy when curb stomping, chain sawing or executing a baddy in Gears of War
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11-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
casey chesnut said...
getting to play vision-enabled games with my family over 1000 miles away.
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11-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
NuAngel said...
One of my favorite "LIVE" moments was playing TMNT 1989 Arcade - three of us were "older" players (those who remembered the original), and one player was something like 11 years old. The youngest player kept making what I assume were "Karate" noises in the mic, and at one point said "Yeah, I'm the red guy!" The three players who grew up with the Ninja Turtles all stopped and said "Did he just say 'I'm the Red Guy'? THEY HAVE NAMES!"
We promptly stopped protecting the 4th player and let him die.
NuAngel
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