Update: Major Nelson updated his initial post letting XBL users know that the tech team is aware of some issues with the rolling restarts. They are looking into the situation. Again, we ask that you be patient and just think about all the dudes you'll be shooting on April 29.According to Major Nelson, the scheduled maintenance for Xbox Live that left the service offline since early this morning is complete. Before you fashion your trendiest riot clothes and pitchforks we'd like to remind you that while the service maintenance is complete users may experience rolling restarts around the globe. As an example, the service has restarted for our own Dustin Burg but has left this Canadian out in the cold (see what I did there?) with connection issues.
If you are experiencing connection issues we ask that you be patient before flooding our inbox with "ZOMG, they broked Live" news tips. Looking for something to do? May we suggest checking out X3F TV! While our Nielsen ratings aren't anything to write home about, we can at least assure you our gaming related videos are more entertaining than watching anything that Spike TV does with this industry in mind.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
4-21-2008 @ 1:33PM
killploki said...
any idea what kind of maintenance they did? maybe something along the lines of fixing the recent lag?
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4-21-2008 @ 1:41PM
Xav de Matos said...
Personally I think it might have something to do with GTAIV that's hitting stores next week.
Preparing for that onslaught.
4-21-2008 @ 2:05PM
gamermasterman said...
GTA IV is kinda what I thought, I think they did the same thing a week or so before Halo 3 If I remember correctly.
4-21-2008 @ 2:07PM
Bmurph said...
I thought the same thing when I heard about this, Xav.
4-21-2008 @ 3:22PM
DILLONSHWING said...
i hope so, i have been having the weirdest lag recently.
its weird my connection will drop in the middle of games and stuff like that. its getting really old
4-21-2008 @ 4:24PM
Juice said...
I'm not planning on touching the GTA multiplayer until I finish the single player anyway so hopefully by then the servers will mellow out.
4-21-2008 @ 1:45PM
Jez said...
This is stupid I don't have a active network static now!!!!
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4-21-2008 @ 1:48PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Yeah, Canadians don't need live... eh? Just get America's live up and worry about those "other people" when you can get around to it. ;) (the little winky face indicates my comment was made in jest, for those of you with no sense of humor)
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4-21-2008 @ 1:53PM
LFotF said...
I keep getting disconnected from Live. I can immediately reconnect, but then 5-10 minutes later, I get knocked off again.
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4-21-2008 @ 1:54PM
xtremesniper said...
I saw what you did there, but the 22+ degree weather outside in T.O. begs to differ.
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4-21-2008 @ 1:55PM
Xav de Matos said...
Hey I live on the Lakeshore, so I know. It's perfect outside in the TDot.
4-21-2008 @ 1:59PM
nosaj56 said...
Call of Duty 4 online doesn't work, so XBL has failed me again.
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4-21-2008 @ 2:00PM
OBM said...
Still messed up here in UK, another great job MS. And yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that the 'maintenance' is for GTA IV, because if there's an outage like the COD4 incident, people will not be happy at all.
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4-21-2008 @ 2:01PM
Ample Salty said...
I'm having some issues over here in England. I can log in and it tells me I have friends online but on the dash it says "Connect to Xbox Live", I cannot see the Marketplace or use the guide button.
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4-21-2008 @ 4:12PM
onehunggary said...
I got the exact same situation here in TX
4-21-2008 @ 2:02PM
consolecount.com said...
Yeah it's still down.....
omg Xbox Live....
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4-21-2008 @ 2:08PM
Gun Barrier (=Gamer Tag) SSBB: 3952-6696-7009 said...
well, better have a scheduled outage then a surprize outage when every 360 owner tries GTA4 online.
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4-21-2008 @ 2:08PM
k1ngvz said...
Am I the only one who gets disconnected every 10 mins
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4-21-2008 @ 2:16PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Yes.
From the post above: "we'd like to remind you that while the service maintenance is complete users may experience rolling restarts around the globe."
So yeah, you are the only one. w00t.
4-21-2008 @ 2:45PM
TORO said...
LOL