Microsoft improves XBL Marketplace, sends out free points

metallicorphan on 24 Feb '11 said:

is this when only 'my xbox' and 'my friends' are the only available options?..because that s**t has been happening a bleeding lot over the last month or so,nice of them to tell us if so,i thought it was Virgin as usual turning off (or p**sing about with)my connection at the usual 1-3am(don't deny it Virgin,it happened again last night)

EDIT;and er...no,i haven't got any message like that

Imaduck on 24 Feb '11 said:

Cool, thanks CVG and MS actually

AEC007 on 24 Feb '11 said:

Anybody else got this message? I haven't!!

StonecoldMC on 24 Feb '11 said:

I got the error the other night trying to access the Arcade marketplace.

Ill have a look to see if ive got the message and if I have ill be seeing what Indie Games I can snap up for 80 points, in saying that I think I have about 190 already so I might even stretch it to 240 !

altitude2k on 24 Feb '11 said:

When's the Defiant map pack out?

monty_79 on 24 Feb '11 said:

Can anyone recommend some decent indie games I could get for 80 points?

Thanks

GaryStew1980 on 24 Feb '11 said:

I got this message a few times I put it down to a bad connection as i was in the process of moving at the same time but I didnt get a message either.

WHERESMYMONKEY on 24 Feb '11 said:

80 points ay. I'd reccomend getting i maed a game with zombiez in it, cthulu saves the world. Or zombie football.

gmcb007 on 24 Feb '11 said:

Its not much but still its nice to have

Silentbob293 on 24 Feb '11 said:

I've had this problem consistently for about a month, I just kept signing in and out until it fixed itself, again I just based it on a poor connection.

StonecoldMC on 24 Feb '11 said:

Can anyone recommend some decent indie games I could get for 80 points?

Thanks

May I direct you here:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=112550

JD_Method on 24 Feb '11 said:

Can anyone recommend some decent indie games I could get for 80 points?

Thanks

If you can get three of your friends with you in a fairly spacious room, I'd recommend B.U.T.T.O.N.
If I tried to explain it it wouldn't sound very fun. But it's awesome!

monty_79 on 24 Feb '11 said:

@Stonecold

Cheers for that, SC. Vampire rage looks like a good one, so will have a look when I get home

nejibob on 24 Feb '11 said:

Fingers crossed im a selected one lol... just need this many points to make 200MSP thats just enough for a pack of CO-OP maps for GRAW2 on offer at the moment never seem to be able to spend the loose MSP i have left haha

sevvybgoode on 24 Feb '11 said:

Wheres my points MS? Its not like i havent bought many XBLA titles or had live for that long eh?

mw13 on 24 Feb '11 said:

i just got my second red ing of death. my xbox days are over

KoulisHHH on 24 Feb '11 said:

With so many fails I have in Avatar Marketplace(it's just won't update my clothes etc.) i would have nearly 800MS points LOL

Very_Silver_Ownz on 24 Feb '11 said:

only 80 points ? geez thx MS

JFC2294 on 24 Feb '11 said:

i haven't got my message yet

MattyR95 on 24 Feb '11 said:

Only 80 points? Not that I'm ungrateful but they could've given us some more.

sibear on 24 Feb '11 said:

@metallicorphan That's a connection problem, usually caused by your DNS server connection going down. Disconnecting your router/modem from your broadband and reconnecting about 30 secs later should fix it. I get that problem, quite fequently thanks to my useless ISP.
On topic, I've had quite a few problems with links on the dash working incorrectly or not at all. Not had any message from MS though.

richard99 on 24 Feb '11 said:

I've had the error message but not the points.
You got my hopes up CVG I had 340 points so I could've had Geometry Wars.

Moorpheus on 24 Feb '11 said:

Put mine towards the Noble Map Pack...

Cheers MS

Ryo_Hazuki4 on 24 Feb '11 said:

i just got my second red ing of death. my xbox days are over

I got my 2nd rrod a few weeks ago, the 1st one MS fixed, but this time it was out of warranty. You can actually fix it yourself rather easily, costs less than a fiver and takes under an hour. Thats what i did and it works fine now, and i had no prior experience of opening up/modding consoles etc.

sevvybgoode on 24 Feb '11 said:

Would you have the message already if you areto be a recipient of this bounty from MS?

I checked an hour or 2 ago and nada...

Brian Bloodaxe on 24 Feb '11 said:

With so many fails I have in Avatar Marketplace(it's just won't update my clothes etc.) i would have nearly 800MS points LOL

I had that as well but if you go into the harddrive theres a file called "AVATAR CACHE" or something similar. Delete that and it will update all your old items.

Windowlicker79 on 24 Feb '11 said:

The good news is that you might be getting some free points out of it.

OK, so why is it only "might" get some free points? How does it decide who will get them? I had the "limited service" message a couple of weeks ago, but I've got no message in my inbox. Wheres my points?

PS3UberTool on 24 Feb '11 said:

Only 80 points? Not that I'm ungrateful but they could've given us some more.

Where does the US come from? You're the most anti-360 person on here now STD has gone.

Sonic_Freak on 24 Feb '11 said:

I've had the message and points, too. Thanks MS! I thought that problem was just my connection.

Windowlicker79 on 24 Feb '11 said:

I've had the message and points, too. Thanks MS! I thought that problem was just my connection.

When did you get the points?

markyR on 24 Feb '11 said:

Ooohhh, I'll have to check this out.

And that women lol hahahahahaahahaha, if your stupid enough to leave a credit card with an 11 year old then hahahahahahaha.

I was in Gamestation the other day, a kid that I think was 12? gave his mum an 18 rated game to buy him! Now I bet she'll blame the games for her childs crazy gun killing spree later....... I think it was Dead Space 2 so she can wash his pants after he shats them and then tell him it's only nightmares and the monsters aren't real no doubt whilst writing a legal letter to EA for scaring her son....

Sonic_Freak on 24 Feb '11 said:

I've had the message and points, too. Thanks MS! I thought that problem was just my connection.

When did you get the points?

Code for the points comes with the message and it worked straight away.

Dave_25 on 24 Feb '11 said:

Perhaps that woman should should examine her own intelligence.....allowing your 11 year old son access to your debit card....really?!

MattyR95 on 24 Feb '11 said:

Only 80 points? Not that I'm ungrateful but they could've given us some more.

Where does the US come from? You're the most anti-360 person on here now STD has gone.

How am I? Microsoft p**s me off a lot but I'm not anti-360.

sevvybgoode on 24 Feb '11 said:

Still no message... where's my points ms? I demand my sixty pence worth of virtual currency!

DerekFinny on 25 Feb '11 said:

Sweet! I am getting Toy Stunt Bike or FishCraft, love them indie games

roynluc on 25 Feb '11 said:

I had an email this morning from the Microsoft VIP site, entering me into a competition. I also got 100 points out of it too.

Not had the 80 points from yesterday though, but 100 is better than 80…