Spamming on Xbox Live? 45
jayintune writes "2old2play has an interesting article about spamming on Xbox Live. The new 360 version of Burnout Revenge rewards players with Live Achievement points for spamming members of their friends list with links to Burnout player videos. The catch is that you need to own the game to view any of these videos."
Yes! More Spam! (Score:2)
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Groan. (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, if it's going to happen on Xbox Live, it may as well be Microsoft spam.
Re:Groan. (Score:2)
Re:Groan. (Score:3)
...ok, I made
The Summary is Incorrect. (Score:5, Informative)
You do NOT need to spam your friends list to get the achievements in Burnout 360. The achievement is awarded BEFORE you get to the "Want to tell your friends?" screen. There are three options: Tell nobody, Tell ALL of your friends, or Tell SOME of your friends. For some reason, people assume to hit the middle option, even when the top option is the default.
I have gotten those achievements without sending a single message to a single person on my friends list.
Re:The Summary is Incorrect. (Score:2)
Imagine the possibilities...
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The message only tells you to go look at the videos of for new clips. The actual video is stored on EA's servers.
Re:The Summary is Incorrect. (Score:1)
Answer: It is possible. EA has a server that's going to hold millions of videos of Burnout replays...possible too. You don't know either way.
EA's server might just hold a file that tells the console what goes where in the game engine and at what point in time.
Re:The Summary is Incorrect. (Score:2, Informative)
That's why it's not possible.
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If you got that message from me (nobody has, but let's pretend), you would then have to go into Burnout, go to the Xbox Live menu, select My Friends Clips, find my gamerpic in the list of friends in your friends list, THEN you could see ALL of the clips I had shared, wheth
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Gosh! (Score:1)
Gak (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Gak (Score:3, Interesting)
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I actually own the game, there are 2 achievements that deal with replay clips:
1. Share a replay clip online. Basically you play a level and you can save up to 30 seconds of the replay into a clip and share it online. it goes onto the EA servers somewhere and once it's there other people can view it. NO WHERE does it require you to even mention it's existence to anyone. Simply that you create it and put it on the servers w
Re:Gak (Score:2)
Then there are also those games which reward hundreds of points for doing very little. Most EA sports games, unfortunately, are set this
Re:Gak (Score:2)
What I'm saying is, in the long run there are probably more than a few companies who would be willing to use the feature as a means of promotion more than an aspect of t
Clue... (Score:3)
Don't buy the hype. "Ooh, my number is bigger than yours! I'm better/smarter/faster!"
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Re:Clue... (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, shut up. I've been getting a free ride off this four-digit UID ("Oooh, my number is smaller than yours! I'm better/smarter/faster!") for *years* now, and you're gonna screw it all up....
Re:Clue... (Score:2)
Smaller still!
[Duke Nuke Voice]Suck it down![/DNV]
=tkk
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Re:Clue... (Score:2)
[Killer Instinct Voice] Humiliation! [/KIV]
Damn! ;)
=tkk
Re:Clue... (Score:2)
I have more gamer points than you! I'm richer and have more free time...
Re:Clue... (Score:2)
That's why (Score:3, Insightful)
You need to own a game to see a replay?! (Score:3, Interesting)
(People are getting to sensitive about stuff. Yes, they could distribute a wmv of the replay instead, but blah, somehow I don't feel like downloading 15 megs of my friend last crazy crash.)
Re:You need to own a game to see a replay?! (Score:2)
Just what the world needs.... (Score:1)
Spamming on Xbox Live? (Score:1, Flamebait)
How many articles have we seen from Zonk recently that are basically XboxLive ads?
Or should that be Spamming on
Good old MS/EA union (Score:1)