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#1 jimmulvaney
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Well to make a long story short, i do not have xbox live nor am I interested in it.
But i am proud of my achievements and my score and i too would like to display them.

Would it be possible to edit your gaming tag directly from your profile without the use of a live account?
I understand that this allows for the possibility of people being untruthful in their tags, but does it really matter?
In the welcome newbies board you said it yourself it serves no real purpose so we should just have fun with it.
What you have happening now is fine but it should be added to.

The name is in your about section of your profile but there could be a whole other tab in the profile where you can control your gamertag stats. Number of games played, A List of games played (with an option to request additional titles not listed perhaps?), current score, and a checklist of achievements for each game. Then the most recent ones would show up in your gamertag. You could use the standard images that come with the system or upload your own. If you want people to be aware of the possibility that this may not be an accurate portrayal of the gamer, then the 'zone' could be 'offline' or 'unwired' or something. So when people see the tag and it says 9999999 points but the the zone is one that is not related to a live account, then you know they could be lying. If you dont want to go as far as i have described then at least make it possible to update the score, GT image and four most recent achievements. Please?
btw, I'm a web developer myself, so i apologize if you feel like i am telling you how to do your job, cuz I'm not.

Thanks,

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#2 rorie
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You don't need to pay for Xbox Live to have your gamertag updated. So long as you have a free XBL silver account (and hook up your Xbox to the internet every once in a while), your data will be uploaded to the xbox.com servers, which is (I believe) where our data comes from.
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#3 jimmulvaney
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Well that does help a bit but, normally speaking my xbox is not connected to the Internet and it is a pain in the butt to set it up because of how 'poorly designed' my apartment is (location of wall and telephone outlets).
Not to mention that the one time i tried it, i found out my name was already taken, i will not use any other name because this particular name means alot to me, both as a person and a gamer.

I really hope you think about my idea seriously because it would be as easy as adding a tab, to another page, with a form on it, that modifies an additional table, set up in the database. The 'zone' could be pre-determined. Then on the profile page, if the 'zone' is of type 'manual' or whatever, then generate the gamer tag based on the info in the database. No offense, but this is a pretty painless thing to do even for one person, (again, trying hard not to tell you how to do your job or be condescending) as i am sure i am not the only person that would appreciate it.
I could set up a poll, would that help you to see the value in such a menial task? Sorry if i sound like a jerk, but it really bugs me that i cant show off my stripes. Again, a thousand apologies,I really am trying to be sincere and i do have alot of respect for this site.

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#4 jimmulvaney
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Hi, i was just wondering if there was any further thought or development on this idea of mine? Just checking.