Have you ever left a game running just to increase your Xfire hours?

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#1 vitriolboy
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I got told people do this lol

Dare to admit it?

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#2 555SSOO
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No.I don't have Xfire :|

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#3 aramoe
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I don't use Xfire, How is it?

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#4 Tokeism
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Nope, don't use Xfire any more

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#5 fudgeblood
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I did it with ArmA 2 and some others, not anymore though.
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#6 mhofever
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Why would anyone do that, it's just a waste of power usage and electricity. :\

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#7 fudgeblood
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Why would anyone do that, it's just a waste of power usage and electricity. :\

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Dosn't bother me, got 3 others PC's running at the moment.
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#8 thusaha
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Never do that.

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#9 dakan45
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what for?
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#10 chandu83
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I use Xfire all the time, but I never consciously did that.
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#11 pvtdonut54
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That makesno sense. Why would I bother? :|

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#12 fudgeblood
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That makesno sense. Why would I bother? :|

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Because if you do that it makes people think you have "M4D SK1LLZ" in said game. ;)
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#13 darkfox101
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I have a friend that does it.. im not sure why...
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#14 RiseAgainst12
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No.. i would rather play the game to boost my hours.

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#15 RiseAgainst12
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[QUOTE="fudgeblood"][QUOTE="pvtdonut54"]

That makesno sense. Why would I bother? :|

Because if you do that it makes people think you have "M4D SK1LLZ" in said game. ;)

How does hours played show that? in frontlines i had half the hours played of anyone in my ranking area and a better K/D than most of them...
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#16 NoAssKicker47
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Why would someone do that? That's stupid

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#17 themeteor
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why would you? I get embarrassed when my hours get too high

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#18 fudgeblood
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[QUOTE="RiseAgainst12"][QUOTE="fudgeblood"][QUOTE="pvtdonut54"]

That makesno sense. Why would I bother? :|

Because if you do that it makes people think you have "M4D SK1LLZ" in said game. ;)

How does hours played show that? in frontlines i had half the hours played of anyone in my ranking area and a better K/D than most of them...

Sarcasm my good man.
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#19 Revan_911
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Oh brother...

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#20 zomglolcats
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No... I don't use xfire anymore but I never would do that. I wanted to track my ACTUAL time spent playing. That seems almost as lame as people paying for power leveling for their Xbox Gamer Score
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#21 CrazyKilljoy117
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I've only used XFire once and I didn't like it (mainly since I don't own a headset) I noticed Steam does the same thing since it tracked my hours in Half-Life 2 while I had it paused for a good half hour... the cake is a lie :x
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#22 -Origin-
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For some reason it happened with arma 2 even though it wasn't running but xfire was still picking it up that it was.. lol got 40 hours from it xD

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#23 -Origin-
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No... I don't use xfire anymore but I never would do that. I wanted to track my ACTUAL time spent playing. That seems almost as lame as people paying for power leveling for their Xbox Gamer Scorezomglolcats

Omfg.. people actually do that? People pay power lvlers to up their gs??? that's insane!!!

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#24 Kh1ndjal
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[QUOTE="mhofever"]

Why would anyone do that, it's just a waste of power usage and electricity. :\

fudgeblood
Dosn't bother me, got 3 others PC's running at the moment.

true. but running a game, especially a high end one, will increase power consumption quite a bit. i leave my pcs running for weeks, but not with games running (some of them go to sleep/hibernate, some stay on). pointless. unless theres an xfire competition for clocking your game hours. that's a slightly less pointless.
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#25 Lord_Nas3k
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i do it al teh tiem becuz im m4d 1337

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#26 fudgeblood
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i do it al teh tiem becuz im m4d 1337

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f0 sh0 bro, "d"ats w1ck3d 1337
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#27 Lord_Nas3k
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[QUOTE="Lord_Nas3k"]

i do it al teh tiem becuz im m4d 1337

fudgeblood

f0 sh0 bro, "d"ats w1ck3d 1337

inorite

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#28 fudgeblood
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[QUOTE="fudgeblood"][QUOTE="Lord_Nas3k"]

i do it al teh tiem becuz im m4d 1337

Lord_Nas3k

f0 sh0 bro, "d"ats w1ck3d 1337

inorite

that w0rd woz 2 1337 4 me to undrastood.
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#29 Lord_Nas3k
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[QUOTE="Lord_Nas3k"]

[QUOTE="fudgeblood"] f0 sh0 bro, "d"ats w1ck3d 1337fudgeblood

inorite

that w0rd woz 2 1337 4 me to undrastood.

lol ur a n00b cuz u suk at t3h internetz so gtfo u n00b b4 i pwnz u wit my 0wn4g3

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#30 fudgeblood
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[QUOTE="fudgeblood"][QUOTE="Lord_Nas3k"]

inorite

Lord_Nas3k

that w0rd woz 2 1337 4 me to undrastood.

lol ur a n00b cuz u suk at t3h internetz so gtfo u n00b b4 i pwnz u wit my 0wn4g3

1 r t3ll mi p4rentz abut u n0z :
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#31 ssvegeta555
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I use to use Xfire while playing WoW and now I'm sickened how many hours I wasted playing that game (well my brother also helped boots the hours).

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#32 Lord_Nas3k
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[QUOTE="Lord_Nas3k"]

[QUOTE="fudgeblood"] that w0rd woz 2 1337 4 me to undrastood.fudgeblood

lol ur a n00b cuz u suk at t3h internetz so gtfo u n00b b4 i pwnz u wit my 0wn4g3

1 r t3ll mi p4rentz abut u n0z :

doo it an c wat hapenz

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#33 johnny27
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no i build up hours the old fashion way by actually playing the game :D
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#34 crazymonkey092
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[QUOTE="fudgeblood"][QUOTE="mhofever"]

Why would anyone do that, it's just a waste of power usage and electricity. :\

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Dosn't bother me, got 3 others PC's running at the moment.

true. but running a game, especially a high end one, will increase power consumption quite a bit. i leave my pcs running for weeks, but not with games running (some of them go to sleep/hibernate, some stay on). pointless. unless theres an xfire competition for clocking your game hours. that's a slightly less pointless.

Well, think people have forgot that Xfire still tracks hours even when the game is minimized, meaning not taking any cpu/gpu power. I had a friend do that with GTA 4, but I think he did cause he would play 10-12hrs a day, and then just leave it running/minimized the times he's not playing. I've never done it, unless its for catching up, like say i played the game about 4-5hrs and forgot to have xfire on. Later on, I may leave the game running for a few extra hours to catch up. Leaving a more accurate hour count on my xfire.
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#35 Gooeykat
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Why would anyone do that, it's just a waste of power usage and electricity. :\

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I think it's an e-peen thing...to show of how many hours you put into a game.
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#36 Delphanius
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Don't use xfire...

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#37 zomglolcats
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[QUOTE="zomglolcats"]No... I don't use xfire anymore but I never would do that. I wanted to track my ACTUAL time spent playing. That seems almost as lame as people paying for power leveling for their Xbox Gamer Score-Origin-

Omfg.. people actually do that? People pay power lvlers to up their gs??? that's insane!!!

Yeah, sadly they do lol. I can't remember if it was an news item on Gamespot or somewhere else, but there's a company that will level up your Gamerscore if you pay them. lol
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#38 lettuceman44
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Uh, no?