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#1 DriftRS
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It's this god damn achievment system. Seriously, I bought my first 360 yesterday, I think I have a problem :?

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#2 d4v1dbow13
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yeah it is fun getting gamerscore. A tip of advice to a new owner tho, keep your box in a well ventilated place to avoid the Red Ring of Death. Other than that its a great system.

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#3 Palantas
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Achievements are good stuff.

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#4 LightColor
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feels good when it pops up with that sound and u read wats on it lol
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#5 Holocost101
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yeah it is fun getting gamerscore. A tip of advice to a new owner tho, keep your box in a well ventilated place to avoid the Red Ring of Death. Other than that its a great system.

d4v1dbow13
yeah make sure you do, also having your 360 lying horizontal is generaly better for its health than upright, trust me, two mates and my dad have had red ring and disk scratching problems with up right possitioning. sorry for the rambling :P
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#6 DaveyBoy123
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its not the only good thing they did, but i agree, i love upping my GS
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#7 Miyuki-Chan
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Yes achievements are great, so good a certain competitor totally ripped it off.

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#8 Mau-Justice
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Never gets old. It's a virtual pat on the back.
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#9 Gen007
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Yes achievements are great, so good a certain competitor totally ripped it off.

Miyuki-Chan

oh thats not the only thing they ripped and it wont be the last thing either.

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#10 DriftRS
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yeah i'm loving the system, the only thing I don't like is paying for online play, which imo should be free. But the new boxes for the elite and arcade, when the pro is dropped, show "XBox Live Gold" as "free" on the box in the susual table of differences, so maybe MS are finally gonna fix that up!

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#11 shawn7324
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[QUOTE="d4v1dbow13"]

yeah it is fun getting gamerscore. A tip of advice to a new owner tho, keep your box in a well ventilated place to avoid the Red Ring of Death. Other than that its a great system.

Holocost101
yeah make sure you do, also having your 360 lying horizontal is generaly better for its health than upright, trust me, two mates and my dad have had red ring and disk scratching problems with up right possitioning. sorry for the rambling :P

Actually you are wrong, the console sitting vertically allows for better air flow & you won't have any disc scratching as long as you don't knock over the console while powered on. I have a stand that prevents console from tilting & I've never had a single disc scratched.
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#12 shawn7324
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yeah i'm loving the system, the only thing I don't like is paying for online play, which imo should be free. But the new boxes for the elite and arcade, when the pro is dropped, show "XBox Live Gold" as "free" on the box in the susual table of differences, so maybe MS are finally gonna fix that up!

DriftRS
Well you just have to look around & find a deal,$50 a year is crazy. I bought my 360 in 2006 & have not paid more than $30 for a 12 month subscription.
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#13 Jonas008
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Well if you want a crappy service like psn dont pay then >.< on ebay are some 12 month + 1 free cards over 30-40 dollars anyway

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#14 KHAndAnime
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I couldn't care less about achievements.
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#15 DriftRS
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them 12 month cards cost like $90 in aus XD

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#16 Kounterfit
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i definitely agree with you. achievements are awesome and never get old. i think they breathe life into a game that is already been completed.
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#17 Mau-Justice
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Actually you are wrong, the console sitting vertically allows for better air flow & you won't have any disc scratching as long as you don't knock over the console while powered on. I have a stand that prevents console from tilting & I've never had a single disc scratched.shawn7324
Standing the console vertically blocks the biggest vent in the system which would be at the bottom if it's vertical. I'm not an expert on the subject, so who knows.
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Never gets old. It's a virtual pat on the back.Mau-Justice
Agreed. love that sound.
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#19 DoomZaW
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It's this god damn achievment system. Seriously, I bought my first 360 yesterday, I think I have a problem :?

DriftRS

True, when you see both Valve, Sony and many many other competitors copying it, you know you made something good

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#20 capthavic
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I was going to say XBL but yeah that too XP
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#21 orb_03_2006
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Achievements are good stuff.

Palantas
yup. I didn't even know about achievements until about a month after I had it lol
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#22 dub14
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It is better to stand the console upright vertically because the fan would then be exposed and it allows better ventilation.

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#23 XXGamerfanXX
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I think Achievements are awesome.
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#24 n33d2skate
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The best thing about achievments is the noise that you hear when you earn one.
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#25 Bl3ss_The_F4ll
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Yes achievements are great, so good a certain competitor totally ripped it off.

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Lmao, I wonder who... *cough PS3 *cough
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#26 Ghost_702
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Both achievements and XBL.
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#27 moose_knuckler
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Practically everything good online I suppose, at least in terms of console gaming.
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#28 MissMorphine
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achivements are the sex dude. seriously. the guy who came up with this idea should get a medal.

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#29 wwe_xbox360
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feels good when it pops up with that sound and u read wats on it lolLightColor
damn straight

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#30 DriftRS
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I spent an hour yesterday looking through them all...