i vaguely remember a story about how Microsoft couldn't shut down Live for the original Xbox because some users refused to log out. does anyone else remember this?
it must have been an urban legend, right? surely Microsoft could just manually boot users? otherwise that seems like a huge oversight.
@buru5 WILD if true
@jake4480 found it after some searching. the people who stayed were dubbed "the noble 14"
https://forum.overdosed.net/topic/70081-today-is-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-noble-14/
"The servers would not shut down at a predetermined time for everyone. Instead, Microsoft allowed players to finish up whatever they were doing and then leave, but they wouldn't be able to reconnect.
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It all came down to one man, APACHE N4SIR, to keep Halo 2 alive, and he did. Until he was unceremoniously booted for unknown reasons."
i guess they did end up booting him. if this is true.
@buru5 whoaaaa!!!
@buru5 long live APACHE N4SIR
I don't remember that, but I do seem to remember some big xbox live outage that lasted like a day or so, and a bunch of gamers wanted to sue.
If we could tap into and collect gamer rage, we could power the planet with free energy forever.
@Dennis5891 yes, let's hook the gamers up to treadmills.
I know that was kinda off topic, lol, but that is the only xBox live "thing" that happened I can recall.