Dead Xbox Live Gamertags Coming Back to Life

[esperandote]

For free? I think not.

More like "lets cash in on a gamertag change wave"

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

So, I can be OnyxOblivion?

Instead of OnyxOblivion007? I'm not even a Bond fan. That just got stuck on there. I didn't think I'd ever play online or anything. I signed up for Shivering Isles.

Shame I fucked up during account creation, and forgot to carry over my gamerscore from my offline profile when I made OnyxOblivion.

 

[Warrior Irme]

So how long until I lose my gamertag if I cancelled because I didn't have funds. Are the tags that have gone unused for a year? longer? shorter? I have a huge group of friends on the service and if I lost my tag because the turnover is only 2-3 months I would be unwilling to return at all.

 

[OldAccount]

Did he imply you can change your gamertag to your first choice for free? I'd really like to replace the "4" in "SAT4NSLILHELPER" with an actual "A" and I know for a fact that the current holder of that gamertag hasn't been online since the early 2000s.

Also it sucks for anyone looking to come back to Live after a long hiatus only to find their gamertags taken over by somebody else.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I'm still looking for the asshole who made me add a "7" to the end of my Gamertag...

And when I find him... There will be blood

Also wooooooo slightly less XxX1337sNiPZOrSXxX

 

[Pilkingtube]

EDIT - Also, surely there are plenty of interesting gamertags left? Just need to get creative, without resorting to puctuation.

The problem is that not everyone wants to be called "MyiPodisaWaffle".

I would, but many wouldn't.

Those people should sit down and contemplate their lives if they genuinley don't appreciate the waffley goodness that an iWaffle brings you.

 

[Chamale]

I made an account called "Chamale" in 2008, and used it to play GTA at a friend's house or something like that. I want to be able to use that, since my current tag just added a number to the end.

 

[Green Ninja]

Nice move. I'd love to be known only as Green Ninja and not Green Ninja 87.

But I am certainly not paying 10 bucks to change my gamertag.

...again...

 

[Low Key]

Cool I guess. My gamertag has some filler characters in it, but I don't really feel like changing it for $10. It kinda makes me wonder if Microsoft is doing this for their customers or if they are just looking to cash in on people who want to change their tags. Since they are a publicly traded company, something tells me it's the latter.

 

[aldowyn]

I didn't have any trouble getting mine. Actually, the only time I ever have trouble is when I forget that I registered before...

So yeah, I guess my name is pretty unique!

 

[CrashTestZombie]

To anyone who has plans on changing their gamertags...

Could you change your GT to SourLymon? It's available!

pleeease? I want to play with someone with a cool gamertag for once instead of XxXSm0Ke420FORliFE or something.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

EDIT - Also, surely there are plenty of interesting gamertags left? Just need to get creative, without resorting to puctuation.

Very true.

Just the other day my friend changed his Gamertag to 'Tesco Is Closed'.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

I would recommend deleting all those live tags that use all the stupid numbers to spell out their names along with the dead tags so that way i would never have to facepalm and say that everyone who spells their name that way is retarded.

 

[Verex]

Ah, but that's 800 credits. Anyways there's so much more creative usernames left.

 

[DanteVX]

Yeah, I too am intrigued to what they are classing as inactive. I play on the Xbox, but only signed into a silver account, so I know the already despise my kind. I just haven't had the money or the inclination to play online with Xboxers (no offence intended, I know there are normals amongst you).

It would really annoy me to wake up and see someone had stolen my name, without my consent, just because I am poor and can't afford to pay, to not play online. An email would be nice. Send the person you are going to change the name of, over XBL and say if you don't reply in X amount of days, you name will be open for someone else to take. Don't just ninja it away from them.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

Doesn't X-box just add a number to the end if your game tag has already been used?
And if You think long enough you should be able to come-up with something original. Unfortunately I did not when I crated my gamer profile, I wasn't in a very creative mood and just wanted to start gaming.

Nor was I, so I'm glad I don't play Xbox Live anymore because I hated my name.

Ah, but that's 800 credits. Anyways there's so much more creative usernames left.

Part II of the problem; it's a bloody rip-off for something you should be allowed at least once if you're paying fifty bucks a year... *grumble grumble grumble*

 

[mjc0961]

I would care if it weren't for the ridiculous charge to change one's gamertag. I'll stick with Soylent Baconn, even if the original jerk who stole the correctly spelled version is inactive.

I don't really think $10 for that is too much. Just try to pick a name you want and stick with it. Most services won't let you change it at all, so that you can do it at all, even though it's for a fee, is still pretty amazing. Plus the $10 should stop people from changing it daily which would be annoying to anyone who is friends with that person.

But anyway. If it makes you feel better, Soylent Bacon's gamertag was last seen online playing Black Ops 3 hours ago. Your $10 is safe.
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/Profile?gamerTag=Soylent Bacon

 

[MurderousToaster]

All the "good" names aren't gone, it's just that people like iXiZioi FuuZiiOonZ XiZ is twelve years old and is too lazy to think of a gamertag, or he genuinely believes that taking a word that's already been used a million times by a million irritating little twelve year olds and finding his own unique combination of X's, I's and Z's is actually a good naming option.

At least perhaps people with ridiculously ironic names, such as "iX uNiQuuE X" will finally be able to change their gamertag.