- B3OWULF
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Freedom of Speech does not equal "Freedom from Consequences when one speaks".
It is a right, and all rights have responsibilities associated with them. Ignore the responsibility, and you tend to lose the right.
Recon Number 54
As a result of a questionable marketing move by M$, the game market has been absolutely flooded with three-month trial XBL memberships usually inserted in new game boxes. (I'm sure hackers have figured out how to get an account without paying for it, but it's not legal.) This is silly to me -- how many gamers would be influenced to purchase a Gold Membership as a result of a trial? Seems to me like if they wanted to be online, they'd already know about it and would do it anyway.
As I type this I'm putting on my asbestos suit...There is NO GOOD REASON to have multiple accounts, at least not one good enough to counter the abuse and manipulation that goes on as a result of multiple accounts. I won't go into the details here of what goes on, but suffice it to say that multiple accounts is largely responsible for the decline of enjoyable Halo 2 gameplay in MM. There simply is no accountability with many of the punishments for abuse, when someone can just open another account (except when there's an IP or box ban).
M$'s "official" position (I know, because I've called to complain) is that they want "family members" to each have their own account. Come on...how many "families" share an XBox, at least to the point where it's mandatory that they each have a separate account? You can only sign on with one at a time anyway...
Sorry for the rant...as you can tell, I feel strongly about this!