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Subject: Silver Subsription Members are able to play online?...yes or no?

I was playing Halo 3 last night, jumped over from Reach after finishing up all of the challenges and was in a game were something just wasn't right. Turns out the person with the most kills on the other team has a Silver Xbox live membership. I messaged him saying "how can you play online with a silver?" He replied saying that you can play social matches with a silver membership. I have been a gold member for years and love to play social almost all the time. Have I been paying for something I don't need or did this guy have it glitched.

Personal opinion, it was glitched and that ruins it for everyone.

  • 05.04.2011 3:01 PM PDT

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48 hour trial? Only explanation i can think of.

  • 05.04.2011 3:03 PM PDT

I thought that but they would be gold for 48 hours, it would show gold on the gamertag, not silver. He had ALOT of Halo 3 EXP so I doubt it even more.

[Edited on 05.04.2011 3:10 PM PDT]

  • 05.04.2011 3:09 PM PDT

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No it doesn't. With a 48 hour trial your bar stays siler. I used to live off 48 hour trials for like 2 months because i couldn't pay for XBL back then.

  • 05.04.2011 3:12 PM PDT

How does that explain the high EXP in the short amount of time given the trial doesn't renew?

  • 05.04.2011 3:20 PM PDT

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HACKZZ!!!!...na, i don't know. Try it, create an account and see. Or better yet, i'll try it.

  • 05.04.2011 3:21 PM PDT

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  • 05.04.2011 3:22 PM PDT

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I just tried it, i can't even choose a playlist. Let alone start the game. It keeps saying i have to choose a profile with xbox live.

  • 05.04.2011 3:25 PM PDT

Maybe the guy just had his account run out, and put a 48 hour trial on it? Then he would have all the exp from when he was gold still on there? Just a thought.

  • 05.04.2011 3:30 PM PDT

i just tried to make an acc and it didnt work :((

  • 05.04.2011 3:44 PM PDT

My wifes acct was silver and wouldnt work, just purchased gold and boom slayer!

  • 05.04.2011 4:15 PM PDT

Xbox Live Silver Weekend. Microsoft lets Silver Accounts play social playlists on weekends every few weeks- to entice them to subscribing.

  • 05.04.2011 4:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: burritosenior
Xbox Live Silver Weekend. Microsoft lets Silver Accounts play social playlists on weekends every few weeks- to entice them to subscribing.


This and 48 hour trials. If you are good you can win a lot = fast exp.

Socials for scrubs though.

  • 05.04.2011 4:33 PM PDT

Wasnt the last Silver weekend for when Halo 3 Released the Mythic Map pack. Havent heard since then. And this guy was with a party of 8 playing BTB, doubt you would rack up 600 games in a weekend...did I remind that this was last night?...Tuesday evening.

  • 05.04.2011 6:13 PM PDT

Yaeeeyah!!

Yeah 48 hour trials though

  • 05.04.2011 6:17 PM PDT

If you see above, making an acct and trying to play didnt work.

  • 05.04.2011 6:26 PM PDT

Posted by: Blackhawk7188
doubt you would rack up 600 games in a weekend
Just because he's a Silver Account now doesn't mean he always has been. I have friends who go Silver for a couple days until they can go out and buy another subscription.
Posted by: Blackhawk7188
If you see above, making an acct and trying to play didnt work.
An Xbox only has so many free Gold times for new accounts.

  • 05.04.2011 6:46 PM PDT
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All it took was a stew of whoopass.


Posted by: burritosenior
Xbox Live Silver Weekend. Microsoft lets Silver Accounts play social playlists on weekends every few weeks- to entice them to subscribing.
Is there some sort of pattern? Do you know how many weeks that pass by before the next Silver weekend?

  • 05.04.2011 6:47 PM PDT


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Posted by: burritosenior
Xbox Live Silver Weekend. Microsoft lets Silver Accounts play social playlists on weekends every few weeks- to entice them to subscribing.
Is there some sort of pattern? Do you know how many weeks that pass by before the next Silver weekend?
Nope not a clue. I just hear about them randomly. Sometimes it'll appear on the dashboard somewhere, but I think sometimes it's Halo 3 specific (pure guess- I've got nothing to back that up) so you just have to go in and find out.

  • 05.04.2011 7:15 PM PDT

There are some weekends where bungie allows silver profiles to play in social or competitive games (reach). they did this mainly to give people a chance to look at why they should buy xbox live gold.

  • 05.04.2011 8:18 PM PDT

But this does not apply to a Tuesday. If tuesday was a weekend I wouldnt have to work.

  • 05.04.2011 9:03 PM PDT

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I believe it's every 2 weeks you can play social with free-silver membership. But other then that, you need either gold or a 48 hour.

  • 05.04.2011 9:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: burritosenior
Xbox Live Silver Weekend. Microsoft lets Silver Accounts play social playlists on weekends every few weeks- to entice them to subscribing.

  • 05.05.2011 12:16 AM PDT


Posted by: burritosenior

Posted by: cRaZyT101

Posted by: burritosenior
Xbox Live Silver Weekend. Microsoft lets Silver Accounts play social playlists on weekends every few weeks- to entice them to subscribing.
Is there some sort of pattern? Do you know how many weeks that pass by before the next Silver weekend?
Nope not a clue. I just hear about them randomly. Sometimes it'll appear on the dashboard somewhere, but I think sometimes it's Halo 3 specific (pure guess- I've got nothing to back that up) so you just have to go in and find out.

They also tell you by e-mail.

  • 05.05.2011 2:19 AM PDT

Posted by: Blackhawk7188
But this does not apply to a Tuesday. If tuesday was a weekend I wouldnt have to work.
...In which case he used a 48 hour card! We've said this. I don't really get where the confusion is, I apologize.

  • 05.05.2011 3:56 AM PDT

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