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Microsoft pinched my idea!
Neil Walker
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April 2000
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See:
http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/600164/810091#target

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What they should do is offer a family gold where multiple users can use the live features if they are on the registered xbox. I'd be more than happy to pay more, e.g. £50.

http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2010/6/22-72

At that date, $99 was just over £50 too.

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blargmob
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February 2007
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:o

Demand royalties. Quick.

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Neil Walker
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April 2000
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What would be really nice is if I can go onto a friend's xbox, log in as me without doing a gamertag recovery and get achievements and messages.

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Matthew Leverton
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January 1999
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I like how deals of four are labelled "family," as if each one has mom, dad, brother, and sister.

Bob Keane
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DOS was stolen from a competitor, MS only changed the drive designation. The gui interface for windows was stolen from a company at the Palo Alto research center. I've seen three or four people claim on tv that Windows 7 was thier idea. MS stole everything they every did, why should you be any different?

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Dario ff
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August 2008
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In any case, Matthew can demand royalties, not you. Everything you post here becomes of his property. ;)

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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Neil Black
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October 2006
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Dario ff said:

In any case, Matthew can demand royalties, not you. Everything you post here becomes of his property. ;)

I can think of several ways that this can work against Matthew. :P

We still need an evil laughter smiley.

bamccaig
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Dario ff
Member #10,065
August 2008
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Here are some mockups.

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Though I'm not convinced if they're evil enough. And the last one looks more happy than evil sometimes. :-/

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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Dario ff said:

Here are some mockups.

The first one seems right. If ML adds that (and I think he should), he should also add the crying-with-a-smile smiley that somebody made years ago.

Thomas Fjellstrom
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June 2000
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23 had one ages ago that I used to host, but it caused an insane amount of bw use at a time when my host didn't give me much :(

I wish I still had it :( it was animated. reminded me of Kefka's laugh.

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Neil Black
Member #7,867
October 2006
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Dario ff said:

Here are some mockups.

I like the third one. The first one seems too similar to one we already have ( >:( ).

Dario ff
Member #10,065
August 2008
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The first one seems too similar to one we already have

Actually, the first one is a mix between the smile( :) ) and that one. I like the third one as well, it's neat.

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My games: [GiftCraft] - [Blocky Rhythm[SH2011]] - [Elven Revolution] - [Dune Smasher!]

Neil Black
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October 2006
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The second one could also work.

bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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The second and third ones look ridiculous to me. Over the top. Maybe I'm just not as evil as you two... :-X

Neil Black
Member #7,867
October 2006
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The first one isn't enough, and the fourth one is way too much. The second and third are the best of the ones presented.

Dario ff
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August 2008
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Ahh... the problems of finding an average between an even amount of options.

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Neil Black
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October 2006
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Dario ff said:

Ahh... the problems of finding an average between an even amount of options.

On further review, the third one looks mildly retarded. I'd go with the second one.

Dario ff
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August 2008
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Yes or no?

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Neil Black
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October 2006
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It's got my vote.

Dario ff
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August 2008
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EDIT: Damn, it does a thumbnail for the guests...

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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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It has a Scientology tooth.

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

Neil Black
Member #7,867
October 2006
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Amazing... it's almost as though Matt's already implemented it! ;)

Thomas Fjellstrom
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June 2000
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I say 23 should find his evil smiley.

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