Right, so to plan a online xbox:fest (or xfest as it will now be known) we need to establish:

a) who has (or has access to...) a xbox360
B) who has an xboxlive subscription
c) what games do these people have
d) when shall we do it...


bring on the p0wnage

a) Do you have an X-box 360?

Yes

b ) Do you have an xboxlive subscription?

Not yet

c) What multi-player games do you have?

Halo 3, Farcry 2, Street Fighter 4

d) When can we do it?

Any day other than a dry Wednesday evening. (If it's raining or Winter I may be able to do it)

a) who has (or has access to...) a xbox360
Yeth

B ) who has an xboxlive subscription
Yer defo

c) what games do these people have
cod4, halo3, gears 2, street fighter, team fortress 2. I think that's it.

d) when shall we do it...
any day but tuesday at the moment

Let the good times roll.

a) who has (or has access to...) a xbox360

Yes

b) who has an xboxlive subscription

Yes

c) what games do these people have

Halo 3, CODWAW, SF4, PGR4, GTA4

d) when shall we do it...

Whenever the hell we want.

a) who has (or has access to...) a xbox360

No

B who has an xboxlive subscription

No

c) what games do these people have

Olympic Mud Wrestling 1998

d) when shall we do it...

Twelve

a) who has (or has access to...) a xbox360

Yes, if I can wrestle her off the controls

who has an xboxlive subscription

hm...no

c) what games do these people have

er...lego batman?

d) when shall we do it...

yesterday

i've got a pile of 48hour free trials for xbox live, and 1 or 2 month trials. so we can sort out dannyboy and king

dannyboy might need a copy of j-lo3 first though.

on a side note... i stumbled across MLG (major league gaming) videos on youtube and this one made me weep like a school kid...

MLG - Halo3 top 10 plays Pt 3
skip to about 3:10

I'm still reeling from the grenade sticky on the guy jumping across the guardian level.

I may be able to borrow halo3 from someone at work...

i think you can get halo3 pre-owned or on ebay for £10-15 or something

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Halo-3-Classics-Xb...41624288&sr=8-1

12 quid new on amazon.

thats so cheap im tempted to buy it again...

can someone get hold of one of these for the next gathering?

Noj, Pedro and I managed to get a mini gathering going on Saturday night.

Apart from getting absolutely spank'd a few times, it was a good laugh.

Wednesday's might not be good as a general rule as it coincides with Orange Wednesday's for our cinema ploys...

How about Thursday for a weekly gaming ploy?

Yes. Winner.

Fine by me.

king? are you in? do you have a xbox live trial or shall i send you a code thing?

dannyboy? do you have a copy of halo3 yet? they may have some preowned ones in GAME. or ebay/amazon is a safe bet...

i'm trying to message pedro to make sure he's in.

drew's 360 died so its off for repair at the moment i think

but that should make a team of 5 or so

Can't make it this week but thursday following a possibility. one of those trial things would be useful.

btw - how do you guys communicate?

Either 360 mic, which is a bit crappy, or skype which works really well, but requires me to work out why my mic isn't loud enough on my baby mac.

pedro's skype suggestion seems to work pretty well. the voice communication on xbox live is a bit pants, and i cant really understand what anyone says.

skype is much better quality and doesnt screw up the bandwidth etc.

I'll try to get my mic sorted for tomorrow's festivities so we can use either setup.

Let's do it. If you have a spare code it'd be good to use it please.

Thanks Woz.

I have no mic other than the x-box one btw.

ok kingsley, i'll sort you out a code when i get home

ko 8-8:30pm? everyone?

Count me in.

Cheers guys; that was a top-notch couple of hours.

enjoyed that

beating pedro and his bunch of northern monkeys in ctf on snowbound was awesome

I particularly enjoyed my triple kill, flag stop (aginst a team of three).

I didn't particularly enjoy being twatted to death by the flag carrier on a regular basis.

Yes, some good Halo.

Again this week?

should be ok for some more halo action one evening this week...

anyone have any preference for a specific day?

Hoping to sort my end out for next week. Poss Monday or Thursday.
Will need a xbox live voucher donation!

I can't manage tuesday, but otherwise count me in.

Yes, I also enjoyed getting killed over and over, both by friends and strangers. I hope to die slightly less this week.

I should add that Thursday is by far the best day for me this week.

Who fancies a bit of Halo tonight?

I know its late notice, but that's how I roll.

Um yes, I did. Damn.

Is this the kind of problem Twitter is supposed to solve somehow? I haven't quite 'got it' yet.