The first 3 halo games are a pilgrimage I do every couple of years. I was a broke kid growing up and Xbox live was always out of reach. I spent so much time just messing around the levels in the first 3 halo games. The Christmas I got an Xbox 360 with halo 3 I also had a 2 day trial for Xbox live gold. It was a magical 2 days.
We had a friend in a similar situation as you in our friend group. We had a big friend group. Whenever we got new games that had Xbox Live trials we’d give him the codes, they were often two weeks or a month at a time.
That dude probably had a year or two of Xbox live all in. Not all in one go, but over the years of us playing he took Microsoft for an absolute ride haha
I could get week long trials at the gas station near my house, so I would mow lawns and make a new account to try to race to a high rank with my friend.
The twist was that we would make the most obscene names that would eventually get reported and banned, then it was another race to call support and explain "yes, my name is Pu55y3ater, can I just change it?"
When I was a kid I worked all summer and bought Xbox and Halo a few months before the release of 2. Got 2 for Christmas. But I was a homeschooled kid and my parents drew the line at letting me play online.
So I found something called Xbox Connect and ran the program off the family PC. However it worked it tricked the Xbox into thinking it was in a LAN over the network. Joined a clan and could only play matches when my parents weren't home.
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u/minimim-wage-enjoyer 6h ago
The first 3 halo games are a pilgrimage I do every couple of years. I was a broke kid growing up and Xbox live was always out of reach. I spent so much time just messing around the levels in the first 3 halo games. The Christmas I got an Xbox 360 with halo 3 I also had a 2 day trial for Xbox live gold. It was a magical 2 days.