Xbox Live: We want you!
 

Just received this e-mail from the XBox newsletter

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You have been chosen
to play among the few. The connected. The Beta Testers. Now all you've gotta do is sign up and subscribe. Click on the link below to get started.

So what's included in your Beta Starter Pack?
12 months of high-speed gaming starting at the end of the Beta, plus free play during the Beta.
Be one of the first to create a Gamertag and start building a rep.
Limited Edition Xbox? Live Beta Starter Pack containing:
Xbox Communicator headset and module
Setup DVD
Handy reference guide
Games, including the prerelease, online-only version of NFL? Fever 2003 - exclusively for Beta Testers.
Bragging rights - we told you from the very beginning that you'd get them. Well, here they are. So not only will you be able to boast about actually playing Live, you'll be able to brag about actually helping build it.

All of this for only $49.95! That's about what you'd pay for just one game.

Sign up by clicking here: Get Your Beta Starter Pack Now!
-Xbox Live Beta Selection Team

To say thanks for playing and participating in the Beta, we're throwing in some additional high-speed game play, on us. So you'll play for nothing until the scheduled official launch in November 2002. Hurry, this offer expires September 9th, 2002!
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Hey! That's cool, maybe millions received the same shit, but I'm going to try it :thumbsup

god damn you!!..hopefully I will get the same email.. *sigh*

$49.95 sounds a bit steep. Want me to take that off of your sholders? I'd be glad to help you out! ;)


Ha ha, what an awesome deal! :thumbsup

This is you:

http://www.xbox.com/cms/asx/e3-02/xboxlive-0003-hi.asx

:)

Sweet, thanks for posting that HQ. That was awesome! :thumbsup

I'm a big enough geek to be a beta tester...see you there!


I got an email similar to that...but nothing afterwards...did they send you a link to sign up and send the cash? I filled out like 5 surveys when does it start?

Yeah! There is a link
When does it start!? I don't know. The offer expires September 9th so I guess it's going to be very soon.

https://shop.ecompanystore.com/xbox/...29000100-L.jpg

With the Beta Starter Pack, you get one year of Xbox Live's intense gaming service, Communicator headset and module, commemorative Memory Unit, setup DVD, handy reference guide, and Beta game(s), including the prerelease, online-only version of NFL? Fever 2003. (The online-only version of NFL? Fever 2003 can be played exclusively during the Beta Testing period. Xbox Live will be available in the U.S. in November 2002.)

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Just ordered it! Should receive it next week :thumbsup

Damn....this is the last email I got...


Alright!
You made it to the last and final survey of the much-anticipated and ridiculously intense Xbox? Live Beta Test.


Because Xbox Live is still in development, it may be bumpy or even unruly. (But don't say we didn't warn you.) We're relying on your participation and feedback to make improvements, iron out any snags, and tell us which features are the best. You're building Xbox Live right along with us.

Follow the link below to get started on the final survey. Once again, you'll be notified by e-mail. This survey determines the final cut and your fate.

Oh, and did we mention that one of the Beta games is NFL? Fever 2003? It's exclusively enabled for Xbox Live, only during the Beta Testing period.

Click here, www.xbox.com/live/beta/XLCBSurvey2.htm,
to find out your gaming fate and take the final survey.
Or copy and paste the link into your browser.

Thanks, and see you online.

--Xbox Live Beta Selection Team







I must've not made the cut...

_You_ are going to pay _them_ to beta test their system? That's some racket they have their. Will you pay me if I let you fix my car?

SpaceAce

I was going to buy it anyway, so I don't mind receiving 3 months for free.

ditto...

Well, I guess as long as it's worth it to the person paying :)

SpaceAce
P.S. Re: last post, "their" = "there".

Damn!!!!! I want in on that too!! :feels-hot


Ohhh bugger it.. wonder when they'll get around to my side of the planet..

I'm so jealous!

Jade