BREAKING NEWS: Arena Coming 7/25 (July 18, 2007)

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  1. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    Bandit LOAF, Jul 17, 2007
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  2. NinjaLA Alex Von T.

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    Definitely good news.. Looks pretty clear for a next-wednesday turnout!
    NinjaLA, Jul 19, 2007
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  3. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

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    Yay!
    ChrisReid, Jul 19, 2007
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  4. Tooner623 Cadet

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    A-whoo-hoo!

    I'm getting all my papers done immediately. It's about danged time. Best news I've had all day.
    Tooner623, Jul 19, 2007
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  5. Sylvester Brigadier General

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    Awesome! Arena is coming next week.......and I don't have an XBox 360 :(.....
    Sylvester, Jul 19, 2007
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  6. Mekt-Hakkikt Mpanty's bane

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    About time. :)

    Wohoo!

    Well, how is it: do we meet online at once in a Capship vs Capship game or do you plan to train first some rounds in the single player mode?
    Mekt-Hakkikt, Jul 19, 2007
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  7. BradMick Captain

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    there're really only one way to do it...everyone jump in right off the bat, a nice level playing field, and hone their skills on each other :)

    man what awesome news!
    BradMick, Jul 19, 2007
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  8. Manboy Captain

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    Gah! I bought a 360 specifically for Arena yesterday but when I took it home and turned it on a E68 error occured (which it turns out is HDD related). So I took it back to the store today and got a replacement. And guess what happened when I got it home and powered it up? Yep, same thing.....Unbelievable. I know the 360 has hardware issues and Microsoft have admitted as much but this is really beyond a joke. Maybe they should reconsider the recall option...

    Still, I must play Arena so I'll take it back and get yet another replacment - I think I'll test it at the store this time... :)
    Manboy, Jul 19, 2007
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  9. KrisV Administrator

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    Product recalls are done for safety reasons. The failure rate for 360s is abnormally high, but the problems we're hearing about are not hard drive related. I think you just had really bad luck. You can try five more units before Arena is out!
    KrisV, Jul 19, 2007
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  10. LeHah 212 Squadron, "The Old Man's Eyes And Ears"

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    Just for curiosity's sake - did you try removing the HD and reattaching it? One of the first things Xbox Customer No-Service tells you to do is to remove the HD to eliminate the possibility of it being the HD improperly connected to the system, and not an outright HD failure.
    LeHah, Jul 19, 2007
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  11. Dundradal See You Starside

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    Alright now I can my work for sure that I have "some other stuff" to do next Wednesday.

    Fantastic.
    Dundradal, Jul 19, 2007
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  12. Falcon988 Cadet

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    So I'm guessing most of the CIC community will be on XBL on 7/25 eh? Well then when Arena comes out I'm going to do two things.

    1) Fly Kilrathi because I always wanted to do that

    2) Shoot down as much of the staff of the CIC as possible or die trying.
    Falcon988, Jul 19, 2007
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  13. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    Sounds good! I'm "Bandit LOAF" on XBL if anyone wants to play or just chat about Wing Commander.
    Bandit LOAF, Jul 19, 2007
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  14. Dundradal See You Starside

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    Hehehe I can't wait for the first "CIC" community 16 player game on Wednesday.
    Dundradal, Jul 19, 2007
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  15. Manboy Captain

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    True that. Peter Moore said as much. Still, for someone who has been burnt twice now by an issue unrelated to the dreaded 3 rings of death, it seems my troubles with the 360 may not be coming to an end anytime soon. Like I said I think I'll be testing the machine at the store this time, though it seems like they've recieved a bad batch (JB Hi-Fi in Hornsby) so I really need luck on my side this time...



    It's funny you say that because the store I went to only had seven units available at the time, now there's only five left. :D



    Yep, I called them before I made the trip back to the store. They advised that I disconnect the HDD, play a game for 5 minutes, then reattach - no luck. I was not surprised.... :)
    Manboy, Jul 19, 2007
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  16. Avenger Cadet

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    it took me 4 replacements until my xbox actually worked. it got to the point til i used the whole stock of premium editions up, so they had to give me a core one! and that worked...ironic.

    Great news about the game, is there any specific time they're released? (gmt)

    We can also make our own taunts this time ;)
    Avenger, Jul 20, 2007
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  17. Dundradal See You Starside

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    IIRC XBLA games are released at 9:30 AM PST so adjust accordingly.
    Dundradal, Jul 20, 2007
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  18. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    Wait! I just realized that you're in Australia! There is a bad batch of hard drives, it's been in the news - all stores were asked to recall their in-stock Xboxes this week. They shouldn't have sold you one at all.

    Here's a news story on it: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8056
    Bandit LOAF, Jul 20, 2007
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  19. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    They're released at 9:00 AM GMT... which means 5 AM for people on the East Coast and 2 AM for people on the West Coast.
    Bandit LOAF, Jul 20, 2007
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  20. Mekt-Hakkikt Mpanty's bane

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    I just played for the first time on Xbox Live - it worked fine.

    We played PGR3 for three hours. Three hours of being last place, how humiliating. :)
    Mekt-Hakkikt, Jul 20, 2007
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