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    The Xbox 360 is the second game console produced by Microsoft Corporation and is the successor to the original Xbox.

    What was your first thought when you saw the red ring?

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    #1  Edited By Petro

    i juist got mine about 2 hours ago..my emotions are somewhere between pissed and sad...

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    #2  Edited By GumbieuK

    I was extremely pissed off, rang Microsoft and gave the poor women who answered a right mouthful.

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    #3  Edited By kingmasters

    the ps3 is awesome
    that's what I thought lol

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    #4  Edited By Nik_NYG

    I laughed my ass off because it wasn't my 360.

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    #5  Edited By Hexproof

    I didn't get the rrod yet, but the first thing that would come to my mind would be 1-800-4MYXBOX

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    I didn't see it until later, but my friend called me and he was all freaking out and pissed (a long time ago) and all I could do was laugh, it was like he just lost a bet or something. XD

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    #7  Edited By JohnDudebro

    I think a lot of people can agree on this one: "Fuck."

    I got one a couple days ago. I at least have a PS3 this time (it's the second ring I've gotten), so I rebought Bionic Commando and sent back my Gameflyed 360 games in exchange for the PS3 versions. So I can continue playing stuff until I get my system back.

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    #8  Edited By Curfew

    I was like "that sucks"

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    #9  Edited By AlexB
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    #10  Edited By kush

    Never seen them personally so idk...maybe mine would be the same as the image AlexB posted :P

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    AlexB said:
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    LMFAO! That GIF NEVER gets old. XD
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    #12  Edited By twenty0ne

    "Something new to blog about on Gamespot."

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    #13  Edited By sdodd02

    Shit.

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    #14  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    I was like, "WTF!?! I just got the thing 5 minutes ago!"

    Then I realized that my output cables were not plugged in all the way. Christmas was not ruined that year.

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    #15  Edited By DARKIDO07

    Thank god I got that one year GameStop warranty free with my Xbox 360 so I just have to take it to them tomorrow and get another one right away. ;)

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    #16  Edited By tomance

    I knew I was going to get it but when I actually got it I was still pretty sad.

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    #17  Edited By Clean

    I hit in like 2 times. I was pretty pissed. It was bullshit the damn thing broke after a short time. : (

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    #18  Edited By Blu_Magic

    Very very pissed off. I was about to play some Gears co op with a friend but he wasn't online yet. So I decided to play Oblivion while I wait and it said I needed to download an update. After I downloaded the update I got the RROD. =(

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    #19  Edited By FengShuiGod

    I just got my first RROD a couple days ago. It was a launch 360 too. :(

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    #20  Edited By Vinchenzo

    I had just finished vocals on Rock Band and then my system made an irregular sound and froze. Turned it off then back on, was greeted with the "3 quadrants of death." I was incredibly pissed off since it was a couple days before GTA IV but I just borrowed a friend's console. Now that I look back at it, I could have waited and not played GTA IV. What a disappointment.

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    #21  Edited By Derios

    I was in denial.

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    #22  Edited By Thrawn1

    nothing. because it was the first time to turn my 360 on, i didn't know that anything unusual had happened until the error message displayed.

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    #23  Edited By vibratingdonkey

    I had accepted it was only a matter of time, wasn't surprised or anything. I went Ryo-ugh in my head. The first time. The following two or three times it broke down I just sighed.

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    #24  Edited By DualReaver

    I only saw the red ring once.
    I turned on my Xbox 360, and the ring was red for like 10 seconds, but started normally and ran fine.

    Only time, I've had any RROD experience.

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    #25  Edited By Demyx

    I've never had it before. Did have 4 rings, but figured out it wasn't plugged in all the way >_>

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    #26  Edited By Blu_Magic
    Demyx said:
    "I've never had it before. Did have 4 rings, but figured out it wasn't plugged in all the way >_>"
    Really? How long have you had your 360?
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    #27  Edited By crunchUK

    i haven't got it yet but when i heard of the hardware failure epidemic i was like "HA HA" because at the time i was really pro nintendo. now i'm a 360 guy ironically

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    #28  Edited By Wolverine

    Fuck, lol it ended up working out for the best. I got an Elite.

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    #29  Edited By BlindEffekt

    I got my RROD in a power cut. I was pretty scared, as GTAIV was about 2 days away.
    I'm sure you can imagine the exact  word i thought lol.
    The xbox started to work fine after about 10 minutes though.

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    #30  Edited By suneku

    I was really annoyed, because I came home from work all really tired and shit, and just wanted to get some killing going on CoD4

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    #31  Edited By Under_Influenz

    ****

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    I was kind of like "You've got to be shitting me, what the fuck" but alot more vocal and loud.

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    #33  Edited By Shawn

    I'd never even heard about red rings when it happened.

    I just stared at it with my mouth opening expecting the rings to spell out something like "Just fuckin' with you buddy, play with meh moar"

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    #34  Edited By RedSox8933

    honestly, i sat in my chair to play some rock band, turned on the 360 ala the drums, and i was in disbelief. i went over to it and was all like FUCK!!!!!! and then i just laughed and sent it in and played some ps2 games till it came back.

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    #35  Edited By CodeHero

    I was in disbelief, but when it sank in I just ran around my dorm yelling profanities.

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    #36  Edited By SlayingShogun

    sad and pissed at the same time since it lasted 2 very great years and i havent gotten a new one yet but i will have too with the great games that are coming

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    #37  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    I think my exact words may have been "Oh jeez God no." Then nothing but fear and sadness.

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    #38  Edited By Demyx
    Blu_Magic said:
    "Demyx said:
    "I've never had it before. Did have 4 rings, but figured out it wasn't plugged in all the way >_>"
    Really? How long have you had your 360?"
    Its my brother's, but I do play games on it. We've had it since April '06.
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    #39  Edited By normajean777

    get a ps3 and then i did

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    #40  Edited By Stevokenevo

    I thought : "Shit, this ain't my 360!"

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    #41  Edited By DrPepper1990

    I thought this was a myth

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    #42  Edited By Fax

    I turned it off then back on and it worked.

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    #43  Edited By vilhelmnielsen

    I laughed... I finally tried the famous RRoD!

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    #44  Edited By Super_King

    The first time - Sad and disappointed
    The second time - Extremely angry

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    #45  Edited By Jothel

    i just went "are you fucking kidding me?"
    said it out loud haha

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    #46  Edited By whackmypinata

    Life sucks.

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    #47  Edited By BigPoppaHerpes

     "YOU GOTTA  BE F*CKING SH*TTING ME, IT'S BEEN A F*CKING WEEK, F*CK YOU, YOU PIECE OF SH*T!" then i called customer support and got them to send me my empty box.

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    #48  Edited By CreamyGoodness

    ah fuck was my first thought

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    #49  Edited By CoolDrMoney

    Something like "No! No! You've gotta be kidding me. Ah shit." It was the week after Bioshock came out and I hadn't finished the game yet, so I was pretty pissed. Luckily I was able to use the towel trick to finish it up

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    #50  Edited By Valestis

    I have been playing for about 14 months A LOT and still no rrod. I do have a lot of space around my 360 and it's right below the window on the floor, so maybe that has something to do with it.. and maybe luck. Btw, no falcon in this baby.

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