what do you play games for. do you play them for the sensation of winning? no, everybody plays games for fun, so why don't they put recreation in that thing. and for that matter, why does this "zone" thing even exist?

DOUBLE POST!

"what do you play games for. do you play them for the sensation of winning? no, everybody plays games for fun"

I put underground.

If you've actually talked to most people on xbox live you would know why....

I dunno i dont really understand it either.

All i know is everybody who puts "Pro" or "Underground" is a poser.

Why are there even Zones at all? really.. what is the point?

"I dunno i dont really understand it either.

All i know is everybody who puts "Pro" or "Underground" is a poser."

"Why are there even Zones at all? really.. what is the point?"

"wrecks said:

"Why are there even Zones at all? really.. what is the point?"

I dunno. I put recreational, since I'm not very competetive."

"Rowr said:

"I dunno i dont really understand it either.

All i know is everybody who puts "Pro" or "Underground" is a poser."

You obviously didn't read what the point of Underground was.


It's funny that your such a hypocrite.
"

Never mind. From the horses mouth.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Recreation
This zone is designed for casual gamers who just want to have fun.

You might be a recreation gamer if …

• You only have one Xbox 360™, and it stays in the living room. For the most part.
• You like to meet new people and talk about the latest movies, music, and (of course) video games.
• You only venture into ranked games by accident.
• You treat every day like Casual Friday.
• You think keeping score is only fun when you're winning.
• You are physically capable of leaving mid-game if you need A) food, B) a restroom, or C) to go to work.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Family
This zone is where those "kids of all ages" you're always hearing about can gather for family-friendly gaming.

You might be a family gamer if …

• You require a parent and/or guardian to set up your Xbox Live account.
• You're playing a game with your Mom/Grandma/rich Aunt and want to maintain a wholesome atmosphere.
• Covenant Brutes give you nightmares, literally.
• You have kids, are a kid, or never stopped being a kid.
• You knitted four matching wireless controller cozies, one for each member of your household. With love, of course.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Pro
The Pro gamer is the truly hardcore—gamers who are there to play and to win, improving their gamerscore.

You might be a pro gamer if …

• You automatically mute the "human beat box" gamers and you automatically boot the "trash-talking chucklehead" gamers.
• You've actually won real prize money in videogame competitions.
• You never play anything but ranked games, and your rank has never gone anywhere but up.
• You check leaderboards for games that aren't even playable online.
• You own griefer insurance. Which, if you don't have it, is quite a deal and I would be happy to assist you if it existed.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Underground
The Underground is where anything goes—and usually does.

You might be an underground gamer if …

• You are the "human beat box" or "trash-talking chucklehead" (and proud of it).
• You rock with extreme vengeance and other totally intense buzzwords.
• People shout "griefer!" and you say "Yeah, whaddaya want?"
• You take out whole teams online. Including your team.
• You'd rather get revenge than win.

FAMIRY

The worst part is that choosing recreational gamer is the least embarrassing.

No wonder there are so many assholes on live:

You might be an underground gamer if …

• You are the "human beat box" or "trash-talking chucklehead" (and proud of it).
• You rock with extreme vengeance and other totally intense buzzwords.
• People shout "griefer!" and you say "Yeah, whaddaya want?"
• You take out whole teams online. Including your team.
• You'd rather get revenge than win.

"

Never mind. From the horses mouth.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Recreation
This zone is designed for casual gamers who just want to have fun.

You might be a recreation gamer if …

• You only have one Xbox 360™, and it stays in the living room. For the most part.
• You like to meet new people and talk about the latest movies, music, and (of course) video games.
• You only venture into ranked games by accident.
• You treat every day like Casual Friday.
• You think keeping score is only fun when you're winning.
• You are physically capable of leaving mid-game if you need A) food, B) a restroom, or C) to go to work.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Family
This zone is where those "kids of all ages" you're always hearing about can gather for family-friendly gaming.

You might be a family gamer if …

• You require a parent and/or guardian to set up your Xbox Live account.
• You're playing a game with your Mom/Grandma/rich Aunt and want to maintain a wholesome atmosphere.
• Covenant Brutes give you nightmares, literally.
• You have kids, are a kid, or never stopped being a kid.
• You knitted four matching wireless controller cozies, one for each member of your household. With love, of course.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Pro
The Pro gamer is the truly hardcore—gamers who are there to play and to win, improving their gamerscore.

You might be a pro gamer if …

• You automatically mute the "human beat box" gamers and you automatically boot the "trash-talking chucklehead" gamers.
• You've actually won real prize money in videogame competitions.
• You never play anything but ranked games, and your rank has never gone anywhere but up.
• You check leaderboards for games that aren't even playable online.
• You own griefer insurance. Which, if you don't have it, is quite a deal and I would be happy to assist you if it existed.

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Underground
The Underground is where anything goes—and usually does.

You might be an underground gamer if …

• You are the "human beat box" or "trash-talking chucklehead" (and proud of it).
• You rock with extreme vengeance and other totally intense buzzwords.
• People shout "griefer!" and you say "Yeah, whaddaya want?"
• You take out whole teams online. Including your team.
• You'd rather get revenge than win.

"

griefer!

I put myself as Underground (trash-talking chucklehead, revenge, etc.) But I do qualify for the winning real prize money in videogame competition under Pro (World in Conflict at PAX 2007)

Nobody really cares though, at least I don't.

What difference does it make, really? I think I'm 'pro', I can't remember, and honestly don't care because it means nothing.

Lets all agree this is some retarded ass microsoft marketing and move on with our lives.

"I dunno i dont really understand it either.

All i know is everybody who puts "Pro" or "Underground" is a poser."

Well unfortunately we are all forced into one of these categories.

Let's all pretend it doesnt exist, for the benefit of not feeling bad we are apart of it.

I just put recreation because I don't know what the others mean, and I must agree with Rowr that putting Pro or Underground is sort of stupid. For one, almost everyone on my friends list is someone I know, and they are all around the same age as me (which is high school age generally). They aren't going out and doing competitions, and they all have school and other things to worry about, and with the exception of one friend (who puts underground and I know he just is amazing at Halo and COD4), everyone is just there to have fun, and some are there to do their stupid juvenile trash talk that infects Live, but if that is what is means to be "Pro" or "Underground," then that is not anyway of cleaning up XBL's servers. I understand those of you that do use it, and hopefully you either have won a prize or something (Pro) or are beast or similar at mulitplayer, but otherwise, what's the point?

I'm recreation, but I always end up playing against -XXMLGPROXX- in games :(

I fucken laughed heartily in this thread.

Gizmo said:

"I'm recreation, but I always end up playing against -XXMLGPROXX- in games :("

Honestly, I qualify for all 4 really, but Underground is so hilariously stupid that I can't help but associate myself with it. Kind of like flat-brimmed baseball caps and huge hoodies for ghetto people.

2 easy reasons:  1 being, some people never even mess around in their settings from the start, so I believe its set to pro as default(correct me if I'm wrong), 2 being, the typical XBL community explains it very easily. Everyone thinks they're pro's.

i set it to pro

because winning in halo is srs bizns

I just chose mine randomly. I don't even know which one I am.

I never understood what that option meant really.

I picked Underground after using Pro, but Pro sets you up for expectations and makes you seem like a douche (well, so does Underground). I don't consider myself Recreational or Family... so I just picked that one. I wish I could have "No Affiliation" or something.

"Honestly, I qualify for all 4 really, but Underground is so hilariously stupid that I can't help but associate myself with it. Kind of like flat-brimmed baseball caps and huge hoodies for ghetto people."

"griefer!"

Seriously, who gives a damn about the zones?

I just picked underground...it sounded the least douchey.

lol underground

anyway i dont think the zone thing actually as an effect on finding matches or matchmakking or whatever or anything at all in fact

I choose Recreational simply because I am not pro (eventhough must people in pro are not) and underground just sounded retarded.

I'm a Pro. Be jealous.

I'm in the recreation zone but I really don't think it matters what zone someone is in. Although I did chuckle when I saw Microsoft's oh-so-innocent representation of Underground zone players trash-talking: "People shout 'griefer!' and you say 'Yeah, whaddaya want?'"

"Rowr said:

"griefer!"

Yeah, whaddaya want?"

Underground

Well I put pro but I am pretty sure the description of it was different when I signed up. But out of the 4 summaries there I am none of them -_-

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Underground
The Underground is where anything goes—and usually does.

You might be an underground gamer if …

• You are the "human beat box" or "trash-talking chucklehead" (and proud of it).
• You rock with extreme vengeance and other totally intense buzzwords.
• People shout "griefer!" and you say "Yeah, whaddaya want?"
• You take out whole teams online. Including your team.
• You'd rather get revenge than win.

"

Isn't Live supposed to try and match you with people in the same zone? I'm in Family. Anything that will reduce my chances of running into super competitive players and assorted assholes.

I should try and see how often I actually am paired with people in the same zone sometime.

"Rowr said:

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Underground
The Underground is where anything goes—and usually does.

You might be an underground gamer if …

• You are the "human beat box" or "trash-talking chucklehead" (and proud of it).
• You rock with extreme vengeance and other totally intense buzzwords.
• People shout "griefer!" and you say "Yeah, whaddaya want?"
• You take out whole teams online. Including your team.
• You'd rather get revenge than win.

"

Has that always been the definition of underground? I don't remember that when i set my as underground. That makes me sound like a complete ass"

I put Underground as it sounded more for me than the others but it never seemed to do anything. I just assumed I could use it in defence of someone telling me I was being too offenseive or something and I could be all 'nu-huh, i'm Underground, bitch.'

"Rowr said:

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Underground
The Underground is where anything goes—and usually does.

You might be an underground gamer if …

• You are the "human beat box" or "trash-talking chucklehead" (and proud of it).
• You rock with extreme vengeance and other totally intense buzzwords.
• People shout "griefer!" and you say "Yeah, whaddaya want?"
• You take out whole teams online. Including your team.
• You'd rather get revenge than win.

"

Has that always been the definition of underground? I don't remember that when i set my as underground. That makes me sound like a complete ass"

"dsplayer1010 said:

"Rowr said:

Xbox Live Gamer Zone: Underground
The Underground is where anything goes—and usually does.

You might be an underground gamer if …

• You are the "human beat box" or "trash-talking chucklehead" (and proud of it).
• You rock with extreme vengeance and other totally intense buzzwords.
• People shout "griefer!" and you say "Yeah, whaddaya want?"
• You take out whole teams online. Including your team.
• You'd rather get revenge than win.

"

Has that always been the definition of underground? I don't remember that when i set my as underground. That makes me sound like a complete ass"

In the dash it says this:
If you aren't easily intimidated, the Underground is for you. Not for the faint of heart. Your battle cry: take no prisoners!

Which I just read as HELLO INTERNET TOUGH GUYS WELCOME TO BOAT."