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Microsoft : “We Never Intended to Mislead People” with MS Points

By Geoffrey Tim
January 21, 2010
in :  Gaming
4

Microsoft Banana Dollars are the devil. Xbox Live forces you to buy the funny money currency in specific denominations, while actual content sells for disparate amounts, leaving you with unwanted point – which forces you to either spend it on useless crap like Avatar clothing, or buy more points to purchase worthwhile content. It’s a vicious cycle that plays out …

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Xbox Live Games on Demand Priced

By Geoffrey Tim
August 6, 2009
in :  Gaming
6

Next week’s Xbox Live update brings the console numerous new features, one of them being a digital distribution channel for retail games. Microsoft have now given ballpark pricing for games included in the service; the downloadable games will set you back between 1600 and 2400 MS points. What’s that in real world currency? Based off the current pricing for 2100 …

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How to Turn off Xbox Live Auto Renewal

By Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2009
in :  Gaming
9

As citizens of country without official Xbox Live support, we essentially commit fraud just to use the service. While we’re now a little wiser with regards to how we do it – forgoing credit cards and opting to use prepaid vouchers instead – some of the early adopters and less informed may still have their credit card information attached to …

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MSPoints Competition Winners

By Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2009
in :  Gaming
8

Yes miracles can happen and I can also choose a competition winner on time for once. Congratulations to Leroy Fourie and Chris M Lacy who were randomly drawn from a list of 55 valid entries to win a 3 month Xbox Live Gold Membership code. Thank you to MSPoints.co.za for sponsoring the prizes and as a bizarre side note, neither …

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Last chance saloon for MSPoints Competition

By Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2009
in :  Gaming
0

Our MSPoints.co.za competition ends today the 3rd of July, with your last chance to enter being 1pm CAT. If you haven’t entered yet then make sure you email in your entry to comps@lazygamer.co.za before 1pm and let me know which website is sponsoring the prize of a 3 months Xbox Live coupon? There was also a sneaky way to get …

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MSPoints.co.za Competition Reminder

By Gavin Mannion
July 2, 2009
in :  Gaming
0

If you haven’t entered yet don’t forget that we are currently running a competition in conjunction with MSPoints.co.za where you can win one of two 3 month Xbox Live subscription codes. To enter simply email me (comps@lazygamer.co.za) the name of the website where you can now buy Xbox 360 subscriptions and points locally. The winners will be announced on Friday …

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MSPoints.co.za Competition

By Gavin Mannion
June 29, 2009
in :  Gaming
5

So unfortunately we still don’t have official Xbox Live status in South Africa and have to resort to buying our subscriptions and gamerpoints from overseas websites. However that is about to change with the launch of MSPoints.co.za a locally owned and run site where you can now buy your Xbox Live subscriptions and points instantly using your local credit card …

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