How Xbox Live tenure on your gamercard works
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Aug 12th 2009 at 7:30PM }
In fact, there's a whole handful of little caveats regarding the tiny gamercard number that have been all layed out in plain English over at his blog. Unfortunately for us, regardless of those caveats, we'll likely never be as cool in Nerdland as Eric Neustadter.
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seriousam7 @ Aug 12th 2009 7:39PM
*sigh*
I'll just take my stupid '1' and go cry in that corner over there...
*sniff* *tear*
Heimbachae @ Aug 13th 2009 6:49AM
noob.
Paul @ Aug 13th 2009 11:57AM
3 years for me but only one of those was active
Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Aug 13th 2009 1:34PM
5 Here.
Latin_Trident @ Aug 12th 2009 7:42PM
I don't care about this unless they give you an achievement for signing up since the 1st day. And what kind of gamer tag is "e"?
Bubbameister33 @ Aug 12th 2009 7:53PM
There are group of people who have one letter gamertags and they are all friends.
Link408 @ Aug 12th 2009 7:58PM
"The very first gamertag, e, was created on 8/13/2002. e, as he is known both online and in real life, will turn 7 on 8/13/2009."
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Aug 12th 2009 7:43PM
7 years and he is only @ 31k?
wow. guess he doesnt play much. Guess his work keeps him from it
The Dark Wayne @ Aug 12th 2009 8:48PM
Gamerscore's only been available for 4 though, and most people ive encountered are under 20k
devilsei @ Aug 12th 2009 9:15PM
Wow... damn my friend is at 40k right now....
I just broke 22k, but he rents a lot of games though so it makes sense... kind of...
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Aug 12th 2009 10:31PM
I've got several friends that hit 50k months ago....
Nick @ Aug 13th 2009 12:46AM
"I've got several friends that hit 50k months ago....and none of them have ever felt the soft touch of a woman"
I fixed that for you.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Aug 13th 2009 7:30AM
lol....they just rent a lot of games...lol
whylekat @ Aug 14th 2009 10:15AM
Pfffttttt... In pushing 35K or more =P newbs.
zak @ Aug 12th 2009 7:51PM
Im on a 6 because i transferred my account from my original brick xbox. dont know when my 7 will kick in.
MaxShrek @ Aug 12th 2009 7:57PM
Tenure? Really? Why?
Nick @ Aug 13th 2009 12:48AM
Why a gamerscore?
Why a fancy phone?
Why a Lexus?
These are all things that make us feel better about our materialistic selves.
At least a Lexus has power seats and shows you've got some skills, legal or otherwise, to afford something like that.
Your incredibly high 360 gamerscore and tenure, on the other hand, directly reflect your lack of social skills and physical activity.
joeybeast @ Aug 13th 2009 10:44AM
MS: hey gamer, you want that number to go one higher, don't cha? fork over 50 bucks.
DirtyHands @ Aug 12th 2009 8:18PM
Yo Chris don't forget 4 of those years where on the original Xbox.
pete @ Aug 12th 2009 8:35PM
where does one find the number? im on xbox.com and i dont see a gamercard with the little number anywhere
Joeproblems @ Aug 13th 2009 11:38AM
try turning on your xbox
Ricardo @ Aug 12th 2009 11:03PM
log in to your xbox and go to MyXbox then slide over to your name click and bamm you can see it there. im only 2 should be 3 next month. lol
pete @ Aug 13th 2009 2:17PM
Thanks ricardo!
Joeproblem, go fuck yourself
Mouthsmasher @ Aug 12th 2009 11:11PM
If you're under a year, does it show anything? I'm assuming not...
Shozen Juan @ Aug 12th 2009 11:39PM
I have a one on my gamercard. I thought that MS was telling me that I was number one. There's only been a handful of number ones in the history of forever
Matt @ Aug 12th 2009 11:46PM
6 years for me! Got Xbox Live the day it launched.
Alex @ Aug 13th 2009 3:47AM
I can't see the point in these numbers. Mine was on 1 yesterday, now 2, and I have also been a Silver member up until about three months ago. I thought it would only count the amount of gold time.
Steve @ Aug 13th 2009 9:02AM
When the Live is Five thing came out, I wasn't counted, in spite of the fact that I've been a member since close to the beginning. I found out that when you change your subscription payment type (I recently got a 1 year card, and use my credit card otherwise), they reset your Live subscription date. At least they did with mine.
Doc @ Aug 13th 2009 10:19AM
I've been using prepaid cards since the beginning. I don't even have a number, I re-upped with a card about 6 months ago :(
mietha CAG @ Aug 14th 2009 7:37AM
Well that's BS. I've been gold since november of 05, but i've always used prepaid cards, so i'm guessing that explains why i don't have a number. Total dick move on MS's part. Oh wait... I forgot it was "charge $30 for a digital download of a 4 year old game" microsoft i was talking about...
whylekat @ Aug 14th 2009 10:12AM
It's the true the pricing for the digital downloads are totally warped. You can get all those 2-3 yr old games cheaper in the store! And your retail disc is not linked to your gamertag.
What a terrible idea digital downloads are. Absolutely no incentive to buy these. Epic Fail Microsoft.. You guys dropped the ball bigtime on that.
SaNcTuS @ Aug 13th 2009 11:51AM
:( I wish I had my xbox live beta account but I stopped using that like 4 years ago. Now I only have a weak 3 on my gamercard. :(
Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Aug 13th 2009 1:45PM
Is there a way to find out exactly how long you've been a member? Like, when you very first registered for an Xbox Live account? I know the page will say "Member Since", but that only calculates from the last time you renewed your subscription to the service. So for me, it would be 5/2009, and that's not correct.
CDN Crockett @ Aug 13th 2009 9:37PM
6 years hea, but it's saying 4 cause I'm Canadain! No Canadain has higher than 4, retarded eh!!! ;)