Comments on: Fragmented usernames, gamertags and profiles http://www.gothi.co.uk/2006/12/fragmented-usernames-gamertags-and-profiles/ A badly chosen byte Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: gothi http://www.gothi.co.uk/2006/12/fragmented-usernames-gamertags-and-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-8 gothi Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:59:00 +0000 http://gothi.co.uk/fragmented-usernames-gamertags-and-profiles/#comment-8 Thanks for that link and info Joe. I emailed the Xbox Live team regarding 'ownership' of Gamertags and was told:<br /><i><br />Due to privacy and security issues billing or refund queries must be handled by telephone. Therefore please contact Xbox customer support on http://www.xbox.com/support/contact/<br /></i><br /><br />Not very usefull as you can imagine. I intend calling them up at some point to follow up on this topic, I'm certainly interested as to Microsofts stance on the subject.<br /><br />Did you manage to get anywhere with recovering your desired username? Thanks for that link and info Joe. I emailed the Xbox Live team regarding ‘ownership’ of Gamertags and was told:

Due to privacy and security issues billing or refund queries must be handled by telephone. Therefore please contact Xbox customer support on http://www.xbox.com/support/contact/

Not very usefull as you can imagine. I intend calling them up at some point to follow up on this topic, I’m certainly interested as to Microsofts stance on the subject.

Did you manage to get anywhere with recovering your desired username?

]]> By: Joe http://www.gothi.co.uk/2006/12/fragmented-usernames-gamertags-and-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Joe Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:33:00 +0000 http://gothi.co.uk/fragmented-usernames-gamertags-and-profiles/#comment-7 The worst thing is that the GamerTag may still not be in use. If you poke around online you can find out if they're still playing or not.<br /><br />http://www.liveinsanantonio.net/xbox/Gothi.default.jpg<br /><br />That would suggest they only play(ed) the original XBOX. PErhaps you could try contacting Microsoft about it and asking if that profile is still in use, when it was last used etc.<br /><br />I ran into the same problem, even more obscure variants of my desired name were taken but I know for a fact it's not in use.<br /><br />Good luck. The worst thing is that the GamerTag may still not be in use. If you poke around online you can find out if they’re still playing or not.

http://www.liveinsanantonio.net/xbox/Gothi.default.jpg

That would suggest they only play(ed) the original XBOX. PErhaps you could try contacting Microsoft about it and asking if that profile is still in use, when it was last used etc.

I ran into the same problem, even more obscure variants of my desired name were taken but I know for a fact it’s not in use.

Good luck.

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