enderx noob killer Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 hi im new here and some of you may call me noobish but how do i change my gamertag for free... please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladimirK Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 hi im new here and some of you may call me noobish but how do i change my gamertag for free... please help You can't And use the search button in future. This is the 3rd thread I've seen today about this. =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieR str8z Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 only way is to have people submit negative player reviews but thats always doesnt work, there is no other way it costs 800MP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderx noob killer Posted July 24, 2009 Author Share Posted July 24, 2009 i heard u can if u get your name reported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pootcrum Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) You used to be able to if you had complaints filed against your tag. Then microsoft would force you to change it. Now however if you get complaints about your gamertag they force you to change it but also you have to pay the 800MS to do so. Edited July 24, 2009 by Pootcrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieR str8z Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 did they change it lol? they finally caught onto people doing that, took their time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderx noob killer Posted July 24, 2009 Author Share Posted July 24, 2009 wow no other way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieR str8z Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 nup no other way short of just making a new account, i think when you change your GT youve got like a small amount of time to change it back if your not happy but im not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Demonic I Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 You used to be able to if you had complaints filed against your tag. Then microsoft would force you to change it. Now however if you get complaints about your gamertag they force you to change it but also force you to pay the 800MS to do so. lol how would microsoft force someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Radium Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 hi im new here and some of you may call me noobish but how do i change my gamertag for free... please help First off, you must have a name that from some point of view can be seen as offensive. Second, you are going to have to have a good amount of complaints filed against your gamertag. If Microsoft decides that in some fathomable way your gamertag can be offensive, they will force you to change it, free of charge. Wait a minute, they force you to pay now? Do you have any links to a news article to support this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pootcrum Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) lol how would microsoft force someone? They have this stick right.... No no, what I mean is, if your tag is actually offensive they will tell you to change it, and if you dont I guess you get banned for an amount of time, and if you still dont, then WHACK perma-ban. Edit: so to respond to the "Forced payment" you dont have to pay, but if its offensive they ban you as its against the CoC. And no I dont have material to support this other than other peoples stories etc. Double Edit: edited original statement, too many forces! Edited July 24, 2009 by Pootcrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieR str8z Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 First off, you must have a name that from some point of view can be seen as offensive. good point there dude, like he said if your gamertag is completely non offensive you will probably not get forced to change it even with a LOT of complaints, even with mildly offensive GT's it can still take a lot of complaints against it, dude if u really want it changed that bad either a) pay for it or b) if you got like nothing important on it make a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master_shake_350 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 i heard u can if u get your name reported Well there is nothing offensive about your tag so you are going to have to pay 800 MSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seany Show Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 If you are found to have filed false complaints against someone, then they will punish you instead. Stephen Tolouse (xbox lives complaints guy) is really cracking down on this sort of thing. I will dig out the interview of him recently talking about it when I'm not on my iPhone at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VI JimJam Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 *waits for Creech to wake up and lock all these threads* :locked:locked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheonix_Assassin Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Since there will be loads of posts saying about "File Complaints" or "Negative Feedback" It simply does not work anymore, Xbox Live caught onto this idea and stopped it. The only way to get your gamertag changed is to pay the 800 Microsoft Points, i know it sounds expencive but i have had to do it and so have many others. Hope that clears it all up for you =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDime2 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 if you want it changed that much you will pony up the dough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheonix_Assassin Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 if you want it changed that much you will pony up the dough True, i had too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuSh x MoNsTeR1 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 *waits for Creech to wake up and lock all these threads* :locked:locked haahah!! THATS SOME FUNNY SHIT!!! ...he would!!! but on topic...fork out 800 msp...that's the only way i see that it would happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iregore Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 With a gamerscore of 940, I would just say make a new gamertag to be honest, unless you have purchased a bunch of content already on this tag or have a lot of Gold membership left. That is the only reason I would pay to change my gamertag now if I wanted to, I wouldn't care about losing the score by creating a free one, but having to have multiple accounts to get all my arcade games back would just be a lot of hassle, plus I have over 10 months Gold membership left. Luckily I am happy with my gamertag, only issue I sometimes get is people thinking I am German because of it (actually made for some funny conversations while I was playing some Americans on Uno), not even a German name or word, just sounds German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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