RiPPeN Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Does anybody know how long a Gamertag has to be inactive before they cancel/delete it to allow to be used by someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 They never "expire". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juzt Skillz Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 They never "expire". And why would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giptuc Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 (edited) edit: changing sides! although names should become available again, they cant delete the tag. A solution would be that if the tag has been offline for like a year, the name becomes available again, and when that tag comes back online again, they can choose a different gamertag. This would keep the tag around, and still give other people a chance to use a name they want but cant because someone just makes accounts to take names Edited June 1, 2010 by Giptuc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaNiiAC Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 And why would they? Agreed & How could they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiPPeN Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 If you don't use your email for a certain amount of time microsoft cancels it... why can't they do it for a gamertag? heh... just wishful thinking i guess... you would still be able to use it offline but if you don't use it for a couple of years they should be able to reallow people to use it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhOsT SLaYeR Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 edit: changing sides! although names should become available again, they cant delete the tag. A solution would be that if the tag has been offline for like a year, the name becomes available again, and when that tag comes back online again, they can choose a different gamertag. This would keep the tag around, and still give other people a chance to use a name they want but cant because someone just makes accounts to take names I agree with this but 1 year silver (and not signed in for more than 6months) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterKingz Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 If you don't use your email for a certain amount of time microsoft cancels it... why can't they do it for a gamertag? heh... just wishful thinking i guess... you would still be able to use it offline but if you don't use it for a couple of years they should be able to reallow people to use it... Because e-mail accounts are free, XBL Gamertags arent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhOsT SLaYeR Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 ^ Silver accounts are free and only take an email... and then name is becomes unavailable to anyone else because its silver and was made free... (but most names were gold at 1 point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIDDRAGON67 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Are you meaning XBL gamertag or Bungie.net accounts, BNET accounts are the only one i know which expires. After a year of inactivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 edit: changing sides! although names should become available again, they cant delete the tag. A solution would be that if the tag has been offline for like a year, the name becomes available again, and when that tag comes back online again, they can choose a different gamertag. This would keep the tag around, and still give other people a chance to use a name they want but cant because someone just makes accounts to take names This sounds like a good idea. I'd love to have my old GT back. Come on, MS! Fix it! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanKioH Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 What about a person in the army or something that wouldn't be able to go online for a year in extreme cases. There's many cases were people would get bent over by this "1-Year" policy. They had the tag before you, therefore it's theirs. Regardless of circumstances they shouldn't have it taken away from them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshYo 16 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Does anybody know how long a Gamertag has to be inactive before they cancel/delete it to allow to be used by someone else? They don't and shouldn't. Just because you want a tag doesn't mean it should become available. If someone made it, that tag is rightfully theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy x360a Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Why does it matter? There must be more than a bazzilion different names to choose from. I doubt 0.000001% of combinations have been used. Surely there is something you would take a liking to in the other 99.999999% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconoclast Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 This sounds like a good idea. I'd love to have my old GT back. Come on, MS! Fix it! lol Agreed. Someone "took" the gamertag I wanted to use, but it's not actually being used by a gold Live account. Balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Star Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 They don't and shouldn't. Just because you want a tag doesn't mean it should become available. If someone made it, that tag is rightfully theirs. I've seen loads Gamertags with 0 Gamerscore and an original xbox logo gamerpic This is obviously a tag that is no longer used by anyone and as far as I'm concerned should be deleted and have the gamertag become available again And some people do make loads of free Silver GTs just so people can not take the names, I am absolutely sure of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly Moves Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 If someone hasnt used there gamertag online for say... 2+ years, i think it should be reset so some else can use it. and if by any chance they try to connect after its been reset they get a message telling them why they lost that gt and that they get to change it to somthing else. The gamertag i want hasnt connected to xbl since Feb 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy x360a Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I've seen loads Gamertags with 0 Gamerscore and an original xbox logo gamerpic This is obviously a tag that is no longer used by anyone and as far as I'm concerned should be deleted and have the gamertag become available again This is so true. Would be nice to see this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko383 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I have to agree with this. Be a bit more forgiving with the timeframe though. 3+ years without Gold membership and the name becomes available. Why does it matter? There must be more than a bazzilion different names to choose from. I doubt 0.000001% of combinations have been used. Surely there is something you would take a liking to in the other 99.999999% The problem is, the majority of the 99.999% (and I am sure that figure is highly exaggerated considering the millions and millions of accounts) are names like 'xb6s2jdv' and '8dfh3sbcce2s'. Who the hell wants random letters and numbers as their gamertag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshYo 16 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I've seen loads Gamertags with 0 Gamerscore and an original xbox logo gamerpic This is obviously a tag that is no longer used by anyone and as far as I'm concerned should be deleted and have the gamertag become available again And some people do make loads of free Silver GTs just so people can not take the names, I am absolutely sure of this That's a different story. If it was never used in the first place then it should be deleted. However, just because someone hasn't logged in for one, or even two years doesn't mean they should lose their tag. Like someone else said, what if they were off to Iraq? Not really their fault that they can't log in then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanKioH Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I've seen loads Gamertags with 0 Gamerscore and an original xbox logo gamerpic This is obviously a tag that is no longer used by anyone and as far as I'm concerned should be deleted and have the gamertag become available again And some people do make loads of free Silver GTs just so people can not take the names, I am absolutely sure of this Haha, I've done this for 5 gamertags Now everyone's gonna start doing it :@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewyTheJuggalo Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 That's a different story. If it was never used in the first place then it should be deleted. However, just because someone hasn't logged in for one, or even two years doesn't mean they should lose their tag. Like someone else said, what if they were off to Iraq? Not really their fault that they can't log in then. If they are a soldier I doubt they will care that much about their Xbox Live gamertag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanKioH Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 If they are a soldier I doubt they will care that much about their Xbox Live gamertag. What if the gamertag was "x" I'd be pretty hacked off if that was taken away from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tufty Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 edit: changing sides! although names should become available again, they cant delete the tag. A solution would be that if the tag has been offline for like a year, the name becomes available again, and when that tag comes back online again, they can choose a different gamertag. This would keep the tag around, and still give other people a chance to use a name they want but cant because someone just makes accounts to take names The problem is if it's deleted off the HDD and a year later, they want to recover it, they won;t be able to because they won't know the gamertag. It's unlikely, but it could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Star Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 What if the gamertag was "x" I'd be pretty hacked off if that was taken away from me. if you used it then it wouldnt be because it would be active if you never used it and just made it so no-one else could, well you probably wouldnt even notice when it got removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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