Obama-Biden top very scientific voter poll on Xbox Live
The results are in and Xbox Live has selected the next President of the United States. It's Master Chief. In other news, a completely unofficial presidential election poll has been running on Xbox Live as part of the Rock the Vote campaign. The scientifically engineered vote was based on gamercard download numbers; download a specific candidates card and your vote is cast. According to the team at GamerScore Blog, Obama-Biden nabbed a 12% lead over Republican rivals McCain-Palin. Independents and "Others" combined account 26% of "votes" in comparison to the Democrats 43% and the Republicans 31%. MS says more than 100,000 Live users have participated to date.So, what's the point? The point is pretty simple, come November 4 put that game on pause and hit your local polling station. It is your right to vote and deciding to stay in your gaming lair perfecting your Barbie Horse Adventure speedrun isn't a vote. We're not being rude but if you don't vote you're not allowed to complain about anything for the next four years. It's a rule.![Joystiq [Xbox]](http://xbox.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif)
Obama-Biden top very scientific voter poll on Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:15:00 EST. .
Xbox Live is back online. You know, we know it. But how well is the service performing after its 26-hour downtime? Reports indicate that some services are not working as expected but some say the online service is working fine in all areas. Who to believe?! X3F has consulted billionaire scientists, NASA specialists and the world's best sandwich makers for answers and created this poll in response. Uh, the sandwich makers are only here because we're getting a little hungry though ... they aren't voting on this one.
Of the last few days a number of users have contacted us regarding the status of Xbox Live. Many, if not most, of our recent messages point to the service working as expected after the service was forced offline, Tuesday night.We contacted Xbox Live's Major Nelson (aka Larry Hryb) regarding some of the issues a few of our readers have reported, today. Major told us the Xbox Live technical staff have fixed the issues Live was experiencing on Tuesday and nearly all problems have been resolved in relation to the service. According to Major and the Xbox.com support page some users may experience problems browsing the Video Marketplace but the team hopes to resolve the problem very soon.We take the question back to the streets. How is Xbox Live performing for you as of right now?
With the year almost wrapped up one of two things happens to most media outlets in the games industry: We get to rest from our tough video game playing / writing jobs and we get to reveal best and worst picks of the year. X3F has seen a lot of changes and new features over the year but it all revolves around one thing; the Xbox 360. Since you, the reader, could be considered our fourth writer (the one who works for free, that is) we thought it was only fair for you to have your say in the the best and worst games of the year. All day we're posting polls and we want to hear your opinion on the Xbox 360 in 2008.Stay tuned all day to vote for each of our categories. Results will be posted on Tuesday, December 30. Our individual Game of the Year selections will be revealed on Monday, December 29, 2008.
This year has brought us a slew of incredible Xbox Live Arcade titles so whittling the list down to five contenders is a difficult task. In the end the top honors went to the five titles we felt delivered on all promises made and showcased greatness, even through their shortcomings.Read more about these five nominees:A Kingdom for KeflingsBionic Commando RearmedBraidGeometry Wars 2Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Voting closes at 12:01am on December 30, 2008. Results will be revealed on December 30, 2008.
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