zefie
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I suppose I have to explain the full story for this to make sense.
At one time I had a gamertag that matched my online presence, "zefie". As you know all gamertags are attached to a Windows Live ID, but it is not a seamless marriage. Without thinking, while I didn't have a working XBox 360, I deleted the Windows Live ID that the xbox live profile was attached to.
Deleting the Windows Live ID while not having a copy of the profile on an XBox = "corrupt" (in Microsoft terminology). "Lost" in real world terminology
This made it impossible to recover. After a few weeks of research and verification on Microsoft's side, they granted me 12 months of XBox Live Gold as well as about 22800 points (everything I spent on my old gamertag) to compensate. However, the old gamertag still exists, in limbo, without an owner.
The way I see it the 12m Gold is for the loss of the gamerscore, the points (which I had to ask for seperately, mind you) were for all the DLC, but nothing for the loss of the name.
I was wondering if there would be some way to convince MS to delete the old gamertag completely and grant a free rename so I can reclaim my original name? Or if someone here has some trickery to get the old one back?
At one time I had a gamertag that matched my online presence, "zefie". As you know all gamertags are attached to a Windows Live ID, but it is not a seamless marriage. Without thinking, while I didn't have a working XBox 360, I deleted the Windows Live ID that the xbox live profile was attached to.
Deleting the Windows Live ID while not having a copy of the profile on an XBox = "corrupt" (in Microsoft terminology). "Lost" in real world terminology
This made it impossible to recover. After a few weeks of research and verification on Microsoft's side, they granted me 12 months of XBox Live Gold as well as about 22800 points (everything I spent on my old gamertag) to compensate. However, the old gamertag still exists, in limbo, without an owner.
The way I see it the 12m Gold is for the loss of the gamerscore, the points (which I had to ask for seperately, mind you) were for all the DLC, but nothing for the loss of the name.
I was wondering if there would be some way to convince MS to delete the old gamertag completely and grant a free rename so I can reclaim my original name? Or if someone here has some trickery to get the old one back?
