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I set my Madden to download at 6PM and when I got home at 3 AM it had finished with no problem.

Originally Posted by jza1218 I set my Madden to download at 6PM and when I got home at 3 AM it had finished with no problem.

I don't know what was up with mine then. It seemed like every time I'd go idle the DL would just disappear. The first time, I left it for 3 hours, thinking I could run some errands and come back and play some football. Nope! lol...I just had a 3+ gig incomplete file on my hard drive and nothing in Active Downloads. I am in the dashboard beta though...so maybe that has something to do with it.

I had the same problem that Friday but not with Madden. I think live was messing up good

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 I had the same problem that Friday but not with Madden. I think live was messing up good

Actually, you're right. Cause that was the day that XBL messages were all ed up too. It was only showing like the first 12 characters of the message. It was all like "This is so c". That probably had something to do with it. Still, I'll try to monitor more closely tomorrow.

Think Im going to join that Season ticket thing. 24 gold packs for hut? Seems like a deal.

I thought about joining it, but the price from the listing online looks like it is the same for the packs. I will only use it for NHL 13.

Oh so there's no way I'll be playing this thing Friday night then?

Originally Posted by DestroVega Oh so there's no way I'll be playing this thing Friday night then?

Well, I doubt it'll have as many people downloading as Madden, and if it was XBL that was causing problems, hopefully that won't be a factor again either. I'd still plan on it taking a few hours depending on your connection speed. As long as I'm playing by 10 PM, I'll be happy.

I actually bought the Season Ticket, returned it, and bought it at a cheaper price in Canada, and because EA thinks I bought it twice, they let me DL NHL two nights ago as a thank you for my dedication. Suckers.

Originally Posted by queefdemon Think Im going to join that Season ticket thing. 24 gold packs for hut? Seems like a deal.

Fair warning, myself and others have yet to receive our weekly Madden Ultimate Team pack.

Originally Posted by Wpark83 I actually bought the Season Ticket, returned it, and bought it at a cheaper price in Canada, and because EA thinks I bought it twice, they let me DL NHL two nights ago as a thank you for my dedication. Suckers.

Joke?

I'm tempted to buy it for NHL, but then again, do I really want to pay $25 just to play a game a couple days before? Maybe......I'm torn.

^ lol yeah prolonged joke. Can I use HBO go while something downloads? I'll be cool with that.

Originally Posted by DestroVega ^ lol yeah prolonged joke. Can I use HBO go while something downloads? I'll be cool with that.

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure downloads stop any time you're in something that accesses the internet. I know with games, it will completely depend what mode (and sometimes even what menu) you're in whether your DL will stop or not. I'll probably just play some more Dead Block, haha. That's what I did last time.

I play Trials Evolution while waiting for something to download. Ultimate time killer.

Originally Posted by Flyersfan I play Trials Evolution while waiting for something to download. Ultimate time killer.

Also a good idea. The only question there is whether the game will be done downloading before Trials makes you want to kill yourself, lol.

Hhmm, with my connection, a 4GB file takes about an hour and a half. Maybe I'll see a movie.

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu I don't think so. I'm pretty sure downloads stop any time you're in something that accesses the internet. I know with games, it will completely depend what mode (and sometimes even what menu) you're in whether your DL will stop or not. I'll probably just play some more Dead Block, haha. That's what I did last time.

Ok so if I play Lego batman 2 it'll still download.

Originally Posted by DestroVega Ok so if I play Lego batman 2 it'll still download.

Anything that doesn't have online multi-player should be fine. Honestly, you should be ok to just let the Xbox sit. I would wager that the problem I had with Madden was a freak occurrence...but I also don't want to chance it, lol. I guess if you have nothing to do anyway, you might as well play something.

I had my Madden downloading the second it was available and it went fairly quickly with no problems. Hopefully NHL will be the same.

I'll represent Strong Island and take the lowly Islanders. I got dibs on the Flyers if Flyersfan Xbox explodes. I'm on Japan time, but can be pretty flexible.

Very interested to check out the the companion iPhone app.