I just bought a 360. Before it ships here I have a few questions. Though I plan on buying Live, I don't want to buy it before I beat CoD4. (I beat way too few games lately, so this will motivate me)
Will I be able to keep any achievements I earn before I buy Xbox Live? When I buy XBL, what happens if I use a gamertag like "Andy" or "Doomed" locally on my 360, and it's taken already? Will I be able to change it? What happens if I have Live for a year, but forget to update my subscription? Do I lose any achievements I earned on that gamertag?
I've heard from my friend that he used to keep his 360 vertical, but it fuxed some of his discs, so now it has to be horizontal. Is this true? I remember reading about it.
What happens if I save everything to the Arcade's memory, then buy a HDD? Can I transfer data between the two? HDD's are unreliable, so I'd like to keep save files on the flash memory if possible. Will this be a nuisance every time I want to play a game?