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Lucas Zmroczek


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Xbox Live Blog Contest

Feb 27, 2010 2:23PM PST

So how can I play games with my friends and not have to deal with the hassle of getting up to visit them? Xbox Live.  How do I know if I'm better at gaming (and life) than my friends?  Xbox Live!  How can I rent movies and stalk my friends on Facebook and Twitter without getting off the couch and walking into another room to check my computer?  Why, Xbox Live, of course, dummy!

Tragically, however, I do not have Xbox Live, or even an Xbox for that matter, so my life is burdened with all of these terrible inconveniences.  A great thing about the Xbox is that it allows you to play games with your friends without having to be sitting next to them.  Sure, it may be more fun sharing a loveseat with the bud who just sniped you in the face, but the glory of Xbox Live is that you can play with people anywhere!  Even if you don't know them!  By "networking" on Xbox, you can find n00bs all across the globe that you may be able to thoroughly pwn, which is great morale booster.  The sad reality is that for every 10-year old out there that you can send running to mommy for a consoling pizza roll, there are a thousand 5-year olds who could rock you like a seizuring baby's cradle in the middle of an earthquake.  In my case, my "friend" Marc is my video gaming bane.  I don't even stand a chance against him, no matter what the game.  I would love to have some practice online, or even in solitude, just to decrease the gap between my kills and deaths to a number less than my age (which is 22.  I know that's sad, but it's true).  I just don't get how he always finds me....and kills me...he's everywhere... ....

Besides playing online, Xbox live has tons of little things to fiddle with and share, such as achievements, gamerscore, and avatars.  Everyone loves all these little things and they can really keep a gamer hooked.  But what are they for?  Nothing, really.  But through Xbox Live, you can show off your skills or your idealized version of how you cool or crazy you wished you looked.

Avatars, for example, have so many vast options that the possibilities (pardon the cliché) are endless.  With costumes relating to characters in your favorite game, how could you resist spending hours playing with it?  So, in a sense, your avatar becomes your own personal Tron, protector of the Xbox...

My dream avatar...

Besides avatars, you have achievements and gamerscore, which let you brag about how many more points you have than the nooberts you call friends.  Having more points than someone else just feels good...I assume.  I don't have a gamerscore over 100 on my friend's (Marc's) Xbox, so I'm the noobasaurus at the butt of all the mocking, which is not cool.

As if playing a regular game on Xbox didn't provide enough smiles, there are demos and downloadable games galore on Live!  A bit thing that bugs me is missing out on a great game.  With the Arcade and Marketplace, classics from yesteryear are gracing the presence of consoles once again, so fools like me, who missed them the first time, have a chance to finally catch up on all of those classic gaming experiences!  The idea just makes me giddy with excitement!  Better late than never.

In addition to gaming, it's awesome that they've added new features to further enhance Xbox Live.  With Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix right on the game system, there is no need to even own a computer anymore, which is good because my computer is slower than a sloth swimming in molasses.  On the North Pole.  All of the stuff that an Xbox can do is awesome and with all of the great games and services on the system, it has become one of the best electronic devices to own.  Ever.

So why do I deserve an Xbox?  For one, I'm a college student.  That leads me to 2 important points.  1) I'm poor and in debt.  Additionally, I've had my two most demanding and consuming semesters this past year.  The scars from late nights in the labs are still healing and the miseries are fresh in my mind.  So getting an up-lifter out of this depressing slum would make my life wonderful.  2) I've been doing too well in my classes -> Therefore, I've been studying too much and not having enough fun.  I've been focusing too much on my work and not taking the time to have much fun.  School has eaten up all hours of the day, which is what I'm paying tuition for, but I need a distraction to keep me sane.  Since it's my last semester, I think I've earned the break.  An Xbox would be the ideal remedy to this dilemma, so that my studies can be crippled and my life consumed by electronic brain-melting.  I'm ready for the change.  But the biggest reason of all: REVENGE!  I MUST BEAT MARC!  Just once.  That is all I want.  But to do so, I need practice.  I can't practice on his Xbox, because that would be breaking and entering and he'd destroy me.  He does that.  But I would love to have an Xbox 360 to practice on so that one day I could rule the world! And by world, I mean a single round of Call of Duty, Halo, or maybe even Uno.  I'm not picky.  Be ready Marc, be ready...

Take that, Marc!

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