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I honestly believe it was just understanding the concept of the game. My brothers pretty much nailed it right away, but I found I struggled, and they didn't want to spend the time showing me, so I lost interest. Like now I can play Pokémon Unite so much and not get bored, but the games back then were a lot different, so I just found myself collecting the cards over playing the game.

I honestly didn't know there was such a thing as standing desks until a few years ago when I was watching a streamer who mentioned they were using a standing desk rather than sitting down. It was after that, I found that even some YouTubers I watch also use standing desks and I had no clue because of how they had their set up. I feel like the idea of having a standing desk is a good idea because in some cases, it's not always good to sit for long periods of time at a desk as it can affect your body and your posture so being able to have a desk that enables you to stand will help with preventing you from causing issues to your body that will later make things bad for you when you are older. Maybe one day I may consider getting myself a standing desk so that I have the ability to stand and sit if I wish when working and also creating content.

It wasn't the first PC that I had used or even had say in my bedroom when I was a teen, but it was my first PC that I could say was solely mine, wasn't shared and was something I could call my own and that is the PC I am on now. I was purchased this PC back in March 2018 by my boyfriend who got me it so that I was able to stream and make content. I am now able to stream and make content to help me earn extra money which has been a great help especially during the tough times over the last few years. Unfortunately, this PC is now getting a little old with the hardware I have in it and I would love to be able to upgrade at some point when I can but for now, I am making this PC last as long as I can until I am able to make enough to purchase a new PC.

It wasn't coffee I spilt but it was tea that I spilt onto my keyboard, and it had sugar in. I instantly unplugged my keyboard and turned it upside down so that any liquid would run out of where the keys are, and I left it for a little while. After that I turned it the right way up, wiped it down with a damp cloth and then left it a little longer to dry and then plugged it back in. It was fine thankfully but some of the keys were sticky which was a pain, eventually the stickiness wore off and I was able to use it fine until it died earlier this year. It's always a pain when you spill something into something like a keyboard as you never know if it will ever still work or what issues you may have with it. I was lucky that it didn't completely break my keyboard. I am now so careful when I have any drink near my PC and keyboard.

I have been suspended in the past on Xbox Live for a few days for something I said to someone in a message but that is about it in my case. In terms of knowing someone who has been banned from Xbox Live I do know someone who I used to game with back in 2008-2009 who was banned from Xbox Live due to something he said to someone that was very harsh and I cannot repeat here. I will say he did deserve the ban, but I feel that the person on the receiving end should have also been punished in some way for what they said but it didn't seem to happen. He eventually made a new account and just went from there.

This is a very fond memory for me but my first Nintendo console was the Gameboy. I always remember we had games like Mario and Kirby, and we also had another game, I cannot remember the name of it but it had a series of mini games that you could play, and I remember having a lot of fun and spending a ton of time on that game. I always remember with the Gameboy how the screen was and that if you were not in any kind of light, you couldn't see the screen at all. I remember my parents getting me a magnifier with a light that you could attach to your Gameboy that would allow you to play your game whether light or dark. That gadget was perfect for long drive where I had travel sickness and we would be driving home in the dark. Only issue with the Gameboy was that you needed to make sure you had plenty of batteries or you would run the risk of it dying.

I very much doubt we will see Call of Duty being brought to the Nintendo Switch. As much as I feel some people would love to see the games brought to Nintendo Switch, they would have to be toned down so much for the console that it wouldn't feel as smooth as it does on say the Xbox or the PlayStation or even the PC. I also feel that it wouldn't get as much interest being on the Nintendo Switch, mainly because anyone who already plays Call of Duty will already have the platform chosen that they wish to play on so what would be the point in buying for another console and getting a version that is nothing like what you already have. With us also having Call of Duty mobile now as well, that is perfect for those who wish to play COD on the go and does seem really popular.

You definitely wouldn't notice a difference in terms of what the games would look like or how they would run but you would notice a difference in how fast things do run on the Xbox with a smaller hard drive compared to a bigger one. The only other difference you would have is how much you can have installed at any one time. With a smaller hard drive, you would only be able to get a few games installed so you would have to pick and choose what games you would want installed but with a bigger hard drive you would be able to install more and possibly not have to keep installing and reinstalling which can end up being a pain. I would definitely always advise on paying that little more and getting the Xbox with more storage just because games nowadays tend to be a lot bigger than they ever used to be and you will be surprised at how very little you can have on a 500gb Xbox over a 1TB

My sons have all had the new Xbox controller and my eldest got it a few months after it was released and even though I had seen one I hadn't actually used one since they were released. That was until a few weeks ago when I needed a new controller myself as the 3rd party one, I had ended up with terrible stick drift. I upgraded to the new Xbox official controller, and I must admit, it really is comfortable, but I had to get used to the new capture button on the controller. I will on the odd occasion accidentally hit that button when I go to hit another button and end up screenshotting something random but other than that I am quite happy with it and have no fault with it.

It's funny you should say this because I was just looking at the Xbox Games for Gold for this month and I was looking at them for next month as well and as much as there may be possibly one, I may think is okay, some of them never seem worth it and I never tend to bother with them. It's a shame really as Xbox has so much potential to offer better games through the gold subscription each month to hopefully get people to find more games they will enjoy and possibly purchase at a later date, but they seem to be missing out on those opportunities. Maybe one day we will see better titles offered but for now, I will just keep checking and hoping for the best.

I know that Xbox and Microsoft have made a lot of progress for Discord on Xbox, and I know it is now available for all to use. The only downside to it at the moment is that you have to connect to chats through your phone rather than through the Xbox yourself but then you can talk through your headset on the Xbox once you are connected. I do know this is changing though soon and you will soon be able to use Discord through your Xbox to join chats without the use of your phone. I am personally waiting for that update so that I don't have to mess about with my phone and getting it to connect before I can join chats as that is a bit of a pain.

I have used the cloud service on my phone and on my PC and when I tried it on my phone it was still fairly new so did have it's issues, however, when I used it on my PC it seemed to run really smooth and I never had any issues with it at all. I love the fact that I can play games from Xbox via the cloud on either my phone or my PC but I do wish they would bring more games to the cloud that I play, for example, I would love to see Destiny 2 come to the cloud. I absolutely love Destiny 2 and would love to be able to continue on my phone as well as playing on my Xbox when I am able to.

When you put it like that I can fully understand. KFC for many is very addictive and I know I have tried it myself and it is very nice so anyone who is a huge fan of their food, the last thing they would need is a constant reminder of their food and that urge to want to order food or even head out for food from there. I can imagine it would be quite costly in the long run have that constant temptation.

The Xbox Museum is absolutely amazing, I remember when they first launched it, I went and checked it out and was amazed at how much it had in there regarding my Xbox history. Looking around it was amazing as it brought back so many memories of past gaming nights, I used to have with friends that I have now lost contact with or very rarely speak with now. I really do hope they keep this now and it stays updated so that every once in a while, we can always go back and look back at what we did and the things we played.

My most favorite game for Xbox would without a doubt be Halo 3. I remember getting Halo 3 not long after I got my Xbox 360, and I was hooked pretty much right away. I played through the campaign on all difficulties so many times and I spent months playing the multiplayer with friends I had met through the years playing different games on Xbox. If I had to choose another game on Xbox that is my favorite, Gears of War would be a very close second. It's another game I can spend a chunk of time on and not get bored easily and it's a great franchise.

I am a sucker for consoles that have some kind of image on that is from a game or a brand and as much as I do feel this is a little over the top and a little on the ugly side, if I was to be collecting those kind of controllers, it would definitely be one I would purchase for my collection just so I had it but I would probably never use it. It does seem like a great controller though for those who like those colors and are a huge fan of KFC. I do like KFC, but I wouldn't say that I am mad on it if I am honest.

I feel if you have the want to be an esports player and it's something you really want to achieve you would work hard to get yourself up there and at the skill that you could become an esports player. I don't think there is any such thing as someone cannot be an esports player because everyone can be if they really want to be, but you need to really want it and to really put that work in to reach it. It's also about seeing your mistakes and fixing them as well when playing games and wanting to become a pro in them I played a lot of Call of Duty especially when Black Ops 3 released and me and my boyfriend had our own clan/team, and we would hang out quite a bit on Black Ops 3 and do really well in games. I got to the point where I really did feel that if our team was to enter some kind of tournament, we would do well, but it took a lot of me playing and practicing and seeing my mistakes and fixing them for me to get to the stage I was withing the team.

Oh my I remember Zuma very well. I remember it from the Xbox 360, and I used to play it a ton when I just wanted to sit, chill out and just play a quiet game like that. I used to spend hours on that game and would grow quite addicted to it over the time I played but it was some levels that would frustrate me, and I would end up leaving the game for a while and coming back to try again. I believe you can still play Zuma on the newer generation of consoles, but I have not checked recently so I am not sure if that is still the case. If it is and it's still there to play, I would definitely love to go back and play it again, it's just one of those games that you just cannot get tired of if you pace yourself on it.

I purchase Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which gives me access to Game Pass and Xbox Live all in one bundle for a fee a month and so far, I have been very happy with the service I get from that. There is a huge number of games to choose from in the Game Pass section and being able to have online thrown into it as well it just a bargain. I am however awaiting the Xbox Live Family option which I understand is coming in November from what I have read. I have 5 people in the house who play Xbox and it can get quite costly having to purchase them Ultimate each month or even at 3 months or a year. From what I am seeing the Family Subscription will be around £80 for me in the UK if not a little more and for 5 of us, that is not a bad price at all and would definitely help.

I remember seeing this game get announced and I was super amazed to see a game that involved a cat. Unfortunately for me it was only released on PC and PlayStation so I have not been able to play it as much as I would love to play it as I really liked the look of the game on the trailer. I know people who have played the game and they all have the same reaction to it, it's an amazing game and a great experience and it's got me so much more eager to want to play it. I am hoping that Stray comes to say Xbox at a later date but so far, there has been nothing mentioned about it coming to any other consoles other than the platforms it is already on which is a shame. Hopefully one day.

It doesn't happen so much now that I have faster internet and I am on a more up to date console, but I remember back in I think it was 2015, I downloaded a COD game on my then PlayStation 4 and I remember it went so slow that I had to leave it to just download and install overnight. I can't remember if it was because my internet wasn't the greatest or if it was a time that everyone would have been downloading it so it was causing the download to be slower than usual. That is the last game I ever remember downloading and installing that took so long I had to just let it run whilst I slept.

It doesn't happen so much now but way back in 2008 - 2009 I used to have a few friends that I would game with that lived in the US and I am in the UK. We would have a 5-hour time difference and they would work, and I would work, and it would be difficult to try and find the time to get together and game because of the time difference. We in the end did manage to find a time that we could all be online and get to hang out and game but the busier everyone got, the less that became until it just pretty much phased out altogether and we stopped playing together. I would hope that one day we could possibly pick back up just like we used to and hang out like we used to but at the moment, it's not looking like a possibility.

I would like to think that in 100 years or even 1000 years from now gaming would most definitely be a thing, but it would have progressed quite a lot and would definitely be a lot more different than it is today. With the way gaming is now I very much doubt that it will phase out any time soon but just continue to progress and become more and more accessible for all as well as keeping up with the newest technology. I would very much love to still be around in 100 years' time just to see how gaming has progressed but given my age now, I know I will not be around to see how gaming is in 100 years' time.

As soon as I saw the title of this thread only one game instantly popped into my head, and I would guess it's one that pops into many heads when asked what the best Xbox game is in their opinion. The best Xbox game I would have to say is Halo 3 hands down. It was a game I thoroughly enjoyed and spent a very long time playing it after it was released and even now I have so many memories from those games and the friends I made playing that game. In terms of Xbox games for teens that are the best, I would definitely have to say the Forza Horizon or Forza Motorsport series for teens. You cannot go wrong at all with any of those games and there is so much to do on those games so no worry of them getting easily bored and have nothing to do on it.

I at the moment only have one controller for my Xbox and that is a new official one I had to purchase a few weeks ago after the 3rd party controller I was using got terrible stick drift and was virtually unusable by the time I had got my new controller. I would like to get another one as a spare just in case anything happened to this one and I had to send it in for repair or even a replacement with me having a protection plan with it so that I would not be without my controller for a little while whilst I had my main controller sorted.