XBox Live Ettiquette

J-Cat, If I have my party set open to friends I want them to just jump in. Heck I prefer that they do just that. If it's an official clan match I'll set the party to invite only. I agree with TRIHunter, it's the party leader's job to set the privavcy level.

Invite? Got room? You need me to bring the Mad Skillz? Those work........ maybe not the last one.

Personally I prefer the pop in to! You will find most do. If they don't they will make sure the room is private. Asking for invites is good to but sometimes in the heat of battle the person may be having to much fun to notice the mssg come in. If you don't hear back from anyone try again. If I don't feel like joining a joining a room because I want to play something else i will spam my entire Friends list telling them what I'm up for and if anyone else is interested. If people don't know what you want they can't help you. So pop in when you can, if you can't demand invites or others to join you. Use your spamming abilities. More likely then not there are many who want to get you in their room to fill up the roster, if not just for your sparkly personality!

Oh and when somebody sends a request for an invite or something else don't be offended if they don't reply and/or don't feel the need to reply. A lot of us have 100 people in our friends list and having to go through 100 msgs to find out that they aren't interested is just annoying. Some people get offended if they aren't responded to but they gotta learn if they aren't reponded to that it simply mean that person is not interested at the moment. That is I think the most important XL etiquette but not many are aware of it. We all just have to remeber people add ya to their FL for a reason and because they don't reply doesn't mean they are ignoring you. Anyways hope to get into a room with ya soon whether it be TW or H3. and maybe try gears of war, sounds like you might enjoy chainsawing people and co-op is available in that to.

Eh, I usually just jump in. However, after reading your post and the responses, I'm going to follow suit and send INV? instead of just jumping in. Of course, when I would jump in, I never took anything personally if I had to leave for any reason. I would just split and wait for something else. Thanks for the info!

I normally just join or I send a PM with the word INV on it. That or just send a voice message with asking to join. Don't worry about it all of us do it for one reason or another.

No rules. I jump right in to and just ask "is this alright", "can I play with you guys"? I think is far worse having a friend online and not receiving a single Invite.

If it makes you uncomfy just popping in, I follow ATC's rule- I'll shoot a PM for an invite. And if they had someone slated for the spot and you've just popped in, you have to be ready for the "Sorry, but..." which makes everybody feel kinda poopy. So I ask for an invite first, to save me and my buddy the akwardness. I'll also check what kind of game they are playing- campaign only allows four, so I'm pretty religious about asking. Custom or Slayer, hop in. It can handle a lot more folks. hope that helps...

yeah PM the letters INV?, that usually gets you somewhere...BTW were you talking about Kitten? she had a great time too!!!

Its the party leaders responsibility to close the party if they don't want random joins. Any party set to open can be considered a standing invitation to join.