2o2p rocks!!!

I know it's been said many times by many people, now it is my turn.  You guys are awesome.

I think I got an invite from each clan that will be involved in the R6 Turf Wars.  Thank you very much.  But I can't choose sides, I like playing with all of you.

In reply to my declines most of you said "I figured that's what you'd say" and you were cool about it.  That's what make 2o2p so awesome.  Even though there are these little subdivisions over all everyone just wants to have fun.

I enjoy playing with all of you, no matter what clan you are in.  That's what makes it tough to remove anyone off my list if I want to add someone new.  If any of you send me a FR and I decline, it's not that I don't want to play with you.  But if I see you are a clan member there is a high chance I will end up playing with you anyway.

Thanks to everyone.


This leads me to my next topic.  Xbox Live is not group orientated.  Yeah, there are those false rumors about a clan blade.  Clan support would be cool, but I'd rather see it a little more general, or at least someone can be in more than one clan.  I'd have a byoac group, 2o2p group, and a GSN group. 

I'd also like to see a bigger friends list.  Microsoft says they aren't going to increase it because the average size of a friends list is something like 12-15.  I think that average is skewed.  It takes into account people who have multiple accounts because 100 is not enough.  It takes into account parents controlling what friends a kid can have.  There are several reasons they shouldn't use that average as an excuse.  What they really need to do is compare size of friends list to how much time has spent with online games.  I would hypothesize that the more time you spend online the more friends you will add. 

Also once Live Anywhere hits I would think adding PC gamers to your list will increase the average.  That's another thing I dread.  According to the latest Major Nelson podcast 70% of xbox online gamers also play PC games.  That means there will be a bunch of xbox users with many PC friends.  I hope Microsoft is ready for that.  I am assuming the spring dashboard update will be putting Live Anywhere support in.

Another feature I'd like is one xfire uses.  You can see the friends of your friends that are online.  This would definitely help with large clans.  There would have to be an option to turn it off so you won't show up on that list.  Then a bigger friends list wouldn't be needed as much.

I am hoping with the Live Anywhere update you will know if a person is on PC or 360.  Though I can see why they wouldn't do that.  Too many timmies would kick people because of that difference.

In light of all this I am thinking of putting together a letter to send to the xbox live team.  It would be cool to start a thread on the forum and get the community's input on ideas that would help groups of gamers.  I figure a letter backed by a community will be noticed more than a single user replying to a thread on the xbox.com forums.