Friends show offline when online

Has anyone experienced this problem? Some of my friends show up as
being offline even when I'm sure they are online. Likewise, my
username shows as offline on their friend's list when I am online. We
haven't muted each other. Also, I tried deleting their name from my
list and adding it again, but the same problem occurs.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
David

"David Fay" <dfay_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c2679002.0401191201.68a5eb6a@posting.google.c om...
> Has anyone experienced this problem? Some of my friends show up as
> being offline even when I'm sure they are online. Likewise, my
> username shows as offline on their friend's list when I am online. We
> haven't muted each other. Also, I tried deleting their name from my
> list and adding it again, but the same problem occurs.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> David

David, keep in mind that on Xbox Live you have the ability to make yourself
appear offline. This can prevent unwanted friend requests when you are in a
game you don't want to leave. Or maybe you have a full game and don't want
people "flashing" you, to let them in.

"David Fay" <dfay_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c2679002.0401191201.68a5eb6a@posting.google.c om...
> Has anyone experienced this problem? Some of my friends show up as
> being offline even when I'm sure they are online. Likewise, my
> username shows as offline on their friend's list when I am online. We
> haven't muted each other. Also, I tried deleting their name from my
> list and adding it again, but the same problem occurs.
>
> Any ideas?

http://forums.xbox.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=6033819

"Xbox Live is aware of a current issue that is affecting friends lists on
Xbox Live as well as the friends list on the My Live section of Xbox.com. We
are working to resolve this as soon as possible. This issue is not affecting
all users. We are scheduled to have this resolved by 8:00 a.m. PST tomorrow
morning 1/20/04. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your
patience."

"Will Calhoun" <whats@mattayou.com> wrote in message
news:uhl0NVw3DHA.540@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
> "David Fay" <dfay_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:c2679002.0401191201.68a5eb6a@posting.google.c om...
> > Has anyone experienced this problem? Some of my friends show up as
> > being offline even when I'm sure they are online. Likewise, my
> > username shows as offline on their friend's list when I am online. We
> > haven't muted each other. Also, I tried deleting their name from my
> > list and adding it again, but the same problem occurs.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> http://forums.xbox.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=6033819
>
> "Xbox Live is aware of a current issue that is affecting friends lists on
> Xbox Live as well as the friends list on the My Live section of Xbox.com.
We
> are working to resolve this as soon as possible. This issue is not
affecting
> all users. We are scheduled to have this resolved by 8:00 a.m. PST
tomorrow
> morning 1/20/04. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your
> patience."


If only someone was nice enough to give such a deadline to fix the TopSpin
ratings... I am ok even if they say end of January (2004) as long as they
commit to it.

"Last Samurai" <susenets1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eaZ$qT23DHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
> "Will Calhoun" <whats@mattayou.com> wrote in message
> news:uhl0NVw3DHA.540@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "David Fay" <dfay_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:c2679002.0401191201.68a5eb6a@posting.google.c om...
> > > Has anyone experienced this problem? Some of my friends show up as
> > > being offline even when I'm sure they are online. Likewise, my
> > > username shows as offline on their friend's list when I am online. We
> > > haven't muted each other. Also, I tried deleting their name from my
> > > list and adding it again, but the same problem occurs.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > http://forums.xbox.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=6033819
> >
> > "Xbox Live is aware of a current issue that is affecting friends lists
on
> > Xbox Live as well as the friends list on the My Live section of
Xbox.com.
> We
> > are working to resolve this as soon as possible. This issue is not
> affecting
> > all users. We are scheduled to have this resolved by 8:00 a.m. PST
> tomorrow
> > morning 1/20/04. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for
your
> > patience."
>
>
> If only someone was nice enough to give such a deadline to fix the TopSpin
> ratings... I am ok even if they say end of January (2004) as long as they
> commit to it.

Well as we discussed before it's misleading to call it a Top Spin problem.
It's a problem with a third-party title accessing the same stats database
and screwing with Top Spin, among other games. Because it's a third-party
game, and one from a valued partner, they can't lean on them too hard right
away, at least not publicly. I'd imagine once they've given said third-party
what they feel is a fair amount of time to fix the issue and no fix is
imminent, they may just cut them off from the database. After all, no stats
in a single title due to their own negligence is preferable to flawed stats
in every title that accesses the database. They could have done that right
away of course, but again they may have felt that would alienate the
publisher. And MS doesn't exactly have a wealth of third-party "must have"
titles on Xbox as it is.

If it were a Top Spin problem, it would have been handled differently. But
this situation requires a little more diplomacy.

Thanks, Will. Sure enough it's working again.

"Will Calhoun" <whats@mattayou.com> wrote in message
> "Xbox Live is aware of a current issue that is affecting friends lists on
> Xbox Live as well as the friends list on the My Live section of Xbox.com. We
> are working to resolve this as soon as possible. This issue is not affecting
> all users. We are scheduled to have this resolved by 8:00 a.m. PST tomorrow
> morning 1/20/04. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your
> patience."