Gold Veteran Status Explained and Fixed
I know quite a few of you have been wondering why your Gold Veteran Status isn’t being displayed properly. Some of you have a 2 or a 3 but you know you’re not crazy and should be a 4 or 5 right? Well you can rest easy now because I have the break down of how this whole thing works and how you can determine what # you’re supposed to be.
Here is the information from Xbox Preview Support.
A. Changing your Gamertag won’t change your tenure, just like it doesn’t change your Gamerscore.
B. The most number of years you can have as of 8/7/2009 is 6. The very first Gamertag, e, was created on 8/13/2002. e, as he is known both online and in real life, will turn 7 on 8/13/2009.
C. All the time you spend in Gold is cumulative and any time you spend in silver doesn’t count.
For example if I created the Gamertag Tatsu24 on August 4th of 2007 but I didn’t upgrade it until February 14th of 2008; today my Gold Tenure would be 1 year because I spent 6 months of my first year in Silver status.
D. There is no “14 day gap in service” rule anymore
This was the original way tenure was calculated but we changed it.
E. Your Gold Veteran Status counts full years so if you’ve been a Gold member for 2 years, 11 months and 27 days; your status will display 2 years.
F. The “Member Since” date that you see in the Account Management section on Xbox.com and on your console is not the same as your tenure. That is the last time your profile was upgraded to gold (like the last time it auto-renewed or you applied a subscription code).
I know a few of you have expressed some concern and disappointment about your Gold Veteran Status # so I hope this clears it up. Everyone should be good to go soon if not already.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
it could be slow to process by region that’s all. but it should work itself out.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Yeah, it’s working now. Thanks!
August 13th, 2009 at 10:00 am
good deal Harco. oh snap…two new medals unlocked for you my friend
August 13th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Haha, oh shit.
How come it automatically finds the avatar I use with my other WordPress profile (I mean the one you see in the dashboard)? Is it because it links both emails or something?
August 13th, 2009 at 11:15 am
probably…wordpress is connected that way i guess.
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
Is there any way to know exactly when my account was created?
August 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
call Xbox Support.
September 7th, 2009 at 12:35 am
hey deaconblade, would you tell me how you got the dallas cowboys star as your gamertag picture? you can message me on XBL if you want,my gamertag is: x352x pH
i would really like to know, thanks.
September 7th, 2009 at 11:20 am
just download the EA Sports Dallas Cowboys picture pack.
September 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
oh okay thank you, btw do you know what sub-section its under? and how much it was?
September 8th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
okay, i just googled it and apparently it was an add-on you could get for Madden 07, but they dont have it on the marketplace anymore.. is there still a way to get it?