I got the same reaction when riot gave me 350 RP

They really should have done nothing. This just screams boardroom "hey customers, we appreciate you, and want to show it, but not really"

Buy "No luca no"

Wow, enough MS points to cover a single one zone bus fare in Vancouver for an anniversary gift? I've seen restaurants give out free birthday dessert worth way more and they didn't have to pay a membership for the place.

Once i got 50 ms for free. just yes!

Steam: Free to play, Free promo games, betas and free patches and DLC. All for free no sub required.

PSN: A few Free to play games, plus handfuls of games open for all plus subscribers.

Live: Pay or you don't get to play online or stream content. One free to play game, cross game chat.

He is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes, he actually played a character in Uncharted 3, but it wasn't Nathan Drake.

Merasmus is voiced by Nolan North.

xbox = multi player games.
ps3 = single player.

[url=#user_comment_212459]@Goro[/url] wring network.

Hey now, you can buy a key for your crates with that kind of cash.

thats microsoft

XBL, where you pay to play online when you can do it for free in PC, PS3 and Wii... wait, scratch the last one :p

I hope Wii U will be better online. I think Xbox720 will be free online to compete against PS3 and Wii U.

oh shut up, north america gets free designer xboxes.
All we get in old germany is a boot to the face.

Hopefully i can buy something for my only game on GFWL, Resident Evil 5, with those points.

[url=#user_comment_212309]@Shingro[/url]: and i'll still keep playing xbox. Just a better controller layout/game selection in my personal opinion. I own all the systems i just always find myself coming back to xbox. I tend to find more competition :o maybe since you need to play your more often not 5-10?

It's not even real money that you could use to go to the store to buy a bag of cheetos. It's MS points. Well maybe you can buy a picture of a bag of cheetos.

[url=#user_comment_212095]@First[/url]: Sup dawg, we heard you like loggin' in...

@Herr Boogie: Don't forget the winter event last year where they gave away free games. I got a Valve complete pack, and a X complete pack out of that.

[url=#user_comment_212272]@Dude[/url]: It's funny because you can choose literally any other system and pay way less. You could build a $500-700 PC and *saved* money. But you know, $500-700 dollars is nothing unless you're a hobo(?)

Today I've been playing tf2 (+steam account) for 5 years to the day... how appropriate :)

valve gave nothing... (apart from the billion free updates and hats)

No, they won't go broke from Xbox Live's anniversary. They already did with Bing It On.

So are the rumours and spam letters true after all? Bill Gates DOES giving away his fortune? I have a hotmail account for years, when can I expect my million dollars to arrive?

[url=#user_comment_212272]@Dude[/url]: Or you can get a wii or a PC that doesn't make you pay for internet that you already paid for.

All the people that are blathering on about how XBOX has higher costs, and PS3 costs less yearly and such is better I find quite idiotic. Unless you dont have a job, or any source of income whatsoever, sixty dollars won't make you broke. Or if your a hobo. And hobos dont have videogames.

[url=#user_comment_212218]@BoozeHound[/url]: Touche! Not that apparently anyone suffered any more effects then inconvenience, but it's a fair point. Presumably since PS+'s 'free games each month' thing kicked MS in the pants a bit Gold will be getting more features then "We put more ads on your dashboard for you" Everyone wins!

Micro-gifts from Microsoft that's only good for microtransactions.

you are aware that they need have to give you nothing at all for 10 years of gold.

It's like a gift card for...indie games I guess? or avatar clothes.

[url=#user_comment_212136]@Software2[/url]: Looks like Plan C didn't work on everyone. I'll just be blunt for Jo. SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.

Can we officially call Jo's swivel chair "Chairsworth"?

[url=#user_comment_212214]@Shingro[/url]: on other hand, had you gotten PS3 on launch you would have had your account info stolen at least twice by now =D

Shy Engie is shy

I think the funnier thing is if you have remained subscribed to Gold for long enough you've paid hundreds more then a launch PS3. Irony! Can't wait when the next console sets are comparatively priced and Gold is still for pay. =D

IT isn't the Anti-valve, cause it is in MS points, which can only be spent on MS things.

If they really loved you they would give you an actual $2.50.

seeing how much microsoft makes in a single year you'd think they would give out a little more then that, guess their wallet isn't as loose as their asshole

In response to Software2's photo-note:

... NOTHING! STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!

"I, too, was twelve once."

That's a good one.

Happy anniversary.
Now, go play some Steam.

Ah! But if only you'd been loyal. Those that have had a solid subscription, uninterrupted on the same account in good standing for the past 10 years apparently received a free 250 GB Xbox Elite in the mail!

But.. yeah, dat 200 MS points.

"Thanks for paying us $500+ for features all other consoles have for free! Actually you know... lemme get something for you... ah, here's two bucks and a few quarters, cheers!"

@O-(-'.'Q) ..So, Origin, then?

"What's that Microsoft? You're giving me something? Well why don't you give me MORE, huh? Don't you appreciate me more than this? Do you only regard me THIS MUCH?! Well screw you, M$, I'm going to these other guys who don't give me jack, because they know how to appreciate me!"

So let me get this straight. Microsoft gives you a box that gives you $2.50. Valve gives you a box that costs $2.50. So Microsoft is the anti-Valve. SInce Valve is seen as incredible, then Microsoft must be horrible.

The data seems to agree.

[url=#user_comment_212163]@Xenn[/url]: They do it worldwide for both gold and silver members.

[url=#user_comment_212171]@Bob[/url]: They didn't give away anything . . . they merely gave away some incentive to give them more money, not exactly what I'd call a present.

[url=#user_comment_212151]@lainverse[/url]: They don't give games away. You have to pay for the service to get those "free" games... And the bubble layout was weird on the first panel, you should've flipped the panel or something.

There is no reason they actually have to give you anything. You should be happy you received something

Looks like we don't even get that over here in the UK.

Man they cheap...

@That Guy: It might seems so but actually they are giving virtual money which you can only spend on virtual items and can't convert back to real dollars. So, basically they are loosing only potential profit. Sony on PSN+ gives away multiple major games for "nothing" and still have great profit.

@That Guy: except they don't really give you hard cash, it is like just a 2.5$ discount on next game you buy.

looks like I can get some Horse Armour!

Considering how many people have Xbox Live accounts, the total amount of dollars they have given would be 2,5 x 20 million or something?

@O-o: Joke's on you! He stopped doing TF2 arcs a long time ago!

in my mind, engie in a comic automatically makes it about TF2. *shrugs*

Got a big whooping "HEY HEY, it's our ten year anniversary, and to thank for for being a subscriber to xbox live for 6 years, here is a little memoir.

You spent 0 hours on xbox live this year

You have 0 friends on xbox live

Such a generous gift! Damn it! You can't even buy a drink with that sum!

hey, please keep it peacefull in here

You know what, software2? I hope he never does a TF2 arc again. Then everyone will know that it was your whining that did it.

M$ was also giving away a free arcade game...that requires kinect to play...f*** you M$...f*** you...

Here are all the DOTA and TF2 comics since the last arc:

DOTA Comics:
http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/885
http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/884
http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/869
http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/868
http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/857

TF2 Comics:
http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/873

"Oh my, not enough TF2 comics, whine whine whine"

Excuse me while I go puke aside~

-ay, so just so's ya know, write/draw whatever the hell you want, if its what makes you more money, i don't care. I'll read either way. Your funny, amusing, and talented. Thanks for the laughs. sweet jebas titties I sound like a mother now.. um.. you...YOUR MOTHER SMELLS OF ELDERBERRIES!

i noticed (orly?) in your comics lately you seem torn on what comics we as viewers seem to respond too, and I just wanted to let you know that although I personally don't get my troll on in your wonderous comment section, I do enjoy -all- of your comics and thats why I check your site nearly every d

Since last comic's comments were so full... Go back and count the number of TF2 comics in the past several months. Not comics involving Jo's TF2-based characters, but things that are actually about the game. I only see one in recent history. That so-called TF2 arc, for example, was NOT about TF2.

I love steam games that are also Windows live games, logging in while I'm logged in is awesome.