Massive Gamertag Reset on Wednesday

 

Gamertags from the original Xbox that were not migrated to the 360 will be reset starting on Wednesday at 2pm ET and throughout the day.  Approximiately one million tags will be apart of this. 

To be eligible to claim one of these gamertags your account must currently have xbox live gold + have 1 year (or more) tenure. To check if you have tenure go to your xbox one profile and you should see a number on the bottom left of the screen. Gamertag change is $9.99.

To check if the tag(s) you are interested in will be available, sign into xbox.com and then go to "https://account.xbox.com/en-US/Profile?GamerTag=" After the = sign enter in the gamertag you wish to check. If it has a white/blank avatar + no gamerscore it will more than likely be available. If the page gives you an error that means that there is either a spaced out letter  version of the tag created (A A A is the same as AAA) or it is a banned tag. If you have any questions lemme know. Thought this was pretty sweet. TONS of ridiculously nice gamertags will be available.

 

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Starting on Wednesday, May 18th @2:00pm ET / 11:00AM PT, we will begin releasing nearly one million Gamertags to our valued Xbox Live Gold members with active subscriptions and at least 1 year of cumulative Xbox Live Gold tenure. These Gamertags will be released over a 24-hour period, to give our fans in various countries an equal chance to get one.

These Gamertags are from accounts abandoned from the original Xbox era, the same source of Gamertags we used in our 2011 release. These accounts never migrated to Xbox 360 and as a result they have been inactive for quite some time.

While it may be challenging to find the exact Gamertag you want, keep trying, as there are many great Gamertags that will be released. Although we can’t share the actual list, we can tell you that many of the available Gamertags are in the following categories:

Proper Names
Pop culture references (Entertainment, sports, gaming)
Types of Food
Geography and Travel
Science and Technology
Math and Numbers
Animals
Some of the greatest inventions of all time

Access to these newly-released Gamertags will be available on Xbox.com, which is the most convenient way to make a Gamertag change. Xbox Live Gold members can also access these Gamertags within the Xbox App on Windows 10 and on the Xbox One console. Xbox 360 owners will need to use Xbox.com, the Xbox App on Windows 10, or an Xbox One console to participate given that access to these newly-released Gamertags is not available from an Xbox 360 console. Click here to change your Gamertag on the web.

To determine the tenure of your Xbox Live Gold account, view your Profile on an Xbox One console or on the Xbox App on Windows 10. Changing your Gamertag won’t impact your Gamerscore, Achievements, or your Friends list.

Remember, we rely on your feedback to bring the features you want to Xbox Live, so keep the suggestions coming!

For more information on this and other Xbox News, check out Xbox Wire.

Holy shit, hopefully I can finally get just 'Fatal' haha. Thanks for the heads up man!

Holy shit, hopefully I can finally get just 'Fatal' haha. Thanks for the heads up man!

I doubt Fatal will be reset unfortunately. It has an avatar which means it was used on the 360. 

There's still a chance, since he has 0 gamerscore.
I remember some great tags back in the old days. Like the classic you were killed by "***" tags. Probably won't bother spending 10$ on it though since I don't play much anymore. Been wishing they'd do something like this a few years ago.

Well I'll be going for Ethan.

Someone think of other OG names for me.

 

Neurosis won't be available. Gonna have to kill him to get that tag
Best and Greatest are probably going to be available. 
I'm getting Llama :)

I'm getting Llama :)

nah im gonna get it and make you pay me for it sorry

Keep this thing updated by letting everyone know if you managed to get the tag you wanted. It might help us determine exactly when it starts, as I can see it being slightly delayed or early depending on the gamertag. I doubt every single one gets released at the exact same time.
I used my stepfathers credit card secretly and it's still paying XBox gold on my first account :( I just want that gamertag back.
I used my stepfathers credit card secretly and it's still paying XBox gold on my first account :( I just want that gamertag back.

I used my stepfathers credit card secretly and it's still paying XBox gold on my first account :( I just want that gamertag back.

Wow really?  That's shady.  How much money has he lost?

I used my stepfathers credit card secretly and it's still paying XBox gold on my first account :( I just want that gamertag back.

Wow really?  That's shady.  How much money has he lost?

No idea, I was like 14 and thought I knew what I was doing, didn't get the account to work, still paying. He's going to murder me once he finds out!

What? Credit cards have expiration dates. The card must have expired by now. My card is only good for 2-4 years or so before it expires.
Site fucking crashing atm
No luck so far, the tag I want hasn't been released.
Good luck everyone, I hope we all get the one we want. I was going to go for more than just one, but since this process was bound to be a piece of shit, I've changed my mind and I'm only going for the one I really want.

dude that just happened to me a few weeks ago, we got the card off the account but the card was being charged a 3 month renewal for a year and a half. Xbox making stacks off us haha

also I saw someone on my friends list just change their gt to "monopoly" so it's working

No luck so far, the tag I want hasn't been released.

If you were going for "Alen", I think it was just taken. :(

This is a rumour but it seems true:

The first person to try to 'claim' or 'check' availability of a gamertag reserves the tag for roughly an hour. So if you add a tag you want and the GT changes to a MS generated one, its possible that someone tried to get it, saw it was available, and then didnt claim it. So keep checking! This happened with my friend when I was searching for the tag he wanted. It became available for me but not for him, and then an hour after he could get it.

Yeah, Fatal wasn't reset :( I wish it worked like steam. Everyone had a unique ID but you could change your display name to w/e.

That would be so sick!! But then I guess Microsoft would miss out on the money from people wanting to change their tags... So GG

Btw I just want JoeyClutch or Joey Clutch. Had this name since '09 and some guy not only took my name, but took the original gamertags, (assuming theres only 1 imposter) and I matched him once and looked at his fileshare and noticed he even stole the screenshot my friend made for me that says Joey Clutch like wtf. Doubt he has played in years but I checked if they were available months ago and no luck...so I just use an i for the l in Clutch no biggie but FUCK ME lifes so hard right??????????

Llama was taken.....

amalL has not though.

 

Meh not worth it

I got Eamonn :). I've legit had it added on my friends list since 2008 waiting for it to be reset.
Physc, I just changed it to "amalL". I was just lyke Yolo
friend got "water" also talked to the guy who got "vomit" 
Got the names steeze and nickel, lol. Gonna try to get some super og ones
Got the names steeze and nickel, lol. Gonna try to get some super og ones
send ur $10 to me instead

I got Eamonn :). I've legit had it added on my friends list since 2008 waiting for it to be reset.

same shit for me man, finally managed to get renzy