May 6th 2009 9:54 pm PT

WOW. I was not expecting this. This must be the first time Microsoft gave another country a shot at a BETA first. Congrats Canadians. I bet a bunch of US citizens will be angry. LOL.

BTW I am a US citizen and I’m not angry .

Guest Host? Cool.

We need to petition to have The Price is Right as a Primetime game with Major Nelson as the host.

Too bad its just Canada. However, this is a really awesome idea. Almost makes me forget about my RROD and the crappy refurb I got.

I hate North Montana! They get all the good Xbox stuff first.

Friday May 4th?

Canada FTW! And yes major you must up on the date:) I @ you on twitter about it.

Date=fixed.

Angry American is Angry! What happened to US first?!?!?

haha

Congrats Canada!

Hey Major, any word on a US beta or release date?

No Bob Saget???? i’m so in!

How about Inside Xbox for Australia?

I want to know how long it takes before us americans start complaining about why we didn’t get it & get it first…LOL

Congrats brothers up north…

You won’t see Americans complaining because Americans are decent people. If this was an American only beta there would be hundreds of angry posts from bitter Europeans and Canadians. Because everyone else in the world are not decent people.

yay canada getting the hook-up instead of the shaft. very jealous, this gameshow looks like a lot of fun.

Major – the graphic on the page you linked says “7PM EST,” however, the text, plus graphics on certain other pages say “7PM PST.” So, for those of us in Central time, will we be playing at 6 or 9? (When the real game rolls out, that is.) Also, are these times indicative of the times the episodes will normally air once the game officially launches, or will episode times vary?

Hopfully the times for the Friday/Saturday Live shows won’t be fixed at 7PM PST, for those of us in Central Time that don’t want to wait until 9PM to log on, and then sit for who knows how long during the course of the episode….

Actually, Americans are probably HAPPY as you guys can stop bitching about the US being first/only people getting stuff. Enjoy and stfu, plox.

Any chance of this ever coming to the UK? I’m not too bothered about the beta program but the full release would be excellent. Even if I have to log on at an ungodly hour to play with Americans(nothing against Americans). It seems like somebody at MS should give a list of “it’s coming here now, there then and not there” just to put peoples mind at ease. I’m guessing the plan is to release it during E3 or somewhere around then

@Mcmax3000: How about these gameshows for Primetime:
Deal or No Deal
Jeopardy
Wheel of Fortune
and others I can’t think of

Wow, that’s awesome. I feel like I should apologize to all the Americans, but you guys get everything :p

Hey Major Nelson, any chance of a sneak peek for Silver members? Just kidding.

@IncredibleBulk9: It would be released worldwide, but this not confirmed.

Cool im going to try …. oh no I work that day zut flute caca boudin

Yo Major please tell me there will be a beat for the US..

Why just one area? Why not roll it out to everyone like anything else? Like, i mean. It’s hardly a promotional thing is it?

We test it for all of you. Then it comes out for real!

Ha ha Canadians. 1 vs 100 is stupid. We Americans give you the crap Xbox features first just to make you feel better about yourselves. Wait till you actually try this dumb game. Then you won’t feel so smug.

This is very sweet for the Canadians

Thanks major to give them a shot.

wicked cool, thanks xbox team for doing a Canuck beta!!! You do care

Why not testing this around the world, PS3 tested it’s own HOME like this..
And why Canada?? Are we (europeens), (USA) not good enough.. For you to test this feature

Slider2nl: this won’t even be available in the Netherlands when it launches for real. It’ll only be for North America, France, Germany and the U.K.

Congrats Canadians, Eh?

And before you start screaming and shouting about Microsoft not letting you have any fun: it’s probably due to licence issues with Endemol, who own 1 vs 100.

I love Canada.

I guess it makes sense. This way they can test it on a smaller population of xbox live users without going through a big beta application process.

A comment about hockey? Really?

*facepalm*

Way to totally usurp any sort of ‘not thinking like Americans’ feeling this may have given.

They actually had a press event yesterday here in Canada where a bunch of reporters got to try it. “Canadian questions were mixed in with the general knowledge trivia to challenge our knowledge of curling, Parliament, and hockey.” Read more here: http://krisabel.ctv.ca/post/Preview-1-vs-100-Beta-On-Xbox-Live.aspx

I was wondering when we were going to get info about XBL Primetime.

whhaaa,why did the United States get left out,wwhhaaa.I wanted to do this too,boo hoo.

While it is cool that Canada gets to try out 1 vs 100, I do wonder, how did they get picked? I am not complaining because I can’t use it, but why Canada? There are other countries in the world. Doesn’t really matter. A date for the real thing would be nice though.

QuickSilver said exactly what I was thinking…I am happy to see the product that has been delayed since the NXE launch in “beta” (what testing phase was it in when they thought it would make the nov launch?), but choosing Canada only, rather than a region or some contest to enter, is a bit different. No complaints here, hopefully everything will run smoothly and we can all get it…that being said, what happened to the other postponed NXE launch “features”, like party netflix viewing?

Damn I’d love to play it Friday but I’ll be in Toronto seeing Dane Cook!

“Entering this game lobby registers legal residents of Canada 18+ (excluding Quebec)”

I hate the laws of my province…. ARGH! (I’m so angry, you can’t imagine how)

This marks the first and probably only time in XBL history that people outside of Canada will actually be making Canadian accounts. lol (unless there’s an IP block on this?)

I am super hyped about 1 vs 100.

What’s this all “aboot”?

This is great news for the Canadians. Great country. Chill people.

Sweet. I won’t mind giving this a spin.

Congrats Canadians~! I do envy you guys.
Any news about a beta for the US?

Is this beta in canada because they are more intelligent than americans?

Good news for Canadian gold subscribers!
A good move by Microsoft!

@ Mr Barrel Roll …. yup, that’s the first thing I thought when I read it too…
Isn’t it also a kinda racist comment?
It’d be like saying “I have a feeling there may be a lot of Tea and Crumpet related questions, don’t you? ” if the beta was running in England or “I have a feeling there may be a lot of Porn related questions, don’t you? ” if it was running in the Netherlands….

Tsk tsk… Baaaaad major !!!

@ computerdud103

“You won’t see Americans complaining because Americans are decent people. If this was an American only beta there would be hundreds of angry posts from bitter Europeans and Canadians. Because everyone else in the world are not decent people.”

ROFL are you high!? You will complain… and everyone else arent decent people? get real and stfu, n00b!

@The Dukenator The only problem with those suggestions is that I think Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune are produced by Sony. I could be wrong but I think that’s the case.

Here’s a question: Where is Primetime? Wasn’t it SUPPOSED to be released in Spring 2009? I don’t know about the american ‘spring’ system but we’ve had 5 months of the year now (almost half the year), its verging on ‘summer’ here in the UK (if you can call it that) so where is primetime? Annoys the hell out of me when they say “spring, summer, autumn (fall), winter”…why can’t they just give a date, or even state a month for stuff to be released. Idiots don’t know what they’re doing.

Have fun my fellow North Americans.

I wonder which country will get the beta after us canadians…

I can’t wait for this I’ll be online tomorrow night just for this.

@Raz 360 That’s probably because they don’t know a date or a month as to when it will launch. If an issue comes up during this Beta, they may have to delay it beyond their intended launch so they don’t want to promise anything specific right now.

Yeah, finally canadians are not getting the shaft.

@ computerdud103: That’s funny because this is the VERY FIRST TIME that Canadians got the upper hand over the USA. If Microsoft continued to release more Canadian exclusive stuff, I am sure you will start to get pissed off and have a feel what Canadians and Europeans go through.
I can see it now.

Modern Warfare 2 BETA, for Canadians only. Ohhh yes, revenge is best served cold.

I think this is great for Canada.

Considering Canada seems to get shafted (as does a few other places)the rest of the planet) when it comes to games and content. e.g. Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader – not available on the 360 up here, but I could get it for my Wii or DS.

My only concern is that everytime they bring a US trivia game show into Canada, they ruin the game by starting with really hard questions then go into super hard questions. Yet the US contestents get easy questions. e.g. Weakest Link. (5th Grader got a decent treatment)

Its nice not to have the rest of the world bitching and moaning about it not being fair that the US gets everything.Then you have this dude a couple of posts up trying to rub in in or something. DUDE its 1 vs 100, 3/4 of us americans give a rats ass about this anyways.

The first thing that’s been a (temporary) Canadian exclusive, and it’s free!
Damn, I must be dead, because there’s no way that MS actually gives a rats ass about Canadians.

Maybe this is the start of MS finally paying attention to us that live here in Americas’ Hat!

“You won’t see Americans complaining because Americans are decent people. If this was an American only beta there would be hundreds of angry posts from bitter Europeans and Canadians. Because everyone else in the world are not decent people.”

You best be trolling son.
If not,lpease don’t make silly generalisations. You clearly don’t know any Europeans/Canadians.

when is the full non beta version coming out?

For any jealous Americans, take a look at our Video Marketplace sometime. The lack of netflix, a bunch of missing community videos and slim movie offerings will make feel great about what you already have.

1 VS 100 sounds pretty cool. Congrats to Canadians!

Microsoft should do more stuff like this so that they have premium services that entice people to go Gold other than online multiplayer. That way online multiplayer can be free.

So these games are just at specific times and such? Yeah, prizes are good and all.. But I seriously just like trivia!

@Oatmeal25

I hear that man, our Video Marketplace is lame

I’m quite happy to see things like this come along that actually make paying for gold worth while.

I just sincerly hope that there’s gonna be more cool stuff like this in the future for Canadians, Americans, Brits and the rest of us.

It’s Xbox lives’ ultimate ability to adapt and change into something better that continually sets our community apart from those shmoes and their PS3′s

Cool! I hope this beta goes over well and all the bugs, misconceptions, ‘audible interruptions’ (i.e. Mommy playing and baby crying into microphone or some kid utilizing 1 vs 100 as his/her impromptu American Idol stage), how to mute people fast and what happens if someone is winning and has to leave for more than 5 minutes?

I’m not a fan of 1 vs 100, but if it is a success, I truly will be looking forward to hearing Cookie’s voice and crazy humor in You Don’t Know Jack (First Edition) XBLA and HOPEFULLY an Acrophobia (http://www.uproar.com/game-reviews/acrophobia – I like the Jellybean version from Berkeley Systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Systems), sell those chatpads MS. It was fun and cool for adults and kids – word filters should be in place. Well, until the Sports Edition came out – talk about language! “Viva la 1 vs 100!!!!”

Radical R: the beta ends May 24th, so after that? Probably in time for E3, too.

Damn Canadians…Just kidding. Congrats. Hope the Germans get it soon, too.

OH I GET IT BECAUSE HOCKEY ORIGINATED IN CANADA SO THAT’S ALL THEY TALK ABOUT

Took me a minute!

What if I can see Canada from where I work…does that count?

Good luck to the Canuck’s. The Sprint theater is your stage and 1 vs 100 is nearly ready!

(Why do brits never get this stuff, eh?)

Hockey questions? BLERG!

I could actually get those! =D

Lets Go Buffalo!

I can’t wait to give this a try… I want to win some stuff!!!

After the beta goes, someone should post what they won. Congrats to our northern neighbors for getting to test this out for us

Fuck Canada!

Although it does make a change from US only, why don’t they just release it world-wide?

FINKnATOR: Apparently during the beta we won’t win anything like you would in the real thing, we’re eligible for the sweepstakes though.

DNAgent: I love you too!

WES1180: it’s not going to be a worldwide thing anyway. And they want to test it in a smaller market close to home, so Canada works best.

Why, why ! Quebec exlude again, I really tought where part of Canada, i’m maybe i’m wrong.

Only hope its a question in 1 Vs 100 beta.

Congrats for the hockey comment, Major.

Why not the US come on both Canada and the US

@steelcity and anyone else wondering why not “North America”…it probably has something to do with including Mexico, which would then lead to further spread of the Swine Flu through Xbox Live…1 contaminates 100!

Thanks for the opportunity to try out 1 VS 100, its rare to see Canadians get something first. Don’t be sour americans, you get Netflix streaming and we get to try out 1 VS 100 before the rest of the world.

Thanks Microsoft!

lol, I can’t believe the amount of Americans now acting so ridiculous over this, clearly acting upset.

I for one am happy that the Canadians get this one first, I got fed up with Americans getting all kinds of exclusive stuff MS would have no problem legally distributing in the rest of the world too if they just made the effort.

maybe the Americans should experience other countries getting loads of exclusive stuff or stuff first, then maybe they’ll finally understand why Canadians as well as Europeans are upset when they see yet another US-exclusive thing when Americans pay less for XBL gold at the current exchange rates than Europeans.

technically, brits, canucks, frenchies, dutchmen, germans, … they pay more for XBL gold and get less in return.

so the next time you Americans think of yelling at people from other nationalities for expressing their displeasure about MS discriminating against subscribers from the rest of the world, imagine yourself in their position.

JohnnyricoMC: You hit the damn nail right on the head, my friend.

Screw Canada, I see how they treat their citizens who are sick and injured.

@carnage rules, Big talk coming from the country with the worst medical system in the world!

AtomicRimz: blame the government of Quebec. The province is always excluded from things that involve competitions due to regulations with the Quebec lottery or whatever.

not as dumb as you

DUSTIN KRIEGER: you’re the one who doesn’t know how to spell “sweet.”

Yawn, if you really want to beta it make a gold Canada account, eh?

@ krieger:
given you’re the one giving such immature replies, you’re the jealous one

I set a reminder a few days ago. I’m so ready tonight

Congrates Canadians (except for Quebec). Any word on when this is coming out for the rest of us?

After May 24, just in time for E3 I’m guessing.

cool)))

good to see its not US ONLY

well good look to any canadians, hope you win

Am I being too technical when I say “the developers who most are likely are a mix of American, Canadian and other countries collaborating WERE the first to play ALL of what most gripe about”? I just hope the beta goes well, no matter who beta tests it, gawd. (sigh)

@ DUSTIN KRIEGER
Wow, a person who can’t spell or use grammar correctly is calling me a dumb tard. Also, If you haven’t heard the term “Revenge is best served cold”, you definitely need to get out more.

You “Holier-than-thou” Americans are funny.

so… who won? and whoever did congrats

There’s still 2 and a half hours to go until it begins.

ONLY ONE MORE HOUR!!

5 more minutes!!!

It’s disconnectorama.

I thought it was pretty fun. I’ve never watched the game show, so I don’t know if the questions were just really easy (I missed 2 in 2 hours), or a reflection of the tv show itself.

I did think it was pretty cheesy that Microsoft couldn’t give out real prizes. What’s a few thousand Microsoft points verses looking cheap?

I thought the hostess avatar looked a heck of a lot like Amber MacArthur, which was pretty funny.

All in all, a good first night. I’d definitely play it again.

It was pretty cool. I think it will be a hit. Had no connection problems at all. There was about 11000 online when i checked.

Far better than I expected. I didn’t experience any problems and really enjoyed the whole experience.

forgot about the timezones before… well can’t wait for it to be released with all this good feedback and it may also pursuade microsoft to do more deals to get more things like deal or no deal and others

A friend and I tried playing last night, i gave up after half an hour and seeing only one question, and of that one question I was not given the opportunity to actually answer it. I was booted back to the dashboard 4 times and was unable to connect to no less than 20 games. It’s a beta, I get that, but really WTH? I haven’t talked to my friend yet today to see how he fared after i quit, but he was having similar problems when I left him. Great concept, needs work. =)

To be honest, I didn’t really like it. I played like 2-3 games but damn the wait time in between games are long. It was a thumbs down for me but, I’m sure it will have its following.

It is awesome. I really like the “Live” part where Chris Cashman is actually live on air. It is really cool. Maybe even introducing a new genre.

The wife and I played on both systems we have here and we really enjoyed it. The wait between games gives you time for bathroom breaks or in my case to grab another beer.

We will be picking this up.

We also had no lag and one time I checked there was 11240 online.

Also if Microsoft could wing the Price is Right in the same similar fashion or other game shows I think it would be a big money maker for them. Playing live shows with other people and winning MS pts and arcade games if pretty kewl.

It would also pursuade more people to become gold members

Just Make a Canada Account On Xbox Live and then you play it

Is it true that the full title will only be available for canada, US, UK, France and Germany? Why? Is there a sensible reason for this, or are xbox still not interested in the rest of the world?

@NOPECK7
That’s exactly what people were doing… at least 3 people that got to be the 1, were playing with accounts made the same day with gamerscores like 0,70,80…

There was a question about who sells Timbits:
a)Timmy Ho’s
b)Futureshop
x)Something else

You could tell by how many people answered that wrong(a buttload), that there was non-residents(or little kids) playing.

mikdaddy: licencing issues with the company Endemol who own the 1 vs 100 tv show (it’s a real show on TV, you know).

you’d expect they release it in every country that ever had a localised Endemol version of 1v100 aired.

Talk to Endemol about that, not Microsoft.

Dustin, very brave, you’ve resorted to feeble attempts at personally insulting people.
Just let it go.

@Dustin Krieger

Can you clarify your statement on HOW I have no life?? You don’t know a single thing about me. Judging by your stupid attempts to insult people, poor spelling and grammar, and mentioning Hitler’s birthday because someone had 420 in their gamertag makes you a self absorbent, snobby, thick-headed 13-year-old. Good job, you just made yourself look like a total idiot.

Can someone send a Beta Friend Reminder to Gamertag Number01 that way I can download 1vs100 thanks!!!