Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Looking in the app (phone) where the above usually show up.
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Topher
Gold Member
Xbox Adds New 'Weekly Console Bonus' For Some Microsoft Rewards Users
"Play 4 days this week and collect your bonus"
www.purexbox.com
So now Microsoft is giving "some" MS Rewards members an additional 250 points per week. I'm sure it is totally random.
Kilau
Member
Yes but some of those will be paid DLC but it’s still like 160 achievements with base and free updates.
Xbox Adds New 'Weekly Console Bonus' For Some Microsoft Rewards Users
"Play 4 days this week and collect your bonus"
So now Microsoft is giving "some" MS Rewards members an additional 250 points per week. I'm sure it is totally random.
I don’t get that bonus and I still have the 15 minute cooldown, but I also openly despise MS and don’t care for Phil.
Topher
Gold Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Xbox Adds New 'Weekly Console Bonus' For Some Microsoft Rewards Users
"Play 4 days this week and collect your bonus"
So now Microsoft is giving "some" MS Rewards members an additional 250 points per week. I'm sure it is totally random.
500* points weekly.
I work extra hard.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yes. They've mostly reverted everything back with the 5~ second cooldown between the searches being the only thing that's still left for me.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I’m on 51/53 for the dailies for the 1000.
Was quite easy in the end. Didn’t think I’d manage don’t always unlock achievements on a daily basis.
Was quite easy in the end. Didn’t think I’d manage don’t always unlock achievements on a daily basis.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Looks like this is what I'll be ending January at.
Antwix
Member
After getting like 15000ish every month in 2023, I have 4500 this month. Haha
Looks like this is what I'll be ending January at.
However, I thought it would never happen, but starting today I am finally off that 15 minute search cooldown.
Pantz
Member
You've earned 19,480 points this month! You'll stay Level 2
Looks like this is what I'll be ending January at.
I need to try to learn how to do some of the extra things you listed a while back.
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RPS37
Member
Bro how?
Looks like this is what I'll be ending January at.
Kilau
Member
Looks like this is what I'll be ending January at.
You've earned 15,000 points this month! You'll stay Level 2
Didn't do all the searches for any day this month, the 15 minute timer is not only still in effect, but it actually seems like it's increased, or they randomly give me 1 or 3 searches. The 30 points for news stories in the Bing app is also gone for me now. Less points given out but way less of that precious engagement also.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You and Topher will probably be the last 2 people on earth who stop getting that 15 minute cooldown lol.
Kilau
Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
ReBurn
Gold Member
I had 20,233. The month before it was 21,873. I seem to be getting more points after the changes.
Looks like this is what I'll be ending January at.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yep, while I'm not back to the good-old-days of nearly 30K points a month like it was a year or so ago, it's still a lot better than what it was in the second half of 2023. They've reverted most of the draconian changes.
ReBurn
Gold Member
They stiffed me on the pending prediction game questions. Pretty salty about that.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Searches in the Bing app via mobile now not working for me.
It's the little things. Only 30 points a day but it all adds up over the course of a week / month.
It's the little things. Only 30 points a day but it all adds up over the course of a week / month.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Aaaaand… it’s back lol.
Pantz
Member
Recommended mindless daily achievement game: Turnip Boy Robs a Bank.
You can turn god mode on in the options and still get achievements. They all come in pretty short sessions and without much need for a guide.
Moving on to McPixel 3 with 93 achievements, they should come in extremely short sessions and it looks like someone wrote a nice streamlined walkthrough for it too.
www.trueachievements.com
You can turn god mode on in the options and still get achievements. They all come in pretty short sessions and without much need for a guide.
Moving on to McPixel 3 with 93 achievements, they should come in extremely short sessions and it looks like someone wrote a nice streamlined walkthrough for it too.
Guide for McPixel 3 - Chapter 1: Absolutely Boomtastic
Page 3 of the full game walkthrough for McPixel 3. This guide will show you how to earn all of the achievements.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Close to the Sun also.
God mode but it’s pretty short and you can use console commands to jump to the end, get collectibles etc.
God mode but it’s pretty short and you can use console commands to jump to the end, get collectibles etc.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The 30 points for 'reading news' on the Bing/Start app are back since the last few days, if anyone missed it.
Topher
Gold Member
I'm just using rewards for Game Pass now anyway, but sucks for those using it for gift cards
www.windowscentral.com
Microsoft guts its Rewards Program further by raising redemption points for Xbox and other third-party gift cards (UPDATED)
Multiple users indicate that Microsoft has raised Microsoft Rewards redemption points for Xbox and Amazon gift cards.
www.windowscentral.com
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I'm just using rewards for Game Pass now anyway, but sucks for those using it for gift cards
Microsoft guts its Rewards Program further by raising redemption points for Xbox and other third-party gift cards (UPDATED)
Multiple users indicate that Microsoft has raised Microsoft Rewards redemption points for Xbox and Amazon gift cards.
The auto redeem $10 gift card is still the same value, that's the only one that matters to me.
Antwix
Member
$5 Xbox Gift Card Before 4,650 After 4,750 points
$10 Xbox Gift Card Before 9,300 After 9,500 points
$25 Xbox Gift Card Before 23,000 After 23,750 points
$50 Xbox Gift Card Before 46,000 After 47,500 points
So like a 2%-3% change for US Xbox cards? Eh whatever.
$10 Xbox Gift Card Before 9,300 After 9,500 points
$25 Xbox Gift Card Before 23,000 After 23,750 points
$50 Xbox Gift Card Before 46,000 After 47,500 points
So like a 2%-3% change for US Xbox cards? Eh whatever.
Would be great for me except that 90 day expiration...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yeah the expiration date is killer, but I always end up using it in one of the many sales to buy older games for cheap. Or contribute to the evil and get monetization dlc for games like WWE 2K to boost my character stats
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
UK has had everything hiked - all the £5 gift cards have gone up by 525 points.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Only a matter of time been saying for ages it would go up.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I think a 2-3% increase after year(s) is not bad at all. Besides, some regions (those darn Swedes) have seen a drop in the prices.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
GPU is the same - 12,000 points for a month that’s all I care about.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If you use the auto-redeem feature, it drops to 10,500.
I've set my rewards to do auto-redeem $10 Xbox gift cards at the start of each month and it's just 8700 points (since my GP is already topped off till '26).
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
You know the term ‘auto redeem’ gonna look a prat here but does it auto redeem the month to your status or just send you the code automatically to input yourself?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
For the gift card, it just adds the amount to your MS wallet. For the game pass, you get an email with a code to redeem it I think. You get it by the 2nd of every month.
Topher
Gold Member
I'm doing three months at a time for 35k. Sucks you have to have an Xbox for auto redeem.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Yeah I generally do the 3 months. I’m up till August 2025.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
edit: The option is there on the website but it seems you cannot select it, the selection is greyed out.
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Topher
Gold Member
You don't see the auto-redeem options on the website? They show up for me on the https://rewards.bing.com/ page
edit: The option is there on the website but it seems you cannot select it, the selection is greyed out.
Yeah, says at the bottom that it is available only through Xbox.
Topher
Gold Member
Way ahead of me. I was doing Amazon gift cards for a while and so fell behind on GPU subscription. Currently subscribed through July of this year.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Got about 290,000 at the minute. One of my XBL chums has over 350,000.
EDIT: sure there’s people with lots more points though.
EDIT: sure there’s people with lots more points though.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Currently 140K, I use points frequently to buy older games on sale, small DLC's here and there etc. The biggest thing(s) I've gotten with the points are the Starfield controller and Alan Wake 2 at launch, last year.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
As long as you do the phone / web / game pass quests, you should be able to do that reasonably easily IMO.
Topher
I noticed that the buttons for auto-redeeming the $10 gift card and GP Core now work on the website, but the one for GPU is still greyed out. I reckon they're enabling those in time with the Rewards app on console shutting down next month.
Topher
Gold Member
As long as you do the phone / web / game pass quests, you should be able to do that reasonably easily IMO.
I noticed that the buttons for auto-redeeming the $10 gift card and GP Core now work on the website, but the one for GPU is still greyed out. I reckon they're enabling those in time with the Rewards app on console shutting down next month.
Hope so. That's definitely the best offer they have.