For those who don't know a Forced Offencive Gamertag Change is no longer free

Hi All

I was reading thru Xbox Enforcement Myths and found that XBLPET has changed their policy on the free of charge offending Gamertag change.

The FAQ paragraph below was taken from the following link

Xbox Enforcement | How Do I



I received a forced Gamertag change. Can XBLPET let me choose a new Gamertag for free?

Some rumors give the impression that XBLPET will provide a free Gamertag change to accounts that have received a forced Gamertag change. This is not the case.

In the past, a forced Gamertag change gave users the opportunity to change the offending Gamertag free of charge. Unfortunately, this gesture was prone to abuse, and many people simply chose new, equally offensive Gamertags. As a result, the Gamertag enforcement
process changed. A forced Gamertag change now automatically assigns a new Gamertag to the account, much in the same way a system-generated Gamertag is provided when you first sign up for Xbox Live.

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My Gamertag

Forced gamertag changes are only given when your gamertag violates the code of conduct. Even with a forced change, you are given a randomly generated tag and would need to pay to change your name to something else. There is no way to get a free gamertag
change.

If you're being harrassed, you need to file complaints and block communications with those people.

 

Gamertag help

If you were forced to change the gamertag, it would have been forced by the Product Enforcement Team. If the gamertag was reported as being offencive, and the PET decided that it was, then the gamertag is forced to change. Chances of getting the old gamertag
back is slim to none, as once a gamertag is used, it remains unavailable for something like 5 or 7 years. Plus, there is a good chance that, even if you were able to change it back, that the PET would simply force you to change it again. And beyond that, the
more you are forced to change your gamertag for ToU violations, the more chance you have of getting suspended. I would just chalk the old gamertag up as gone, and go from there.

Hope this helps!

 

Your a bit late,the policy was changed about 2 years ago

 

It is still benefit for new Xbox gamers who join Xbox in late 2014 and 2015 and don't know about the policy of Forced Offensive Gamertag Change

 

But if they joined late 2014 & 2015 they wouldn't know about what the policy was before it changed.

It would of always been the way it is now for them.

If you're going to post something from the CoC for them you might as well post the whole code of conduct which they should read when starting an account anyway

 

Thanks for the link War. Sigh* The Enforcement Team don't muck around

 

You're welcome : ) .. You can find more info on their code of conduct tab