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To be fair, my name is only inappropriate when I want to show it to other 360 owners - it's completely allowable when I want to give Microsoft money for, say, my Xbox Live Gold yearly fee, or to buy points.

Totally reasonable.

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kkemper Author Profile Page said:

That is absurd! I was equally disconcerted that every possible manifestation of my name returned the result “that name is already taken”. I stopped short of checking to see if my SSN was available. I finally had to opt for something a homebound 13 year-old would choose. Apparently that is their typical user, and hence the restriction on you.

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