you need to have gold membership.silver members arent allowed to play live
Make sure your Family Settings allow you to play Xbox Games on live.
no, hundreds of people do it
Yes, since halo waypoint is a downloaded application you would need xbox live to use it.
yes. most commendations require Xbox live, because many are matchmaking or require matchmaking firefight, where you need to have xbox live to connect to.
You do NOT need Xbox live to play Halo Wars. Xbox live is only used if you want to play with other people and to update the game.
Yes. An Xbox Live Gold Subscription is required to play Halo 3's multiplayer.
no but you do need to be on the internet
no.
NO, you need live. Period.
No, you do not need Xbox LIVE to play any original Xbox games. Not all original Xbox games can be played, but Halo and Halo 2 do not need LIVE to be played on the Xbox 360. I just now tried it with my LIVE unplugged and signed in to an offline account and it let me play both of them. The previous answer was a lie, obviously.
no you need xbox live lol
you need xbox live