Just an FYI, it's really not that tough to restart your game. Especially if you have a friend, you can transfer your money across accounts and there's very little loss. It takes, what, 3 hours to get back to the Abbott? I just restarted and am now waaaay farther than I would be just sitting around in Oakfield waiting for a patch that's expected to

No I think my Xbox was being stupid. I was just playing GTA IV, and it updated, so I guess my Xbox decided Fable needed an update that didn't come out.

Fable 2 just updated for me, but my Abbott is still unresponsive. Was this not the patch??