Xbox 360 Fanboy

Also, for the record... shit talking is hella fun, and I do enjoy it. But I think we can all agree, good shit talking is usually clever and should illicit a laugh from others you're playing with.

Name calling, "fuck you" "you suck" and the like aren't even remotely clever... it's crap like that that keeps me away from the random online matches. Be clever in your shit-talking people, we all benefit!

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thats the single reason i wont play on live, is because i dont want to be sworn at and called a homo repeatedly by a twelve year old

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now...I don't talk shit ever...honestly...

I play a nice decent game, regardless of what I'm playing.

I think the root of the problem is all the nancy-boys that have thin skin...who gives a crap about what some random person you'll never meet is spouting off?

just play your game.

and like has been said, remove your headset, unplug it, or otherwise mute the idiots.

but c'mon...it's friggin' words...people get too butt-hurt over some stupid ass comment.

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Look there's a mute button on all mics U DAM CRY BABIES stop acting like fags. Go play u lonely PS3 junk becuz ur so dumb and lazy u can't turn a mute button on.

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generally ill play with my friends that i kno in rl and mute people i dont like... its easy?

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It's very frustrating to be annoyed by little punks, and the parents that are letting their kids play the games that us adults feel they shouldn't be involved in. They should also stop requiring achievements to be earned by playing online to avoid this problem as well.

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This is why I stear clear of mainstream games if I can. Shadowrun has a fantastic community and Vegas 2 was great from the 11th til the release date then it developed this, "kick everyone who joins your game" policy. Was fun playing the game with the press til it released to the public. I can't play Halo 3 or COD4 because of the types you run into, the mute feature is nice but it becomes tiresome. Then there is the whole Halo 3 and COD4 molded faster than a loaf of bread in a steam room. That probably was more the reason for me putting those games down than the online community.

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All they would need to do is hire about 40-50 people to monitor the games when they first load up, the asshats usually start their tirade within a few milliseconds, then the monitors boot the player for the next 24 hours, if the same player gets booted for racism or gay bashing more than 5 times, they get their account revoked. it doesn't matter that they couldn't police all the games, the mere threat of it happening would stem a great enough portion to make the online experience much more enjoyable.

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Thats why I joined theadultgamer.com, keeps the kiddies out of my rooms.

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i just mute everybody. period, it's much more enjoyable to laugh at people who can't attempt to insult you.

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It's why I no longer play online. I just bought the 360 in late December, and used the free one month Live Gold. Most of it was playing Need for Speed Carbon. I'm an adult gamer with a son, and I love single-player games. This was my first foray into multi-player anonymous gaming. Within the first few matches, I joined a race with two other kids. As soon as a race started, one told me to leave because he and his friend were trying to score achievements. After I ignored him, he started calling me all sorts of four letter words until I just left the game.

A few days later I play again. A version of the game where you are a cop and try to ram the other racers. Well, knowing tactics, I get in prime locations to try and block the road and force them into me, instead of needlessly chasing them around the track, inching up on them. One adult player started cussing about me (not to me) and how I was screwing everything up. I left the game with my first set of bad reputations :(

After a week of that, I haven't gone back, and don't feel the need to. Sure, yes, you can disable the chat options, but for someone new to the console that just wants to get in and play, that's not something they think about.

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I've started playing less Live, because of the constant slurs and just generally poor sportsmanship of some players.

And the biggest letdown is, when you need online multi-player achievements. I can't stand being on Xbox Live, long enough to achieve them.

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hyperbole is fun

I mean, sure we're all ticked off by internet asshats, but i think its misrepresented as a problem

I mean, I don't like voice chat, but that's because i really don't like chat period during competitive matches (in between matches it really helps, though)

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Maybe the reason less people are playing ts because the weather is getting better so people are playing less?

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It's not just limited to racial slurs and idiotic voice chat though. It's in-game behavior as well. I can't tell you how many times on Battlefield Modern Combat you'd end up with half a dozen vehicle destroyers or team killers. You see it on Hardcore COD4 too. I play hardcore because of the challenge of it, and yet ever few rounds some idiot fires a grenade right into the center of the squad at the beginning, tking everyone. The overall behavior on Live has sunk to an all-time low, making many team based games hard to get involved in. Frontlines, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, and soon enough Battlefield Bad Company... none are immune. The worst part is that this is a paid service, and M$ seems more worried about making examples out of achievement cheaters than implementing some kind of way to punish habitual team killers (or lamers in general, not just tking)

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simply ignore it. if you do they will find out your not negatively-influenced by their ramblings and probably leave or shut up. don't just sit there and join them by arguing back at them or something stupid like that. and use the mute option found in some games and the block communications option. Most of this trash-talk occurs in a few T rated games and most M rated games. If its a concerned parent not wanted their children to hear that nonsense, then they should have bought them the game anyways. I don't think Microsoft should do anything drastic to fix this. Just something like informing parents which most of the percentage of complaints come from about the online change in experience of the game.

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It is amazing how great chat can be in a game like Catan which is just an okay game, but enhanced by the folks playing it you talk with. Then, you can get some decent folks in COD4, but the earlier it isn in the night, the worse it is. Why don't they just give you an option to only play in a certain age group?

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