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Yeah, I don't think violent games are as bad of an influence as letting testosterone-filled douchebags with anonymity being able to talk to kids online with the parents out of the room.

Posted: Feb 11 2009 11:55 pm

Cattivo wrote:

Heh, is that from PennyArcade.com Bomberman? Looks like the same cartooning.

Yeah, That's where the original image came from.

Posted: Feb 12 2009 09:28 am

Racism over the net is pathetic period

.....token black guy.....

Posted: Feb 14 2009 12:10 pm

You know, you guys are lucky you atleast aren't growing up in this generation of stupid racist annoying white guys acting like stereotypical annoying black guys.
It's kinda stupid that people are just doing lazy parenting and letting their kids become that and that people who do use their brains have to take the consequences while playing Xbox LIVE.

Posted: Feb 14 2009 01:11 pm

In response as to why someone would play UNO on XBox Live, the answer is simple: Because you might run into Master Shake. Dana Snyder apparently plays UNO on XBL in character as the greatest milkshake ever. And that is fucking awesome.

As for this incident, it's ridiculous. But people, in general, are stupid on XBL. You run into a lot of foul-mouthed teens and tweens who just learned how to swear and love to yell about how awesome they are. And if you "pwn" their dumb asses, they'll call you gay.

Posted: Feb 25 2009 11:35 pm

not racism, but sexism or homophobia:

Quote:

Teresa says that she was harassed by other players and later suspended from XBOX Live because she identified herself as a lesbian in her profile. When she appealed to Microsoft, she says they told her that other gamers found her sexual orientation "offensive."

teresa wrote:

I just recently saw a thing on your site about someones gamer tag being banned because it had the word gay in the tag.

I had a similar incident, only my account was suspended because I had said in my profile that I was a lesbian. I was harassed by several players, 'chased' to different maps/games to get away from their harassment. They followed me into the games and told all the other players to turn me in because they didn't want to see that crap or their kids to see that crap.

As if xbox live is really appropriate for kids anyways! My account was suspended and xbox live did nothing to solve this, but instead said others found it offensive.

Today I received a message from another gamer calling me a fag. I am a lesbian, so they aren't too smart if they cant get their anti-gay slurs right.

Microsoft does nothing to stop this or prevent it, but instead sides with the homophobes. No one will help me get the word out about Microsoft's anti-gay policy. Not even the HRC who says Microsoft has a positive image with them. Not to me it doesn't!

We've heard of gamers being suspended for identifying themselves as gay in their GamerTag, and even one case of a guy whose name was actually "Richard Gaywood" but his tag was suspended anyway because apparently the word "gay" is so offensive that it doesn't matter if its actually your name.

As far as we know, Microsoft is unwilling to reconsider this position.

http://consumerist.com/5160187/identifying-yourself-as-a-lesbian-gets-you-banned-on-xbox-live
pretty fucking retarded imho