When I started on Xbox Live I was terrified of the ban hammer.  I had heard rumors, and was hesitant to do or say anything on it, but it really isn't that hard. So just for kicks I have been reading through 'Why was I banned?' http://whywasibanned.com/

While there are several people I feel genuinely bad for - ones who say something on the internet, or their fried did and showed them how to turn their avatar green, or a sibling did something wrong, it seems that most of them:

1.  It is the first time in their life they have even not been able to talk themselves out of being caught.  The mere shock that someone had the nerve to call them on their behavior is more than they can handle.

2.  They really have a hard time with disciplinary action - even with they deserve it.  Possibly, for many as it is their first time they have actually had to accept the consequences of their behavior.  (I know I cheated on 5 of my games, but why did you take my gamer score from all of them?)

3.  Often deserved to be kicked off as they are degrading the system: either with behavior, cheating, spamming or completely inappropriate language.  People just want to play/have a good time and not be verbally abused or threatened.

4.  It keeps the service better for everyone.  And some learn at a young age, they will lose things if they misbehave – it might even make them better adult citizens.  Everyone has to learn it sometime.

Now I think they might want to add more options – have a kids section, have an adult section, a 'Thick skinned' section - where you can call anyone anything, things like that.

I did enjoy World of Warcraft, but I don't think I ever went more than a few minutes without getting some fake scam selling gold, or whatnot.  It really degraded they game experience. I’ve also seen so many messenger services, ICQ, AOL, etc. all ruined by fake dating girl scams, etc.  Having these people removed from Xbox Live, does make the system nicer.

Have you been banned/suspended?  Did you deserve it?  What were the consequences?

It's really comparable to the banned people here on VGC and likely everywhere.

runqvist being the latest example.

I got suspended for saying fuck Russia, China, and N. Korea. I guess I deserved it but does anyone even play xbox in those countries?

Never been disciplined. I don't put myself in that situation by sending nasty comments to anymore.

Haha, some of the bans are hilarious, other bans are just...let me put it this way: I surely would have killed my friends if their actions led to a permaban for me^^

My dog did it I swear

I don't know, but surly many people familes are from those countries.

I went to a wedding where the Bride's family was from North and South Korea, and the groom's family had a decorated war hero, from the Korea war.  They were all there having a good time, but there are certain topic one want to avoid (like "You Kill my cousin!" - "your Cousin was on the Wrong side!" bash, bash), as there was no need for a fight on a happy day.  Nor would anyone there fighting solve any real problem.

Plus, if you had sex with all those people - well over a billion, you would proably catch a STD or three that had never been discovered yet!

I like you, you're a reasonable and respectfull poster, but you fucking deserved that suspension bro.

Never had any suspension myself even though I tacked hard on whiny bitches online sometimes, can't stand losing babies who need to let the world know how unfair it is that they got humped online :D

Thanks dude, I do that all the time (mostly out of fun though)

Microsoft hates aliens - CONFIRMED. Is there any real reason you can't freely choose the skin color of your ava (like, green, blue or red)? I fully understand that hacking your ava to make it have these colors is a bannable offense, I just don't get what would be so bad about these colors.