You know what's awesome about XBL? You can BLOCK people. Try doing it.

Just do it when you die. The plus side was that people could still communicate things that may be important to me even when they are muted.

You are also talking about the internet. Mature audience means 45+ years of age.

Being German @ MW2: Fucking Nazi!
Being German @ FM3: You guys build some nice cars!

Pretty sure online in-game chat (and definitely not any specific online service) isn't to blame for racist, sexist, homophobic, whatever rants. Anything online basically guarantees anonymity and the ability to say just about anything without fear of reprisal, and everyone knows this. And there's just something about FPS games that get players riled up the worst when they're getting schooled, so naturally the response is to just yell out the first thing that comes to mind without any sort of imagination or originality whatsoever.

But you know what they say about the biggest homophobes.

The funniest reply I've heard on XBL to someone screaming "FAG!"
"That's right, I am a fag, and I'm about to f*ck you up the @ss!"

But there's an important difference to note. It's one thing to be racist/sexist/homophobic/etc. It's something different to stupidly and somewhat ignorantly joke about it (even if they aren't serious). Someone calling someone a fag doesn't mean they have a hatred for gays (though it's surely possible). There is correlation yes, but that correlation isn't necessarily 1.

Some people don't understand that joking like that with your friends (which is acceptable if you know your friends well enough) is completely different to joking like that online with strangers.

I don't necessarily think all THAT many people are just joking when they say things like that, but I felt it needed to be mentioned.

SHUT UP FAG!!!











LOL sorry don't ban/report me. I don't mean it, I just couldn't resist. lol.

It's pretty easy to tell who's joking and who isn't, especially when you're playing with people you know in real life. And when it's kept within a close circle of friends, it can be pretty funny, but when you throw people who aren't a part of your group's little in-jokes, then the humor can be lost pretty quick.

And there are definitely a lot of players out there with an irrational fear of certain races, or homosexuality, but that's their issue.

Where I live, everyone is a homophobe. It's easier to find a gay person than it is finding someone who is not a homophobe. Even women.

I'm sure most kids on Live just do that for attention though.

Geez get over it. They're 10 year old kids. You sound like this black guy who went on Dr. Phil complaining someone called him a n**ger on XBL. I didn't make that up. There was a guy who did that.

That's just what you get with online gaming so get used to it.

not as many on the PSN though, i find them in rare occasions.