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I've come across similar circumstances before, and although sometimes annoying, they are also quite hilarious.
Nothing beats you and a couple mates, slagging off another bunch of guys doing the exact same thing. Everyone's laughing, and makes the games much more competitive. :P
You linked the wrong Penny Arcade comic.
You were looking for this one.
Oh bollocks, you're right. How do I edit my blog? I searched the forums but what I found didn't work.
Click on the "you" tab up top, then go to "blog archives". Find the blog entry you want to edit and then hit "edit" next to it.
Thanks for that. Bugger, it seems to be cutting off a bit of the image, is that because of the page width restrictions or something?
Blech, I know what you mean. Girls get it a little worse though. I was on live the other night playing CoD4 and these guys were like "u play vijoe gamez? r u fat? u must be fat hurr hurr."
Funny comic. I'm usually so involved in what I'm doing that I generally don't pay attention to the comments. But I can understand your frustration.
@ nintendoll
Must suck to have to put up with that shit from the frat boy types that dominate Xbox Live. I guess it makes it all the better when you kick their ass.
Somebody needs a hug!
I find throwing back mild insults like "I bet you're really bad at math" confuses them so much that they stop.
Either that or you need to come up with creative, dramatic responses. For example, if the kid makes fun of your service record, tell him it's not actually yours. It's your brothers, but he died before he had the chance to get good at the game. Now you're honoring him by ranking him up. In fact, you're doing it as a fundraiser for whatever he died of and there is a local news crew in your house filming. Hopefully he doesn't mind being used as a soundbyte in the story.
I think levity is key in situations like you encountered.
@Thisyearspink
That's how my wife insults me! Stupid 4th grade math teachers... so what if I don't know how to do long division!
You don't think they introduced voice comms to form tactics and add to the experience of team-based games d you? Nooo, it's there so horrible little pukes can think they are being really clever and funny by hurling the same old generic abuse at person after person.
Thisyearspink: that was lolworthy indeed. Taking an age old comeback several steps further :D
If you think it's bad on LIVE try playing a subscription based MMO. I've met people who seem to pay monthly fees to spend 90% of their time trolling and being dicks.
Idiots like that are the reason that I don't often play random matches. If I go online it's usually with a group of friends. Either that or I just mute them.
What really annoys me are the racists and homophobes on Xbox Live. It doesn't make sense. Gamers are, at the moment, successfully battling the press to stop being called violent thugs. Instead, now, idiots like that are giving us the name of bigots.
Congratulations you utter wankers. Hope you can live with yourselves
You haven't encountered one other asshole in your previous six months on Xbox Live? Wow, man. What games are you playing?
I don't really have that problem. Hell, most PS3 users I play with don't even have a mic. It's awesome.
@Ron
I keep seeing people saying that... but more than 75% of people I play seem to have one.
Maybes its the games we play?
I just yell at them and demand that they give me their address. That usually shuits them up.
Its all HURRRRRRRRRRR DURRRRRRRRR
I absolutely LOVE the people who would talk trash to me on Gears and they would get shut down by me every single match. It was so funny saying "Why the fuck aren't you talking now noob?" .. then the whole game is silent because that loud ass finally got his ass handed to him.
xMalachi, cleaning up Live, one asshole at a time.
Wow, I think I made an ass-wiping joke on accident. Sweet.
Muting the mic was the best thing I've ever done on Live
@ thisyearspink
That is the best idea I have ever heard.
@ Char Aznable
The usuals. Gears of War, Guitar Hero 3, a bit of Burnout Revenege. I only recently got Halo 3, I guess its the best asshole finding game.