Everyone has been in those games where people are doing nothing but saying hateful and racist things to other gamers. It may be the N... word or in my case my southern accent and immediately jumping on my lack of education or inbreeding.
Regardless of what you have experienced it should not take place. If you are one of these people then I hope all Hell is brought upon you one day. I guarantee you do not act like that in public and probably are nothing but a front online.
Sessler's Soapbox from G4 TV was the first to rain on these types of people's parade and I love it.
We all know the process of filing a complaint. Sure it might be looked into, but when I played CoD4 I ran into people continuously that I had put a permanent mute on (Red 'X' on their speaker icon) through the dashboard option. I could hear the room starting to get aggravated with the person as soon as they come in. Luckily I could not hear them myself.
Well... Looks like someone is at least trying to infuse changes to Xbox LIVEs policy on how it handles "Hate Communication."
Here is a petition that is running for online signatures. Please help in the cause. Thanks to lostassassin13 or whomever created it.
Small excerpt from the petition
Please accept this petition as a formal request for Microsoft and the Xbox Live team to review their procedures in dealing with Hate Speech on the Xbox Live service. The guidelines that govern the issues of Hate Speech are in place, but the existing protocol to enforce them is lacking. The current system calls for the onus of policing this issue on the community at large.
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Im live in Kansas and I hear those things all of the time on PSN. To many people that sing too.
Sometime trash talking does ruin a game.... But everyone should be grown up to know when enough is enough.
Online you can hide behind your GT and feel safe that nobody can reach out and harm you. That train of thought needs to change.
Sign the petition in hopes that change is possible. Xbox already has volunteers that police their forums. Maybe it is time that they create a group that can help with ingame glitching and abusing thier voice.
Maybe they can issue short length voice bans and more until someone on the Xbox staff can look at it.
Maybe having more accountability for what you say online would improve things a bit. Probably not all that much, sadly.
They make a mute button for a reason.
They make a mute button for a reason.
QFT.
I also hate squeaks with a pasaion.
Maybe this group is given a specail online control that allows them to revoke someones voice privelages for two weeks on the first offence.
They would be playing the normal games and just start knocking people out as the move through. It would be a burden for them since it is all volunteer work, but they would be able to handle it better then say..... 10 Xbox LIVE staff workers who never play online.
Free... Great response. Shows a ton of intellect to come on and say that when the post already states that I use the mute button. Still I should not have to use it in every game I play. Holding people responsible for their actions is the idea.
It comes in the same manner as how you are acting now. You would not talk like that in person or in front of your kids (if you have any). You would have a more tactful approach or you would not make it anywhere in the professional world except for flipping burgers.
I guess what I am saying is that it is not fair that you or I feel like we need to use that option to enjoy gaming.
As for me I'll just continue to push the damn mute button until something does change.
Actually this is my last post on here or the forums. Really just not my cup of tea. Did enjoy it while it lasted though.
Cheers and good luck to everyone regardless of the way life steers you.
Side note.... Found out my new baby girl (if not before) will definitely be here on Monday (wifes being induced).
(Honestly, has an online petition EVER worked? even a little?)
If there's a viable fear of (temporary or permanent) voice or account bans, I'm positive that the abundance of this mindless bullshit would end.
Seriously, that shit needs to be enforced. I'm sick of hearing high-pitched voices stream racist obscenities.
In the end the "hate speak" on Live dosen't bother me, muting someone is easy enough. Besides nine times out of ten they mouth comes back to bite them in the ass. That being said I can also understand how some people are sick of it and really would like to see and end to it, I just don't see it happening.
One last thing. What I've noticed the most on Live is more (for the lack of better terms) age discrimination and nationalism. You parents want to get their kids and M game, I'm all for it. But when the parents let the kid play online and act like a jackass then I get pissed. If an annoying 13 year old comes in my game and starts talking shit or being annoying in purpose it's open season on the little bastard. Now the Nationalism bugs me the most. My friends and I were playing the other night and this guy started team killing us right off the bat, we hadn't even said a word to him. AFter a few times we kept asking him what his deal was while still trying to kill the other team and all we hard was a biritsh accent saying "You're American." I love that so damn much...