Last week we told you about the Xbox 360 user whose gamertag “theGAYERgamer” was banned due to the name being “offensive.” Well, the big ol’ gay shenanigans are back!
We were just contacted by a man named Richard Gaywood. (You already know where this is going, don’t you?) Apparently his gamertag has now been banned for, you guessed it, containing the word “gay.” The kicker is, he wasn’t using the word in an offensive way: it is JUST PART OF HIS SURNAME!
According to Richard (and his helpful photo above), his gamertag — the horribly offensive “RichardGaywood” — was banned last night, with Microsoft recommending he create a new one.
No word yet on whether people actually complained (for the love of humanity, I hope not) or the name was just flagged by some automatic program, but, regardless, this is just a little ridiculous. It’s the poor guy’s name, for crying out loud. I feel bad for Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden. I heard she really likes UNO.
What do you think? Why do you think something like this happened?
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3:21 PM on 05.21.2008
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either that's not a REAL name, or his parents are cruel...
You guessed it it'd GAY.
"Oooh baby, alet's get it on"
but he's from the UK so it's understandable. :)
That's what you get
Secondly, I would guess that they think its not his real name and thats why it was processed.
thirdly, I don't know if it's generally wise to use your full real name for your gamertag. I would liken that to making your password your name.
I wonder if a certain number of people need to agree on these bans for them to be authorized? I many people agreed on this, its even worse. I am actually curious about this process now...
Being 'gay' just meant being 'happy' back in the day.
And 'wood'? Oh come on! Grow up!
His name is better than
"Drew Peacock"
Why doesn't MS just let people have the name they want. If somebody else is offended by that name, then the user can put the other user on ignore and not play with that person. simple as that. MS isn't forcing homophobes to play with gay people nor decent people with racists.
Dixie Normous OR Dixie Reckt FTW!
Dick Cock
That's for real.
They should meet.
Anybody else see a pattern?
A buddy of mine is a huge gamer, and is also "100% Flaming Gay" (His words, not mine.) He mention that in all honesty, most gay people wouldn't use the word "gay" in thier gamer tags, instead being far more creative. He wants to get a X360, and name himself "TheBackdoorAvenger" to see if he can get the name banned, or see if no one bats an eye at it, because it doesn't have the word "gay" in it.
Anyways i think the Live moderators have things backwards. How is the word "gay" offensive to anyone other than homophobes? Shouldnt they be the ones gettin the banned boot?
Seriously? Cmon, let's be realistic.
If you want to know how stuff like bad names and profiles and whatnot works on XBL then just go listen to this interview.
[url=http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/03/show-261-the-first-show-of-2008.aspx[/url]
http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/03/show-261-the-first-show-of-2008.aspx
dick straightwood
be better?