Comments on: Ruby-Sachs: XBox Live Update

By: CommanderCorona

CommanderCorona — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:13:38 +0000

Yes I’ve almost had that problem too. On my xbox I tried to post my saying as Gay Pride and it wouldn’t let me saying that a word or phrase wasn’t allowed. It was really annoying, but I updated my saying on xbox.com and it let me. Occasionally I get hate messages, or people kick me from games for it, but usually its pretty alright.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:53:38 +0000

I play on XBox360Live a lot and have only been the subject of at least one verbal attack, which I reported to XBoxLive the second it happened to me. Whatever became of the complaint I don’t know.
One thing I might want to add to this and that is this: It shouldn’t really matter what a person’s sexual orientation is in regards to the gaming community. You are not there to hook up, you are not there to make a political statement, you are there to PLAY the G*d damn $60 dollar game that you bought online. It is sad that this person had her account canceled due to her sexual orientation. However, I don’t think many gamers care if you’re gay or not. I’m a gay man that plays online and that one encounter was the ONLY one I had to deal with. Other than that, I have no problems playing heterosexual or homosexual gamers.

By: Randy

Randy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:58:37 +0000

So, I’m not clear. Do we gay people need a special space? Shouldn’t the entire thing be user-friendly in the best sense of that term? I want to know what Microsoft is going to do about its users who yell slurs at gay players, and say things like are said in that Youtube video (and the insults have since moved on to Youtube as well). I had no idea that Xbox was basically a playground for bigots of all ages. We shouldn’t have to complain about it for something to be done. What happens to players who harass other players? What’s the punishment?

By: Ross

Ross — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:14:24 +0000

Sounds like things are moving forward then. Good.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:18:30 +0000

wow, i wonder if they ever did read her profile… maybe they wouldn’t be in this mess…

By: shawn

shawn — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:11:25 +0000

couldn’t have said it better myself.