blackse7en said:
but..i have NEVER..in SIX years of playing any game on XBOX LIVE gone an hour in a row without actually hearing a ten year old call me a "******" or "******". to be quite honest, between the last three call of duties i am POSITIVE that 90% of all people on XBL with mics that actually speak are racist morons. (or really young OBVIOUSLY white kids that need to rap in their mic...THAT is irony)
keeping the peanut butter off that jelly,
-BLACKSE7EN
huge agreement on that one.
I cant say MW2 or whatnot on many of these, I am just not into gun games. FPS's have tended to bore me for a long time. I have hopped on L4D a few times (I left the 2 off intentionally) and have had relatively good experiences most of the time on that one.
WoW forums have been completely filled in my experience with people yelling at people for literally anything. Your character build, your server, where you live, the color of your pants, what you had for breakfast, anything. Even 4Chan doesnt get that bad sometimes. Speaking of which...
4Chan. I hate 4Chan. Mostly because of /b/tards. And even then, its because of the /b/ raids they used to do. Not sure if they do anymore, but yeah. However, I havent seen actualy trolling or hate mongering on there for quite a while. It pains me to defend them, but even the racial slurs and grotesque imagery is rarely aimed at someone or meant as hurtful or spitefall. Ever tell a racial joke and laugh? I have. They can be funny. But I have no qualms with any ethnicity or walks of life, its just humor. And often thats where /b/ is coming from. But the raids are still horribly immature. *shrugs*
Oddly I didnt see a mention of EQ from way back when. I still think nothing catches Everquest (forums or game) as far as elitism and douchbaggery and nerd rage. Havent played in a very long time, so who knows now, but back then... it was sometimes just not worth it to play. Not due to being offended, just tired of dealing with everyone else.
As far as like PSN or XBL, as I said, I dont play FPS's so I could be wrong, but when I play something like Midnight Club or Need For Speed or Test Drive Unlimited, the wannabe rappers and ten year olds just flock out of the woodwork to show me their "pimped whip" and how cool they are in a racing simulation. I even had a kid beat me in a race and exclaim thats how he gets the girls, followed by nonsensical racial slurring. To which I was astounded. I want to be there for that pickup line. "Hey baby, I am on the leaderboards for best time in Midnight Club... how would you like to spend some time with me?"
On a positive note, I really like the forums here on the escapist. Are there assholes? Probably. Are some posters elitist pricks? I should think so. Are some mods jerks that feel a sense of power because they have a ban button? Likely. However, I really like these forums as at least in the threads I have read / posted, I havent seen this: " r u sk8ing 2nite?" and other such horribly netiquettes. Here I have seen weird and new ideals such as attempts at proper spelling (noones perfect, and misspells and typos will happen), full sentences, punctuation, and real damn words. I like it.
{Yes I know I do not have an apostrophe in most conjunctions... I understand the hypocrisy there. Sorry.)
And now I have officially havered far too long. Apologies.
