MS might ban you if you use a swastika as an emblem on black ops

[ZaxqZombie]

but i love it when i kill nazis, and id much rather look at swaztica's than entirely too detailed cocks all the time

 

[Flapjack Ninja]

I've seen a number of those since I've started playing. Can't say it bothers me at all. I really won't care if they get banned or not.

 

[Mcface]

Cool Story Bro.

Too bad I don't have Black Ops.

Then why post here? you clearly read the title on a gaming website.


OT: I've seen a few.
I think it's kinda silly, i mean you gave them the tools

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Not like there aren't dozens of other symbols the dedicated neo-nazi can use, white supremacists have co-opted a fuckload of symbols.

 

[Something Amyss]

I know, but they second someone screams that x company is violating their rights, they get their way. Even if it's just because the company doesn't want to be seen negatively by the people that aren't informed on the situation.

It's worked so well for motto bans and similar.

 

[voetballeeuw]

Blast it. What will I do now with my ability to create a design for a gun?

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I think it's kinda silly, i mean you gave them the tools

Yeah it would have been like the old MP focused FPS games like Q3A and UT99 trying to stop me using all the Jesuses (Jesii? Whichever) that I made. I got booted from a couple of servers for using Black Jesus. Fucking racists.

 

[TheHecatomb]

As long as a gorilla fisting a man's ass is still allowed I've got no objections.

Now I am of course a rotten soul beyond help, but am I the only one who really wants to see this?

Anyway, back on topic I think it's rather sad. I mean, come on, was this really unexpected?

It's like saying "Hey gamers, look, we give you freedom! Eh, guys, OH MY GOD NO THEY ARE ABUSING IT!! WHO COULD'VE SEEN THAT COMING?!"

 

[thedeathscythe]

Their game, their rules.

Ohh ye there are video tuts. on youtube for it(A friend of mine had it in is recent activity list, the reason why I know).

Edit; Does that mean the Hindu form of it is banned to? Even if it isn't kinda sad ppl still care this much about that. Earlier games have done it(which by logic was closer to WW2) so why not in 2010?

When it's done in the game, for instance in the classic Wolfenstein games, I agree that it should be allowed, because it adds to the atmosphere and realism of the game. When it's in someones clan tag, you gotta remember that some people out there are racist and neo nazi's. Usually it's just a joke; someone on my friends list has it in his comment (ps3) and I know the guy and he's far from a racist. But sometimes it can be done out of hate, so I don't mind that it's banned.

 

[Free Thinker]

Who would use a swastika anyway?

I can think of 2 categories:

1. Neo-Nazis
2. 13 year old boys

I think the gaming scene is better without either groups.

My friend has the Confederate flag as an emblem...
OT: Serves them right for being stupid with the emblem system. Everything I make involves skulls...

 

[PleasantKenobi]

I think the bestiality/cock emblems are pretty funny. I think soem of you guys need to stop being so uptight and 'mature' for the sake of it.

 

[wrecker77]

Spoiler: My emblem

Good.

I'm tired of seeing Penis's and swastika's as an emblem and people think they are clever. But it does make the ones with work put into them that much cooler. I remember seeing an emblem of a soldier thats shadow was an angel fighting a devil... badass.

 

[Ashsaver]

Consider what Swastika actually means it's kinda stupid to ban people from using it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Jeez,it's like banning a Four Leaf Clover.

 

[Baneat]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=276956

I didn't even know you could make a swastika on black ops.

One of the guys I regularly play with, a former Marine, has a Swastika as his emblem.

I'm sure someone could easily pull a whole "freedom of speech" thing and get away with it(even though custom emblems aren't covered by that freedom).

What they should be working on is stopping all those stupid 14 year olds that have penis' for their emblems. Why would you want that?

You can't pull freedom of speech when it's private domain (Microsoft or whoever owns it)

If it were your own clothes, I'd say you're untouchable, but if you walk into a restaurant with them on and you tell them they either remove it or find someone to accomodate them, that's fine too. You couldn't tell them to remove it on a public street, and that's just fine.

I know, but they second someone screams that x company is violating their rights, they get their way. Even if it's just because the company doesn't want to be seen negatively by the people that aren't informed on the situation.

For discriminating against gays or something along that line, sure (Think of the guy that put gay in his XBL profile). If they wanted to do it, legally they can.

For discriminating against those sympathetic with the Nazi ideology, or are insensitive enough to place it in their emblem, I don't think many would start to oppose that, since they really have no freedom of speech in this area.

I mean, would you defend a troll?

 

[Sparcrypt]

To this I say: good.

 

[Romidude]

Steam recently banned a friend of mine who used Adolf Hitler as his username from editing his community account

SHIT, My avatar is Hitler with Pilot Shades with a caption that says "Dat Grammar", I should change that.

 

[Iwata]

Idiocy. If you're going to ban the swastika, then ban the hammer and sickle as well. It's responsible for as much, if not more, evil and carnage as the swastika.

Ah well... history is written by the victors, and all that.