In single player, I try to get as immersed as possible. I duck for cover, rescue allies, and think of snappy one liners.
In multi player, I try to help other players, and give helpful advice. but since I am only returned with kids screaming things that their parent's shouldn't have taught them, racism, sexism, homophobia, and...(sigh) clones of iTz PuLo, I don't bother waste my time on the unredeemable. they have gone too far into the realm of douchebaggery.
Hold on, totally off topic, but why are there people like this kid? actually, I shoud be asking why are there people on this kid's side? Is there a legion of jack thompson's and Rowan Atkinson's and Stephen Harper's so hellbent on eliminating the new medium that is video games that they spawned a generation of genetically hardwired (God, this is a hell of a run-on sentence) asshats who's sole purpose is to give gamers a bad name? I can't even begin to describe the pain I'm feeling, as a gamer, from the idea that people out there think that acting like that online is acceptable. I don't know any other way to end this than: I'm gonna go listen to Bill Withers.
(christ, that was off topic)