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When given an anonymous forum people reveal their inner douche bag. News at 11.

Posted by seattle98104 | November 29, 2007 11:27 AM
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That's a much better headline 98104. Dammit.

Posted by Jonah S | November 29, 2007 11:29 AM
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It would have been funnier if they'd shown footage of truckers and sailors looking shocked.

Posted by mattymatt | November 29, 2007 11:30 AM
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As pointed out in the comments on xbox360fanboy.com, the warning to parents shouldn't be "This is what your kids are hearing on Xbox Live", but "This is what your kids are saying on Xbox Live."

Posted by Mike of Renton | November 29, 2007 11:37 AM
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Surprised you didn't go with GayBoy's expose on Halo3 homophobia: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6alOnuN-wCY

Posted by seattle98104 | November 29, 2007 11:38 AM
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@4 word.

Posted by seattle98104 | November 29, 2007 11:40 AM
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Oh dear, what is a parent to do? How about being a damn parent for a change. The game is rated M for mature, so if you don't want your 10 year old on-line playing with adults maybe you should do a little better job of keeping an eye on what they are doing. Having played the game myself, I can tell you that most of the foul mouthed, ignorant crap that you hear on-line during play is coming from the underage folks in the first place.

Posted by bwpinseattle | November 29, 2007 11:48 AM
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Summed up nicely back in '04 with "John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory".

Posted by Dylan! | November 29, 2007 11:50 AM
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In other news, if your parents are watching Fox News, you're already in the shallow end of the genepool...

Posted by Peter | November 29, 2007 12:40 PM
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5000% of that potty mouth is coming from kids who have parents who watch Fox News and worry about all of the adults who use potty mouth on Xbox Live. Meanwhile, their kid is in their room, calling everybody a 'faggot' and saying 'fuck' as many times as they possibly can.

Xbox Live should be restricted to 17+. Maybe then we'll be able to play in peace. Fucking fuck I hate kids.

Posted by Mr. Poe | November 29, 2007 12:54 PM
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Dude, Poe, as much of the shittalk comes from 'grownups' as from 'kids'. Just last night I got called a 'faggot pussy' (huh?) for standing in a corner while playing COD4 (too high. whee!) from a guy who was talking about his next gun purchase and easily sounded 30+. It's purely anecdotal but I've got a thousand more stories like it.

Restricting it to 17+ would just mean it was the REALLY scary racist shittalkers: those old enough to know what they're saying, and mean it.

Personally, I think the best response is what my friend has done: create a second, super-gay gamertag, and wipe the floor with them. It'll shut up the haters pretty quick.

PS - I want Steinbacher's gamertag now kthnkx.

Posted by Juris | November 29, 2007 1:07 PM
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I would dominate anyone in this thread in COD4. I wouldn't even need to use impolite language.

Posted by mass effect-ed | November 29, 2007 1:16 PM
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you probably would, mass effect-ed (I still don't really 'get' it's online gameplay), but I bet I could kick your ass on any H3 gametype, before and after making fun of your mother.

I wish XBL had some kind of chat-room feature, so disparate groups could play together with minimal effort, because having a "slog" room would be hillarious.

Posted by Juris | November 29, 2007 1:19 PM
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This is why an xBox360 will never grace my house.

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 29, 2007 1:19 PM
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All is true, Juris, but I wasn't being serious about the restricting.

Besides, a 30+-year-old spouting racism and homophobia online in a video game is still a child.

Most of the trash I hear does come from teens and children. Even when they sound older, you can tell they're High School or Frat-College. It's just what they do. I can't explain it. It's above me. But below me. Conundrum.

Regardless, if parents are concerned about what their children hear on Xbox Live, they should use the parental control, and notice the 'game experience may change online' warning.

And if you were to ask me, I'd say your kid shouldn't be playing video games unless he's earning/earned it. If your kid has good grades, is a decent child, sure. I doubt they'll be much of a problem online, and I doubt they'll be bothered by some idiot screaming racist/homophobic remarks. If your kid is some dumbass typical fuck-everything-I-just-want-to-have-fun moron, then he shouldn't have any luxury in his bedroom.

But I see your point. Word.

What's your gamertag?

Posted by Mr. Poe | November 29, 2007 1:39 PM
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This is really silly, infact this is some of the dumbest crap I've heard. XBox360 must be the devil. Gawd how dumb will Americans become? It's okay to allow 18 yr olds to drop bombs on Iraqis but God forbid they swear and talk trash.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn | November 29, 2007 2:33 PM
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@13 - H3 multi-player is boring because it feels a lot like H2, and I played the shit out of it already. I really enjoyed playing through single player online with my coworkers, though.

But seriously, i haven't touched cod4 or halo since mass effect came out. i mean it has seth fucking green.

Posted by mass effect-ed | November 29, 2007 3:05 PM
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It's not from the Fox News channel, but from the Fox station in Milwaukee. There's a difference.

Posted by brappy | November 29, 2007 3:16 PM
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@15: corpus juris

@ 17: I never really played H2 - maybe that's part of the reason I've gone overboard with H3 since it came out - but then, I was also absurdly into gears for nearly 13 months (I even went to that big competition downtown to watch 'the world's best' play and see what they looked like compared to myself + friends). I think that COD4 is too random - you have to think pretty hard with h3 if you want to be truly good, while COD4 feels like twitchy rushing no matter how well I learn the maps.

That said, Mass Effect is pretty awesome. I only have the cash right now to have rented it and done one run through -- my default 'super paragon of light omg so bright' character I inevitably play whenever I first run through a bioware tite -- so I'm curious to borrow it from a friend when they tire and do a second run through - I want to do more raw combat. No matter how great the conversation sections are (and they are the best any videogame has ever done), getting through the combat was absurd when my party members were stupid enough to get stuck trying to round corners. I did the whole game alone, no matter who was 'with' me in a party sense. And in the end, it's only single-player. I really need the human element of multiplayer to have a game 'stick' with me and have any kind of lasting impact.

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