Friday, January 11, 2008
Dr. Phil tackles Xbox Live racism
I ran across this article about a recent Dr. Phil show. I love my Xbox 360. And I love Xbox live, but this is the exact reason that I don't use the headset or play many games online. The very first time I tried online play with voice chat was playing Uno. Now as a card game goes, you'd think this would be the logical first step. I WAS WRONG!! I had played a few games without the voice on, and it was enjoyable. A nice change from playing a predictable computer opponent. But as soon as I tried the same game with the headset, I was almost instantly turned off. As soon as the game started, with the same people I had just played with, 2 of the 3 other players showed exactly how juvenile they were by swearing and insulting other players almost instantly. I finally had to say something when one of them decided to throw a few racial comments out towards the other player. The exact thing has happened when I tried Halo and a couple other demos online. I have yet to even think about trying it in World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings: Online, but I will give it a chance. Now, I really don't like Dr. Phil. I think he's a moron, just my opinion, but I will try and catch any re-airing of this show. In the article, I think its a sad statement when a 5-year old child of the gamer in the article asks if the reason they can't play online with daddy is because of the "name calling".
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This isn't the first compliant that Microsoft has gotten about this. This is something that they can control, especially when you have repeat offenders that receive numerous violations.
I heard that Dr. Phil got some Microsoft security Admin to tell the guy that he will personally look into this issue. Thanks Microsoft rep for telling us that you might do your job.
Lol trust me if the halo talk gets you down you might wanna stay away from World of Warcraft. Though to be fair it's not that bad across all servers. On Mine though everyone thinks its cool to make jokes about asians, indians, and blacks. BTW I'm writing an article about Racism in social MMO's so please submit your stories to me there if possible. http://aniggaincyberspace.com
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