No it isn't. The people with mics bought their mic optionally; thus, one would assume it was purchased for use with friends. I rarely come across people calling me abusive words, infact, the last time I played BF3 most of my team's squads had small groups of friends maturely talking with one-another.
Too bad that instead of "reporting" someone we aren't given the option of pressing a button that would send a current to the offending headset strong enough to fry the electronics.
"Party chat means that for me, there is zero trash talk or abuse on Xbox Live."
That's hardly relevant. It happens, it happens on every platform. There is plenty of users with a mic on PS3. But most probably mute everyone, except the players their in a party with/those with no mics.
Welcome to the reasons to why I never play online anymore...
I'll stick to my SP thanks ;)
Things which made me drop from Online-Gameplay:
* Some Americans don't know how to keep their mouth shut. * 12 year old's playing on games like COD and winging about anything. * People who don't even know how to play the game right. * People claiming to be Pro and hard done about it.
I mostly experiences a lot of garbage on consoles more so than PC. The only PC game I can think of that I saw drama and trash talk a few times was Team Fortress 2...but even that's somewhat rare. I do think that mics cause problems. When you type, you have time to think because you write out what you want to say, where as speaking is almost instant...and sometimes things can slip, which causes problems.
Gaming over the years and the community has gotten increasingly more aggressive and chaotic.
I'm British and I wouldn't say it's just 'American teens' British people can be the same, hell any English-speaking person can be the same,I've played with British, French and Americans who have acted like total douche bags.
it really does put me off using a mic in multiplayer unless I'm playing with friends. but I've also met some pretty awesome people on xbl and psn.
This exactly. Anyone of any nationality can be an utter w***er over a mic whilst playing online, irrespective of nationality or age.
It's a sad thing; I bought a mic to communicate with teammates and talk with my friends whilst playing games. Now, I find I use it less because douchebags are in abundance nowadays - especially on CoD. I'm not hating on the game, but a large proportion of the series' community consists of foul-mouthed rage junkies.
I've heard plenty of trash talk from people who arent american or teenagers. People are just douchebags in general. Stick to playing with friends or get to know the mute button for those above average jerks. You can still talk to all the people that dont trash talk and would like to communicate with team members.
I still play MAG a few nights a week, in a clan. Lots of talking, calling out positions, plan our attack. Should some outsider join the squad and start trashtalking, we vote him out quickly. Use the mic correct and a decent KDR? Welcome to the clan. Same with Starhawk, also a game with a lot of strategy needed to win. Play with a clan, tactics go up and no trashtalking kids.
Maybe you are but some of us actually try to be decent human beings... I'm not a fan of this generalizations that American teenagers are group causing the problems! That's like saying all Muslims are hate-filled terrorists. People need to stop assuming. /rant over ^_^
I mostly use my headset when I'm trying to play quietly. It's annoying when your own teammates are calling you racist names because you didn't wipe out an enemy team by yourself when playing headquarters. It's ridiculous. Sometimes there's fun conversations with joking and laughing then one super douchebag comes along and ruins it and then rage quits. I know I should mute him but I shouldn't have to open the menu while I'm playing to mute him
Regardless of nationality, or age, for that matter, I don't want my gaming experience ruined by mp jerks. It's a shame because mp could be so much more enjoyable than it typically is.
Only thing worst is when you get a girl on a network. There is almost a timer ticking to the detonation.
I would love to play with more females but its almost impossible. You are going eventually have the guys trying to get laid, the guy disrespecting women, then the women who feed back in to that compounding and accelerating the madness.
We all know women have a natural instinct to argue even about the dumbest $h!t so once it starts it dont stop. And teenage boys whose balls aint dropped yet are very similar to women (even though they dont know it yet) they are amazed there is a place where they can call a girl a B**** and not get in trouble for it.
They should etiquette settings for match making, so we can have more control on who gets in to our sessions and who we get in to sessions with.
There are a lot of Americans that do it, but don't try to generalize EVERYONE online as snobby, immature and rude Americans. This is why it sucks being from the US nowadays...
I mostly get abuse from Americans when I play online, they seem ultra competitive and hate losing. I also have a few American friends I play with who are really nice though. There's just a lot more idiots in the world and you tend to hear from them a lot more than the nice guys.
Doesn't matter, mic or no mic. People still trash talk online...Its come to a point where your not trash talking enemies but trash talking your own teammates.
Personally, I prefer a great single player game to any online component any day. I don't want the quality of my experience determined by fake internet only muscle tommy toughguys and billy badasses online, cheaters, glitchers, or lag on a server. No thank you. Not to mention I don't have ten hours a day to devote to leveling up just so I can earn enough credit to get the gear I should have access to from the get go. I enjoy playing a half hour at a time, at my own pace. That becomes impossible if you want to survive in multiplayer because if you don't spend a lot of time grinding away, you're going to be at a disadvantage to all those who have nothing but time on their hands to earn every possible piece of gear or attachment the game has to offer and learn every hidden area on the maps. Once again, no thanks.
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My advice,never post on n4g anything bad about ps3,sony(even if it's true)or u will be attacked by sony fanboys.
But I am a PS fanboy. Not a blind fanboy like others. I also enjoy other consoles but nothing like a PS3.
It's just to have more guys to mute.
That's hardly relevant. It happens, it happens on every platform. There is plenty of users with a mic on PS3. But most probably mute everyone, except the players their in a party with/those with no mics.
I'll stick to my SP thanks ;)
Things which made me drop from Online-Gameplay:
* Some Americans don't know how to keep their mouth shut.
* 12 year old's playing on games like COD and winging about anything.
* People who don't even know how to play the game right.
* People claiming to be Pro and hard done about it.
Gaming over the years and the community has gotten increasingly more aggressive and chaotic.
it really does put me off using a mic in multiplayer unless I'm playing with friends. but I've also met some pretty awesome people on xbl and psn.
It's a sad thing; I bought a mic to communicate with teammates and talk with my friends whilst playing games. Now, I find I use it less because douchebags are in abundance nowadays - especially on CoD. I'm not hating on the game, but a large proportion of the series' community consists of foul-mouthed rage junkies.
loud mouth idiots & cheaters are why I don't play any of the competitive MP games.
Same with Starhawk, also a game with a lot of strategy needed to win. Play with a clan, tactics go up and no trashtalking kids.
I would love to play with more females but its almost impossible. You are going eventually have the guys trying to get laid, the guy disrespecting women, then the women who feed back in to that compounding and accelerating the madness.
We all know women have a natural instinct to argue even about the dumbest $h!t so once it starts it dont stop. And teenage boys whose balls aint dropped yet are very similar to women (even though they dont know it yet) they are amazed there is a place where they can call a girl a B**** and not get in trouble for it.
They should etiquette settings for match making, so we can have more control on who gets in to our sessions and who we get in to sessions with.
and blaming "american" teenagers is str8 retarded.... all teenagers of all countries are at fault.
putting "american teenagers" in the title is about as childish as those that rage on chat.
but then again i never play CoD or Battlefield...
not the kind of games i'd really enjoy all that much
same with MMORPG's