Sony's PS3 "Home" Plagued By Sex Fiends

Horny dweebs will always find a way to introduce sex into any 3D experience and make things insufferable for female avatars.

Sony's virtual world "Home" has been around for only three days, and it's already happening.

[va_bank]

This is written by the same "writer" that wrote the now infamous CNN article.

[Genesis5]

And xbox live is full of foul mouth, racist, homophobic screaming little brats. Is that better? Offending users in Home will be banned from using the service. There is also a blocking other users option build into Home.

[va_bank]

I've never been on XBL, but ALL online communities have this, be it WoW, PSN or XBL.

Speaking of XBL, I saw this a while ago, same thing and kind of funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[MaximusPrime]

i been on home and believe me, xbox lives users are alot worse than psn users.

i seen so many underage foul mouthed, "your mom this, your mom that", "f*** you f*** you" when playing halo 2. i never met so many americans online before being so rude.

home is different, so many variety of peoples from across Europe, few from Australia, few from america. the abuses are alot less than xbox live's abuse.

"grief reporting" is the reason for punishing these wrongdoers.

Since home is still a beta, things happen.

[Sarcasm]

This sort of reminds me of my last play through with Home, some kid was being followed by some random guy. I kept hearing the 12 year old kid "Stop follooowwwing meeee!" funniest thing I've seen on there lol

[Tomdc]

also keep in mind that while the other article was bull, this has a suprising amount of truth unfortunately...

[JasonXE]

There both different though. Your avatar is for show to everyone so it makes for easy pickings than being anonymous in a game. As a girl in home you probably be harass in about 10-20 seconds, unavoidable unless you dress up as a guy,

[PimpHandHappy]

this is the same guy who wrote the CNN article?

lol
maybe he is making up for what he wrote because i dont know about you but saying somewhere is FILLED with sex friends will make lots of ppl come a runnin

hahahahaha
but really

I find myself enjoying HOME
maybe its a bit sad that i meet a girl from Ireland
maybe its sad that i have had more then a couple converstations with adults

anyway
FUK DIS GUY

I guess Spore was filled with GAYS because everyone made a penis

i dont see ppl having sex in HOME and if thats what you see maybe you need to divorce your wife and go fuk some strange

[morganfell]

There is a commentary about the guy here:

http://playstationarmy.blog...

People should also understand things like this are only possible because users of Home have actual freedom to do something with their avatars.

[Milky Joe]

The thing is though, there is a wide range of blocking and reporting options when you press select so if you really don't want to be around these people, you can arrange it. That's not an excuse to do it though and I think these people should be permanently removed from Home and maybe even the PSN.

[GVON]

just press select,report and chose sexual harassment.mods check him out.
this is what ted the dog the home community manger said on it

"A very interesting and topical discussion. I'll explain a few things about our approach to moderation in Home.

Firstly, even our moderation policies and practices are in beta. We've got both in place and we'll change them if need be. For example we're looking to change a couple of things to better deal with certain types of harressment. I cant go into further detail, its simply not ready yet, but the point is we're adapting.

Another thing is that all moderation will be done by SCEE staff. We will not be recruiting volunteer moderators. Its a job with customer services, business and legal ramifications and not something a volunteer force should be asked to do.

Our moderators are invisible and the grief reporting mechanism alerts us to people we should be watching. However grief reports are not something we take at face value, we always treat them as an alert that something needs to be investigated rather than a call to zap someone just because a grief report was submitted. Although invisible our moderators will be showing themselves occasionally to let people know they're there but moderating whilst invisible brings us a powerful mechanic and a huge efficiency at the same time.Thats probably stating the obvious but its worth saying anyway.

Suspensions and Bans are not from Home, they're from PlayStation Network and we have more control than I could mention (or can discuss i detail) and certainly more control than I think most people realise and we can do that without mac or IP addresses getting involved.

With regards to "bad people" we like to consider the intent of their actions. Some people can annoy others through innocent actions and some people just set out to annoy. We like to think we'll seperate those out and educate one group and moderate the other. Obviously something on the scale of Home will need public education schemes rather than 1 to 1 pep talks and we'll work on that too.

So, I'd like to reassure you that we will endeavour to tackle problems and we've got plans in place that we're working to right now and that we can adapt if we find improvements. Its early days still, this phase of the beta has just begun, but we're making progress and will improve over time."

http://community.eu.playsta...

[Pika-pie]

So one guy happens to bump into a group of about 4 people stood around a female avatar (which could be a real male person).

So now obviously that means Home is 'Plagued' with sex fiends because of 4-5 people out of the millions.. What a douche!?!

This really is the weekend for dumb articles. Is there a prize going for the dumbest? Writers really have it in for Sony and the PS3 these past few days.

[phosphor112]

It's called "Block User"...

It also takes literally 2 seconds to block someone. Faster than I can do it in Counter Strike and COD4

[Marceles]

Has this guy played Uno?

[prowiew]

wtf. Thats a lame video. Anyway, everybody is expecting this. This is nothing new in this kind of "game"

[No Way]

Just hafta bring up xBox Live, eh? Typical.

"Given Sony already gave itself license to police its virtual world, it best get to it." What does that exactly mean..? o.O If they find you doing anything.. "wrong" they can do with you as they wish?

[No Way]

Lol. That's funny, the girl pwned them in most of that video..

Anyway, that stuff happens everywhere, as you said.

I was at a friends house and my girl was playin the PS3, on Resistance, and was gettin hit on by some dudes that sounded like they haven't even hit puberty yet, as well as some older men and one female. There was 7 total. Ha.

I don't even pay attention to stuff like that when it happens. I simply mute people on my x360, unless I think it's funny, which half the time it is because some people are stupid and it's fun to laugh at em.. ;)

[Megatron08]

Home is still in beta testing thing about how bad this will be when (if) they ever release the full verison of home.

Oh and all the ps3 fanboys trying to make home sound better by saying how bad XBL is are idoits. 1st off no matter how bad xbl might be it never make home or the psn any better. 2nd 95% never even so much as used XBL. I've been on XBL for over 2 years and have only run in to a hand full "foul mouth, rude and racist" player. 3rd the raeson you dont see more of them on psn is cause no one uses a mic this completely defeats the purpose of any co op or team games. 4th psn is a very small when compared to XBL so you more bad and more good players on XBL.

[SL1M DADDY]

Can be found in the report option they have included for each of us to use while in Home. Use it and move on.

[JsonHenry]

I love these types of people being online. They make me laugh when I play with them.

[PirateThom]

Wow, Chris Buffa and Brian Crecente use Home?

[MAR-TYR-DOM]

Most people do this crap to have fun. Something you laugh at, if you dont like it dont watch it. Nobody told you to go their.

[rogimusprime]

sh!tting on the PS3 this weekend?

[Timesplitter14]

I tried making a ''hot'' female avatar to see what would happen and nothing happened. If you're surrounded by dancers, well you can just go away or block them.

Yeah it happens, but it's not much of a ''problem''

[xhi4]

i saw it, its pretty funny but wrong

guys were going up n like 'your so not a chick, i bet your really a fat old man, you scary pedo you'

[pp]

Sony has created a New place called HOME to breed peado's .Mark my words Home is a Massive Flop I can't understand how Sony is loving digging their own GRAVE. have they gone mad who's running day to day business at Sony .....Monkeys looks like.

Also their should be AGE restriction on purchasing a ps3 because instead of fun for all family friendly ps3 console they have made it a console for enticing poor kids to get into HOME which is Plagued By Sex Fiends.

[panasonic23]

I thought ps3 user was mature ahahahahhahah damn they worse then kids on xbox live damn. sony got a problem i can c now on the news 15yr kids playing home and them bam mom they rape me mom we gonna sue sony.

[Ryangp]

Has it's share of little kids, and some adults that act like kids. Get over it.

[Zeevious]

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Now how in the H3LL do I get this permanent marker off my LCD?

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DAMM YOU PP ! ! !
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P.s. This happens in EVERY online chat environment.

Check your menu, because "Ignore Sex Act" isn't in there
but "Mute, Block, Report" - ending in - Ban . . . IS!

('Ignore Sex Act' hasn't been in the menu since Phil/Home Beta 0.63 ;)

[Pseudo_Clash]

hey pp or should i say "proud p*ssy". when's the last time you got laid? You wish you could have a shot at those teen boys on home to grope and whisper all your pro xbox nothings to. oh it makes you just droooool to know they're having soooo much fun without you.

[KLEPTOMANIAC]

oh i am SO there!!!

[Kill Crow]

half fun now ...

[Ashton]

how much ca a person hate on sony?

this is the same guy that wrote the CNN ship sinking for PS3 yesterday.

[no-spin]

its very likely he is looking for a job at Microsoft, and there is no better way than with the viral campaign he has going on. He seems like an unhappy dumb ass that spreads lies and misleading information in everything he touches

[Bob Dole]

Yeah it's amazing how much hatred some people have for a console that is a reliable high quality product. Some people are just haters though.

[No Way]

Can't live without the haters, though.
Haters make the world go 'round..

[Simon_Brezhnev]

all i can say is smh

[heyheyhey]

what... i've been using Home for a few hours now and i've yet to find anything particularly incriminating

must be the US servers (surprise!)..... the EU servers are civilized... no-one is saying anything racist or sexist and generally everything is relaxed and social

[Sarcasm]

Now let's not make this into some sort of a "oh well my nation is more civilized than yours" pissing contest.

It can happen to anybody at any time of day on any social networking program or game.

And when I play COD4, I had some rude british guys saying stuff like "you yanks don't know how to shoot for shiat"

See what I did there?

[agentace]

at like gone 12 it gets really bad, my m8 dressed up as a girl and got 5 freind requests within seconds of being in the home square and he always had atleast 3 guys folling him, which isnt bad its quiet funny but there was 1 pev who folled us for like an hour and kept asking for pics, should of reported him but we waz having a laugh its not that big a deal, every1s done it, it never gets old going up to a girl and saying "Hi im Ben Dover"

[ElementX]

Read the article at Eurogamer. EU is more civilized, BS.

"Female avatars get attention everywhere, but in Home, they're absolutely mobbed, relentlessly shadowed, danced at and messaged. It doesn't help that most people don't have keyboards plugged in and aren't brave enough to use voice."

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[gamfreak]

wrong with this guy, did SONY retrench you....?

Edit: @Ashton, SONY wouldn't do that, PS3 users are a bunch of gentleman, only the 360 users do that. They rape themsleves apart.

[Ashton]

Hard,,,that's why he's got so much hate for Sony

[Canidae]

This dude really, really hates Sony.

[Bob Dole]

He probably loves them but couldn't think of a better way to generate hits. So he's douching it up... speaking of douche anyone notice how when you say "Hello" it shows up as "****o"? Yet you can still say douche all you want. The censorship in home is ridiculous when you can't say the pre-typed Hello without it being censored for having "hell" in it.

[gamfreak]

BOTS, only BOTS would do this : -------> Horny dweebs will always find a way to introduce sex into any 3D experience and make things insufferable for female avatars.

PS3 users are all civilized grown up gentleman.

[panasonic23]

says the shemale i bet u probably one going around with a female avatars sucking people sack boy

[gamfreak]

Oh did i piss you off....? You must be one of the uncivilized BOTS that pray on some unfortunate 360 female users with nasty words.

Don't be angry, it a great thing you admit you're one of them, what great courage you have.... You should be proud of yourself to be a Horny dweebs.

[sit down droid]

sad litle boy

[sak500]

@freak

What happened to your face making too much fun of pigs eh? Mommy never told you not to make fun of people. Btw read the damn headlines atleast it is about Home not live where the f!k did u come up with the ideo of bot doing it? Bots would rather throw the ps3 from 3rd floor than turn it on.

[Zeevious]

I've tried Scope, Dentine, even a Tic Tac, and I still can't get the taste of burlap out of my mouth!

.

So . . . SheMales, Horny Dweebs, Sackboy's, Females & Sex?

. . . and 90% of readers just thought: "Where do I sign up again?"

[gamfreak]

Oh, look who we have here, it the infamous cheater, (You know what i mean), didn't told you not to cheat on ppl....? Or the little beast in you being acting up again...? Lol..... Hahahahaha. Bots would rather throw the ps3 from 3rd floor than turn it on. Oh so you rememeber the vid, but you forgot it the 360 that is being thrown down from the 3rd floor.... *_*

[beavis4play]

i see guys dancing by themselves of groups of guys dancing or guys and girls dancing when i'm on home. i don't see the point of the dancing but they aren't hurting anyone. i also (while in home) had a guy call me sweetie.(and i'm a guy!!) but it's no big deal.
so what's the authors problem?

[Ashton]

isn't a good enough reason?lol

[pete2711]

While i was on it i expected to see huddles around the female avators but no,

All looks pretty normal to me.

You see them wandering about on there own or in groups no different to normal.

[LokMessier]

=.= the world is also plagued by sex fiends go do a report on that instead...Seriously I guess anything with avatar interaction [Secondlife, home, anything else imvu or something] someone is going to say sex fiends. Still waiting for Chris Hansen to appear and say something >_>...

[Ryangp]

Can't get girls in real life so they make virtual one's... One of the saddest things I have ever seen.

[DR-IVO]

someone feels insecure about themselves if they have a hard time viewing anything sexual.

[Foxgod]

damn, i suppose the majority of home users are ps3 fans from N4G...

[solar]

also known as d-bag retards

[drdistracto707]

you are a very sad person, you are judging someones character and personality by the console in which they bought/play

insults to gaming (let alone humanity) dont come much closer than that comment

Civilized people are good people, and you are not a good person

[aiphanes]

He is just a hater does he even have a PS3? From what I have seen in the open beta...home is awesome....

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Please! Do you realize how stupid and childish you ps3 nutters sound when you blame MS whenever a problem about your system is brought to the public attention.

This guy in the video is gutter trash and seriously lacking in common sense when it comes to how to act around other people virtually and probably I would guess by his "urban venacular" in public as well.

[aiphanes]

Go play your gears of war 2 and get out of here my friend. Home is awesome...usless you been in home then you have nothing to say...

peace!

[air1]

ps3 cant be marketed to the casual market. i mean, you got a flying penis in lbp and now this on home. sony is such a joke this gen..

[panasonic23]

i know a way sony can sell some system tell homos we got a home for u

[mario888]

There are a lot of guys running around as girls. But there was this one real girl and she had a sexy voice. We were all talking to her and dancing with her, LOL! She was in the middle and everyone was around her dancing doing the running man,LOL!

Home will be a hit! Anytime you can get homos, pedophiles and horny guys looking for girls people will come. Expect MS to copy it when Xbox 720 comes out even though they stated that it's so 2005..

[drdistracto707]

homophobia is a mental condition, you need to get yourself checked out m8!

i lolz at your pitiful life btw, its funny how a single person can have such a f*cked up perspective. I know for sure its not because your such a M$ fanboy, I dont JUDGE people by there console (in fact i know people with 360's who are very nice sensible people, even some of them are here on N4G) you need to take a lesson from some different people and stop idolizing PP panasonic.

[drdistracto707]

OMG, im so sorry panasonic, i was thinking of the wrong person so sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[drdistracto707]

wait nvm, i did mean panasonic...jerk

[Ashton]

viral marketing paid by Microsoft 2 weeks before the holidays to reduce the PS3 sales in holidays.

Microsoft is kinda well known for doing dirty shi* like this.

[ozsman]

yup ....when Sony fails blame m$

[no-spin]

Be more specific. So far the media is the one that has failed with all these propaganda of cheap shots.

[Bob Dole]

Wouldn't it be funny if in Japan it was the exact opposite and all the media was trying to sabotage Microsoft the way our media is with Sony?

[jmiscavish]

I suppose if sony actually gave us something to do while in Home, people wouldn't have to run around and hump on all the sitting avatars...

What do people expect? It's a virtual world...It's like nobody's ever played second life.

[aiphanes]

You just have to do it...not everbody is out trying to chase women and men. Are you even in HOME?

Sony is going to add more stuff real soon....they had to get it out because people were pressuring them...what is there is good. It is much better than the closed beta. People do not see the tech that is in home..realtime shadows, the sync of music is great, the streaming of music and video is awesome. The xbox fanboys are just jealous that they have nothign like this...all they have is their kiddie avatars which are no better than the nintendo wii miis..

Maybe one day Microsoft will make a home clone...but by then HOME will be better than world of warcraft...

[Strife Lives]

But seeing as its the same writer as the other article,I'd say it could be true,but this loser is blowing it out of proportion.btw,this kind of behaviour is expected,its sad if its as out of control as the writer makes it out to be.

[JonahFalcon]

Weren't people predicting this months ago?

[air1]

lol panasonic..

or maybe sony should ask for shelf space at all the porno retailers..

could you imagine that? debbie does sack boy at sony HQ, all in blu ray baby!!

[panasonic23]

ahahahahahahhahhah omg

[drdistracto707]

lolz, that was pretty funny air1!!! You may just be ONE of the sorta sensible people on this site, take a good look panasonic, he may be the key to your jerk therepy

[drdistracto707]

OMG IM SO SO SORRY PANASONIC!!!! i meant a different person m8

EDIT: sorry, i did mean panasonic actually

[Strife Lives]

'and today,we hear a shocking story of little girls and boys dancing around in a virtual world while the eyes of paedophiles watch on.is this second life for kids afterall? ' that dude blows thngs out of proportion too.

[cyclindk]

I molest people's avatars indiscriminately... :)

[JokesOnYou]

I don't blame sony, just like I said when xbl was criticized for racism, homophobia etc....any anonymous forum/community will bring out or attract a certain amount of lowlifes....afterall they are the same people we live with everyday, but usually we don't talk to them or if we do its just because we haven't discovered they are *closet low-lifes. lmfao.

JOY

[Magic_The_Celt]

Well who didnt see this coming lmao

[rhood022]

Oh man, this stuff is getting ridiculous.

1. It's "plagued" huh? Wow, that's a little bit of hyperbole there. I've been on quite a bit since launch and I've seen TWO cases where someone was harassing someone. So, unless he's going around looking for these sex fiends, or is one himself, it's just sensationalism on his part.

2. He couldn't resist that little dig at the end about "things going poorly" and " falling sales going into the holidays."

3. Let's see him do an article about the degenerate, racist, homophobes on LIVE.

[Daves]

Sony can't control human nature or teenage boys libidos.

This kinda stuff will hapen in real life or in home.

[Baba1906]

dont get me worng i hate this kind of "sex fiends" but i prefer them to get it out of theire system in a place were they are restricted to how far they can go. at least the person who is being molested can ignore the stupid children or portitself away. saying no to this kind of rape ist pretty easy. and if u dont act to it, it will stop pretty soon.

[jmiscavish]

"this kind of rape?"

I wasn't aware you could rape people in playstation home. Is that a special emoticon you have to hit? Which menu is it under?

[Bob Dole]

It's right next to the "stab in the face repeatedly for being an idiot" emoticon. :)

[doshey]

wow, i guess it is time to leave this site, u cant go anywhere on this website with out seeing dumba$$ articles where people dont know what they are talking about, just bashing a system, or the swarm of dumb fanboys that are even dumber, site has gone to sh!t

[Zeevious]

N4G is an aggregate news site that had nothing to do with this article other than providing it with all the other articles for your convenience.

You chose to read the excerpt from this article...then click the link to the full article and read that.

Why that makes you want to leave N4G makes no sense to me . . . Anymore than searching Google for it, then no longer wanting to search with Google because of it.

Don't shoot the messenger...Aim at the message.

[ReTarDedFisHy]

what another great article by this guy.

[PimpHandHappy]

but

i do know CNN takes news from the normal man. I think they call it ireport. Its like how they also use twitter to get the SO_CALLED normal ppl's thoughts
normal peole=joe the plumber to the suit wearing monkeys on TV

anyway
i bet this guy feel important enough now to go for that job at his local game store

[HDgamer]

Cnn takes news from a rock head and call it the word of the day.

[PimpHandHappy]

its just pent up fanboy reaction

the only time they had good news all year was when the system became cheap enough for "impulse buying" and the only two exclusives worth talking about came out

funny both happened in the same month

Dont worry you true PS3 fanboys

in 2 years we will see plenty of ppl saying the 360 has run out of ppl interested because the PS3 is now the same price!

when you look at the big picture PS3 beat the 360 in year one! It would have beat the 360 in NA again if it wasnt for the price cut add campain. The only time the 360 has beat the PS3 was when it had a year to its self.......and a couiple months over the last 2 years

Worldwide its not even going to be close by the end of 2009

[Bob Dole]

In software sales the 360 is owning.

[Radiodread]

there's like 5 dudes per 1 chick everywhere. LOL that's really sad, but true.

[Shane Kim]

Yeah because in all of history of gaming we are used to see more girls playing computer/console games than boys.

/sarcasm

[cliffbo]

better shut the net down then

'anyone fancy a sharg'

[Bigbangbing]

xD

[jack who]

funny stuff

[caffman]

there was loads of racist twats in the theater.

[kazan]

well if your a boy,guy,dude, a He! and you dont feel Horny then there is a serious problem whit ya :D

[Athlon]

You can post your complaint about him in their speak up section. I just gave my 2 cents about his Sony is sinking article.

http://money.cnn.com/servic...

[InMyOpinion]

Don't worry too much about it. In a couple of weeks Home will be a desolate place as it's users have come to the conclusion that it's more fun to play real games than to dance in digital queues.

[Rob0g0rilla]

You have to send in a complaint. That's all you can do. This will never die down until people start realizing the consequences.

[Jamaicangmr]

This is being blown out of proportion in my opinion. 1st off it's not nearly as bad as the article makes it seem. Atleast you have the option to mute anyone who is annoying you.

2nd this happens anywhere an everywhere on the net. I was playin call of duty 4 an gave my girlfriend the headset to talk and dudes where falling over themselves. sending friend requests askin for cage matches. Some retards where even allowing me to kill them so they could say "Wow" your a good shot.

So does that mean that women should stop gaming online? NO!!! These types of childish behaviour are everywhere and their are actions that can be taken in home. i.e. ignoring, muting or reporting that person. I mean hell they can't even touch your avatar. Considering how strict Sony is to the point where they even made adjustments to their online agreement i think action will surly be taken.

Stop making this out to be a bigger deal than it needs to be.

[Elginer]

who didn't see this coming in Home, it was destined to be. Not much anyone can do about it though.

[typikal82]

you can report it I suppose

they have a sexual harassment option in there

[Citizen Cook]

and this PROVES it!

buy a 360 quick! Before you all start wearing dresses!

[Agent VX]

"HOME" for all your same sex needs. HOME is turning into nothing more than a sausage feast for teens. The level of horrid behavior is already churning its ugly head, but is just normal for "online behavior". Got a weak stomach, don't go online.

Now Sony only users will have to face the Media just like XBox live users did not too long ago to present. For us dual owners, here we go again with all the sexual predators and pedophiles stuff all over again. Oh yeah!!! 'rolls eyes'

[N4GayFanturds]

Soon they'll call it HOMO...instead of Home.

At least XBL idiots can be muted, blocked by bad feedback and banned!

And whoever above stated that Europeans servers are more civilized...is probably right! I'm American and I play on XBL and the American WHITE kids are the ones with the foulist, racial comments & slurs. I've been in rooms with all non-Americans (save me) many times and no one talks down at others...yet when an American White kid comes in, they immediatly harp on accents or people speaking non-english. And they immediatly put you down if you aren't American. They think that being American means you rule the world.

Now I understand why we are hated so much overseas.

[40cal]

Just so you know you can mute other users in HOME.

[Bob Dole]

We are the most offensive country in the world.

But yeah you can mute/ignore/report anyone in home just as you can on XBL.

[shikwan]

That's KOOL! But is Home region locked or is it open like XBL as well?

[EskiJoe]

When I was in Home I noticed that there were people from Europe and some from Australia... Even though I read on the net that it should be region locked.

[creeping judas]

You know it's ok to admit that both HOME and XBL have a lot of idiot's on them. The best way to enjoy your HOME/PSN and XBL time is to fill your friend's list with people you like, and then you won't have to play with the public's anymore. Find a forum of like minded people, and the experience gets even better.

And remember one's choice of console does not make them better then the next person. A jackass is as likely to buy a PS3 as he/she is to buy a XBOX.

[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole loves you creepy chainsaw juggling clown! Have some bubbles!

[ZILLA]

id rater have them walking around in a game than on the street.i was out in the park and i made a chick and a ton of guys were dancing with me asking to come back to there place and i was like your hot to and i need a good guy.than after 15 20 min i changed back into me,a guy with a hat and shades and they couldnt run away fast enough.so if your in HOME trying to hook up 95% of the time its a dude.PLAY B3YOND waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aay B3YOND!!

[SmokedOut]

From the sound of your voice are you sure your not gay ? Maybe hes jealous the girls are getting more attention than him... <shrugs>

[Close_Second]

...what XBL users are like its what the perception of Home is now thanks to CNN. If CNN reports sex abuse in Home then chances are parents will listen which will no doubt effect PS3 sales.

However, what ever happened to fair and balanced reporting as 360 owners know that there are many offenders on XBL as well. I for example, once had a young woman proposition me with photos of herself on XBL if I paid for her gold account. Needless to say I dropped her from my friends list and filed a report.

To suggest that only the sex offenders frequent Home (and by implication the PS3) is a gross mis justice. Maybe CNN is trying to keep up with FOX news which as we all know, presents only their view of the world.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

You don't watch TV much, do you? Fox is extremely biased...but so are:

- ABC
- NBC
- CBS

You can't just put Fox up there because you're a liberal. Take about bias.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Tit for tat huh?

"boooohoooooo, why aren't you picking on XBL, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy boooohoooooooo"

Sorry, sad, pathetic.

PS3 people are so busy calling everyone biased, paid off,etc all the while they are biased to the PS3.

[40cal]

Lets just make sure you are reporting these losers. I would also like to see them gone.

[solar]

happens in every virtual world for eff's sake. this isnt news. from MMO's to FPS's i mean really? come the eff on.

[Skizelli]

Regardless of who wrote this article, it's true that female avatars get harassed by males. I've witnessed it, as my brother has a female avatar and loves to mess around with these fools. It's quite pathetic how they flock. Can't you guys get a girl in real life?

And this argument over what console has the most morons is silly. They're everywhere. Both XBL and PSN have them. If not in one's speech, then definitely in one's actions. It's called society.

[hadouken007]

its alot of dudes dressing up like girls and flirt wit u,im in home eveyday and these boy will try it. they gross.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

This really is a problem.

I gave myself a female avatar and guys tried to add me as a friend on the PSN right away. My name is JacobIsHollywood. Why would they think I was a boy? How dumb are these predators?

You know what? I'm going to get the name Chris Hanson and see how that goes...

[ultimolu]

...That's why there's a block feature.

And the hatred continues.

[caffman]

with XBL at least you know that any racist or sexist pricks on there have had to pay £40 for the privilage to be muted and reported by me. Just shows that idiots buy all consoles dear

[Skizelli]

Yeah, there's a block feature, but blocking people gets tiring over time. Have you actually seen how many dudes flock to a female avatar? Do you really want to spend the time blocking each predator that walks up to you?

It's not hatred, it's annoying.

[Jamaicangmr]

Yeah i remember on here when guys first found out Juuken/ultimolu was a woman. They flocked to her like ants to sugar. She also generated alot of hatred from the Xbox360 loyalists just because she is a woman who is also a PS3 supporter.

How is Home different from anywhere else on the net?

[DeZimatoR]

And some people laugh when these fools are accused of being bias? F*ck that!

The bias is there for everyone to see, and, surprise surprise, 99% of it comes from American websites/magazines/etc., who obviously prefer Microsoft over Sony.

This is getting sad really...

[Skizelli]

Bias? Hardly. Do you know how many Sony and Nintendo fanboys there are in America, friend? A lot of people here hate Microsoft, including me, even though I own a Xbox 360. Get your facts straight. This isn't propaganda. It's the truth. Make a female avatar and see for yourself. Don't get all defensive over a negative opinion about something Sony-related. THAT'S bias. This isn't even about Sony directly. If Home were on 360, it would have the same issue.

[Knightofelemia]

Lmfao how do they know the girls who come to Home are actually really women. I mean its not rocket science to set up a new user account on the Ps3 and for a male to become female. Little lone that how do you know if it is a real girl she is old enough to drink let alone hope she is not playing with barbies

[DevastationEve]

If you're looking for a date, like FOR REAL a date, then do it elsewhere. Xbox Live and PSN were mean to be social and cool, but always be aware that there are many age groups and cultures joining in on the fun. Make the wrong move, or say the wrong thing and you can wind up in trouble. BIG time. Especially if that was your intent in the first place (BIG no-no).

Xbox Live users especially should be wary, as being banned from XBL shafts you by not refunding the money you pay monthly. Remember, you're PAYING for this service so why get yourself in trouble over it?

Keep the online gaming clean!

[Shane Kim]

Well then I know where Shane Kim will find PP i.e in Home, and I don't mean virtually.

[Lykon]

who is shane kim. is it you? i love you and want to make a romance feeling between your buttocks. what games do you like? i like sword fighting with my dinkle. x

[byaaface]

that all they guys are doing that and heres why:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
I think if enough people do this the problem will go away. If not, well at least you can continue getting laughs for a very very long time. hee hee ha haha haw haw hahaha.

Also this story is ridiculous overstated as its really not that big of a problem.

[evilmonkey501]

I laughed I cried I copied :)

[Kyur4ThePain]

Life is.

[N2NOther]

I love how people say that XBL has more offensive people...No, it's just that MS included a headset into their console so you hear more because more users, most users have a headset...I've heard plenty of the same crap on PSN...

[Stereojet]

N4G is fast becoming THE place for negative PS3 news.

And the farce of the online reporting community.

[The Milkman]

I dont know about you but I'm the kind of person that likes the freedom to say whatever I want to say. So I dont like censorship at all, and the thought of someone eavesdropping on everything I say bugs me. I like my privacy and if you dont like what someone is saying then you should be able to just mute them. There is many ways to eliminate the problem of annoying people.

[evilmonkey501]

And I liked it. Well, not really, but c'mon. Rubbing avatars? If someone says some things to you that you don't like , don't reply and go somewhere else. I've found no option to grope or fondle in my home version. Have you?

[bviperz]

He should just get out of the kitchen.

[HDgamer]

Did you guys hear about the mod who cybered with someone in WoW? This happened before home, it happened when the first mmo game launched. It happens everywhere so I don't expect it to not happen. Also its not plagued by sexual deviants who just want sex with female avatars. That can be applied to any online service whether its home, myspace, xbox live, wow, everquest, wii, or even ps2 online gaming. Ever since the internet has been around horny guys have been trying to have sex with female aim bots and so called women on msn.

[adlt]

I got into the closed beta, went in to do some bowling (very fun) I see a guy avatar humping a girl avatar and then I hear the girl say "stop it dude I'm a guy" and the guy keeps going lol. I haven't played home since. Mostly because I haven't been able to get in when I try. I'm sure it will be fixed soon.

[No Way]

Is this really a surprise, though? You knew it was going to happen. It doesn't shock me or surprise me any at all.

This kind of stuff happens on any and all services like this, so, eh, what can ya do..? Not much..

[Lykon]

So I am loving HOME , I have had lots of offers of money and car rides. Men have offered me sweets too to do sex with them. One guy met me after school and said i could touch his bum but not to touch his penis because that was for his wife only. I'm not very popular at school and don't have many friends so I really enjoy the attention even if anal sex still hurts a little bit, but i am having a great time for a 15 year old and all thanks to my PS3

[NewZealander]

dude you may be gay and thats fine, but comments like this, kidding or not are just sick.

[Obama]

15 years old? Cliff B's favorite?

[HDgamer]

Like e-harmony have a section reserved for people who want to find love in home. Get E-Harmony to do it for a price. It works out for everyone.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Complain all you want about xbox-live. Because of nxe we xbox-live gamers aren't forced to interact with or listen to little screaming racists bratts. We have 8 way party chat allowing exclusive friend or even non friend communication. And according to this video I am SO sure you sony kids are enjoying yourselves.

[aiphanes]

Hmm looks like the NXE is just right now you. I am just saying why are you knocking home when you oviously have never played it?

You need to get out of you hole and open up your mind. The Xbox is not the only console out there...and its definately not the best.

You are just made because the PS3 can do something the Xbox 360 can't....just get over it and get a PS3....I am watching the Dark Knight in 1080p on my PS3 in 7.1 HD sound....something else you can not do...LOL!

Peace...

[No Way]

"and its definately not the best." That's an opinion, bro. =)

Yea, you can do some stuff on the PS3 that he can't do on the 360, but as he just mentioned that, unless I don't know about, you can't have an 8-way private chat & party.

There's things both consoles can do that the other cannot.
Thanks for your time.
Have a Nice Day. =)

[SeraphimBlade]

sure i got a blowjob on my first visit to the home theater but that's the only experience like that i've had so far.
this happens with EVERY online community. they find ways.

[McDaygo]

That's funny. Thats why I don't do the MMO thing either I guess. I like playing with/against people not "with" them. Please. Get out more if that's as good as it gets for meeting a girl.

[Mitch_Cumstein]

Microsoft sent Sony a thank you note for making their online racist, homophobia problems seem miniscule compared to the travesty that is HOME. HOME is awful, and it will only embarrass Sony..scratch that it will only CONTINUE to embarrass Sony until this epic fail is brought to an epic conclusion.

On Live if you are sitting in a matchmaking lobby or a game and someone starts being stupid it takes all of 2 seconds to highlight their name and push mute-Problem Solved. Or you can just pull the plug on your headset and pretend you are playing on PSN where no one has a mic.

With Home there are literally hundreds if not thousands(depending on those awesome dedicated servers) of people coming and going as they please. Trying to figure out who to mute is nearly impossible and inevitably pointless because when you mute them another guy is typing how he wants to touch a booby not realizing, or more than likely not caring that the sexy female avatar he is trying to molest is named FatJiminKS.

Or what has become popular now in all of its 3 whole days released is pretending you are giving blow jobs. Yep, on Live you Tbag corpses in Home you play the skin the flute. Play Beyond your pwn Sexual Orientation I guess.

And then you have the racism. Just a word of advice for any African Americans out there that want to try out the freak show that is Home. Don't create a black avatar. And, God have mercy, NEVER, NEVER creat a black woman avatar.

Unfortunately, I don't know who to blame for all this. On one hand you have the idiots that are doing it in the first place. Or you could blame it on Sony for creating a place like Home. In the end, though most of the blame gets placed on Sony. Why?

Because Home is completely boring and completely useless. There is absolutely NOTHING to do besides play a few cheezy mini games that are pwned in every which way possible by the free software included with every Wii.

Prior to launch the PS3 fanboys touted HOME as the "Next Great Revolutiary Idea in Online Gaming", it will be the "Xbox Live Slayer", "it will be what sells millions and millions of PS3s". They hyped the thing beyond belief, and now they are in the fetal position with tears in their eyes begging people to realize that Home isn't intended to be an "Xbox Live Killer", "it isn't supposed to be for everyone", "it is only for a certain type of person". My how things have changed from pre to post launch.

I will give them this, though-Home definately is only for a certain type of person. They are called pedophiles.

3 whole days Home has been available and this sort of thing

[JonahFalcon]

Check out Penny Arcade for 12/12.

[JonahFalcon]

Sex fiends < haxx0rs

[ReeBlock]

most of those female avatars seem to like that attention. I just sit back and watch as they LET those dorks sit in front of their crotch and vice-versa. They can always report it if they want.

[Sjoeter]

I TOLD YOU SO!

[Blink_44]

Lol yup ive already had a "girl" come up to me and tell me awkward stuff.