Gaming Target writes:
"Marc Whitten, the General Manager of Xbox Live, has posted a new letter to the community describing a change in the Xbox Live Code of Conduct. As of today, Xbox 360 owners will be able to describe themselves as straight, gay or bi in their Live profile or Gamertag."
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dont worry most of dont bite unless you ask nicely ;)
It really is embarassing how long it took. But I'm glad to see Microsoft finally did the right thing.
I guess everyone will find out, though. Don't be surprised to see this decision repealed...
I'm sure the community isn't mature enough, but more importantly, why would the GAMING community want to know where you slide your sausage?
Bottom line: If you are going to go out of your way to inform a bunch of strangers what your sexual preference is, don't expect them to be silent
def not mature enough, haha but c'mon just imagine all the new possibilities!!
I don't want to imagine it, and I definitely don't want to be teabagged by your clan, lol!
yep this is going to end well
whats ur gamertag big boy ;]
and Mr Bun.. we'll be gentle lol
LMAO...I bet you will!
Remind me never to turn my back on you!
A person teabagging another person of the same sex has always been a gay activity, so yeah; most xbox/Halo players are gay...
If you are one of those online teabaggers, then you are a f@g, sir.
Lawl.
Edit:
I remember a video on youtube about 2 guys playing F2 and then the guy who upload the Video, stop playing and wanted to quit, then the other guy started to talk to him with a feminine voice...it can be offensive and such but the video was a Huge laugh....lol
Gaming FTW!!!
"A person teabagging another person of the same sex has always been a gay activity, so yeah; most xbox/Halo players are gay...
If you are one of those online teabaggers, then you are a f@g, sir."
dude its not gay if you are the one sucking it.. duh
They should have stayed with the old policy. I'm all for freedom of speech, but some discussion just doesn't belong to certain situations.
Toulouse recently gave an interview for G4 where he spells it out that NOTHING in Live moderation is automatic (not even getting people to "help" you change your gamertag). So, no, people might gang-up on people who are homosexual, but it won't lead to unwarranted suspensions. It might lead to suspensions against people who abuse the reporting system, though...
I would like to know why homosexuals feel the need to tell the gaming world their sexual preference? You never see straight gamers labeling themselves do you? Why? Because it doesn't matter.
So we have gay gamer groups, girl gamer groups now all we need to do now is make straight gamer groups.....But then again if we straight people did that it would probably be considered offensive towards the gay community.
F***king hell, and
HxCGamer
I own a PS3 and my Gamertag has got nothing to do with you or this thread, so stop being perverted ok?
did microsoft excite you?
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Have you got no life? Do you check peoples comments constant?
Wake up man,
TGSI
Lesbian clan is win.
Machoish women wielding rifles = hawt. As long as they're not fat and hideous. Sign me up, b!tches.
Some kid aged 10 gets an Xbox, and headset. He plays MW2 or w.e and some bloke adds him, he accepts. Just as he clicks the profile to check who the bloke is, his mom comes in, she reads and sees that he is Gay.
Just imagine that,
totally starting a gay clan.. lol
yea im immature..
http://imgforum.immaturegam...
what a waist of time. As far as I know, Xbox Live is not a dating sever, so why the hell add that crap. this world is getting worst as time goes on.
Why would they do that? To show that they are more "in with the times"? No one really gives a f--k what sexuality you are and if they knew it was something other than straight or male im sure xbox live wouldn't be the best place to have that information available. But atleast they give a "neither" option.
Legend of Zelda: Waist of time
It seems like complaining about this is as silly as complaining why there is a short bio section in your profile.
This is just more choices, so what's the big deal?
You have a choice. Buy a PS3!
If the avatar bothers you so much and you feel threatened by its existence as a reflection of yourself, the PS3 is just $300 away. If you trade in your 360, the difference is even less!
Why you ask?
Because I don't need my kids playing online with people who need to define who they are as a person by their sexuality and if you can't play games with out telling people who you like to sleep with then I think you're on the wrong site.
I thought LIVE was about gaming so how did sexual orientation ever become an issue?
The internet is a pretty big place and there are tons of sites to go to other then LIVE if you need to talk about your sexual orientation.
Either way it's decent of MS to allow people to express themselves in this way.
And before we are fed the usual "but xbl is more than gaming it's a community..." crap , isnt this one of the cases where facebook or twitter accesses for the 360 , are supposed to take the relay ?
Mention your preferences that got nothing with gaming in your nice facebook account already tied to your xbl , not the gamertag .
I can care less who you are and what you do. If you're on my team, you better let me know which side they're attacking from! LoL!!
Really? You think announcing your sexual preference is the same as putting dude in your gamertag? I disagree.
I mean, I really think that M$ shouldn't feel forced to to this. I think they were correct that sexual preference of any kind should really just be a non-issue on XBL. Plus, if you really wanna tell people you are gay, you can just . i don't know. tell them, without having it in your bio.
But, I guess it's really just a non-issue as a whole, really, I'm indifferent.. Couldn't care less what people do outside of XBL. I just don't honestly see the point whatsoever of M$ changing their policies.
Oh well maybe they'll now just concentrate on banning rude people .
MS didn't "bow down"...they bent over!
Since when does President Obama's social agenda invade the on-line gaming community?
I dont even get why people put in their gamertags: ****dude;****gal;****chick;*** *boy;****girl;****kid;***asian; etc.
I dont give a **** who or what you are. All I care is for the people to play the games right.
xbox live is not a frikkin dating site
Microsoft has control on the content on XBox LIVE. They don't have that entitlement. Can I put racial slurs in my gamertag? No.
Now is it a big deal? No. Most gays would be smart, discrete enough to know not to announce it to the world when it is mostly 18-25 year olds.
thats just nasty. g@y avatars next! they really meen jump in huh.
oh my! not cool, X marks da spot. ....jump in!
So-called homosexuals believe they are biologically mandated in their sexuality just like gender. Therefore calling yourself Gaygamer is no different than GirlGamer.
I don't believe it, but it's no biggie. I think Kinsey was right...sick in the head, but right.