9 Types of Xbox Live Players

If you've spent more than a day on Xbox Live, you will have noticed a pattern of the kind of players you encounter – regardless of the genre of the game. These folks will undoubtedly test you. You will become so frustrated that the only comforting thought is to know that these guys will probably never get to be anywhere near girls that look like this. However, the realization that YOU, too, will never get to be anywhere near them will make you sad. Then, hopefully motivate you to want to make your own awesome game that forbids douchebags from playing. In such a case, you will probably want to check this out. Either way, just keep this in mind before you decide to join the world of Xbox Live.

[Wizziokid]

I wouldn't say it's only Xbox Live, you get these kind of people on PSN and PC games, their will always be douches in the online community.

*Waiting for Phantom Disagrees*

[josh14399]

true but xbox live is worse well in my experiences anyway especially the whiny kids. every match of halo3 i have to mute at least 1 person

[FishCake9T4]

Agreed. But at leats we have some fanboy wars to look forward to.
The noob is my personal favorite.

[Joule]

They forgot to mention the babies!

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

Ha! This article is the truth!

[Bob-Dole]

Bob Dole doesn't care who plays online. Bob Dole mutes everyone but himself.

Also, Bob Dole loves Justin Bieber. He's delicious.

Bob Dole.

Bob Dole EDIT: Bob dole hates Phantom Disagrees. Bob Dole is terrified of ghosts.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

Phantom disagrees are stupid and mostly they're from Playstation fanboys because you mentioned PSN in your post.

[ryhanon]

Yeah, they're all equally bad. XBL only *seems* worse because every idiot has a headset.

[MiamiACR]

Enjoy your Phantom disagrees Wizziokid. You asked for them! you got em!

[divideby0]

If I DA I will put out my opinion...of all the games I play on line, PC, PSN and Live games..by far without any question halo draws the younger crowd, hence all the whinny, K/D ratio only players and trash talkers are out.
When I play games on Live online, Party Chat is the only way to play Halo and BC2...or else you have what I mentioned above.
UC2 on PSN does not have the whinny kiddies as halo does.
Totally DA on PC immature players...its totally not comparable to the console online services.. PC always brings out a maturer crowd....just do to the nature of expensive hardware, updates...
Just what I see and play online my ops

[bjornbear]

PSN also has a lot of these, and PC too (or used to, haven't played online on PC for a few years now)

this isn't exclusive to XBL, however, it is infamous for the racist children that plague it, maybe its an inevitable consequence of head set saturation in the market

too many readily available head sets = huge amount of pointless crap being spewed onto an online game distracting you from the game at hand.

[wicko]

These types of people exist on PC and PSN as well, but I'd say in less numbers. Not everyone has a headset for PS3 as it doesn't come bundled, and on PC I hear a lot less little kids. But there are probably just as many jackasses.

[divideby0]

try playing BF2 or Guild Wars on the PC...and you wont see 1/100 of the kiddies as on the consoles....thats what I am posting about..I play both of these games all the time...and its great to use TS and you wont hear the kiddies

[HolyOrangeCows]

10) Gurrrl gamer - An ugly girl with a pretty voice, in desperate need of attention.

[darthv72]

You are very correct. Both services have an equal amount of these kinds of players. Problem is...live is more noticeable because of the headset pretty much everyone has. PSN is more quiet but that doesnt mean they arent shouting obscenities and slurs at the tv.

If someone is going to curse you out, they will curse you out. Live you hear it because of the headset, psn you hear it only if the other person has a headset.

[rezzah]

Your right, you can find the exact same people on the PSN. For some reason I think that 360 suffers more from those annoying kids than PSN, maybe its the comments or that the author had the 360 only in mind when writing this article. W/e it is, PSn isnt free from these types of people too.

One of my friends is a trash talker on PSN, and that paragraph described him perfectly.

[nnotdead]

yeah, more like 9 types of gamers

[GameGambits]

I run into:
The Squeaker
The E thug
The Nigga
The Sound Monster
The Raging Molestor
The Headset M.I.A

Combinations of these make new breeds. :D

[vickers500]

Damnit, accidentally hit disagree.

[Raz]

Because frankly, there's a difference - we have douches too, but they're different *kinds* of douches. Here's three that were missed:

1. The Chatfiend: "Hello? Can anyone hear me?" Will blather on until someone answers, then try to engage you in long and irrelevant conversation, oblivious to the fact that there's a game going on and you're trying to focus on not getting killed.

2. The Exclusionist: Refuses to play with anyone except their exclusive circle of friends, and will repeatedly and rudely ask you to leave, oblivious to the fact that it's a public game and there is clearly a *private* game option.

3. The Judas: Thinks it's the height of hilarity to attack their own teammates and hamper victory any way they can.

[AAACE5]

Any game I play I play to win. I guess I primarily fall into the "Team Player" catagory which is why I used to play R6: Vegas so much. However, when i'm in a room with idiots, i'm usually quiet or have them muted! But I also have some traits of being a "Stat Whore" and a "Camper" from time to time.

There are a few more idiot types that were left off that list, but that gets a number of them out the way!

The team players are the ones I try to get linked with as well. It's just so simple to have a guy use his sniper rifle to get that enemy sniper that has been killing the whole team while you cover him, but I guess that's too hard for some. Or set up a claymore by a doorway so your team has an early warning or an enemy coming up from behing, but they just don't get it.

I don't like how the article makes it seem like it only happens on XBL! There are alot of idiots on XBL, but there are on PSN as well! I will admit that I have run into fewer on PSN though. I don't know if it is because more adults use it or if there are fewer people who play online with the Ps3 or what.

[sid4gamerfreak]

Hmm, although there are some douches in the pc online community, theyre not as much as the ps3 and 360 online communities...

[RagTagBnd445]

That really depends on the game, CS:Source, MW2 and WoW have large number of idiots.

[evrfighter]

a strong argument can be said about wow players being part of the pc gaming community.

Most are casuals that have never and will never play other pc games. They contribute nothing to pc gaming and are 10x worse than the 12 year olds on LIVE.

[Revvin]

There are good and bad gamers on every online service. Back in years gone by when PC's were more expensive and people were less likely to have one in the home gamers tended to be more mature. There were 20,30,40+ year old users as they were the ones with the disposable income to buy a PC to game on. Over the last 10-15 years as PC's have become cheaper and they have become more commonplace in the home the online PC scene is every bit as bad as the consoles with snot nosed kids running off at the mouth. I was building computers when they were still in nappies so remember the good times online via BBS and early internet access.

[MACADOODLE]

Only thing bad about PC is the 4 out of 5 rooms someone is modding, cheating, or hacking the game. PSN people never talk and when they do it's the N word over and over while Live no one ever shuts up.

[qface64]

these are the top 4 types of players i encounter online

1. retards who throw racist words around back and forth
2. 12-15 year old with the obvious voice
3. the ones who do nothing but criticize how you play
4. the ones who go insane when a girl joins the room

sad thing is 90% of the time they are all of that bundled into 1

its rare to find good players and by good i mean people who aren't idiots but when i do find em the matches are a blast

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

i hate one's who wont stop moaning about how he got killed
and blames his team for that
i know someone that does it and its really annoying

[MiamiACR]

I love the picture, perfectly describes what I see when I hear their voices.

[Gun_Senshi]

That site is highly dangerous. Browser High-Jack and Porn.

http://www.mywot.com/en/sco...

[Natsu X FairyTail]

The Article is so Hilarious! But That dont only apply to XBL it's everywhere in online gaming.

[liquidsnake]

He forgot to mention "the retards of N4G".

[mcnablejr]

psn is crap-

[Wrathman]

yep..PSN is the library of online gaming..no one is allowed to talk.god forbid they do..all i would here is..got my mortgage paid off today,my kids started college etc etc.

id rather have garbage spouted off than nothing at all.

but my personal favourite for hating is the guy that plays music or has the mic in his mouth.

[evilmonkey501]

Here is a little secret for all you guys who don't actually own a ps3:
when your mic is on, your ps3 knows it, and you get matched up with other people who are mic'd. When your mic is off , you get matched with people who don't have one.

try it.

[DelbertGrady]

I don't notice them much since I've mostly been playing BFBC 2 lately and only communicate with my squad mates. Fortunately none of them are bigot n00b virgins.

[claterz]

The only annoying thing I come accross (On PSN) is when people change the pitch of their mic, makes them sound like those chipmunks from that movie lol. Other than that it's all good.

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

Type 1: Idiot
Type 2: Idiot
Type 3: Idiot
Type 4: Idiot
Type 5: Idiot
Type 6: Idiot
Type 7: Idiot
Type 8: Idiot
Type 9: Idiot

[rezzah]

Read the article next time, you won't make the mistake of calling the best type of online gamer an idiot (#9).

[BlindBandit]

The Team Player because i like playing with a team mate who know what he is doing, i was playing Splinter Cell Conviction with some dude & he was so good & my self as well that we beat the Co-op story on realistic mode like it was nothing & he add me saying OMG dude you can help me with the Last Man Co-op because people don't know how to play this game.

Going to start clean again in N4G & make friends again because i really don't care about console war, i only care about gaming & having a good time period.

[mrv321]

LIVE is no different to PSN... they both have equal amounts of idiots just Microsoft decided to give these idiots a MICROPHONE! Thank god for mute. ON the PC the entry level is usually higher since you have to have an IQ to do anything and on PSN not as many uses MICS.

Best service? In my opinion is THE UR-QUAN MASTER! Best game EVA.

[PainisCupcake]

Least you don't get those PC nerds that threaten to hack your PC lol

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

Now thats something thats terrifying.

[playstation_clan]

no wonder they sold more than the ps3

EDIT: yes that means more females on xbox but who cares, ps3 is for REAL gamers

[Sm0k3y_Bac0n]

You say that, but MLG is mainly an xbox competition. Most competetive gaming for money is done on the 360.

[mcnablejr]

fact.

[Sm0k3y_Bac0n]

@ disagrees.
So MLG doesnt take place on 360? Do you even know what MLG is? Do you even have a tenth of ther skill required to qualify for a tournament?

[Anon7349]

When it comes to competitive gaming, console gaming is a joke.

PC gaming is the only serious way to play competitively.

Accuracy, Performance, Speed, and seamless connectivity.

@Bacon

Star Craft for the PC alone, beats MLG and Console gaming all together.

I've been to Korea, I've watched the tournaments. You know nothing of competitive gaming.

[evilmonkey501]

http://www.n4g.com/News-456...

btw your right, those Koreans are totally stupid nuts for starcraft.
It's a national sport for christsakes.

[Sm0k3y_Bac0n]

Im not going to start arguing console vs PC's. I personally prefer consoles and think they are better than PC's, but thats a different issue.

I really do hate elitist PC gamers. All you do is trash talk consoles, then when something like the dedicated server fiasco you come begging the console gamers to boycott it. I could go on all day about PC gamers thinking anything outside PC gaming could ever be worthwhile. Seriously just get back to your level 80 undead mage on WoW.

I've seen koreans as well, and they take gaming to the extreme, but thats only because they game instead of sleeping.

How much money can you win on PC for a tournament? I have no idea so I'd like to know.

And why you trying to talk down to me like your god? You think your the fountain of gaming knowledge? Get off your high horse and remove your head from your backside.

@ Above
ROFL

[avengers1978]

Yes you are getting disagrees, @smokybacon...have you ever wondered who pays for that MLG stuff. It is almost entirely ran by MicroSoft,so of course they use the 360.
It's not like MS is going to pay people to play games on the PS3.

[mcnablejr]

people still play games other than wow on pc?

[Sm0k3y_Bac0n]

The prizes for PS3 are lower than 360 yes, but theyre still reasonable. Most Gamebattles ladder i've seen have $4500 for 360 and $2500 for PS3. IDk who finances MLG, but considering its american it makes sense for it to be on 360 orientated because its sold a lot more in the USA than PS3 has and 260 is more associated with FPS.

@mcnablejr
PC gamers do play more than WoW. They play Runescape too.

[Phil Mc Crackin]

Mr. Blaring the rap in the headset guy: so confident of his love for his crappy music he subjects every one else to it one problem we know it sucks.

Mr or miss gender x: is it a boy or is it a girl, or is it both, we ask anyway, goal: humiliation. Geek goal: hopefully it's a geek girl so can finally score

militant black kid: Obama rules, we love louy farrakan, Jesse's jibberish, yay.

Mr noisy gamer: "hey where u from", "do you like movies about gladiators", "have you ever seen a grown man naked Timmy", "so where do you work"?... None of your damn business petiphile.

Mr. Squirelly unibomber kid: guns, knives, scopes, hunting, bushes, trees, beer, quit game. Oh yeah sorry, camouflauge, can't forget that.

Mr. Wigger: we'd hate you if we didn't pity you and make us laugh.

[Phil Mc Crackin]

c=3

[drzmvp554]

This is so accurate, its not even funny

[Jack-Pyro]

The Un-Funny Guy: You know the type, they always try and tell, stale, out of place, and sometimes just plain stupid jokes, or even worse Dane Cook Comedy routines, avoid at all costs if possible.

The Screw Up: The guy who dose not even try, he runs around the map, doing stupid random stuff, and acting like its hilarious (I admit that I've been this guy once or twice). If possible, team kill him, he probably won't mind, I know I won't.

I run into these people all the time, maybe I have bad lobby karma. =/

[ShadowJetX]

The wannabe general: the one guy on the team who tries to order everyone else around and tell you how to do things. It's a taste of heaven and hell. Some guys will be great offering advice like the team player, but this guy knows his stuff yeah. And den theres the douchebag who thinks he can make his team win by ordering off noob orders to everyone and telling them where to go. It's just as worse when there's a 12 old boy(girl)telling you and everyone else to do.

Best remedy? Mute? No, chances are this guy sucks and won't contribute to the team or make the game funner. It's best just to kick this guy from the game so as to avoid him lowering the IQ of everyone that hears and plays with him.

[Redgehammer]

I will never understand why parents let their kids use a mic. A mic should be a milestone that kids achieve by proving that they are in fact responsible enough to handle the social interaction that the mic fosters. My 9 and 10 year old are forbidden to use a mic unless they are in a party with me. I am one of those dad types that will gently chastise a kid for swearing, and ask them to stop, and believe it or not, it sometimes works. However, anyone that persists in being a jack-a$$ gets muted and many times becomes an avoided player; which appears to actually impact the frequency (or lack thereof) in which I run into those that I have avoided. Every time I hear a kid acting like a mini-douchebag it makes me think somewhere an adult need to be "beech slapped".

Behavioral issues are not just endemic to XBL; they permeate most instances where humans interact with one another through the veil of "anonymity". I personally have been gaming a long time and even in the pre-microphone press t,y to chat days there was always someone typing the same stupid stuff that gets spoken today.

[ShadowJetX]

ALMIGHTY ADULT!

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Also in PC and PS3.

But Xbox have more annoying community than PC and PS3. Especially in games like Halo.

[Absolut_Turkey]

Both XBL and PSN have these types of gamers. They're just more noticeable on XBL because everyone has a "mic". I wonder what kind of gamers we would see if everyone that owned a Wii got a microphone.

[danielle007]

The reason Nintendo doesn't have a legitimate headset is because they're afraid that their system will attract the worst kind of person:

The pedo /generic pervert. They can also be found on 360's Uno and PSN's Home. Uno's treated like chatroulette, and for PSN home, heaven forbid you make a girl avatar. I got icky messages. & never ever went back on. But, Nintendo has a lot of games perfect for little kiddies, so I can understand the fear, I just don't condone Nintendo's need to take the place of the parent.. Parents should be un-retarded enough to not let their 8 year old play on the internet by themselves. Ever. Really, anyone 12 and under shouldn't be put on XBL or any of those things.

[DiLeCtioN]

Although I don't really pay attention to it but XBL has some lil priks who always think its cool to say something like "omg a blackboy/man", "wow you're black", "you sound ghetto".

It's like your race is on a verge of extinction and to see or hear one is like a miracle...

Funny thing is these kids are usually from the UK, my guess is they don't live in multicultural cities like London

[Leviathon6425]

In London the "ghetto talk" is really different then the american one atleast in my opinion.

[rezzah]

There is one kind of player they are missing, they the type who makes fun of everyone for doing what they do (#1 to #8).

My lil cuzin lol.

[jmallymav]

I hate quitters with a passion, don't play if you quit, dispise racist people, cuz they won't say it to your face, and preteens irks me, but the title is dumb, .ps3 online can be just as bad, like some of the people who play kz2 and nhl10. gears of war, forget it, its like a verbal race war, but that's y party chat is so great, cuz you can a have a partychat w friends and not talk to the opposition!

[Mc Nasty]

Lets not forget the jackass's who breath into the headset sounding like a f@cking madman.

* Lets get NASTY!!

[riseabove247]

I agree; number 10 on the the list should be fat assed Mouth Breathers. There is nothing worse some fat guy breathing directly in your ear. MUTE!

[Mkai28]

Man I remember back in the Rainbow six 3 days on the regular xbox, I remember one called "god's cracker". Every time someone came in black/hispanic or with a slang gamertag he would go off.
However people can now chat with they're friends 24/7, and made xbox live minorities more at ease.

[DannyVenom]

Hey that ogre sort of looks like Justin Baby.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Couldn't you use this stereotyping in any online gaming service? It is complete bullsh!t that people act like XBL is the only online space where you have dbags. N4G is case in point.

I understand you have to attack #1 but the same people this guy generalizes and stereotypes are the same people he wants reading his whole 2 stories.

Watch out for this guy on XBL and let him know exactly how you feel about his stereotyping BS and then put a virtual bullet through his head.

[booni3]

its a fact that everybody gets tougher when they dont have to face up to the consequences.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I'm the "team player" btw Avatar on Blu-ray on my Pioneer Elite = OMG! If you have an HDTV, BUY THIS MOVIE!

[Surt]

IN THE FACE.

Anyway can't stand quitters. If you suck then you suck. I'll look past that. BUT DON'T LEAVE YOUR GODDAMN TEAM. Loyalty to your team despite a losing situation says a lot about you. If the base is burning then I want my whole squad in that base too the bloody end.

[i3eyond the Circle]

You forgot about the Super Stoner.

The guys who get wasted and play like pros....I never understand how stuff that slows you down makes you more accurate.

[peowpeow]

Ha! I know right?

[palaeomerus]

He forgot to mention the impatient judgmental douche bag who can't stop telling everyone how to play the game and never blames himself for the consequences of his own mistakes. Y'know...that guy who thinks that it shouldn't count when someone kills him with a shot gun or grenade launcher (that's cheating!) and insists that there was lag or a glitch just about any time he gets killed. Usually these guys write long dumb blog articles about what's wrong with all the other players online.

[Kos-Mos]

WHAT a bad article. There`s only one xbox live player, and that is the xbox live player whom I`d never play games with.

[clarkdef]

I'm the n00b

[Jihaad_cpt]

I'm a noob too, but I always think I do "alright" I think I'm lucky cause I hardly ever encounter racist idiots on KZ2, but I really dislike the people playing their "gangsta-rap" music while the rest of us are just having a laugh and having fun, I mute them ASAP. For sake of all that is cool gansta-rap died with Snoop and Dre in the 90's, listening to something else

[Lex Luthor]

The pictures were funny. Especially the baseball one.
By the way i'm the team player.

[Paballo]

Lmao those are not so hot.The person who wrote that article flattering himself if he thinks those some of us won't get anything near that.pffft!anyways on topic there will always be douches on psn/xbox live and pc.Fact!!!!

[OpiZA]

It's not 360 vs PS3 vs whatever. It's headset vs no headset. Douchebags are everywhere.

The pic made me laugh! That kid is just the worst

[Jamaicangmr]

Except i dont suck n if u kicked my ass i commed u unless u where cheating in whiich case. Fuk u!

[danielle007]

What about super awesome amazing people, like me? I'm on there.

[clembo]

This may not be such a problem when matchmaking is involved but on a lot of PC games when you have to hop on to some random guy's server and sometimes it happens to be run by a clan.

You will find fewer detestable people in your lifetime than you will find on these servers. They are the internet equivilant of: "Hey, buddy. What you doin' on my patch of turf?!"

But even if they aren't antagonistic at first (if you keep your mouth shut), you say one word and they dump a copy and pasted message in the chat log, something to the effect of "Hey keep quiet this is our server stop filling up the chat log". The worst are the white knights and language preservationists who taddle-tale the admin when you mutter an expletive (regardless of context).