Gay Gamer Gets Virtual Verbal Beating - YouTube Recording

A gay gamer got an earful when he used the name "xxxGayBoyxxx" for XBox's gun-happy Halo 3. He explains:

"This is what happens when gay Masterchiefs don't abide by 'Don't ask Don't tell'.

Watch what ensues when I use a gamertag that's proud and unambiguous, xxxGayBoyxxx.

Other than maybe a quick 'hello' to the chat room or a request to 'veto', I didn't ever say anything first or taunt anyone. What was said by these players was initiated by them with no provocation on my part. The vast majority of the times I wouldn't even respond back so the audio would be clear."

The results aren't pretty. Nor is the language...

[techie]

Both MaxPrime and TheJudge. Calling this lame is insulting, and saying it's "not for n4g". Come on, this is a serious matter, quite disturbing, and certainly very important as games move towards social networking. Abuse on social networks - xboxlive and psn, is an issue that n4g should be mature enough to look at. And it needn't be a "news story" to be news worthy, Plus i think it's pretty pertinent news.

[Boink]

But there is a big feedback system built into XBL to which this should be reported. it could also be sent to moderators at the xbox forums.

The fact that there are bigots, idiots, racist and just all around jerks online in any environment do not constitute news.

[techie]

Tough call. But the debate is certainly there, and if this post promotes it then why not.

[Texas GMR]

but this kid got what he asked for.

On XBOX LIVE you deal with alot of young kids (and young adults) who love to talk smack about anything, no matter what it is. Then you come into a room with that name.

I've seen alot of people joke about other competitors names. You have to be totally naive to think nothing is going to be said about your gamertag.

[techie]

Most of those commenting weren't teenagers.

[beoulve]

why is he hiding those offender names???? show them man, why protect them?

[Robeezy]

Am i missing something here? That was freaking hilarious

edit: deep, ok maybe "i want to hang you" is a bit much, but 95% of it is pure gold

[THE_JUDGE]

I have to disagree with you here. This isn't news worthy and has little to nothing to do with gaming at large so it LAME!!!! People get made fun of all the time for various reasons in and out of gaming, grow up! Everyone who makes fun of people grow up, and everyone ones been made fun of so get over it. Again this isn't news and didn't need to be on the site. We have already had news posts like this before so its getting old. We have better stuff to cover that more to do with games than gays. You want to discuss things like this, take it to the forums, thats why we have them.

[techie]

All of it was hilarious? Some of it was amusing, but "I hope you die" "you know you're going to hell" with offensive name calling is not hilarious.

TheJudge. If you think this isn't an issue AT ALL then you are wrong, and are along with the repressing and ignorant people that keep society in the dark ages. It is an issue, and should be discussed, whether this video is the best vehicle to do so is another matter. But saying this is not relevant at all is endorsing this behaviour.

[THE_JUDGE]

I don't condone the behavior of those people but I don't think that this is news and thus this isn't the forum to have this discussion. If you would like to discuss gays in games then take it to the forums. This isn't news.

[JsonHenry]

lol, I think I was one of those guys on there making fun of him. Not be because he is gay, but because he is dumb enough to use the name "gayboy".

If you have a name like that, you deserve all the abuse you get.

[marinelife9]

I've heard Blacks, Asians and Hispanics get made fun of online as well. If he is proud enough to advertise a choice that he has made in his life publicly then he should be secure enough to accept public feedback. Sadly this is the real world virtual or otherwise.

[Icecold33]

I disagree with you 100%. No one deserves this type of ignorant and immature abuse from anyone; regardless of their name. Anyone that feels that they have the right to verbally abuse someone because of their sexual preference let along their screen name has some serious problems that need to be dealt with swiftly and harshly. That video was both disturbing and repulsive.

I think he should send the video to MS/XBL and if it's clear enough, each of the offending live accounts should be permanent banded. No exceptions.

What's next a person get on with the last name of johnson, people start asking him about his mom and what size johnson does she like? I wish there was some type of way to turn the tide on those guys, maybe they need to experience it so that they can get a clue of how demeaning it is. My cousin was beat to death by a bunch of @$$holes at a club because they thought he was gay, here's the screwed up part, he wasn't.

I say make an example out of them!

[ruibing]

I think it is horrible that you believe that he deserved such a thing. That is like saying a southern interracial couple deserve to be persecuted, a young middle eastern deserve to be raped for showing more skin in public than she is allowed, or a young gay couple deserve to be beaten to death for showing affection to each other in public.

People need to start thinking more about what they think and what they do nowadays. Even the smallest verbal abuse and name calling can escalate to something horrid. The actions and words you speak have consequences on those around you.

[OldParr]

i get insult just because of my accent and its freaking ridculous, but i know how to deal with those people and i wont let a stupid ass uneducated MF to insult me and i dont even care what happens to my account.they send me bad feedback just because they hear me talking in a different language.leaving feedback to racist people is useless to me,there is no satisfaction cause i dont know what happens after that,so i rather confront them.and just for the record there 32 freaking countries that speak spanish,not only mexico.i dont even know how is the live of a mexican in the US,so dont approach me without lack of knowledge.i cant believe the most powerful country in the world has such sad problems.no wonder,they got a shtty president that instead of spending money in educating this little kids about such issue, he spends it in a war where thousands of their own die far away from home.good job america

and gayboy w/e u are is up to u and its ur problem.i got gay friends,they respect me from being straight and i respect them from being gay.im glad i hang out with rational people

[FF7numba1]

I dont know why he came in with that name on xbox live. Could have pulled it of on psn maybe.

[ARBitrator]

Man,

The idiots that make fun of people based on race, color, creed, sexual preference, etc. Are a very small minority when compared to the rest of the country. I hope that you don't think all Americans are like that, because if you do, then you are just as ignorant as the people that you protest against.

Please understand, you will always hear about things when that are bad, that's because that's what the press feed on, in both your country (Whatever it is) and mine. For you to go on your rant about the American president and all this other BS is kinda weak. Because I'm sure that most of that sh!t you were talking about America and it's president is propaganda that you hear or seen on TV.

I'm not sure what country you are from, but If it ever got invaded by another country and none of the worlds super powers came to your aid, then America and whoever else that didn't show up would be a bunch of jerks for that too right. (Whatever America does, there's always some other country whining about it. Just can't please everyone.) Who knows, maybe they will use the excuse that they have spent their money on education so that couldn't come and help. Also, unless you vote in this country, you have no right to judge our president.

I agree that the guys that bashed you and those the bashed the gay guy are completely out of line and they are a bunch of jerks. But, they don't even begin to represent America. Trust me, I'm well traveled and these type of things are not limited to America. I apologize if I appear to be a bit harsh about this, but I did 20 years in the US military, and I have sat in many countries freezing my A$$ off or getting shot at. Trust me, I would have much rather been at home. Hanging out with my sons.

[Lacarious]

i have yet to listen but I'm sure it's going to be comedy gold.

[fusionboxer]

This ain't right. Regardless of whether it made you laugh or not, the fact of the matter is another human being is being demoralized simply because he decided to put a couple of letters from the alphabet in a certain order.

I'm from San Francisco and I'll admit I have some gay friends and to them they didn't choose to be gay, but simply are. You know just like the idiots in the video didn't choose to be ignorant.

I mean isn't it sad that we get racist idiots putting nooses on a tree after all that has been done (jena6)? Verbal abuse on gays and openly saying they wish they would die and they want to hang them from a tree is just as bad. I mean it's wierd.

Gamers are often the first to criticize society and the government on how dumb everybody is when we (as gamers) allow a small group to make us all out to be hypocritical jerks.

So next time you hear some idiot making fun of someone for something they probably can't change (race, sexual preference, or even sex (female gamers)) don't laugh and stand up to the fool speaking. Don't be a punk and give gamers a better name.

[sloth4urluv]

I have nothing against gay people, but with a name like gayboy your just asking for abuse.

He may be prud that hes gay, but I dont see his need to go around and anounce to everyone that hes gay.

Im straight an im proud of it, does that mean I should let everyone know im straight and create a name xxxHeteroBoyxxx.

while im at it why dont I let everyone know that I am a devout christian or muslim and create a name like xxxGodIsGreatxxx or xxxPraiseAllahxxx.

If he dosnt want abuse he should change his name to something normal, it wont make him any less gay.

[skillshot]

Having any name that directly reflects yourself online is an open invitation for abuse.

Its annoying that people will insult about things, but, with people knowing that, its annoying that someone will go on there with a name like that.

No offence to the guy, but I dont care if he is gay or not. It annoys me when gay people feel the need to let everyone know. People shouldn't feel like they need their sexuality to be obvious to everyone. I dislike purposly camp people in the same way I dislike alpha males.

You know you are in for trouble with a name like that, or like "xxxFatAssxxx", "xxxBigNosexxx", "xxxSmallC0ckxxx", "xxxIveSleptWith1000Women CusIAmSexyxxx". I feel more sorry for the people who had their game ruined by everyone talking.

[techie]

Round Peg don't post your comments as "other"...instead post them as BadEditing...then you can do a faux edit and fix them...meaning your comments will still be there, but they won't count as reports.

[mikeslemonade]

XBL is more descriminating than PSN.

[Lex Luthor]

Why does he need to use the tag "gayboy"?
I don't need to know that he's gay, was he expecting special treatment or something?

You don't see a black person using a tag "blacknegro" do you?

He's only playing games for crying out loud. It's like walking up to random people on the street and telling them your gay, NO ONE CARES!!!

[Meus Renaissance]

He was asking for that, to be honest with you. No doubt about it. What mature homosexual would call themselves such a term, and play Halo 3 of all games where you know you'll get trash talked, it's part of the experience.

Although having said that, it was kind of disheartening to hear all of the abuse towards him. I'll be honest, I did chuckle at the "I'll watch his back, I'll watch that a$$".

[Danja]

or maybe he wanted to expose how violent and retarded those xbox-live users really are..

[Boink]

you act like it's only XBL that has bigots and racists on it. sorry to say i've heard it on PSN, as well as quite a efw MMO's online as well.

They are everywhere. and the problem, people are trying to make what is an obvious social problem into something against MS, or that this is just something isolated to XBL.

and the round peg is trying to say MS does nothing about it, which is completely false. I know of 2 people who used to be on my friends list that had their accounts banned for acting racist online. 1 of them has re-oepened another account and says he has stopped, (I have refused to re-add him in case anyone is wondering).

just because they don't ban an account ASAP does not mean they are doing nothing about it.

[ruibing]

I think the point is how immature online gaming is. Listening to the verbal abuse, it began with a single question towards his sexuality and then everyone else joined in as a group mentality formed against him. It almost seemed as if anyone not taunting him was queer himself.

I mean isn't it quite the same everywhere else in life? Yet when people are playing a simple game online hundreds of miles away from each other, you would think they would build up a small tolerance against people of different ethnicity, sexuality, and gender.

Those off-colored comments may seem funny to you guys, but they could be highly traumatizing to the victim. And when you all say that he was asking for it, it is like someone else saying that a guy openly showing his sexuality and then gets beaten to death by a gang of teenagers (we've all seen the news) is asking for it.

[Icecold33]

Why does it matter what name he uses, why do you use "lex luther". Perhaps the superman haters organization will verbally attack you the next time you go on xbox live.

I hate it when people feel that they have the right to attack people for any other reason than to defend yourself whether it be verbal or physical. People that say "he deserved it" as just as ignorant as those the committed the offense.

[kidrobot]

EXACTLY!!! Is Like Who Gives A Phuck If He's Gay, White, Black, Asian Or Latin!? When You're Playin Online, No Matter Where; You Know That You're Gonna Hear Sh!t Talkin' From Everyone, I Mean, All These Ppl That Be Out There Threatin', Talkin' How Bad They Are And Sh!t Like That. That's What They Do, They Can't Go Out There On The Street and Say It To Somebody's Face So They Go Somewhere Where They Can't Be Touched, They Know They Can't Front Because They're Just A Couple Dumb Lil' Kids Playin Online, They Must Be Like 15-17 Maybe More Because There's Always Grown @ss "Mens" Being Inmature Everywhere. So He Asked For It. Was He Thinkin' He'll Get A Boyfriend There? Was He Waitin' For A Special Treatment Like LEX Said?... HE ASKED FOR IT, Though Those Dumb B!tches Cant Even Put up A Fight...

LETS NOT START THE PHUCKIN CONSOLE WAR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE SH!T TO DO WITH THE TOPIC, STOP PHUCKIN DISSIN THE PS3/XB360/WII, CAUSE THIS SH!T HAD ENOUGH, EVERY PHUCKIN DAY THERE'S SOMEBODY TALKIN' SH!T ABOUT A CONSOLE, "THIS CONSOLE IS BETTER THAN THIS ONE, NAWWW THIS ONE IS BETTER THAN THIS ONE" MAN IF YA'LL LIKE YOUR CONSOLE SO MUCH GO AND PHUCK WITH IT. YA'LL PPL LOSE YOUR PHUCKIN LIFE JUST TRYIN' TO WIN OVER SOME STUPID WORDS POSTED ON THE INTERNET!!! IM NOT PRO ANY CONSOLE, IM PRO THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S PHUCKIN IT!!! [That Goes To Everyone Tryin' To Diss Any Console, Even Me! I Know I've Dissed The XB360 & Wii. I Admit It I Like PS3 But Not In A Way That I'll Be Beefin' With Somebody]

PS: I EVEN GOT OUT THA PHUCKIN TOPIC THANKS TO THOSE TALKIN SH!T ABOUT PS3/XB360/WII OR WHATEVER THAT WASN'T ABOUT THE TOPIC... SORRY FOR WASTING YOUR LIVES WITH MY PHUCKIN WORTHLESS WORDS... HAVE A GOOD DAY/NIGHT TO EVERYONE.

[C_SoL]

so if a black would put his tag as "blacknegro" would u be calling him a nigger & other racial name calling.....the why u said it makes u sound like a other racist white(as usual)...but ya then again he was asking for it, seeing that a lot of people hate gays even though there people....

[tony]

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[toughNAME]

who parades their sexuality around like that?

The same thing will happen if you wear a shirt saying "im gay" and walk around wearing it

This is an incredibly lame article, in all walks of life you will be critizied for being homosexual and then bragging about it...not just on xbox LIVE

[ktchong]

A while ago, there's report of a black guy who got harassed in the same way just because he spoke with a black accent.

Some Chinese guy who put "Asian" in his screen name got harassed in the same manner by American teenagers.

The problem is that Xbox Live is a place that runs wild with bigotry and racism, and Microsoft is endorsing it because they refuse to do anything about it. Microsoft knows that letting those spoiled brats run wild is the best way to earn their money.

[chester]

what is MS supposed to do exactly? not trying to be a smart-ass, but beyond censoring people i'm not sure what they can do about speech over the internet. i agree that it's horrible that it happens, but really there is nothing that can be done. i guess banning people from chat if they get enough complaints, but that is hard to do accurately and fairly and could be abused as well. it happens in every platform where there is the opportunity for chat; pc games, the psn, etc. unfortunately, if people want to not be the eye of moronic gamers, they will have to have a mundane tag like "jim" and basically just keep to themselves. yes it sucks, but unfortunately not much can be done.

[SmokeyMcBear]

a black accent??? what the hell is that supposed to mean, i mean seriously.. i really have no idea, does that mean like an african accent, or what?

[StarsCream]

He obviously created the account to test the waters and create this example of pathetic creatures that inhabit the internet (very prominintly on XBL in particular). Doesnt take a genius to figure out it was an exercise.

PS: SMB, dont be coy, you just make your name seem more appropriate.

[brianpk80]

Some people take pride in who they are. And no, gay people aren't "criticized" in all walks of life. Where I'm from (Eastern Pennsylvania, United States) the only people who complain and get all hot and bothered about gays & lesbians are secretly gay themselves. It happens all the time. Otherwise, most people are pretty chill and have better things to worry about.

[Salvadore]

Some people on live are just plain idiots, especially they guy who said "How has a Pink name" or whatever. Pink in H3/H2 is a hot colour and I have it on my Elite (H2), but to call somebody gay because of their colour preference is stupid.

[MaximusPrime_]

i took off my report.

im not going to approve this.

[Boink]

I bet if I went on any online chat room and put my screenname as "xxxcumdumpsterxxx" i'd get teased too.

[QQcrybaby]

He brought it on himself. Your gamertag is xxxGayBoyxxx? Come on man. You are going to get trashed on XBL for a name like that. He just did it to egg people on. Most of those guys probably don't even hate gays, but you will get made fun of for having a stupid gamertag every time.

[benfinkel]

Why should someone have to face ridicule for this? I have "hebrew" in my tag and get torn apart constantly. Is it supposed to be my fault that you're a prick?

[pkb79]

By you logic any girl in a short skirt and low cut top want to have sex. So if someone where to rape her that would be ok? Because she was asking for it?

[vgn24]

There's a reason people call things that are uncool gay. It doesn't mean they hate gays, it's just part of the English language. And if someone is dumb enough to think they're special and excluded from societies stupid behavior because they are gay, they're wrong.

Most everyone on XBL is a smartass. And going into a game with a name that begs to be ripped on, is moronic. He knew what he was doing. Likely, he got that gamertag for this video alone.

Like someone else said, half the guys quoted in that video were being immature because the game calls for trash talk and the name gayboy is ripe for trash talk.

[beoulve]

You sound like a serial raper. The girls were wearing sexy clothes, they brought it to themselves. I will see you behind bars pretty soon.

[Skerj]

Live at it's finest, I couldn't stop cracking up at this though as those people sound like nearly everyone I've encountered on live. Just the same as everyone I've heard on Counterstrike sound like the same 3 people.

[znu]

yet love their system. Guys, i have a ps3, its amazing. I have played a 360 and its amazing too. You dont have to bash the other system.

This post is about how immiture those people are, so the guy is called gayboy, theres nothing wrong with that. Some say he bought it upon himself, i disagree. He can call himself anything he wants unless it is offensive to other players, If the person who is Gayboy isnt really homosexual, and he meets a person who really is gay and that person bashes him about it being offensive towards him then its his fault, cause he is offending that player. (The people bashed him for having Gayboy written their not the "hardcore stuff")

[Wallonsi]

Great comment, couldn't have said it better, i myself own a ps3 and i love it, i have played halo 3 before and loved that to, there is nothing wrong with being gay.

[ScottEFresh]

LOL that was pure hilarity. I mean most of the comments were mean but they wern't ALL bad and what the hell does this guy expect? His name is xxxGayBoyxxx which doesn't just imply that hes gay but that he likes being gay and is "hardcore" about it. So why shouldn't this guy get clowned, he put it out there so people would know so obviously he knew some people were going to say something.

[AnalFace]

ahahahahahahaa.. i hate gays.. sick bastards

[Peekay]

For all we know this guy could have purposefully used that name just to conduct a social experiment. I agree with round peg though. Its inexcusable. They should have just left him alone. I just don't understand the hate of some people.

btw how do i mute someone on COD4 ps3? its annoying when some little punk starts rapping "soldier boy" while cranking up his stereo to max.

[EastCoastSB]

you can't, unfortunately

[XerockX]

thing is, nobody would give a shyt if you didn't scream your gayness to the world through you're gamer tag.I don't wanna know if you're gay, I don't wanna know if you're straight. Is gayboy the best you could come up with ? sheesh.You have the right to be gay, and people have the right to say whatever they want to whoever they want.get over it.;)

[Monkeynator]

Just like you can't yell fire in a crowded theater, you can't threaten to kill someone because they are gay... or at least where I live you can't. This wasn't about what people can, or can't do, it is about what they do. If anyone was thinking about getting in some online multiplayer and saw this they may think twice about it.

This kind of behavior is expected, but not acceptable. Just because a lot of people do it doesn't make it right, it only makes a lot of people wrong.

Surprising: No
Acceptable: Never
Cowardly: Always

[i_like_ff7]

poor kid....but y would he name himself gayboy?

[TheMART]

What do you think you would get when you have a gamertag on PSN that says

Xbox360Rocks

or

PS3Sucks

Really. I mean no one cares if one is gay. But if one needs to put it out like this you get comments.

Kids are everywhere, kids are harsh. You see it on the street, you'll see it online.

[kingboy]

not only kids

[techie]

"I mean no one cares if one is gay."

Did you just watch that vid? Some of the joking is ok, but "I hope you die and go to hell"...you know they seem to care.

[pawnblue]

I'm fine with homosexuals, but I also understand that everyone can't magically embrace everyone else.

You can't possibly hold the view that people that disagree with you need to be criticized openly about criticizing people openly. It's just too shallow (see there, I made fun of your screen name).

The best thing that any gay person can do is to be themselves. When you meet a guy, and he's cool, and then you find out he's gay, you learn to appreciate people for their character.

When someone identifies themselves as part of a stereotyped group, and that's all anyone knows about them, you learn gay people are different. Some people are asses, and use this to hate people.

The video isn't going to change minds. People that are anti-gay are only going to see the guy as baiting and won't be bothered by many of the comments. People that are pro-gay are going to be shocked.

But maybe we could just be pro-people, and try to smooth out misunderstandings. You know, show that homophobe that being gay is one of a million possible differences between two humans.

You are never going to get rid of intolerance with intolerance.

[vgn24]

He made the name to go on Halo 3, start a political correctness mine field and get traffic to his site. gays do love attention, I've known enough, but naming yourself xxxGayBoyxxx is crying for attention on purpose.

[beoulve]

I play HALO 3 and I heard this ripping pretty often. Teenager at its worst. I seen one guy that speak Spanish got ripped because he don't speak good english or speak with funny ascent. HALO 3 community is pretty horrible. The reason why is because everybody hide behind the mic. Usually coward that don't really dare to do it real life. Simple solution, mute them all. You dont need mic to coordinate. If you are good, you still can kick alot of @ss without mic.

[TheMART]

Well you know if a Spanish guy starts speaking Spanish in an all English game yeah I think it stinks.

I have come into all Spanish games and those laugh you speak English. I am wise enough to leave then, so should they. Overall people internationally use English.

[beoulve]

that's not my point, he was trying to speak english and people laughing at his ascent and his poor english and suddenly you wonder why Europe XBOX 360 sales starting to decline. Thanks to those pricks that give XBOX 360 community a really bad name. If you seen that kind of people, I encourage you guys to report them.

[TheMART]

OK point taken.

But I guess the same would happen on PSN

By the way sales in Europe aren't declining... 70k 360's last week, the PS3 is just a bit higher after the recent price drop. But the 360 was on top for a lot of months in 2007.

Being different is always triggers some people to make fun about. If they're gay, foreign, you name it. That happens. In real life and online. That's my point, you won't get that out of this world.

But why does one have to put it out like that, on a billboard?

[Mr_Kuwabara]

Well he had it coming. I'm straight but I'm not going to use a dumb@$$ name tag like "Straight Guy" I mean come on!

[stuntman_mike]

sounds like every hillbilly and his second cousin removed are on halo online.

[ScottEFresh]

I believe the PS3 version of CoD4 doesn't have the mute feature...YET. It's apparently made it's way into the first patch for the PS3 version though I believe.

[Peekay]

bubble - cant wait to shut some of these kids up.

[Monkeynator]

I'd love to mute those dorks. Right now I link in my headset and then turn the volume down so I can't hear them. I would also rather not waste the bandwidth on all the B.S. chatter.

[NextGEN Gamers]

And to think, you pay Microsoft $50 a year for the privilege of being vilified for your sexuality. Bill Gates, you rock!

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Am I the only one that found that video very entertaining?

Honestly. He has a name "xxxGayBoyxxx" and expects not to get harassed on Halo 3, the most competitive game to date where people can sh!talk as much as they want with no consequences.

XBL and PSN both have assholes. But seriously though, I would be crying with laughter if I was playing with those kids while they were joking gayboy. It's sad but true. Nothing against gays, but the guys asking for it by making his gamertag gayboy on XBL.

[Bullseye]

are always the most ignorant.Why would he name himself gay boy? Why not? Ignorance is one of those commodities that is shared by so many, but few know they have!

Unlike enlightenment. A commodity that is claimed by so many, but owned by so few.

[Neo-Delta]

I've witnessed girls even getting slurred. "OMG! A girl gamer, she must be fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111"

[Waffle-boy]

but anyway, its because everyone is anonymous. You can say whatever you want to a person you'll never see again. Of course teenage boys people abuse the privilege.

[zonetrooper5]

Like others have said before, make a stupid ass name like that and you deserve to be trashed talked. I don't hate gays but seriously hate people who are so PC, man they piss me off so much and people who wear skinny jeans.

[wil4hire]

1. Blatantly Racist. See posts about how well the PS3 is doing in Japan.
2. Blatantly Ignorant. See posts about how well the PS3 is doing in Germany.
3. Blatantly Sexist. See comments about Jade Raymond.

Now this isn't the entire xbl community, but it is definitely the majority of 360 owners that are voiced over XBL/N4G/Online. It is a very domestic crowd.

The PS3 suffers from this to a certain extent, as does most online gaming, but this isn't an isolated incident.

I just hate to see Americans acting so incredibly stupid. Being one, born and raised.

[B Man]

Because i've known that those are general traits of the human race for a long time now...

[SlippyMadFrog]

I can deduct a couple of things about you (not the PS3 community)
1. You're an attention whore
2. You can't be older than 12
3. You're not very smart
4. You're adding to the problem here at N4G

welcome to my ignore list

[Chubear]

It's Xbox live. Is this really surprising to anyone that's played on live before? Half the time you feel like you accidentally walked in on a KKK meeting or something.

[techie]

Just because it happens all the time doesn't make it right...in fact it makes it very worrying.

[Chubear]

Yes you get racists and bigots on PSN too but no where near the excessive amount you get on xbox live and that's the truth.

People who gang up on other players like they did when it comes to racial or sexual matters should get banned. DOn't tell me he asked for it by having gayboy as his handle. THis is frikgen America and anyone can do as they frikgen please so he can call himself whatever he want's it doesn't excuse bigotry.

You idiots that say he it's his fault are the same ones that'll will say a rapist was right to rape a young girl cause she was just asking for it when she wore that short skirt.

It's kinda 'ucked up when we in America tell the rest of the world we'r a free nation, free to say and do whatever but then condemm our own cause they CHOSE to be who they are. Fackin' hypocritical BS. That's why the rest of the world hates our guts, we say one thing to damn the rest of the world but turn round and do even worse. Pfft, disgusting!

Eeryone of them should get banned and they should be told that that kind of behaviour will not be accepted on their forum. A racist or bigotted comment here and there, one may igonore but ganging up on people for racial hate or bigotry - for ANY reason - is totally unacceptable? If you cant see that then your parents really 'ucked up and did a piss poor job in raising you.

[techie]

Good points, and you mean well. But I doubt it's a choice. Though he did choose that name yes :)

[Xi]

just a lot less of them have mics.

[BloodySinner]

"Yes you get racists and bigots on PSN too but no where near the excessive amount you get on xbox live and that's the truth."

Maybe because the puny PSN doesn't have near all the amount of users that Xbox Live (8+ million) does? Combined with the fact that the Xbokx 360 Premium & Elite consoles come with a headset, so there's a greater chance of people using them.

I'm not racist myself, because I just happened to be black. The last time I played Gears of War (my default COG character is Cole Train - http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... As soon as I entered a game, some asshole asked "Hey, BloodySinner! Are you black?" I answered his question and the next thing you know, he starts team killing (me) then boots me out of the game.

[judd]

"I'm not racist myself, because I just happened to be black."

So, because you are black, you can't be racist? Please don't imply that it is only whites who are racist. My aunt and uncle work at a camp in Tennessee that reaches out to inner city black kids and gives them a fun place to get away from the city life and go swimming, canoeing, and horse back riding as well as many other things. When I go down there to help out sometimes, about 10% of the kids are very hateful toward me and don't want anything to do with me. These are the same kids that when I play basketball with them, they will go out of their way to make sure that when I go for a layup, I end up flat out on the ground. Some will then stand over top of me and say things about how I shouldn't be out there because I'm not black.

2 of my best friends are black and I found out from them that there is a lot of racial hatred between blacks and asians.

Not all racist people are white. Yes, there are a lot of white people that are racist and that is a sad thing to have to say about my ethnic background. I wish it wasn't true. And on behalf of the large majority of whites that aren't racist, I apologize to you for those poor examples of humanity that have judged you and made fun of you because you are black. But please don't imply that only whites are racist.

[StateofMind]

I'm sorry but some of that was hilarious. Friendly Uncle made me laugh. Some of the stuff was disturbing though. Threatening to hang him was definitely uncalled for.

Also, I'm sure I could get some attention if I called myself "StraightDude69" or something. He brought that on himself.

[ThichQuangDuck]

I went into to it seeing the title and thought im not going to laugh this is going to be sick but im shocked by how obnoxious people are and how they all have the same stereotypes and things to say and it made me laugh and as you said the person with this gamertag was asking for it.

[JPomper]

News Flash! Immature gamers use the cover of anonymity to scream homosexual expletives at gamer with flamingly gay name. More at 11.

[Chubear]

What's worring to me is that it seems a very large % of gamers seem to be highly racial, sexist & bigoted. I took some guy of my friends list cause he turned out to be ignorantly anti-semitic.

I couldn't belive it. He seemed cool and everything but when we got on a particular gaming topic he just very calmly made some outrageous comments and had some girl agreeing with him too.

I jsut had to tell him what I though of people like him and removed him from my list. The world hasn't changed from 50 years ago. Racism is still the same it used to be only now it's adapted to the new world and does an excellent job of hiding behind smoke.

I'm very carefull how I pick my friends online now. It seem we as humans just have a need to nonsensically hate each other for whatver reason.

[B Man]

This moron acts like he is suffering from hate, but what the hell does he expect with a stupid name like gay boy? That's BEGGING to be insulted. If I saw that name I would think instantly it was a joke and the guy is just an idiot that wants attention... so hell ya I would have made fun of him too... for being an idiot wanting attention.

Haven't you learned that homosexuality still isn't an accepted way of life? Keep it to yourself if you don't want to be harrassed.

[wil4hire]

Wow.

I mean wow.

Xbots for you.

[techie]

No being offensive isn't an accepted way of life. So maybe they should shut up?

Edit: Maybe that's the case in your country.

[ThichQuangDuck]

Yes they should shut up and be nice but in the realistic world that just isnt what happens people know they can mainly say anything on xbox live and not face the consequences so they do. But I see what you are saying it just is not realistic.

[B Man]

but I come across offensive people every single day... i've only met a small number of homosexuals.

[brianpk80]

"Haven't you learned that homosexuality still isn't an accepted way of life? Keep it to yourself if you don't want to be harrassed. "

Welcome to 2007. You have a lot to learn.

[MadMax]

Im afraid GayBoy set himself up for that one. Comon, you know whats gonna happen when you advertise a name like that for online gaming. Its pretty stupid on Gayboys part, he asked for it really. You cause attention like that and you will find it, idiot!

[fenderputty]

a name, nor the fact that he is gay, warrents this sort of treatment. It just goes to show as much as people like to think racism, sexism and all the other ism's are a thing of the past, they truly aren't. Some people are just ignorant fools and nothing can change that.

[green]

Its not just his gamer tag that is an issue.I had a friend from SOuth Africa play GOW over live and they were making racial comments just because he sounded South African and he is white.He said he had had similar remarks while playing Warhawk

I think putting his sexuality to the forefront was a mistake but all this racism gay bashing and all is what makes people think gamers are immature and narrow minded.

And even you all calling XBOT and giving each other names is just how it starts.We don't know cant see or here anything about the next person so we make fun of their consoles or their avatars.But once race,country,name are known and worse an image of the person, then some immature gamers will manipulate things and use derogatory words in order to vent their frustration.

[Firewire]

This is a serious issue, and I don't think enough has been done by the gaming companies to prevent this stuff. Its really bad on Live and is creeping into PSN more & more with more consoles being sold.
One of these companies is really going to get it one day in terms of a lawsuit, for not doing enough to prevent it. Hell when I had a 360, I only used a mic for the first month, I couldn't take all the racial stuff, after awhile it just bothers you because everything is almost f this and screw you ***, Die N*****!
I commend Live for having a reporting system, but more needs to be done because there are idiots still out there talking like this. As for PSN I don't know if there is a reporting system?

[dfcm2003]

being called gay names, then you probably should keep quite about what you are... I'm straight, but I don't parade it around, with namer tags, it seems this person was proud that he was Gay, and He meet some people who didn't like that, bottom line, its a free country, you can say what ever you want. Before you disagree, he had just as much right to use his gamertag, and promote his lifestyle, as the boys did that bashed him...

Is it right? Well its not, to degrade anyone, regardless of their lifestyle....

[Chubear]

Nobody has the right to be harrase anyone for ANY reason. That's not one of your rights as an American or a human being.

[sheng long]

XBOX live is full of racist bastards. I've had people call me a Ni***R or beaner before and i'm not even black.
I understand it comes with the territory of online gaming, but there should be a Zero tolerance on this matter. I've come across people i have reported before and their accounts are still active. go figure! encourage these pricks this type of behaviour will go unpunished.

[dfcm2003]

lol, man i'm from the South, and with a Southern slang, When I played xbox 1, man i would catch grief from some people, LOL, but it was usually just silly kids, that I was pounding on in Madden. lol

[zonetrooper5]

The reporting system and feedback system in the 360 while alright its not the best it could be. It needs a over haul to make it alot better and I think MS should do it. However, people who make stupid gamertag names do deserve to have the piss taken out of them. Just don't call yourself something like:

xXxpinkfairgayman8844xXx because people will take the piss out of you.

[beoulve]

what's wrong with gayboy? If you're gay and you called yourself gayboy, is that wrong? no... What's wrong is those who insult him and those who say he deserved this. It's your homophobia at fault here.

[ThichQuangDuck]

Ok I tried not laugh but it was funny how mean people were being , but not to point blame but going into xbox live a community of racist, homophobs and more is not a good idea to name your self gayboy but yes they should of been nicer but with such a big community what can you really expect everyone to be mature

[aba]

If you play with that tag, expect that kinda sh*t. Your not a victim, just a pillowbiter lookin for attention.

[ThichQuangDuck]

Even though this person says it in a rough way they are right because that is like naming your self girl or Gay as he did or naming yourself your race no matter what you are going to get made fun of if you put that information out there for people to see and you are just asking for it and almost just want to be famous

[BaMYouRDeaD]

No offense to any gay people out there, but naming yourself "xxxGayBoyxxx" is kind of asking for it. Like putting a "kick me" sign on your back...

[StarsCream]

Just wanted to join this little moron pow-wow between you three.

Great analogy with the kick me sign by the way. So, if I did infact decide to walk around with a kickme sign, you would find it irresistable to do so?

Psst, little secret: you would regret that decision very much

[Bullseye]

if you choose a tag like that ,then you deserve what you get. Hmmmm. A bit like a girl wearing a very short skirt should be raped, i guess ! Same thing to some of you, i'm sure. A person cannot be a 'little' racist or a 'little' homophobic.

[Boink]

In a perfect world you could go anywhere with that name and not get teased at all. but it's nowhere near perfect, and the anonimity of the internet doesn't help.

There are things that are good ideas and bad ideas. walking through an unlit park in the middle of the night doesn't meant you should be robbed, but why do something dumb like take the chance.

going into a smalltown in alabama wearing a shirt that says black and proud should not get your asskicked, but you increased the odds that it will.

I don't think that person "deserved" what they got becsue of their screen name, but by them choosing that name, and then going somewhere filled with competitve, adrenalined filled males (and sorry to say, largely populated from the US) it's almost definitely going to happen.

[Bolts]

And this is a prime example. The internet+gaming= an excuse for people to be total A holes. Even more disturbing is the rampant racism that exists online. I've seen many Live users totally tear apart some Indian dude just because of his accent.

[ChronicOsmosis]

Xbox live does have a problem with this as does most online gaming including the ps3. The fact is the Xbox is mainly owned by americans who live in trailer parks and marry their cousins. I do think Xbox live is the best and the 360 the best console but this is why most of the world hates america. Every country has idiots but it does seem to be a higher percentage in the states.

[Chubear]

Yes PSN has it too but NOWHERE NEAR as bad as xbox live - NOWHERE NEAR.

THe live community got issues and I hope PSN doen't get worst from all teh 360 fanbase that jump off the 360 wagon and join up on PSN.

[Boink]

it's just not as bad because:

1: nowhere near the usebase of XBL

2: the bulk of the ps3 base is in Japan and Europe.

Don't me wrong, i'm not saying all americans are racists/homophobes. but it is definitely a bigger issue there than in most parts of the world.

and the ps3 fanboys who use this to insult all 360 owners...PA-THE-TIC.

[Chubear]

There were more PS2s than xboxes and it was the same it is now. The reason isn't the number of people but the type of people live seems to attract.

Yes you get gmaers saying the N word or being sexist but usually that person is even out numbered and often told to shut it or move on.

This one here is a huge problem with live and anyone who's used both live and PSN will tell you clearly they're are two very different communities.

[ChronicOsmosis]

No one played online on the ps2 so shock horror their was no problem!!!

[Covenant]

Ignorant, small-minded, hateful, racist/sexist/homophobes like that need to be banned...and grow up.

[tplarkin7]

"Gay Boy" claims that he never said anything to initiate the insults, but his tag is "xxxGayBoyxxx". What does he expect? That is no different than walking up to a stranger on the street and saying, "Hi, I'm gay."

My response would be, "Repent for your sins, brother!"

[Monkeynator]

Hey look at that 49, 49.1 is exactly what you were talking about.

[Maddens Raiders]

neanderthals making the comments.

Blame their parents and grandparents. That's who teaches them that this crap is ok.

Ahhh. what does it matter? The world is a racist timebomb - KILLEMALL

[tplarkin7]

All "gay" men have a mother and a father. There is no child that came from 2 fathers or 2 mothers. You don't need lessons to come to this conclusion.

[solar]

ladies and gentlemen...the maturity lvl of 360 owners is revealed :P

[razer]

I would totally disagree with you on your comment since you seem to generalize everyone.. So the times I've been called a ni**er on PSN must mean that the whole population of PSN is like that including you?? That's just ignorant.

BUT.. This audio is hard to refute.. and the fact that they were all American adds some validity to the harsh comments against American gamers.. It's a sad state of affairs and as an XBL(and PSN) gamer who is totally cool to game with and doesn't bag on anyone I am embarrassed and all I can say is that not everyone is like this.

[solar]

man i know ppl arent all like that. thats why the :P is there. there is bad seeds in all walk of life, all platforms, everything. i know its not just xbox owners. but i do expect to see more of that behavior from xbox users. why? because their is more online, and more young'ins playing xbox live. hence, more immaturity. ps3 owners will be more that way once they saturate the market. and pc owners, you find way less more immaturity there because of the fact pc gamers are for the most part, older folks.

[PimpHandHappy]

my buddy who isnt gay says he hates playing with his mic on on XBL because they say he sounds gay and they all jump on him. He is a mellow stoner who doesnt look to talk sh!t and is just there to enjoy the game.

When i hear kids get out of control i always try and chill em out. I would say i havent heard this kinda garbage on my PS3 but there has been a few hicks that use the n-word when they hear a black dude talk. Its sad and i wish i could look these ppl in the face when they speak like that.

He should have shown there name and maybe when the next gen comes around ppl would understand u can attack ppl like that. They pay for the game and the service just like me and you and there is never a reason to ruin a persons game because u dont like the way they talk or the screen name they use

[SmokeyMcBear]

i find it quite hilarious at the difference in comments, the sony camp saying this is the worst thing ever, and the 360 camp defending the actions of the halo3 community. Yes its bad, i have played halo3 and man, it gets heated sometimes, I can sometimes enjoy in the banter, but it soon turns into f*ck you this and f that, stupid f@ggot, n*gger, crazy stuff like that. I can intelligently banter with the best of them, but once it does to vulgar crap like that, its just fighting a losing battle, only the feeble minded fall back on rasicst and vulgar remarks. Theres no need to swear ever.. if you really know how to talk smack. But kids these days just don't know. This thread is very amusing

[ChronicOsmosis]

I am in the 360 camp but would never defend this racist, bigot behavior. Yet i find it very insulting that the ps3 fanboys are making out the 360 is the racists console of choice the fact is its the american console of choice. It says more about the society you live in then the console you own.

[EastCoastSB]

There's never any decent trash talking on Halo. Anytime I did bad in a game it was "You fkin suck!!' Trash talking is fun and all but nowadays it's just one guy cursing out another.

[solar]

xbox live is one unattractive thing for me. im used to blacking out ppl i dont want to talk to on video games for pc and using ventrilo. i only hope ps3 lets users do that, and xbox live lets you do that. (dont own an xbox yet).

[Anything but Cute]

I find gays so boring. I wish the world was full of gays and they all went to live happily on another planet far far away and left me with all the girls.

I find the male VS female exchange much more dramatic.

If someone says they're gay, I just tell them to please get away from me fast. I don't find it funny to pick on them. Not funny at all.

[StarsCream]

maybe it would be easier for YOU to go.

I would expect that to make gays, hederos, men, and women happy :)

[Mc187]

I guess he will have to change his gamertag back to TheMart.
lol

[SmokeyMcBear]

oh man i busted up laughing at that one.. now you got me in trouble at work

[shodown19]

I get sick of the hate comments when I get on XBOX Live. PSN isnt nearly as bad but I believe that's only because the console itself doesnt come with a headset. The language on PSN really didnt pick up until Warhawk came out.

[PimpHandHappy]

Hitler and the Church killed gays

yea u cant tell them to move away because they are gay. Its not like gayness, being gay is new you know

its been going on from the days of the 300!

That being said if some guy grabbed my azz i would have a major issue

[PimpHandHappy]

u better watch urself dude.

Bloodmask might report you

hahahahahaha

but good one

[jacobdevos]

this is exactly what I hate about people in the gay community who purposely expose themselves as being overtly sexual as often as possible then get upset when they are made fun of for it.

Anyone have a name on xboxlive like 'straight boy'? You would see that he would probably be called gay more often than this guy.
But I doubt that name even exists outside of a joke because there is
NO NEED TO MENTION YOUR SEXUALITY IN YOUR GAMER TAG.
So what's the problem? The problem is you named yourself xxxgayboyxxx when there is no reason to even mention your sexuality. This ends up being confusing for a gaming scene and made you an easy target to be made fun of. Why? Because it doesn’t make sense to but 'gayboy' as your name when everyone else is putting complete misnomer in their names. Furthermore you get upset when you play HALO 3 against others with that tag...
if there is ONE thing a group of right-wingers LOVE it's their HALO! It’s all that represents 'America fu*k ya’ in gaming. 'We must save the world! With GUNS!! Duh duh duh duh!!! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.'

so here's the catch 22, if your name was mexicanboy: you would be called a beaner. If your name was blackboy, you'd be called a n*gger. If your name was whiteboy, you'd be called a caker. If your name was gayboy you would be called a f*ggot. It’s NOT right, but it's HALO. And YOU KNEW THAT FROM THE GET GO. YOU KNEW THAT ALREADY. THE SECOND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SOOOOOOOOOOO INCREDDDIBBBLLYYY GAAAYYY that you had to tell the entire GAMING COMMUNITY ABOUT IT every time you LOGGED ON THAT YOU WOULD BE MADE FUN OF FOR IT. And THAT my friend is the TRUE ignorance here... gamers make fun of ANYONE, SO DO FOOTBALL PLAYERS. You get into someone's head, they are easier to defeat.
Go ahead and cry about your poor gamer tag getting dissed, on a game console where you would be dissed for wearing pants, and call it DISCRIMINATION.
Or SUCK IT UP and next time you don’t want something that means so much to you to be made fun of... Change your name to SOMETHING THEY CAN'T DISS.

[I Call 9MM]

Total 100% agreement. It's not right, but you know it's going to happen. Someone was just trying to garner themeselves some attention, plain and simple.

[dfcm2003]

In his Name Tag, he is calling himself the same thing the others were, when you think about it....

[Monkeynator]

59. Just suck it up eh? Sounds like something a thug would say to keep the victims from fighting back. Sorry, thats too cowardly for some of us to put up with.

59.1 So what if he was trying to get attention. This happens to tons of people who are just playing. The issue is what's getting the attention.

59.2 Calling someone gay is not in and of itself harassment unless someone hates the idea of gayness. They went way beyond just saying he was gay because that would be boring, they were trying to hurt him for their enjoyment. It's like if I called myself "RegularJoe" and everyone started being elitist and putting me down because I was regular. You can make fun of ANY name, you can even hate someone for their name. Harassing because of a name is not the same thing as calling them by their name.

[solar]

richard simmons does not endorse this thread :P

its blatantly obvious xxxGayBoyxxx did this to get a rise outta ppl. do you really think someone gay went on the internet with the name gayboy to not tape what happened?

[jacobdevos]

i agree. and if he was gay he did that to prove a point no one cares about.

[solar]

exactly man. gay ppl dont go on the internet and scream "im gay!!" especially on freakin xbox live. ppl need to chill and look at the big picture. it was a setup imo.

[Anything but Cute]

I find gays so boring. I wish the world was full of gays and they all went to live happily on another planet far far away and left me with all the girls.

I find the male VS female exchange much more dramatic.

If someone says they're gay, I just tell them to please get away from me fast. I don't find it funny to pick on them. Not funny at all.

[ThichQuangDuck]

first you say send them to a different planet then you say you dont find it funny to pick on them
contradicting yourself a little
but the fact of the matter is xbox live is better so it has a bigger fan base which leads more bad people

[H-V-H]

Repeat much ?

[tonsoffun]

that hasen't been subjected to two or three racist, bigoted or homophobic idiots.

Most of them are American/Canadian but there has been a recent influx of English racists adults too.....

It has gotten so bad, I only wear the headset when I am playing with people on my friends list.

[Xi]

it's just as bad from everyone, I've recently heard a lot of people with more spanish and australian accents being just as bad, but they usually directed at rednecks and infering all americans as such.

[zigzag]

haha that was funny

[incogneato]

obviously gay boy did this on purpose so he could promote sympathy for gays and their gay rights campaign. i think its hilarious how you all up in arms about this situation as if the dude was just an innocent gay trying to play halo. its more than obvious he did this on purpose what with the pink and the little heart and the name.

i wouldnt be surprised if he was actually a straight guy trolling the internet either. i dont announce i am straight so why should he announce hes gay? if i made the name "xxxStraightBoyxxx" its just as likely people would have a lot to say about it simply because it calls attention to a personal aspect of my life

[Xi]

he did it so that he could garner attention and just prove the point that this was going on. I always hear gay bashing, racist and biggoted remarks online. This goes for CS, halo 3, warhawk etc. what he's doing is trying to get something done about it.

[jacobdevos]

i totally disagree, if he wanted something to be done about it he would have just reported all of those guys to Microsoft and they would be banned in a second. this kind of footage could end up on the news if he cared enough.
what he's doing here is similar to a 'just for laughs' skit.
exploiting himself and the gay community where they will definitely be discriminated against because EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT is discriminated against on this type of platform.

we definitely should be talking about this.. because discrimination is bad...mmmk

but what i'm saying is that he did this to exploit himself. if he made an identical video only it was him on headset asking them to not call him gay because he is in fact homosexual and proud of it, he would have a point. this video shows nothing but people talking sh*t.. who knows he might have been saying like 'BASH GAYS I GOTTA TAPE THIS'. therefore this is a video no one can believe until they see how it started and until they see if he tried to defend his gamertag. you should be more respectful.

[I Call 9MM]

That could be true. There are people out there who will do anything for some kind of attention, especially with the possibility of getting the mass media involved. It is the world we live in. Might even try to sue Microsoft for this somehow. Not saying it's true, but I'm not saying it isn't either.

[Xi]

it would stop? He made the video so that he could get publicity on the issue. We wouldn't be talking about the problem right now if it were'nt for this guy, and he had the courtesy to censor the names. You sohuld be more respectful.

[mccomber]

and I know he likely used that name to get the point across... but still, going into xbox live would be like hitting a roadhouse bar with a shirt emblazoned with the same text and acting like you aren't looking for trouble. It may not be right, but it's also stupid to act like he wasn't looking for this exact reaction from people.
Besides, it's the anonymity of the internet in full effect, and acting like Live is some special instance of this is ridiculous. That username would attract basically the same sort of reactions anywhere you used it online.

[I Call 9MM]

Note to people out there still thinking of a name for Xbox Live: do not use a title such as "gay boy", you're just asking to get talked smack to like this guy did. When I go online, I don't want to know if your gay or not. Hell, I don't even want to know if your straight and how many women you slept with last weekend, I don't care. I just want to play the game at hand. Choose something less likely to get ripped on. You don't see many Jewish people calling themselves "CheapJew129", or black people calling themeselves "black_negro356", or any white folk calling themselves "Honky-Crackers467", etc... etc... So why would someone call themselves "gayboy" or "homodude" or "dykecentral" to show off their sexual orientation??

Do I condone this behavior? No, of course not. It isn't nice, in a perfect world nobody would care etc... etc... we've all heard this before. But XBox Live is composed primarily (i'd say at least 80% to throw some number out there) of young prepubescent boys who think they are adults and like to talk smack, and also the teenage guys who like to talk smack (even though they would have their asses handed to them anytime in the real world), and the loner adults who can only relate to the two afformentioned groups. This ratio only increases when playing Halo 3. These people have absolutely nothing better to do, since they fail miserably out in the real world. Halo 3 is all they have. Your going to get ripped on right away, so right now all you can do is try to avoid it. It's not like the real world where you can do something about this. These people are safe and sound in mommy and daddy or grandma's basement somewhere. Just my two cents and some change.

[jacobdevos]

i agree with joe on some level... but i want to point out his fallacy because what he said does have major flaws.

the problem with Joe's comment is he understands the word gay as a negative connotation..

hence with his examples of :
"CheapJew129", "black_negro356", "Honky-Crackers467"

... so the issue is 'gayboy' has no "honky' or "cheap" in front of it..
being gay is a sexuality, not a word used to describe a stereotype or slang term...

therefore you can't compare gayboy to those and expect people to respect your choice of examples because you were actually quite wrong in saying that gayboy is similar to those names in anyway..
the proper examples would be 'blackguy' 'whitemale' 'jewgirl'
these are proper because they still depict a personal trait connected to the sex of the person.. not a racial slur with the sex of the person..
that is a major fallacy bud..

[I Call 9MM]

It's just the way the word is used. People do use words like "jew", among others I don't need to mention, in a derogatory way as well, it's just some examples. But yeah, gay on it's own is usually used in such a way. Like I said, it's the way our world (and XBox Live) works. It's not pretty at all but it unfortunately true.

[skylar2000]

LOL That's why people who own xbox are so proud of our console!

[codeazrael]

Ok Roundpeg, I normally read your posts, but with comments like this, please don't let me start to think that you are stupid. The media tends to focus on minorities in my race that are raised in the hood, and alot of them getting a poor education, thus having a poor vocabulary. But don't get on here with a stupid comment calling what you are describing as a black accent. There's an English accent, American accent, Middle Eastern accent, Spanish accent, hell, Midwest, Southern, New York accent, but when you say Black accent, to me that echoes ignorance of someone who stereotypes. I'm Black, as well as educated, as well as raised with both parents, and I speak great English. Ok, speaking of that STUPID song "souldja boy" imagine how that idiot sounds when he talks, you see that sounds like that is your opinion on how Blacks speak, and I guarantee you it is mainly from what you see on tv as well as from the rejects you hear it from around you. So if you hear it all over the place, it must be true right? WRONG, because what people do when they stereotype is dismiss and totally disregard when they hear something that goes against a stereotype, such as a black man NOT speaking with a "Black accent".....oh wait, but then people like you will then call it a black person trying to be white when you hear a person like me "talking like you". So please, I normally read your posts but seriously, grow up. Now as far as XXXGAYBOYXXX do not put a gay person's bigotry in the same catergory as the bigotry people of color deal with. Although I have no problems with a gay person, they WILL NOT get a free ride on the momentum that people of color have gained from our struggle, which been here since the beginning of time damn near. This xxxgayboyxxx had an agenda from the getgo and he clearly wanted to make a statement. Plus, the whole "xxx" thing makes me think that he is cruising for a piece of @ss. I don't even know why I'm trying to get deep on a video game site, but some people don't even have a clue............so I'll leave this comment at that.

[Maddens Raiders]

with you 100% of the time. This time is different. ((Black)) accent? ...so what is a White accent? LOL a/w...

Hmm...Planet earth is full of stupid humans. No wonder UFO's don't stop here. They just pass through to make sure we're still ALL STUPID and no threat. L8tr.

See #72 for proof.

[Daxx]

I'm sorry but you should know what you are getting yourself into when you make your gamertag xxxGayBoyxxx.

[FirstknighT]

What's the big deal? The name calling on xbox live is not as bad as the name calling in here. You have scum like Bathly wishing Cancer on people. And the sad thing is that he had like 10 agrees. Their is immaturity everywhere.

[Asylumchild]

HAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA This is funny stuff lmfao was the person not expecting to get ragged on by people i mean come on GAYBOY...... seriously now.... lmfao

[jacobdevos]

you are a fuכking idiot.

[Guitarded]

It's a bigoted term used by homosexuals to identify anyone who doesn't agree with their poor choice of a lifestyle. No Xi, that is ignorance not fear. I disagree about it being a choice. Just because someone feels an attraction to the same sex doesn't meen they have to act upon it. That is a choice they make. A wrong choice at that.

[Xi]

there really are people that are afraid of gays. Some actually think aids started by 2 gay people, and that if they even contact one they'll go to hell, or turned into one themselves. Thats a fear.

also, one doesn't choose homosexuality, just like one doesn't choose heterosexuality.

[allforcalisto]

but if you think about it, with a lot of men who are homophobes what is it they describe when they think about two guys making out? the words that they'll use to describe how they feel at seeing this VASTLy differs from the response they'd have to two women making out.

wikipedia is your friend :)

"[edit] Fear of being identified as gay
Theorists including Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler have suggested that homophobia can be rooted in an individual's fear of being identified as gay.

They have argued that a person who expresses homophobic thoughts and feelings does so not only to communicate their beliefs about the class of gay people, but also to distance themself from this class and its social status. Thus, by distancing themself from gay people, they are reaffirming their role as a heterosexual in a heteronormative culture, thereby attempting to prevent themself from being labelled and treated as a gay person"

There's similarities with homophobia, racism and xenophobia.
a lot of the time it all comes down to tribalism. A dominant group not wanting their markers of "strength" in a world governed by their norms, to be threatened.

a film like brokeback generated the ire(fox news and was banned in some parts) it did because of how subversive it was. Cowboys are thought of as a HYPER masculine thing. In america i dunno if you guys still do it, but i remember generations of youth would play cowboys and indians. it's no accident that, such an iconic symbol of "what a man should be" was utilized. Homophobia definitely exists kid.

[aba]

completely agree.

[StarsCream]

you live up to your slightly offensive name!

now, go put on your white hood and head on down to the barn for some closeted Deliverance style, zed and maynard "get the gimp" lovin'.

oh!, and dont forget to repent afterwards, that will make it allllll better. :)

[kmega87]

LMAO that was hilarious!! but seriously, wut do you expect when you have xxxGayBoyxxx as you gamertag. LOL!

[Lex Luthor]

Lol.The situation reminds me of Die Hard with a vengence, when bruce willis has a sign saying "i hate n!ggers" in a black neighborhood. Pretty much setting him self up for an ass wooping.

[OOG FunK]

This is a major case of trying to bait the players on....like really what do you expect form online gamers.... lol hell half of them are hillbillies did u hear some of them lmfao....ah well u tempt them and they will come flyn...so in the end you got what you were looking for

[Spartan15]

That was amazing! The best video I've seen in a while...

Hey gayboy, i'm watching your backside!!!

Your gonna get flamed with a name like that..

[Tsukasah]

And I thought SOCOM was bad enough already.... This is one of the reasons why i dont like the 360... the rude and immature fanbase....I'm not gay or anything either, but still....

I do admit though that some of those jokes were pretty funny XD

[EastCoastSB]

I remember the race wars on socom 3, those were really bad.

[Wii60_FTW]

GAhahaJHahaHAhahaAhahAHah a HAHaHAHaHaHah ahahaHAhaAahahah

THIS IS THE GREATEST VIDEO I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!!!! HAHAHahaHAahahAHaha GAYBOY!!! LMFAO!!!!

AND THAT GUY FRIENDLY UNCLE WHO WANTED TO HOOK UP?? LMFAO!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHH

[millertime1987]

Hearing what was said really isn't shocking but, very sad. Some of the comments were funny but still. We as a nation need to stop being so f'ing juvenile.

The user should have realized that that gamertag would bring some haters but the comments weren't needed. I am what year is this, 1950?

[jax07]

Unfortunately I have been called N!gger and several other things over the course of my online play. I was pissed at first, but then it felt awkward to get mad at all because outside of reporting it I really couldnt do anything about it. The good thing though is that there is always lots of other people that I am gaming with online that step in and helps me put an end to it. I don't really get alot of the N word any more but people still talk sh*t.

[The Wood]

I say this because in this case ALL of the voices sounded American. Maybe its just me. Ive also heard derogatory talk on warhark funny thing was that they were also American. To be fair the most of the non English speaking Europeans on XBL and PSN COULD be talking the same amount of derogatory sh*t, I just wouldn't understand most of it.

[TheXgamerLive]

Most online gamers on Xbox Live and even PSN are American so that's not a true statement to make, and obviously all people on this globe have issues w/others, we see it on the news everyday, if anything Americans are the most tolerant.

[TheXgamerLive]

Nobody in there "right" mind calls themselves "xxxgayboyxxx". He just wanted attention, good or bad, and he got it. Now if his gamertag was just his name, ya know harmless and then people did this, then that would of been cruel, but he wanted this so if anything he should be kicked off Xbox Live b/c of the attention he's asking for and nobody needs to be hearing this, especially another child.

We all do or say things for attention sometime but this is a person who has some emotional issues stemming from their name to them actually wanting that type of attention.

[The Wood]

just because he's gay doesn't mean he cant be a attention seeking jerk. I bet even gays are a little pissed with him (some of them). He knew what was going to happen and if he didnt on day 1 he sure did by day 20. Its unfair but he has shown he is very naive if he thought he woudnt get shat on. Did he think XBL only spanned san-francisco or something

[TheXgamerLive]

I'm also wondering if he still has an active gamertag on Xbox Live.

[JoelEH]

That was funny. a few of you think this is ignorant. It probably is. It doesn't mean it not funny tho. I really dont think this is bad compared to how most players use the "N" word so freely online. Most of this kids of course wouldn't have the basketballs to call a black dude this in person, but they feel so safe behind the mic. Now thats bad!. one of this days WE are going to have a murder in our hands thanks to this. I know it. IP ADRSES can be obtained and one of this days someone is going take this to the next level. this could happen to a gay dude also. He snaps, gets the IP ADRES and does something stupid. So if you think this is not worthy of news you are wrong. Its funny, Its wrong, BUT in the future I think its going to be a headline in some newspaper or on national t.v. trust me.

[allforcalisto]

Does anyone find it disturbing certain things the homophobes are saying and the way they word it. "yeah you'd like that wouldnt you, nice big c**K up ur ass"
and then the other players laugh. His tone indicated that it was a joke. But if you stop and think about it what is funny about that? isn't it just kinda stating the obvious about many gay and latently gay guys out there?

Comments like that just scream repressed homosexual. Doesn't anyone else find it quite ridiculous the amount of effort these guys put into their attacks? i mean you can tell with some of them they're really trying to think up something funny. rather queer if you ask me

i think it's quite naive to call yourself that and join a game like that, and not expect abuse. But then i also find it quite naive to think that even if you dont call yourself something like that, you're not gonna hear the words "fa***ot", "n****r" "lesbian"(probably for girls who win) and other wholesome epiteths that are used for those who aren't the default (mostly straight white american males). If you look up youtube comments you see the same trends, but you get all manner of nastiness as well. It differs from region to region.

i'm glad that this story generated such a lengthy discussion,, and that there's the level of defence i'm seeing for reason and the naive gamer.
i was expecting uniformally homophobic responses to this story.

[Guitarded]

There is no such thing as homophobia.

[tmatte]

Its not like this is anything new. The internet is filled with idiots who just make fun of people because they can't be beaten up. I'm harassed quite a bit with the GT of "Indian Man 2", but who cares?

[jax07]

While it was uncalled for I doubt that they would have done that had they not have been in a group. It seemed like contagous stupidity to me.They saw the gay boy tag and used it as ammo. I am sure they would have found something else to rag on him about and is it me or was it the same group of guys every time?

[xionpunk]

Yeah, its extremely immature and sad, but hardly unexpected when you choose that name, especially on the drunken frat boys game of choice.

[agent864]

it was more homophilic than homophobic. more than half the comments were just good natured smack talk. it took a lot of courage for xxxGayBoyxxx to go in there. i really don't know how to call this one, some of the stuff obviously was way over the line, then again maybe some of the haters don't hate so much after playing with Gayboy.

[JACKRABBIT]

There is a mute feature on live which he can mute anyone he dose not want to hear speak. I.M.O if you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen. Just like he has a right to be gay those gamers have a right to say what they like. Now if all these gamers went to his house and started to beat him that's a different story.Until then use the mute feature. Game on Gamers..............

[Marriot VP]

My new Gamertag = "xxxNotGayBoyxxx"

[devilhunterx]

I wonder what happend to the greatly touted "A-Hole" button in Halo 3?

[The BS Police]

Everybody on Xbox Live complains about idiotsa like this online, yet they forget about the mute function.

And with a name like Gayboy, what else do you expect to encounter over the internet besides Homophobic idiots insulting you?

I don't find this surprising at all.

[essien]

home of all the immature, ignorant 14 year olds in the world.

[harv052]

Yeah they all act though on their side, knowing we can't do nothing to them. I'd like to see them say something to me straight to my face. Most of them would be too scared and probably sh*t their fu**ing pants!

[senerock]

this guy is an idiot.....he just wanted attention thas all.....
the video is hilarious though.....

[name]

One of my friends who is has the best sense of humor and thickest skin I know. He makes fun of himself all the time, but he couldn't take all the racist crap from XBL. If I was black, a woman, or gay I wouldn't be able to tolerate it either. It's just like, wow, these people are ruining the game and I can't even hit them. Imo most of the people who say "deal with it" or think it isn't a big deal obviously are in the positio where they never have to deal with anything.

[name]

And seriously, stop with the "if I called myself straightboy etc" crap. Being straight isn't gonna get you in any trouble so stop acting like it's the same thing.

[GIJeff]

must not be a straight white male then. get a clue.

[cjg23]

You are an idiot if you are surprised about the responses on Xbox Live pertaining to that name. Either you want attention or its a joke getting on Xbox Live with that name.

[PS3Freak]

you are all going to hate me im assuming butttt i laughed my F@cking ass off when he said " Hey gay boys got your back.... back door that is " let the disagrees begin

[rjahsick]

This is like my friends XBL tag. It's NOOBSAUCE911 and he gets ripped on constantly. I find it hilarious because every game we hear "YEE NOOBSAUCE911" and he tries to defend his name.

This guy is asking for it. xxxGayBoyxxx? Why the HELL would you put that. If you put xxxStraightBoyxxx you would get your ass kicked every game too. xxxBlackGuyxxx same thing. No matter what if you flaunt your ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation you will get ripped on. I agree some of the comments went above hatred and all, but he can't ask for sympathy.

[GIJeff]

when someone wants attention. crap, i got my ass handed to me in fight night and i got called all sorts of things, and i dont even have an easy ID to make fun of. This guy needs to get a life and a clue about the real world.

[GIJeff]

when someone wants attention. crap, i got my ass handed to me in fight night and i got called all sorts of things, and i dont even have an easy ID to make fun of. This guy needs to get a life and a clue about the real world.

[sleepbox]

If you're being harassed then, perhaps you should harass back maybe?

[Bolts]

So if my gamer tag is xxxBlackBoixxx I should be attacked by everyone because of my skin? Idiots. The disturbing thing is the racist crap on Xbox Live is much more prevalent than gay bashing. How many times did I hear the morons made fun of the kid with a Mexican accent or even worst, the unfortunate guy with the thick India accent that they made fun of all game long.

Trash talking is one thing but at this point Xbox Live is infested with moronic scumbags of every variety.

[DiLeCtioN]

not even one x but 3xxx, he asked for it.

[Silvia007]

Gay is not one of them. So animals do it, are you a frigg'n animal. If people were ment to be gay, there wouldn't be any women, or any men. Everything would be asexual. The problem with the United States and probably most of the world is that when enough people do it, it's ok. If enough pedo's do their thing with kids, it'll eventually be ok. I can tell you one thing... the @sshole is not there so you can stick something in it. People just get sick enough to do it. I just cannot imagine anyone getting their freak on with someone of the same sex. That's just damn disgusting, but if it was up to me, every guy would be gay... except me.

Even so, their behavior towards the guy is completely unappropriate.

[gamesR4fun]

common live is live hell you get trash talked with a normal name one that stands out like this is just begging for it....

[DJ]

I miss the Halo crowd. =[

But in all seriousness, being called "gay", "f@ggot" and "___" happens Regardless of what your name is, let alone your actual sexual orientation. I actually liked being the pink Master Chief just 'cause it seemed to piss them off even more whenever I pulled off the snipes. Then again, I played that game for years so I've gotten pretty used to that behavior.

If I was that dude, I would've given a comeback every time I killed one of them, recorded that, and THEN put it online.

[The BS Police]

Funny thing is I get inuslted all the time? What is my comeback?

I call them a retard, pisses them off everytime.

[snoop_dizzle]

Yeah halo can get pretty crazy. And its really anything they will use under the sun for insults. I usually just play with my friends though becasue many people are just plain annoying. Now i don't know why he put this as his name. I have nothing against him if he is gay becasue thats his thing, but what would he expect?

this is not just a xbl problem there are some really annoying people on psn as well. Not so much now fortunetly(alot of people don't even have headsets which is a good and bad thing at the same time), but after a few years when psn gets even more popular and bigger, you will experience a lot more immature people on psn.

[Interpol Agent]

He wanted some fame and he got it. HE probably belongs to Gay Group or something.

[joydestroy]

wow, that was crazy.
i think we're all gamers. no matter sex, race or sexuality pref.

it's all fun 'n games.
there shouldn't be any discreminating.

[FF7numba1]

This stuff is funny. LOL these guys worst than Jamaicans, they dont play that gay stuff over in jamaica.

[redsymphony]

I agree we don't rate dem tings point blank

[Enigma_2099]

Okay, maybe with a tag like GayBoy, this would be expected... still don't make it right.

[gololo]

well...eventhough the stuff told to the guy was harsh, you can't deny that with a gamertag like that you are just calling for trouble...in fact MS should control the gametags since people can get offended by the tags

[iceice123]

In his name. He knew this would happen and did it for the attention. Not to say those insults were okay, but come on...

[redsymphony]

this fool is just plain dumb with a name like that what did he expect its not all adults on xbox live i have been called da N word many times not like i can reach out and smash who ever is on the other end this ish happens just depends how you deal with it at the end of da day. I would not let stupid things get to me. Even though I am against "GAYS" its none of my business how they wanna live there life he just needs to "MAN UP" or "JUMP OUT"

[Tyrael]

Predictable really

[agent864]

those halo boys sure knew a lot about gay sex

[367 To Your Ass]

MY god is that what we sound like on head sets, the funny thing is that i babble allot on my head set, sure i call my friends sh!t heads or worse...but they know were just fvcking around :)

i personally wouldn't like if some one put a nice loud censor when ever i say FVCK YOU, or even censors on my home phon or cell for that matter.

in this guys case he's got only two thing he can do (AND REMEMBER WHEN YOUR ON THE HEADSET YOU COULD BE SPEAKING TO A ANGRY 30 YEAR OLD) you can wipe your entire profile and start a new one ( in which case it don't mater to me i do it allot) or have your speakers and message board off and enjoy it that way.

btw there mite be some other ways to solve this kind of matter.

[honorable1]

Honestly I wish he hadn't have blurred out all the names. I know that I can do nothing to change other peoples opinions or to help them understand what someone could go through everyday but still fragging ignorant people would make me feel pretty good. Personally I don't support his lifestyle choice nor do I think he is going about this the best way, but still it sucks to listen how low our fellow man is. I think it's okay for everyone to make their own choices on their orientation and what not but their orientation does not affect me or the fun I will have competing against them. Again it just sucks to listen to someone being persecuted over something that has no sway over the ability to play a game. Then again I guess I can't really get angry with those who are shouting at him these insults because it is their opinion but there is a right way and a wrong way, and I believe they are doing it the wrong way.

[Meus Renaissance]

I'm disappointed that few admitted they found that, or atleast a part of it, funny. Don't be afraid. I don't condone that behaviour, point blank, in fact if I was in that lobby I wouldn't laugh because I'd be mediating in preparation for the ownage I'd give them, but watching it in video form is different somewhat for some reason. Oh, and 'FriendlyUncle' was hilarious with his comments because he sounded serious! He really did!

[kennyfisterbotm]

If a person puts a name like that on xbox live then he has to be either stupid or incredibly comforatable with himself. Either way, he should just suck it up and go with it. Or the possiblitiy that he is just looking for attention (of which he is getting)could also be a possiblity.

Case in point. If someone called themselves a terrorist on xbox live(911 maker) or something and people were yelling at them. Would you really care? I wouldn't I freaking hate terrorists.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!

[Skater]

I personally don't believe in gay marriage or anything like that but I would never cuss someone out for being gay, it's not right.

It's pretty annoying when people make fun of your nickname. Almost every time I play a match in R6:Vegas (PS3), someone goes "hey look it's Jack Bauer, you better watch out guys" or something along the lines of "Hey it's that dumbass from that show 24, God I hate that show." Yeah, it ain't the most creative nickname and I'd change it if I could but it is what it is and I find it ridiculous that people feel the need to make fun of me.

[Spinitus]

well with a tag like that ur asking for it, specially in halo with all these lil kids.

[ExLivingGhost]

lol xbox fanboys sounds more gay than gayboy himself i mean do you hear their voices? gayboy sounds more like a man compared to those xbox live users.

[IamTheStorm81]

This is one of the prime reasons that I rarely play online. The immaturity, racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, displayed by some people is shocking.....well, maybe not shocking, as it's almost par for the course these days, but it's ridiculous nonetheless.

When I hear things like this, I shed a tear for humanity, honestly.

[WANDA]

this may sound completely ridiculous, but i wish america hadn't developed suburbs, and there would be less people living sheltered lives out of big cities.
once you live in a city, you can't display this type of hate, and you learn how wrong it is.
suburban life has slowed the advancement of the american society.
in my opinion of course.

[GRAMPAGAMER]

the concept of homosexuality is abhorent to most people. It can't produce life, and it involves unnatural modifications of the sexual process.

the social shock and revulsion of using a name like "gayboy" on xbox live is as revolting as finding a dead rat in your plate of spagetti at dinner time.

But it probably wouldn't have even been noticed on a pro gay site.

I'm not here to condemn or advocate gays rights,

..they aren't going anywhere so you might as well accept and get used to living in a society that has a small percentage of gays.

I'm just saying that to 99% of society the mere thought of it evokes mostly negative emotions as a natural response to unnatural behavior.

and you can't force society to embrace that behavior.

Gayboy already knew the type of response he would get when he created the tag. He pre-meditated the recording of unawares xboxlive players already knowing it would attract attention and curiosity and commentary.

whether or not he enjoyed the responses he received is not for me to evaluate.

[WANDA]

where are you from?
99% of the population is NOT homophobic, considering statistically %10 percent is already homosexual.
in fact, the most adament anti-gays are gays themselves or ahmadinejad.

scandinavian countries don't care. much of europe doesn't, and most big american cities besides a few middle american ones are very tolerant.

i attached a funny pat condell video

[WANDA]

and rarely do I ever see persians or muslims called terrorists,
I never see gays called f@gs,
I never see Jews called K*kes,
and I've met a few gay persian jews.
which is pretty much a bundle of hate all wrapped up.

but we do hate rednecks.
and that's the biggest irony for me, is that everytime i see somebody talk like this (homophobic), i just thinkn of how pathetic they are, and don't point it out to them.

they think they is so cool being asses, but they're not, and everyone else knows it.

[osirisomeomi]

The easiest way to partially solve this problem is to remove people's anonymity. Make them use their real names. Don't give addresses, but use real names and you'll find a lot less of this horrific abuse going on. I still can't believe that it's this bigoted on XBL. ON PSN, you get offensive language from the occasional idiot, but nowhere near this much. Maybe it's just because the XBL community tends to be more teenager-centric?

On the other hand, some of the comments they made were pretty funny.

[JokesOnYou]

awww isn't this sweet, we have a bunch of fake ass want to be politicians pretending that they are so civilized, oh no, no, no, I'm sure they never laughed and teased/made fun of something which is not consider to be mainstream normal behavior. Oh pa pa please all of you self-righteous idiots just stfu with your online saintly persona. Now I will say that some of the "I want you to die" type comments were definitely over the top, I dont want get into my personal opinions of "gays" but whatever I think of them personally I dont bash them or wish them any ill will.

Now lets stop the politics and look at this from a real world point of view, despite what some of you think the reality is racism, bigotry, hate, discrimination DOES exist everywhere, does it make it right NO but it is what it is and no matter how many of you bleeding hearts pray for peace on earth, the fact is it will always be part of life. I dont care what any of you say this "gayboy" has to accept some responsibility for these comments= Life is NOT fair, why do "some" people think they are special, just because something isn't fair doesn't mean you are going to change the world overnight and if you choose to TRY then you must accept the consequences. If you are a black man and you want to demonstrate how extreme racism can be and you choose to go to a clan rally for a debate you have to expect to take a ass whipping at the very least. I mean think about it, he made this gamertag full well knowing it would provoke alot of taunting, so why make a vid as if he's surprised? This isn't a XBL thing, XBL is just a slice of everyday life, why be unrealistic an expect XBL to be different, this is what many everyday people think, only difference is NOW they are in an annonymous environment, this is what the guy beside you in Walmart is thinking when "that wierdo" walked by, this is what the lady in front of you in the grocery store is thinking about "the guy/cashier with the soft voice", this is why the old man doesn't trust "those kids", this is why Bill Orielly says "rap music is dangerous garbage", this is why "that kid" thinks all white people are racist, this is why your uncle says "all Jewish people are cheap"= you see folks this is nothing new this is what people including some of you say behind closed doors, but on the internet/annonymous forums give everyone a soapbox for good and bad.= This guy should wake up and stop dreaming as if no one was going to flame him with a tag like xxxgayboyxxxx, but he knew that didnt he?

JOY

[DaEnforcer]

Good post buddy, looks like I for once agree with an xbot haha

[smturner68]

There is that crap all of the time online. But, I think they call anyone that. However, now I have a gamertag that implys my sexual orientation.
My gamertag was inspired by an ex co-worker. His gamertag was "yourmomwasgood" So, my gamertag is "Ididyerpappy" So basically, if they mess with me, I'd just say something like, 'yeah, I suck D, but so does your daddy, and he liked takin' it up the A from me!" So, although this banter is nonproductive, I just think it's a bit more funny than the xxxgayboyxxx boring uninteresting tag.
I do remember though, playing Unreal or something on the regular xbox, and this young guy started with the gay stuff. Of course I admitted that I WAS gay and he just started going off. I basically told him to eat sh#t and asked what he thought he was gonna do half way across the country. What sucked was, he was excellent, and I got my ass handed to me. lol. This was when my gamertag was just my first and last name. I was drunk when I set up my account back in the beta days and just put my name. Not so creative. Anyway, I remember how it made me feel when I heard the f*ggot comment. It made my stomach sink. I seriously did NOT like it at all. I like it much better when people joke, or are friendly. Name calling is ok, but not that. Saying, "oh you F@#Ker!" when getting ran off the road or killed in the game is one thing, but mean personal insults just take the fun out of it. I suppose I'm not used to being verbally abused in my daily life. I don't expect it and I don't deserve it. You might get away with it online, but not to my face. I'm 'out' in my daily life. So, whether you guys think we deserve verbal abuse or not, is up to you. I don't think we do. It plain sucks. I'd rather people figure out that my sexual orientation doesn't affect them. Hell, it doesn't affect my personality either, so in essence, it just doesn't matter. I'm glad people like that don't live(well...maybe they do!) or work around me. If someone new came to work with me, and started their anti-gay stuff, they'd be the one shunned, because all of my co-workers(well, almost all) like me. The ones that don't like me, don't like me for other reasons...like I think I am better at our job. But I am.

[InMyOpinion]

It won't get any better until we rid the world from christianity and other moronic, homophobic and racist religions.

[Neurotoxin]

Yup the big three should be the first to go... Judaism, Christianity, Islam.

The world would be a better place without religious nuts controlling everything.

[Gordii]

I am 22yrs old now going on 23 and when i play an online game i see a lot of bashing or using lang. to bring people down and it seriously turns me off on games. I quit World of Warcraft over that. We all need to be understanding. I do not think the game is offensive in any way. Now if it was Hitler or Bin Laiden i can understand.

[StrboyM]

i think this was a ruse to get attention and provoke people, i mean we are all allowed to name ourselves whatever we want, but seriously if you named yourself "ihategod" what do you think would happen, people will argue about regular names. with a name like gayboy and a conveniently tv recorder present. i think someone wanted attention and planned this whole online fiasco.

for the record. i have gay friend, some that i work with and in my everyday life friends. we make jokes about sexuality all the time. only difference here was that some of these losers talking smack aren't educated enough to control themselves

[solidt12]

I agree that verbal abuse is a ploblem on Live but if you are playing a First person shooter like Halo 3 with a name like xxxgayboy your are just asking for it. Imagine a NFL football player and having a nickname like xxxgayboy. I kind of feel sorry for the dude because it has to wear on you but why not just change your gamertag or better yet mute your TV and take off the head phones. I laughed while watching the video but while typing this I realized this is a serious matter and could be bad. But like i said he was obviously asking for it, especially if he took the time to post it on youtube. I in no way condone gayness just to be clear about. Just trying to be tolerant.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

imagine what Rudy Gay went through his whole life before entering the NBA... and probably what he still goes through now

[lennonisgod]

Sure the stuff they said was uncalled for... but what does he expect with the name 'xxxGayBoyxxx'??? He's just asking for trouble using that name.

This is the real world and that stuff is to be expected, whether it's right or wrong. I wasn't surprised in the least bit by the things I heard in the video because it's just how some people are. Yeah it sucks, but what can ya do??

[Winter47th]

Why would you want to express what's your secxual preferances in a video game if you didn't want trouble ?

[SF49er408]

HE HAS IT COMING. XXXGAYBOYXXX R U KIDDING ME?? GAY PPL MAKE GUYS UNCOMFORTABLE PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IT WAS FUNNY THOUGH. all he has to do it turn off voice and wala he cant hear the gay comments. what does he expect?? for people to respect his sexual orientation comon this is halo3, i say ur a f*g all the time to people.

[GRAMPAGAMER]

but the fact remains that the concept of homosexuality is just plan repulsive to most people, so when someone goes into a largely non-gay invironment and call themselves gayboy,.or what-ever, they are soliciting the natural response of those that find that life style basically sick...

and I don't care if they remove every bubble I have left for my honest opinions...this site doesnt' give me a single dollar for my comments, not even a solitary microsoft point..or anything else usefull.

but just recognize that there is nothing appealing about the gay life to a non gay person, and people will usually respond accordingly.
...usually in a way that gays won't consider acceptable social behavior

whether it's considered right, wrong, biased, or immature.

[WANDA]

i'm not gay, gay sex does not repulse me. many men have anal sex with their girlfriends.
now there is the increasingly popular rim job. (commonly referenced in pop media such as entourage and 30rock)

look. I think you make a very strong point. And i don't want to disagree stupidly, so all I want to say is that being heterosexual should not encompass being homophobic or repulsed.
i doubt gays in large number think, "ewww, straight sex!"

[FF7numba1]

society makes u think gay sex is nasty and gays can never think straight sexy is. Its goes like this, its Adam and eve. Not Adam and Steve. Since we children we taught that guys should like girls and girls should like boys. And as bad as it sounds when someone is different what do people normally do? They make fun of them and bother them.

[GRAMPAGAMER]

I don't see anybody logging on as "Heterosexual Mike"

[ultraviolentz]

if my name was mike i would so use that tag.

btw... LOL? people really behave like that on XBL? thats hilarious... they all talk like they are his friends, but they arent.
anonymity gives people the biggest balls

[JasonXE]

named himself gay boy knowing the outcome?

[Skizelli]

I despise people like this. I'm straight, but I have a couple of gay friends. Before I met them, I guess you could say that homosexuals made me a bit uncomfortable. It's how I was raised I suppose. But they really opened my eyes and showed me that gays are still human-beings. In fact, they're two of the coolest people I know. If you aren't comfortable enough with your own sexuality to be around or friends with gays, then maybe you should ask yourself why.

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

[Kemicalbeliefs]

"Gays are still human beings"? C'mon dude, what the heck did you think they were before? Alien?

All this 'I'm gay and need to tell you' idea is problematic from the start. I mean, so what, you're gay (obviously I'm speaking rhetorically, not directly). I'm not really bothered if you are into bestiality, thats your business but to come on and tell people is obviously asking to be abused.

We have to accept in life that there are other people out there who are not us, as in you yourself. If we were all the same, the world would be boring. So some people and in this case, retards, are going to give you sh1t.
I don't log on as Hetero boy or deep diver, I have a username but if I single myself out with a personal enjoyment like my football team, then I'd expect abuse.

The key is, don't put yourself out there in the firing line and you won't get shot. Simple as!

[WANDA]

wise words from both you guys

[Skizelli]

"C'mon dude, what the heck did you think they were before? Alien?"

I never really had an opinion about gays before I knew any. But because I keep an open mind and don't judge, I got to know some cool people that just happened to be gay. See how that works? I never thought they were alien.

"All this 'I'm gay and need to tell you' idea is problematic from the start. I mean, so what, you're gay (obviously I'm speaking rhetorically, not directly). I'm not really bothered if you are into bestiality, thats your business but to come on and tell people is obviously asking to be abused."

But it still doesn't give anyone the right to abuse others for doing it. There was a time when gays couldn't be so open about their sexuality, so can you blame them for being proud of it?

"We have to accept in life that there are other people out there who are not us, as in you yourself. If we were all the same, the world would be boring. So some people and in this case, retards, are going to give you sh1t.
I don't log on as Hetero boy or deep diver, I have a username but if I single myself out with a personal enjoyment like my football team, then I'd expect abuse."

Who said this individual didn't expect abuse? People get abused all the time, whether because of their race, their religion, where they stand politically or in this case, their sexuality. Whether he asked for it or not isn't even an issue. It's still wrong and hateful.

"The key is, don't put yourself out there in the firing line and you won't get shot. Simple as!"

Oh please. Life is about taking risks. Only fools live by that rule.

[Dukester101]

with a gamertag like that, I dont blame people. The gamertag explicitly shows he's of the homosexual nature, and why would you want to broadcast that to young immature kids over the net. The nature of Xbox Live is such that it's filled with many young kids, and typically they're immature and overly obnoxious.

I'm not the kind of person to talk trash like that, and what a lot of those people said to him was just wrong, and uncalled for.

Hell, I even get crap for my gamertag (which is the same as my username). I've just learned how to use the nifty mute and report feature. I personally dont give a crap what some ass over the internet has to say to me, because why... it's the damn internet!! It's not like he's going to reach through my TV set and say that to my face.

I could give a damn what some pre-pubescent child has to say to me... so I mute and report. That's what this guy should have done.

[socsca]

Wow, after reading your comments people it really makes me happy to not live in America, cus apparently I'd be surrounded by ignorants. Even some of the people trying to defend gayboy are beeing homophobics, its hilarious. I'm guessing average age here is about 11-12, either that or most of you have some serious IQ-problems.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

Last night, I was playing CoD4 and these guys were asking if there anyone in the room was black. After that, they were saying "n***er" the entire time of the game. This goes to show you that ignorance still exist very well in society today. We can report it on XBL, but you still have at least several idiots are going to do the same thing over and over again. Sad. Socsca, no wonder alot of people outside of the United States don't like us. This is one of the reasons why.

[Saint Sony]

It's HALO, there is no room for pampering gays or straight people it is WAR.

That name tag is pure provocation, we all know what xxx means, add GayBoy to that and one more xxx and you got "KICK ME" written all over your back.

@snoopaflyboy

You're the one who's pathetic. Obviously you have no better things to do than attack people "verbally". I guess you are similar to these who attacked this xxxgayboyxxx person verbally.

And don't take all the comments so literally... in multiplayer fps WAR game the gaming is fighting = WAR. We all know it is just a video game, no need to lecture.

"It is called a video game".. wow.. how unique.

@smokey

Nice try. I consider pretty much every FPS game where you kill people in team as war game. Sorry, but I don't consider the WAR word only to be used with REAL WAR. If you don't know what I mean ,it is your problem.

[snoopafly]

no. its called a video game. go outside and get a life. your pathetic.

[SmokeyMcBear]

oh man saint... just.. halo is NOT war, if you think it is, you are a joke. Talk to the guy at the bottom of the post that served some tours in iraq.. that is war, you want no piece of that, just sit in your living room and yell at the tv and think its war

[360Jamaican40GigFL]

Gay people are weak................then agan they do take it up the azs so their just nasty

[smturner68]

Weak in what way? I'd bet I am stronger than you, both physically and mentally. If I'm not, my boyfriend, who is 6'2" and almost 300lbs, a big farmboy, is MUCH stronger than you, and just about 90% of the population. OH, he's gay too.
What is funny here, is it still seems that people learn this homophobia, just like I did, when I was a kid. I didn't think I knew any real gay people. Then, I figured out I was one of them! Guess what, EVERYONE that I meet that was homophobic, or hadn't met any gays, quickly sees that we are the same human beings as everyone else. So, you guys that think 'this is just how people regard gays' are kinda half right. I, and some others here realize, that if 90% of the homophobes met some people, then realized they were gay, then these attitudes would change. If everybody that was gay, came out of the closet, that would help a lot. I think that those guys are a big part of the perceptual problem.

[dfcm2003]

Has anyone thought of the fact that there is a MUTE button on the game? Why didn't he MUTE it? I guess he wanted to show everyone just how awful it was to be GAY? O how the World was against it? POOOR ME? Yea, he could of very easily turned it off, but no he wanted to show the world how awful it was. So he recorded it, Which if it were a phone call, it would of been illegal, recording with out the other party knowing it, but I guess we want look at that side of this huh? WE all can get ragged for anything.. So grow up and mute the thing.....

Its never right to harass anyone... But Life is not fair, and this stuff happens.. We are not to steal either, but how many of you lock your doors when you leave your car????

[Rooted_Dust]

You may not like what some people have to say, but the last time I checked Free Speech is still a constitutionally protected right. I think if Gay gamers just want to game they shouldn't use the games as a podium to out themselves and scream about their sexual orientation. By choosing the name xxxGayBoyxxx the writer segregates himself. Also if your looking for a mature response to your sexual propaganda an MP game full of 12-22 year olds probably isn't the best place to start.

[tony]

the only thing is that this has nothing to do with race, is has to do with the lifestyle.there's all kinds of people in this world, and that gamertag can provoke hatred in some people.this world is full of hatred. that will never change.

[TruthbeTold]

Microsoft is doing well to ban accounts for racism/bigotry/etc. People have to go through the trouble of creating new accounts in order to play again. But if it is truly kids or young adults living with their parents that are the big problem regarding this issue then a simple voice recording or even a copy of the complaint against the player sent by mail to the person who's name is on the credit card paying for the account, (with a somewhat gentle, reprimand sort of letter attached) would end alot of this crap. Some people of course will continue to not care, but it is something else that can be done by Microsoft.

[Kemicalbeliefs]

Then again, arent you making the matter worse by giving them attention?
Me personally, I couldnt give a flying 4k whether people call me names in a game. Ignorance can be bliss and especially if they know you're not bothered by it.
The other thing to do is either kick them out of the game or not join their game.

The people who complain about the name calling can be just as bad as the ones calling people.

My answer, be gay but you don't have to tell me you are. I don't think I've ever met anyone and said 'Hi I'm Kemixtry, I'm Heterosexual'

[TruthbeTold]

It is Microsoft who should be giving them attention with disciplinary action. Not the people being abused. And as for the idea of "They should just keep quiet about it" attitude, I agree that if they don't bring attention to their homosexuality, then they won't be abused, but it doesn't make it fair. I completely understand why they do stuff like this gay player did. I'll go the Yogi Berra route and say, It wouldn't be a problem if there wasn't a problem. Know what I mean?

[IGNFTW]

YOU GO WITH THE NAME "GAYBOY" ON XBOX LIVE,AND YOU EXPECT PEOPLE TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT YOUR NAME?

HERE'S A TEST FOR ANYONE ELSE: CHANGE YOUR GAMERTAG TO "GIRLPOWAH" OR SOMETHING WITH "GIRL" IN IT,LET ME KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T ASK YOU TO MAKE THEM A SANDWICH OR SAY YOU NEED TO BE IN A KITCHEN/MAKING SOMEONES BABY/POLISHING YOUR NAILS/"WHAT'RE YOU DOING PLAYING GAMES,GIRLS DONT PLAY GAMES?"/"SHOULDNT YOU BE PLAYING COOKING MAMA?" ETC.

YOU'RE FOOLING YOURSELF IF YOU THINK XBOX LIVE IS FULL OF KIND LITTLE PUPPIES.

[Dandiego]

I'm from Quebec and Americans always do the same with us because we speak french amongnst us. I've been told to die because I spoke french. I have a british friend in my friend list that has been told the same. It's time to stop the intolerance but I don't see any end to this anytime soon. English Canadians on the other hand have nothing bad to say about us...

[Dream Machine]

The internet is a place where you are protected by anoynimity as much as you like, which has led to a situation which flies in the face of what early sociolgists believed would happen.

At first it was thought that this anyonimity would create some kind of egaliatarian online utopia, where what people were saying is all that mattered and not what they 'were' exactly. The opposite has happened revealing something very insidious.

On forums I am always assumed to be male, american, white, heterosexual and probably middle class. Sometimes through certain posts some people find all those not to be true, however it is the naturally assumed default of all users because of the cultural domination of this elite power base.

Now in an online world of symbollic annihalation huge swarths of people are effecticly being told 'We do not want you, in fact you do not exist' if anyone ever breaks this trend they are attacked.

Many people have asked of why do people have to tell you they are gay. Prehaps because its assumed they're straight and it must get annoying. In repsonse to a world and specifically a culture that doesn't want you, people reist. One form of resistance is to assert the fact you actually do exist.

This is why there are hardly any ever user names tagged as 'Malegamer' 'Whitegamer' or 'Straightgamer' because thats what you're naturally assumed to be.

Being on the recieving end of abuse isn't funny. Some may say its a joke and he should just take it, but the rate of suicide of gay teens is shocking and if you think things like this don't effect people you're wrong.

[DiGiTaL Ki11eR]

i think he was asking for it.

but never the less, MS should ban those guys, at least for a while.

[juanvan]

Ok well you have the fact that when you enter a chat room, the Gamer Tag, is the first thing people see. So everyone starts saying, or trying to say the name. People are going to ask are you gay, and what ever else they can think of..

I have Juan as a name, everyone asks if I am Spanish, Mexican and many countless slurs. While its just a name that has stuck from spanglish class from High School... It does not stop them.. Do I complain, no, my friends find it funny, and when we kick there crap out there nose it makes for a better time in the post game report.

The game states that a experience will change with online play, and this is one of those things. If did not want to hear about it, he could change the name. Since he has it that way, and may people are playing with friends, they are going to joke it up ~ while some are crual, and unneeded its not going to stop them.

The death and hanging are not needed, but hey with all the other material he should do some gay comedy stand up.

Also if any one wanted to know there names, they could go at the bungie website and look at his games.

[omansteveo]

For Microsoft to ban them their would have to be an overwhelming amount of complaints about the guys making the comments, if the video wouldve shown there names we could get it done for sure

[Leg-End]

this guy decides to buy xbl and call himself "gayboy"... it's obvious that pre-pubescent yanks will make fun of you... he's attention-seeking basically, and, although i wouldn'yt insult him on there (how sad...) i still think he's stupid to have called himself that just to gather attention.
notice how all the idiots annoying him are americans

[wasted]

I cancelled my xbox live account last week as i got so sick a tired of kids with no social skill whatsoever rambling on about owning each other etc. and this abuse is just sick. its not soicaly acceptable anywhere to talk o people like that, and no it doesn’t make it right just because the other person is too far away to beat the crap out of you for being rude. You think any of these people would say that to your face. NO they wouldn’t even have the guts to open there mouth.
this sort of thing really needs to get sorted.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

I thought it was funny.. sue me lol

even w/ racism when I come across it on Live it doesn't bother me... anyone can talk tough through a damn headset... i'm usually the one provoking the racism anyway just to be funny... like in COD4.. anytime someone makes a comment, i'll be like "what? did you just call me the N word?" or "That is NOT cool, just because i'm black doesn't mean I ripped someone off for their xbox"etc.. it makes me laugh all the time

[zaything]

XBL is not the united states it is a club/organization which has rules and when you hit agree when you sign up you agree to follow the rules of use which including not insulting threating harassing people etc.. So when you signed on to live you have your waived your right to free speech in that community to a certain extent. Therefore whether you feel he asked for it or not those people should be banned and microsoft needs to do a better job on both sides policing the issue sexuality has nothing to do with gaming straight gay bi or whatever therefore should not be allowed to be displayed in you name in anyway shape or form. Your sexuality is not your heritage or who you are and same goes for your views on racism whether you making fun of a white guy or a minority. Because XBL is a pay service microsoft should do a better job monitoring because now they have one less excuse as to why they can't there should be no chances you get caught once saying something racist or homophobic or offensive say bye to your account and get ready to pay for another if you want to game and hopefully you learned your lesson or you will soon be buying another account. So great for using the name to bring attention to something that needs to be fixed bad for baiting people and should probably not have been allowed to happen in the first place and now that it happened MS should step up big time with all other online gaming communities following suit

[Rooted_Dust]

That may be true of XBL, but it isn't true for all online gaming, such as multiplayer PC games.

[Rooted_Dust]

You have the right to choose your own sexual orientation and to express it as you see fit, but other people have equally the same rights to not accept you. People do not have to change their beliefs or feelings because you are or want to be different. Freedom does not equate to equal treatment. Liberty is a double edged sword...learn to live with it.

[Eamon]

Well I hate gay people and they should be banned from XBL.
LOL
THE VID WAS FREAKIN HILARIOUS

[JHFKDFNFGJKFHDKF]

I'm all for gay rights and everything; but what does sexuality honestly have to do with Halo? Why would you have a gamertag like that unless you want abuse?

Its not just being gay - if you were to put noob in your gamertag you would suffer the exact same kind of abuse.

This guy is obviously just looking for an argument.

[JesterMd]

After serving 3 tours in Irag as a Marine, and losing a couple of friends, I wonder why in the hell am I doing this for my country when my fellow Americans can't even put aside their prejudices and take care of each other. Regardless of what their gamertag says, sexual orientation, religion, or whatever else that makes us different. I'm just glad that my fellow Marines that I deployed with don't act this way. In my platoon, we have all types...gays, blacks, browns, and so on. First and foremost, we are Marines and we look out for each other. DAMN SHAME, AMERICAN CAN'T DO THE SAME without trying to find some stupid ideology and/or religious dogmas to insult and segregate each other.

Semper Fi!

[Saint Sony]

Why do gay people have to make so big issue about their gayness. Straight people don't yell out loud that they are straight... nor there is not any xxxstraightboyxxx tags.. at least I have not seen any.

So.. if gay gamers needs gaygamer.net just because they get bashed because of their sexual orientation, then why the hell do they have to make so HUGE issue about them being gay.. is it something to be proud of that you have to say it out loud and make tags with gay in it?.. or have I missed some serious gay point of view?

[Skizelli]

It's called gay pride. Educate yourself.

[JesterMd]

...and I agree with everyone that he shouldn't have had that gamertag. That's just asking for it. Now, can we get back to gaming?!

"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein

[PimpHandHappy]

nailed it

[MvC Xtrm]

BWHAHBAHAHAHAHA

Oh man, that was hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.

[matypt]

Lol there obviously dorks who get picked on and then take their anger out on gays, What PRICKS!

[MrTeenie]

If you want to be gay, be gay thats fine. If you think you should be like HEY EVERYONE I'm gay look at me. Which what xxxGayGamerxxx screams then I agree with everyone who bashed you. You gotta stop acting like such an ass and act like a gamer that you apparently are. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF YOUR GAY! BE GAY IF YOU WANNA BE GAY. Just don't be so I'm gay and proud of it without being bashed!

I'm in a wheelchair, I play games I don't have a username of CrippleGamer, why is that? Well then it'd leave me open to... atleast I can walk! Ya know what? I don't really care I'm used to being in a wheelchair. People who bash me I bash myself along with them. I think it is totally dumb to be like HEY LOOK I'm cripple!

It's also like if someone had the username BlackGamer, I wouldn't bash them but hey a lotta people are racist and will make jokes like How did you afford this system? Stupid stuff. You need to get used to not being dumb enough to leave yourself open to a massive beating online.

[syanara]

MRteenie that is absolutely true! if your gay don't make it a damn public announcement! I bet this guy isn't actually gay in the long run he probably just wants attention because who in their right minds names themself xxxgayboyxxx and expects nobody to dis him for that HELLO!!!!! earth to gayboy! welcome to the year 2007! gay's aren't usually treated with much respect in the world of gaming but hey if you want to promote gayness don't but XXX in the front and back of your name!!!!!!! if your proud to be gay call yourself homopride or something but not xxxgayboyxxx that makes it look like you want attention! its not rocket science it common sense. the universe is in a constant state of flux and YOU JUST GOT FLUXED!!!!!

[Astro]

Gay Gamer = Sony Defence Force.

[jwatt]

Does it really matter if it is Sony Defense Force?

[sak500]

I can feel the frustration of the people playing with a guy with this tag. Who'd want to be killed by a gay gamer? LOL. Jokes apart.

Anyway, he's lucky he's only playing online, as some of you have made this kind of point that, what if he'd worn some shirt with same tag and walked in a regular bar or something? People would have not only been verbal but some homophobes might have been physical with him and not in the sense he'd enjoy ;)

So lesson learnt, internet is open to anything, u can express yourself whatever way you feel, but then others will do the same and be prepared for it.

[aba]

No f@ggotry when I game online thank you very much.

[codeazrael]

Can you imagine if LIVE were free? Then the flood gates would open with these idiots as well as the idiot who started all of this to get attention..........or possibly he just threw the flare out to see if he could find someone in his city to bury his nuts in. And like someone said earlier, just wait until PSN gets the online numbers LIVE is boasting right now, and you'll have even more of a problem because that service is free. You see, at least when you have to pay for something, you just can't have any 12 yr. old signing up for it, but with a free service, the possibilities are endless.

[revsnake]

half the comments user made where unessary i would give them bad ratings or report..

[MIAMIFROST]

I heard the second you put in HALO in your XBOX you turn gay.

[Funky Town_TX]

America and americans summed up in 3 minutes of video. This should not be new to anyone. I live in Texas so I know the truth. Different is not good. Ken doll is good.

[Hypnotic]

In my opinion your sexual orientation has nothing to do playing video games. It's too bad that the homosexual community feels the need to put their sexuality out there. There really is no point. I'm not saying they should have to hide there sexuality but it certainly doesn't need to be presented to the whole world.

You don't find heterosexual people making specific gamer tags to their orientation. Keep your personal information to yourself or expect to be ridiculed.

[lou]

All of those dude are in denial for talking about that guy. They are all playing Gaylo 3 so they are all Gay. The 360 is old technology that is just waiting to burst into flames. Piece of $hit box is the worst hardware ever created and MS needs to recall all of them. I had 5 360 crap out on me so far thats why I am so mad at Microsoft. Thats a total of 15 weeks without a system since the 360 launched. Totally unacceptable and Gay.

The Wii and the PS3, hell and the original NES is a better console tha the 360. Now just port all of the games from the 360 over to other consoles and just quit Microsoft. And all you Gaylo players out there leave xxxgayboyxxx along and play Gaylo in piece until your system starts flashing 3 red lights then wait 3 weeks. ha ha get it. 3 weeks for 3 flashing lights.

[Hypnotic]

Wow, your comment has absolutely nothing to do with the article. Brilliant!

[Statix]

I thought that vid was hilarious. Most of it, that is. Some of the comments were true homophobia and done out of hate, but it seems like most of the time they were just trying to make funny jokes. And with a blatantly screaming-out-for-attention nick like "xxxGayBoyxxx" how can you blame them? If someone had a nick like "HornyGirl" or "BigWang==D" they would elicit jokes as well.

[aba]

"homophobia" isn't real ok? Just a bullsh*t label for people who don't applaud their sickness.

[Mr_Showtime1]

a great service such as xbox live has been totally ruined thanks to this army of 13 year old americans who dont shut the fu*k up, thats the reason y i now prefer to play PSN(and the fact my 4th 360 got RRoD this morning), that high price point has at last one advantage, keeps all the little young fu*kheads from gettin on the ps3 to ruin it aswell

[Tyrael]

Everyone on Halo 3 is a queer at one point or another: There isn't a single player out there who hasn't been on the giving or receiving end of a Spartan teabag...