Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Microsoft sides with homophobes who report "offensive" Xbox live screen name "TheGAYERgamer"

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » GLBT Donate to DU
 
Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 03:30 PM
Original message
Microsoft sides with homophobes who report "offensive" Xbox live screen name "TheGAYERgamer"
Edited on Mon May-19-08 03:31 PM by IanDB1
XBox Players Not Down With Gay Gamer

XBox’s online game community showed a homophobic hand last week.

Gay player Ryan Grant received a not-so-nice missive from Microsoft saying he had to change his screen name, “theGayergamer,” because other XBox Live members found it offensive.

From a note sent to The Consumerist:

I assumed that once i called Microsoft they would straighten things out. I talked to a supervisor there, Roxy, who told me that she didn’t personally find the fact that my gamer tag had gay in the name offensive, but that the greater Xbox community did, so I would have to change it.

This should earn Microsoft some points in arch nemesis activist Ken Hutcherson’s book, huh?



More:
http://www.queerty.com/xbox-players-not-down-with-gay-gamer-20080519/
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 03:36 PM
Response to Original message
1. Not suprising
many gamers are stupid little fuckwad kids talking shit
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 04:10 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. You can get gay married in Star Wars Galaxies, but not Lord of The Rings Online. n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Siyahamba Donating Member (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 07:22 PM
Response to Original message
3. Now, if only Microsoft would ban all the gamers who use "gay" as an insult.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Creideiki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 07:27 PM
Response to Reply #3
5. That would never happen.
Although we did get the moderators at WoW to change the name of a character that was mocking people with HIV with his character name. Took 3 times for him to get it changed to something that wasn't an issue.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:59 PM
Response to Reply #3
8. They'd lose most of their customer base.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
hulklogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 07:27 PM
Response to Original message
4. I'm sorry I bought an XBOX 360 now.
I'm never going to buy XBOX Live points or whatever it takes to get your gamertag banned.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 08:44 PM
Response to Original message
6. Is there a contact information so I can thank Microsoft?
They're going to save me some big bucks by NOT having to buy one.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Sandaasu Donating Member (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:02 PM
Response to Original message
7. Not a big deal.
This could just have easily been used by someone as a mockery of homosexuals. They're not doing anything homophobic, just safe. Many other large communities do the same kind of thing.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 07:05 AM
Response to Reply #7
11. Right...
Let's take a look at some of the other players names, shall we? I'm sure we'll find nothing offensive in there at all.

(Sadly I don't have those names, but playing City of Heroes I see plenty of names that range from risque to fairly gross.)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Sandaasu Donating Member (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:12 AM
Response to Reply #11
12. Have you tried reporting such things?
Whatever you're seeing probably violates the rules there too. Just because it doesn't get done right away doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:52 AM
Response to Reply #12
13. Are there standards? What you might find offensive I may not
That's pretty much my point.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Sandaasu Donating Member (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 02:14 AM
Response to Reply #13
14. Right, so they typically set such standards to be pretty broad.
They assume things like the name in question to be offensive, as anything about human sexuality or any other contovertial subject might be. I'm pretty sure that this is just a result of a wide net, not targetting things that relate to homosexuality.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:21 PM
Response to Original message
9. Ah, nothing like giving in to the lowest common denominator.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:59 PM
Response to Original message
10. Thats not offensive....
what a bounce of fucking whiners.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:06 AM
Response to Original message
15. I didn't know Skinner is Admin of Xbox Live too...
:hide:

:evilgrin:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May 14th 2024, 07:12 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » GLBT Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC