Comments on: Gay gamer has GamerTag banned from Live

By: SveXo

SveXo — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:50:28 +0000

I’m still stuck of the not liking women part.

By: pjmaybe

pjmaybe — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:52:35 +0000

Poor old Hairyarse, that’ll be three name changes he’s been through on LIVE now

By: Daniel Plainview

Daniel Plainview — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:30:11 +0000

My gamer tag is: IhavealargepenisandimdefintlynotgayseriouslywhywouldIlieabout thatkindastuff

feel free to add me and we can hang out* together

*Rough anal sex

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:05:10 +0000

Microsoft could have just as easily chosen to ignore the complaints.

This reminds of the time Blizzard disbanded a World of Warcraft guild because other players complained about the fact that it was openly promoted a guild for gay people. That one ended up damaging Blizzard big time, and even saw the rules changed to be far more acceptable of sexual preference expression.

I won’t be surprised if this ends up coming back to bite Microsoft as well.

“If I’m a Nigger, nigger isnt a bad word per say, but it is offensive.. According to this jackass people should be aloud to run around with the names Thenigger and Thefag, because in reality, these words should not be offensive. BUT THEY ARE.”

That logic makes no sense.

“Nigger” IS a derogatory term used to describe a negro person. It always has been. Gay isn’t a derogatory terms, and you’d have to be one hell of a closed minded bigot to consider it such.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:55:57 +0000

No it doesn’t. If Icalled myself theMostSedishGamer it wouldn’t mean that everyoneon XBL turned Swedish.

Any hoo. It’s Microsoft’s playground and they set the rules. They should have the balls to say thats how it is instead of blaming it on some unseen majority.

By: Enkeixpress

Enkeixpress — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:40 +0000

Why didn’t he name himself “TheGayGamer” instead…

Calling yourself “TheGayerGamer” means something.. It means that you are calling everyone else a Gay Gamer…

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:33:15 +0000

But gay isn’t as offensive as nigger or ‘fag’ though is it? Gay is a perfectly acceptable social term for homosexuals it’s just 12 year old on XBox Live don’t know how to deal with it and Microsoft hide behind the phone.

By: Shawk

Shawk — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:20:41 +0000

the op of this article is a moron..

There is obvious reasons why someone should not have, Gay, in their names..

If I’m a Nigger, nigger isnt a bad word per say, but it is offensive.. According to this jackass people should be aloud to run around with the names Thenigger and Thefag, because in reality, these words should not be offensive. BUT THEY ARE.

Get real jackass, there is a reason the name was banned..

By: el Croux

el Croux — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:38:35 +0000

Well, they could politely insist that ‘the greater Xbox community’ be quiet, let the guy keep his gamertag and let that be that.

Videogaming, every now and then you’re reminded what a genuinely infantile and regressed hobby it’s capable, and very often guilty, of being.

What an embarrassing mess.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:30:27 +0000

I feel kind of bad for Microsoft as it’s a no win situation for them regardless of the action they take.

By: ecu

ecu — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:19:57 +0000

Extremely relevant video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6alOnuN-wCY

By: O Monarca

O Monarca — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:31:35 +0000

Maybe he got negative reports from both straight and homosexual players. Afterall, he could be perceived as being ironic or serious about his posture - nothing in his gamertag made sure what his position was about.

Furthermore, I know there’s something like freedom of speech, but there has to be a measure of good sense thrown into it. Afterall, being the player base so immature, he pratically painted a bullseye on himself. Like diving in a pool of sharks painted with blood. Sure you’re free to dive, but the sharks are also tempted to bite.

Microsoft maybe forced him to change his gamertag not because it stands beside homophobic players, but because it just wanted to keep things quiet.

By: kasai

kasai — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:26:59 +0000

Stupid gamertag he obviously choose the gamertag on purpose to bring attention to himself. Fair enough he got flamed by halo 3 players because of his gamertag. If he seriously thought such a gamertag would not draw attention to himself then hes as daft as a brush. The internet and gaming is fueled with people wanting to get a rise out of anyone that stands out.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:18:16 +0000

It’s what happens when your main demographic is 14 years old.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:13:56 +0000

What Panipa2005 said. Most tags like these are used to insult others.

By: patlike

patlike — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:03:03 +0000

That’s the thing that really riles me. It’s the banning, yeah, but it’s the fact that people are actually stupid enough to care enough to complain about the fact the guy has the word “gayer” in his GamerTag. Surely life’s too short.

By: deanimate

deanimate — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:57:31 +0000

obviously this is pathetic but what gets me is the whole “the greater xbox community found it offensive”. yeah - fucking - RIGHT. im just sure there were teenagers up and down the country crying their eyes out and thinking about swallowing a hedgehog to try and make sense of such a nickname.
It is, i would guess, the homophobic retards out there trying to inflict as much pain as possible on this guy.
very sad.

By: Panipal2005

Panipal2005 — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:54:18 +0000

They might have thought that the person in question picked his username in order to be disparaging towards gays…

By: ecu

ecu — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:50:30 +0000

The irony is that most Xbox gamers are closet bummers anyway.