Comments on: Microsoft Live Abuse To End?

By: karmaa

karmaa — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:38:41 +0000

i spend a lot of time on xbox (not that proud of it) the people who complain about abusive players, stop playing CoD. you’ll be good.. and as far as censorship goes, it wont work; not in America at least, just try to shut us up!

By: DELTA 549

DELTA 549 — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:40:33 +0000

i need to conact microsoft about harrasment what is there Email for complaints?

By: Markus.G

Markus.G — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:30:22 +0000

Ps- I find the generalisation of this problem being confined to prepubescent teens and also people who are saying they ” haven’t encountered this much ” a bit bizzare. The scary thing is- A lot of these gamers are actually adults.

By: Markus.G

Markus.G — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:21:58 +0000

I hate these abusive people on Xbox live. I’ve resorted to no longer using my mike and limiting settings (which unfortunately causes problems when playing against releations). I can’t see something like this working – There are always ways around it.

Slightly besides the point of the article but for example: text messages if your settings are open like ours were. Myself and kids were subjected to a barrage of abuse which went on for a month. We filed a complaint, the gamers in question are still active.

All this simply because we won a few multiplayer matches. The feedback rep system’s also abused, which we found out quite early on. I’m glad they’re addressing this but the service should really be moderated by people if they’re charging a subscription fee. I won’t be subscribing again despite the kids pleas.

By: xboxoz360

xboxoz360 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:30:05 +0000

Thanks mate for the info, I have been hearing more news coming in on that front of late, and once we have some ‘solid printable news’ we will most certainly run an article on it for everyone.

By: That one guy who has a ps3

That one guy who has a ps3 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:14:34 +0000

To all the people that think that this is just some stupid rumor, its not, it will be put into place. “Wheres your evidence” you say, well one day i was chillin on the couch watching some ATTACK OF THE SHOW (i recommend this show highly) and they did a portion where kevin did a live interview via the internet. It was about the censorship issue and during the interview it was confirmed that Microsoft has already put this idea into action, they have already invested in develping the technology (just a censorship program to work with live) and they plan to make it a reality sometime in 2009. Sorry about the bad news.

By: xboxoz360

xboxoz360 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:15:08 +0000

2 jlv0628,

Thanks for the kudos mate. It is always mst appreciated when ppl give us feedback. You can also let us (and others know) via the Blogged.com site review on the righ-hand side of this site to pass a review on the site, which would be most helpful in making sure we know what others like, and dislike.

While checking out your site, I noticed your dismay at GameStop’s thumbprint requirements. GameSTop introduced this measure as far back as 2004 (may 04 – http://www.geek.com/articles/games/used-game-sales-require-thumbprints-2004053/), but simply have not really pushed it a great deal.

Plus many in your comments seem to forget that GameStop OWN EB Games . . so systems one uses, will eventually move across to the other. (http://au.gamespot.com/news/6122418.html)

But I agree with you, it seems the only reason they would need the information is for researching and database building, NOT security reasons.

I do however there does need to be a level of proof of ownership with trade-in games and hardware, as it is one of the highest items stolen from homes and used to raise funds for those who commit the crime.

The other side of the coin is, that it is actually a greater offense to “receive stolen goods” than it is to actually steal them. The law puts it down to the fact that if there were less people receiving goods, the rate of theft would reduce, which is in part true. Stolen property is driven by need and the ability to ‘fence’ it off to a receiver.

You also have an email Jorge’

By: jlv0628

jlv0628 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:59:00 +0000

I hate the idiots on Live, but I don’t think this is the right way to go. This is opening a large can of words in regards to freedom of speech. Frankly, I’d rather make this idiots fell dumb myself, rather than have something bleep them out.

Great Post, Great Blog!

-Jorge
thejorgezone.wordpress.com

By: shanefagan

shanefagan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:08:52 +0000

I hate the idiots on xbox live but censorship isnt right. Stoping the screaming is something that needs to be done, but blanking out words limits freedom of speech.

By: mashpotatoes

mashpotatoes — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:21:45 +0000

It would be nice if it were optional for you to turn it on or off. Because muting someone is just as effective. It’s going to be annoying hearing… “beep beep beep you beep beep beep beep”!