Accent=racism!

[Chamale]

Some Xbox Live games have a far worse community than others. Basically, I recommend you don't bother talking to strangers in Modern Warfare 2, Madden, or Gears of War 2. Some games have more polite communities - in Left 4 Dead, your teammates are usually fairly friendly, and the team is always friendly in 1 vs 100. Too bad 1 vs 100 isn't currently running.

 

[Tharwen]

Welcome to the internet. Home of the stupid and bigoted.
And people wonder why society is in the shitter.

And why is there always a German trying to veto the map?

 

[Davey Woo]

I never encounter any problems on Xbox Live because...
Well...

I MUTE EVERYONE

 

[Distorted Stu]

Us Brits are cunts, but we are not as bad as americans with accent abuse.

 

[JWAN]

It's taking everything I have not to put up a one word post of "Mick" and walk away, but that'd probably get in in trouble.

Joking aside. Racism happens. Americans catch it from everyone else for being American, everyone else catches it from us for not being American, and absolutely everyone catches it from 12 year olds, who believe "racism" is basically the same as "swearing" and will call me every name but whiteboy if I beat them in a match.

- J

And blanket statements cover everyone at once

 

[Helimocopter]

friends list is multicultural as hell
have some guy from japan another who says hes from india, couple of british people who live in london I think, americans from all over the country, four mexicans, and a couple of African Americans(black people!)

 

[JWAN]

First off i'm Irish and i have been playing online for god knows how long
but only since i have played modern warfare 2 have i realised how many idiots play games nowadays

I literally join a lobby with my friends and no sooner have i said a word i get decended upon by brits or americans sayin oh look an irishman that can work the internet or other clearly well reserched insults or the british that
repeatedly call us idiots because of pre 1890s and sing ronan keetan to me.

karaokee aside i have never got so stressed playin a recreational activity then i have with mod 2 its as if once you can only hear a voice its alright to be racist or just a tool.

Now i am all for trash talk, christ i'm guilty of slagging someone over xbox myself but i never called a brit or a yank an idiot or bad at life for no reason generally they have to prove it for me to act up which as i said is within the first few seconds of talkin to them
so the message im tryin to say is that if your gonna be a spa over Xbox dont bring racism into it because it really dosen't matter if your black white asian latino or from wherever because there is a million other things to slag people over but the colour of your skin and where you live should just be outta bounds so your ethnic background aside if your bad at the game or just do somethin really stupid you deserve to be slagged but it really shouldnt matter about where your from because your just gonna be bad at the game so slag people about that and give over the online racism because if you think your being funny there is about 10 other people that think your a spa and clearly the attension seeker you are wont be able to handle people muting you all the time!!!

so just enjoy the game and only slag when people are bad, being an idiot or defending someone just dont be a retard and do it unprovoked because you people will die alone and unloved

but on that note if you ever hear an irish junkie playin xbox its the funniest think you will ever hear seriously get the family around its hours of free entertainment and is much cheaper then disney land

Use the mute button or grow some thicker skin. Its the internet, your going to catch shit from somebody somewhere.
For instance I'm about to give you shit for the awful grammar. Use punctuation PLEASE. Its really hard to read a 12 line sentence. The other point I would like to make is stop calling United States citizens "Yanks" and British people "Brits" unless its ok to call you a "Mick".

 

[Blimey]

Recently my Xbox 360 died, and so I decided to try some new things, like going out with friends. The sun burnt me at first, but then I realized that there's a world where people can't scream into your ear that your a fag, or a cheater, or a 'haxxor'. I realized that even if people actually do this, I can punch them in the great outdoors. And so I find myself playing less and less video games, and actually enjoying my life.

My point is, it sucks. So just get away from gaming for a couple weeks or something. It actually does feel really awesome. And I'm not being patronizing or sarcastic, I really am serious. I find myself enjoying life more, and I've all but forgotten about online douchery.

But if you can't get away from gaming, just mute everyone. Mute all the voices in the game. Problem solved.

 

[tiredinnuendo]

It's taking everything I have not to put up a one word post of "Mick" and walk away, but that'd probably get in in trouble.

Joking aside. Racism happens. Americans catch it from everyone else for being American, everyone else catches it from us for not being American, and absolutely everyone catches it from 12 year olds, who believe "racism" is basically the same as "swearing" and will call me every name but whiteboy if I beat them in a match.

- J

And blanket statements cover everyone at once

...yes.

Point?

- J

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

Yeah I don't talk on Xbox Live unless I'm with my group of friends. Especially with MW2. Never have I seen a worse community. Racists, bigots, people just looking for arguments, it's fucking bullshit. I expect Americans to take the piss out of my accent, it's a national perk. I'm English, and evidently we're a bunch of fucking morons, I routinely witness other English people get narky at Americans for being American, and then get narky at other English people cos they're from a different city or support a different football club. It's fucking ridiculous.

These are generally the same assholes who run around with an Intervention for quick-scoping and akimbo 1887s for all round douchebaggery.

Wait a second, what's wrong with quickscoping? It's not easy you know.

 

[Wintermoot]

but what if you talk with an accent without knowing it?

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

Good thing I'm anti racist. All my comments, insults and questions never evoke any kind of racism. call me pompous if you want but it's true.

ANYWAY, look, just turn off your mike. those douchebags online could care less if you hate what they say, it's their job to flip people off, thinking those people can't hurt them and assuming adults swear and are rude to one another, as well getting worked up on the slightest bit of controversy.

keep your mike off when playing with strangers and only turn it on when playing with friends.

 

[Daffy F]

Well. The accent thing might be because there is no way of judging someone over Xbox, except by their accent. and I think insults are generally spawned from Xbox Live because an awful lot of people on there are idiots, but also because essentially it's a consequence-free environment. You can slag someone off for fun and no-one will get you for it. If you can easily take verbal abuse, and are good at making up comebacks quickly, then it can be downright hilarious.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Everybody is racist, sexist and nationalistic ... just that many people are polite enough to pretend they're not. People on XBL lack this ability.

 

[Kingemoney]

I'm American and I think we have the worst accent in the world. It's not cool, not fun, and not menacing in any way (except the American Southern one). Regularly, I find myself choosing instead to speak in accents from other places. Of course, since the only real exposure I have to other accents is media, I probably sound like an insulting caricature.

I play on XBL, but very rarely wear my headset, because there are way too many 13 year old idiots with Xboxes...

 

[The Heik]

Yeah I don't talk on Xbox Live unless I'm with my group of friends. Especially with MW2. Never have I seen a worse community. Racists, bigots, people just looking for arguments, it's fucking bullshit. I expect Americans to take the piss out of my accent, it's a national perk. I'm English, and evidently we're a bunch of fucking morons, I routinely witness other English people get narky at Americans for being American, and then get narky at other English people cos they're from a different city or support a different football club. It's fucking ridiculous.

These are generally the same assholes who run around with an Intervention for quick-scoping and akimbo 1887s for all round douchebaggery.

While I generally agree with you, there still are some decent people online. The problem is that MW2 sold so many copies, and a such there are a whole army of kids who've just came off the campaign thinking that they're FPS gods, only to get their ass blown off then served to them on a silver platter. They use underhanded techniques and cheap weapons to increase their kill scores, and then act like they're better than the rest of us. They usually get killed by me online anyway, so there goes their superiority complex.

Mouthy bunch though.

 

[Aeshi]

Remember guys:
Anonymity+Average person=Fucktard.

You can remove "Anonymity" and that sentence is still true.

 

[SecondmateFlint]

I think it's because the Americans are jealous. Usually if anyone from here hears someone with an accent we're automatically enthralled. I would take comfort in that, my Irish friend.

My problem is that I'm a girl without a super high-pitched voice so I get confused for 13 year old boys. This one guy (major, major A-hole) refused to believe that I'm an 18 year old girl (or I was 18 when it happened). Or my favorite some Southern accent (US accent) told me: "Hey Se'ondmateFli-ant! I'm guh-uh eatchew!" (Hey SecondmateFlint! I'm going to eat you!). My team beat him pretty bad and right when I was going to tell him that he was going to be eaten, he got off.

Getting back on track, they're probably just jealous. I would revel in that.

 

[Riobux]

I'll be honest, I never actually heard of any anti-Irish views (well, there's the alcoholic view, but that's it). Most people I know view Ireland generally positively. My only problem with Ireland to be honest is how religious it is and The Troubles which are generally over-looked by most people. I also admit that Irish accents are at least absolutely great.

However, I'm not surprised at the amount of abuse you got. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, from experience, breeds stupidity. There's only one person I know who is very much addicted to Modern Warfare 2 still and he's a racist homophobic chav that supports the BNP. To be honest, I don't even use a headset on X-Box 360 just because of anti-English abuse from Americans, homophobic talk (I don't enjoy hearing about why X is a complete and utter fag, because sexuality is apparently relevant to FPS behaviour) and other very annoying things.

 

[orangebandguy]

Well generally I think political correctness makes us think that if you have a British accent of any sort you are instantly racist to everyone else who doesn't.

Well I am not racist and I don't think of Irish people as stupid.