James Ennever said:
[...]Yes sexism in Xbox live is unacceptable and yes verbal jousting does cross the line, But If we followed the suggestions they say, it would be the death of free speech. Where is the line between sexism, racism and bullying and at what point does it leave the realms of hate speech and into just having a different opinion?[...]
Alright, I'll admit I'm biased on the EC VS Jim thing. I signed up to talk about EC, as soon as I saw "Get angry" in Jim's advert, as well as some pictures from his show, I instantly thought "Nothing worth watching." My standards are pretty high, as I haven't watched TV in what, 5 years? With some exceptions.
The part I quoted though, is what got me frustrated.
EC in their latest episode(I probably can't link it.) talked about how harassment online is completely and utterly unacceptable, this includes examples like "Get the fuck back in the kitchen, hope you die slutwhore."... Whatever, And, shit,
I, me, a fucking tent has gotten insults like that. If I had a kid who wrote shit like that online, I'd lock him in his room while I took every piece of videogaming hardware and either tossed it out or locked it down. The kid would learn what it's like to be Amish before he re-found the videogame.
EC's suggestions, which primarily consisted of an auto-mute if your repeatedly ignored by so many people, (We'll say 100) is not an infringement on your free speech. It is a consequence. EC also suggested that having yourself unable to speak in the game until you've played for a while, but I also see why they didn't like that and didn't want that included.
You know what? Escapist actually employs a similar measure here. If a user gets warned, or banned, their post is automatically hidden. You need to click a link to see it. That is exactly what Extra Credits suggested in XBL. Because when you receive nothing but PM's stating "UR SHIT LOL" for the duration of a lucky-streak, that's actually pretty frustrating, and in my opinion, kinda unacceptable like the things we've seen in that show.
Believe it or not when you do shit like that, it actually effects the person on the other side. I consider myself as having a pretty thick skin too.
To stay on topic, I'll watch an episode... The latest one from Jimquisition.
Jim Sterling said:
I make this industry a better place, just by breathing.
You keep on tellin' yourself that, Jimmy.
Capicha: good for nothing... Yeah... That's all I can say.
I don't think I'm biased anymore.