Is The Video Game Community Slowly Going Downhill?

Post by Origina1Penguin (1,245 posts) See mini bio

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@kmdrkul: I'm pretty sure it was a pre-NXE feature. It was an option for voice communication that made your voice sound deeper than it really was. You know, like when someone is interviewed in the dark and voice masking is used to hide their identity. Same thing.

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Post by PercyChuggs (927 posts) See mini bio

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No. If SNES and Genesis games had online multiplayer, there would be just as many idiots playing those games online as well.

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Post by GamerGeek360 (761 posts) See mini bio

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That's why I just don't use my headset on COD4 anymore. I think people like that are just a part of life and should just be ignored.

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Post by RetroIce4 (2,953 posts) See mini bio

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Welcome to Xbox Live!

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Post by kmdrkul (1,796 posts) See mini bio

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@Origina1Penguin said:

" @kmdrkul: I'm pretty sure it was a pre-NXE feature. It was an option for voice communication that made your voice sound deeper than it really was. You know, like when someone is interviewed in the dark and voice masking is used to hide their identity. Same thing. "

Damn I would have totally abused that feature had I known :P

Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Strongba1 (351 posts) See mini bio

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If I had Gold, I would be in a particularly bad situation because I don't have many friends on there. I maybe have 2 that I talk to on a regular basis. So that takes private matches out of the question.

So when my only option for online play is public matches, I would have to put up with the idiots on there just to play. And I'm sure I'm not the only guy out there in that situation.

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Post by pirate_republic (870 posts) See mini bio

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I agree -- though I just mute everyone when I'm playing online. It's not only the kids too: there are lots of young adults doing this as well, it just comes across as offensive rather than annoying when they do it.

EDIT: It seems people "can't play online because of this". Just mute all the assholes. Voila! We shouldn't have to do that, but hey, it works. And also set that player as "disliked" so you don't run into them again.

EDIT#2: Someone mentioned the voice masking thing that made your voice deeper: that was removed because it's GARBAGE. It makes you sound like some screwed up text-to-speech voice.

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Post by Atomic_Tangerine (172 posts) See mini bio

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You know, I think we are missing the point of the OP. He's just saying, "Hey, don't be a total asshole!" and not, "Don't be mean." Like way back when Street Fighter 4 came out, I was tearing through guys and talking into my headset. I wasn't saying anything mean really, just teasing the other guy and saying, "All right, now I start trying!" and "Is that the best you got?" and that kinda stuff. Nothing vulgar or profane, and after I beat a guy, I would tell him what I thought he did wrong, and if I lost, I would tell the guy that we just had a fun match.

However, nobody talked back for a real long time, and it felt like something was missing. Eventually, I did run into a few people talking back, and they were real friendly like me, but something was still wrong. Finally, I beat a guy who then hooked up his headset to say, "Learn how to play the game faggot!" and it put the biggest smile on my face. In that moment, I realized I loved getting people angry on Xbox Live.

Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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@natetodamax said:

" We all know what happens when a kid is left home alone with a video game, Xbox LIVE or PSN, and a headset. In the age of vulgar rap music, teenage pregnancies, nuclear bombs, yada yada yada (none of these are revelent to this..."

I stopped reading at this point, because you are already making an invalid point. THIS is the age of vulgar music, teenage pregnancy, and nuclear bombs?

There was an ACTUAL bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Haven't seen one dropped in a while now...

You think TEEN pregnancy is bad now? How about back in the B.C. and early A.D. times when it was EXPECTED in many countries that a child would be married by the time they were 12 and that they were to have children pumping out one by one until a boy showed up? Even more than that, if the woman kept producing girls, she was MUR-DERED and the young boy/man/whatever would have to get a new wife...or multiple wives. So teen pregnancy TODAY is nothing more than a continuation of the last 2,000+ years.

Vulgar RAP music? How about back in the Victorian Era? Or even better...how about ELVIS?! That dood was considered FAR more vulgar than any rap artist that isn't named "2 Live Crew" could EVER be considered.

So I can't read the rest of what you have to say, because you automatically claimed that we're in some sort of rut now. We, as a society and a species, have been in a rut for THOUSANDS of years. We are destructive by nature, and there's no changing instinct...only habits.

Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by addictedtopinescent (1,904 posts) See mini bio

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Im 15, and btw you sound much older and much more mature then your age would suggest

People discrminating others for their age are not better then racists or whatever, people who do that are about as mature as the 14 year olds and under they are complaning about.

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Only way is to fight back with some sort of quick wit and/or psychological tricks. Keep them subtle, and if their intelligence is shattered, you'll know. That's all that matters. You can't fight them all, but you can certainly keep up the fight. Gaming's future is worth it.

Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by RelentlessKnight (184 posts) See mini bio

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It all depends on which online community, you have chosen. I have once played World of Warcraft and participated in Teamspeak(or Ventailo). During raids and such, I have always encounter kids around your age speaking and older people treating those kids with respect while the kids do so too. Sometimes its quite annoying to wait for adults to ''finish their smoke break'' before facing a boss but no one would complain about that. Or at least, that I have witness.

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Post by TheSovereign (46 posts) See mini bio

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Come back when your balls have dropped.

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Post by Metal_Gear_Sunny (2,936 posts) See mini bio

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I just play the fucking game. If I get mad, I don't swear, I try harder. I talk in the most kind ways. It's just a game!

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Post by Demo (227 posts) See mini bio

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Thank god I don't play online games anymore. Split-screen/local multiplayer FTW.

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Sticks and stones.

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@jakob187 said:

" @natetodamax said:
" We all know what happens when a kid is left home alone with a video game, Xbox LIVE or PSN, and a headset. In the age of vulgar rap music, teenage pregnancies, nuclear bombs, yada yada yada (none of these are revelent to this..."

Vulgar RAP music? How about back in the Victorian Era? Or even better...how about ELVIS?! That dood was considered FAR more vulgar than any rap artist that isn't named "2 Live Crew" could EVER be considered.

I hate when people blame rap music for everything >.>

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Post by Eric_Buck (354 posts) See mini bio

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I know how you feel. I'm 14 and get bashed sometimes as well.

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@StarFoxA said:

" I'm usually just in a party with some of my friends. "

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@jakob187 said:

" @natetodamax said:
" We all know what happens when a kid is left home alone with a video game, Xbox LIVE or PSN, and a headset. In the age of vulgar rap music, teenage pregnancies, nuclear bombs, yada yada yada (none of these are revelent to this..."
I stopped reading at this point, because you are already making an invalid point. THIS is the age of vulgar music, teenage pregnancy, and nuclear bombs?

There was an ACTUAL bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Haven't seen one dropped in a while now...

You think TEEN pregnancy is bad now? How about back in the B.C. and early A.D. times when it was EXPECTED in many countries that a child would be married by the time they were 12 and that they were to have children pumping out one by one until a boy showed up? Even more than that, if the woman kept producing girls, she was MUR-DERED and the young boy/man/whatever would have to get a new wife...or multiple wives. So teen pregnancy TODAY is nothing more than a continuation of the last 2,000+ years.

Vulgar RAP music? How about back in the Victorian Era? Or even better...how about ELVIS?! That dood was considered FAR more vulgar than any rap artist that isn't named "2 Live Crew" could EVER be considered.

So I can't read the rest of what you have to say, because you automatically claimed that we're in some sort of rut now. We, as a society and a species, have been in a rut for THOUSANDS of years. We are destructive by nature, and there's no changing instinct...only habits.
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Somebody is good at missing the point....

Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Einherjan (347 posts) See mini bio

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I think the community is just evolving (technology) and we just haven't been able to catch up with it. It does not help that with anonymity on the net/gaming that we can act like total immature brats.

Personally, the only game I play that requires me to be on voice chat is World of Warcraft. My guild is only 18+ for a reason. That way we can cut out the idiots. I hate games like Halo 3 and GoW because of the shit talking. I mean in real life I don't try to demean people, why do it in game? My parents raised me right.

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Post by natetodamax (7,037 posts) See mini bio

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@jakob187: Your mistake was not reading what was in parenthesis

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Technology evolved; humanity remained stagnant.

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