Do you take someone less seriously when they use the term "Xbone"?

Nope! In fact, I use it whenever I can.

I now, though, can't decide whether Xbone or Xbox One Eighty is better.

EDIT: Also, I guess I should add that I never thought it was 'funny' or 'clever,' just a stupid name for what was a stupid console.

No. It's the best option we have. Now if you refer to it as "the one" we have a problem.

180 is pretty good, now.

No, I think it is fun.

Not really. The people I stop taking seriously are the ones that use "M$"

I don't judge people based on the acronyms they choose to use...

Wait, why is it offensive? I thought the it looked stupid but I never thought it meant anything.

"Xbox One" just never occurred to you, or....?

I think it's funny when people try to use Xbone in a negative manner like the way some idiots think saying M$ is a way of "sticking it" to them.

People thought that the constant barrage of Wii jokes were hilarious, so AFAIC, Xbone was just asking for it.

@likeassur: It's too long.

Xbox One sounds pretentious.

Best of both worlds: Xbone80

@irvandus: ....Okay, let's break this down.

Xbone = 5 characters.

Xbox One = 8 characters (if you count the space).

So you're saying that an additional three keystrokes is just too much?

No, I call it that. Not to be clever or anything, it's just better then "XBO" and I'm sure as hell wont call it "The One"

No. I use it. I think the Xbox one is a dumb name. It started an easy way to reference it being a dumb name. Then MS started feeding into it with their drm.

About as serious as I take someone writing; M$

I like it. Rolls off the tongue.

Xbone is the best name for it in the same way that "Blops" is the best name for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Nothing negative about it, it's just an abbreviation that flows better than the alternatives.

X1 is also acceptable for when you want to type less and aren't pronouncing it in your head, I guess, but anything that's supposed to have a spoken cadence just sounds better to me with Xbone.

I would never want to use "Xbox One" unless I'm referring to the first xbox, and "Xone" just makes it look you're writing the word "zone" like an asshole.

Yes, same for people who use 'dat' and 'M$'.

Yes.

Also, XBONE is what I use EVERY time.

EVERY.

TIME.

XBONE.

I'm with you 100%, JJWeatherman. If anything, people could type XB1, but Xbone just seems trashy and immature to me.

Exactly!

Xbone is hilarious.

Xboned, Xboner.

This is wordplay at it's finest people.

Nope.

These kind of arguments usually relate to someone looking for excuses to demean them, which I've never really bought. If you have to rely on their bad grammar or idiosyncrasies to win a debate (By declaring yourself winner by default due to his unsportsmanlike grammar) then they probably deserve more credit than you're willing to give them. If there not particular intelligent, and can't write properly; then that's fair game.

I don't particularly have a problem with Xbone. You're just cutting out two letters, not moving anything around, and it seems way less stupid than the other options. X1? Xbox 1? The One?

Admittedly, if someone was just making 'yo momma' jokes that were just essentially repackaged versions of 'I'm going to Xbone yo momma' then it'd be a bit immature.

I also don't give a fuck about text speak or any other form of bad grammar. Cormac McCarthy? That guys okay in my book.

I don't really care as long as you don't call it 'The One.' That's the worst thing that could ever happen, anywhere.

Not really, it's pretty well established now. I can read it without seeing any kind of negatvity or innuendo. I do usually dismiss 'XONE' users as suckups though. People writing out 'Xbox One' often seem more concerned with portraying themselves as 'serious' than actually saying anything.

XBone180 it is.

It was old and unfunny before the reveal even finished. The fact that something so dumb and try-hard caught-on on the Internet, tho, should not be surprising :/

But hey. It makes it easier to identify and avoid the dickish commenters.

@likeassur: Yep. Also referred to the 360 as 360. The xbox is the real first xbox.

I don't care, but I always use Xbox One. Now I shall start using Xbox 180 a bit more.

I don't know. That looks weird. Who mixes numbers and letters? How gauche.

Xbox One takes too long to say, actually. Besides, I'd rather use "Xbone" - it makes me feel less like a fucking corporate tool and more like a cynical twenty something who is joining every other cynical 20 something in ironically making fun of something really fucking stupid. Sounds like a good enough reason to me.

Brilliant.

All of the holier-than-thou backlash for the use of the word just makes me want to use it more.

I used to, but it's become so common I got over it.

No. I'm surprised to see people get defensive, automatically dismissing people based on what they call a video game console. That said, I shouldn't be. We may not be on Whiskey, but those blue and green names bleed through that red, and this is a serious war.

No. now people have Xbox180 to get mad about so maybe Xbone will get a pass.

Yeah, obviously.
I have every reason to not take anything they say seriously and I never will.
Not now and not when they turn 14.

Of course not. Xbone is the official name of the system.

If anything I feel a kinship with them.

People who hyphenate Xbox, though!? They can all fucking die. They can all fucking die RIGHT NOW.

I take them EXTRA serious

Xboneighty if you really want to take it to the next level.

Exactly.

I used it as an effective means of shortening it. I liked the ring to that term. xb1 looks.... awkward. Xbox One is too long. Maybe Xone? Like I'm in the Xone playing on my Xbox One? Maybe we can call it Xbox? I dunno, it hasn't really bothered me much, if at all.

I can't believe someone cares enough to get mad about XBONE

I don't take them any less seriously, but I think 180 is a better name.

If I took everyone that says Xbone less seriously I'd be ignoring a lot of people that potentially have interesting posts. So no, I don't take them less seriously.

Absolutely not. It's way better than the alternative (the Xbox One was released in 2001, why all the sudden interest?)

It's not meant to be some sort of derisive thing. Calling it "The One" is just absurd (name already taken by Keanu Reeves). And since when do we call things by their full names? This is the internet, the home of GoW, GoT, CoD, GB, Civ, PS, 360, HL3, and MK. Getting uptight about it is stupid. I'm glad it's caught on because it's way better than the shitty name MS (see, I abbreviated it!) chose.

@ezakael said:

How's this for interesting?

XBOOOOOONE!!!!!

Maybe if they're using it in a negative way.

I don't even say it in jest it's just the easiest way to say it.

X = X + B = Box + one = XBone.