Returning to Xbox LIVE - a observation
Well, chalk it up to either an "example of excess" or an "exercise in stupidity", but I bought an Xbox 360 ELITE this week (Wednesday). Why? I think for the most part it was for "Xbox LIVE". Now I have every major system in the seventh (current) generation of videogames (including handhelds).
Anyway, now that it's back, I signed onto Xbox LIVE with much ease & was even able to retrieve my old gamertag from when I had my Xbox. So far, so good. Dowloaded a couple of games (Rez HD, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Double Dragon & UNO, which is just pure crack) & started playing single persion games to get accustomed to them. Good times so far. But things changed when I started to play multiplayer.
Now, in the past, my personal experiences with LIVE was a mixed bag. I knew it was good when I was able to find people on at the same time as I that really wanted to play the games & have fun (Outrun 2 was my game of choice, expecially since I would be playling with a bunch of British guys that weren't total assholes & easy to get along with, or playing the various SNK fighting games). Then, there were said "assholes" I usually ran into whenever I tried to play something like "Halo 2". I never claimed to be the best of Halo players, but I got tired really quick of the irratating kids & the voice modulation option screaming obscenities, racial slurs, & homophobic insults at all times. It makes the experience of LIVE less enjoyable.
Now, I decided that I would play a couple of rounds of "UNO" with people. First thing I here is some foul-mouth 10 year old telling me to "Fuck OFF", then dropping me from the game. All in the spand of 5 seconds! OK, shake it off, go into another random game. I got in on another game, but throughout the entire game it was nothing but dumb boys screaming & cursing at each other. I kept quiet for the most part. I felt no need to partake in the conversation. One guy was berating another for having a Halo picture for his gamertag & not being godly at it. In another game, I was constantly being ordered to "Have my "seaman" report to the "Poop Deck". Remember, we're playing "UNO". You would think this is the one place you could escape the "LIVE" behavior, but I was wrong. The game I was in broke up, so I figured I'd find anothe randam game. Found another, was told I can't play with her & was booted. Did the random search a few more times & it kept putting me back in the same game. I told her I wasn't trying to join her game, the system kept putting me in here. After the forth time, I said "it wasn't worth it", droped out & tried to start my own game. Played one round with people, still screaming and flirting with each other, and they left. One more time to try a random game. Was told once again by somebody else I can't join, & was booted in under 5 seconds. Tried the random & was put in this group again for about 5 more times. Once again, I told them I wasn't trying to join their game, which was followed by some smartass comment & being dumped. I then find out that they set me to "ignore", which messes up my rep percentage.
Mind you, all of this crap happend to me on Wednesday night. I'd only had the system for a few hours. Now that I've played around for a few days, I'm noticing more & more that nobody seems to want to act like a person. Insults, racial slurs, constant arguing... in every game I played online. At times it's overbearing how people act on this thing. It's nowhere near this level of stupidity on the PS3 (granted, they do have their own set of idiots). I knew that I would now have to think about games I would want that will appear on both systems, but with the way people are, I don't think I'll be switching over my reservation of "Soul Calibur IV" from PS3 to 360 (plus, I like the idea of playing with "Darth Vader"). Also, when "Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix" comes out, do I want to deal with these attitudes while trying to play a game? Trash talking, I can handle, what they do is much worse at times.
Now, it's RARE that I would agree with anything that comes from Xplay, but aparantly Adam Sessler has some strong objections to the language and attitudes that's is currently on LIVE. I think he hits on it perfectly.
I'm sure to some, this rant might seem that I'm against Xbox Live. I'm not. I'm against the horrable attitudes that a lot of people have on this thing that ruins the experience for others. There are cool people on LIVE, I just have to find them. The LIVE membership is paid for, so I will continue to play, but I will need to find a group of people to play with soon so I can avoid a lot of this.
Anyway, now that it's back, I signed onto Xbox LIVE with much ease & was even able to retrieve my old gamertag from when I had my Xbox. So far, so good. Dowloaded a couple of games (Rez HD, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Double Dragon & UNO, which is just pure crack) & started playing single persion games to get accustomed to them. Good times so far. But things changed when I started to play multiplayer.
Now, in the past, my personal experiences with LIVE was a mixed bag. I knew it was good when I was able to find people on at the same time as I that really wanted to play the games & have fun (Outrun 2 was my game of choice, expecially since I would be playling with a bunch of British guys that weren't total assholes & easy to get along with, or playing the various SNK fighting games). Then, there were said "assholes" I usually ran into whenever I tried to play something like "Halo 2". I never claimed to be the best of Halo players, but I got tired really quick of the irratating kids & the voice modulation option screaming obscenities, racial slurs, & homophobic insults at all times. It makes the experience of LIVE less enjoyable.
Now, I decided that I would play a couple of rounds of "UNO" with people. First thing I here is some foul-mouth 10 year old telling me to "Fuck OFF", then dropping me from the game. All in the spand of 5 seconds! OK, shake it off, go into another random game. I got in on another game, but throughout the entire game it was nothing but dumb boys screaming & cursing at each other. I kept quiet for the most part. I felt no need to partake in the conversation. One guy was berating another for having a Halo picture for his gamertag & not being godly at it. In another game, I was constantly being ordered to "Have my "seaman" report to the "Poop Deck". Remember, we're playing "UNO". You would think this is the one place you could escape the "LIVE" behavior, but I was wrong. The game I was in broke up, so I figured I'd find anothe randam game. Found another, was told I can't play with her & was booted. Did the random search a few more times & it kept putting me back in the same game. I told her I wasn't trying to join her game, the system kept putting me in here. After the forth time, I said "it wasn't worth it", droped out & tried to start my own game. Played one round with people, still screaming and flirting with each other, and they left. One more time to try a random game. Was told once again by somebody else I can't join, & was booted in under 5 seconds. Tried the random & was put in this group again for about 5 more times. Once again, I told them I wasn't trying to join their game, which was followed by some smartass comment & being dumped. I then find out that they set me to "ignore", which messes up my rep percentage.
Mind you, all of this crap happend to me on Wednesday night. I'd only had the system for a few hours. Now that I've played around for a few days, I'm noticing more & more that nobody seems to want to act like a person. Insults, racial slurs, constant arguing... in every game I played online. At times it's overbearing how people act on this thing. It's nowhere near this level of stupidity on the PS3 (granted, they do have their own set of idiots). I knew that I would now have to think about games I would want that will appear on both systems, but with the way people are, I don't think I'll be switching over my reservation of "Soul Calibur IV" from PS3 to 360 (plus, I like the idea of playing with "Darth Vader"). Also, when "Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix" comes out, do I want to deal with these attitudes while trying to play a game? Trash talking, I can handle, what they do is much worse at times.
Now, it's RARE that I would agree with anything that comes from Xplay, but aparantly Adam Sessler has some strong objections to the language and attitudes that's is currently on LIVE. I think he hits on it perfectly.
I'm sure to some, this rant might seem that I'm against Xbox Live. I'm not. I'm against the horrable attitudes that a lot of people have on this thing that ruins the experience for others. There are cool people on LIVE, I just have to find them. The LIVE membership is paid for, so I will continue to play, but I will need to find a group of people to play with soon so I can avoid a lot of this.