To all those 13 years old and younger that seem to infest the Xbox Live multiplayer front, it would be wise to finally heed the constant pleas of "shut the hell up!". 343 Industries and Microsoft have a zero tolerance policy for Xbox Live players who make sexist or discriminatory remarks towards others and they're not about to put up with your crap.
The penalty for continuing to be a moron? A permanent ban from the Xbox network.
343 Industries Executive Producer Kiki Wolfkill (seriously awesome name) and studio Head Bonnie Ross speak out
Back when I used to play online with the Xbox 360, I just simply stopped wearing a headset and globally muted everyone. You wouldn't believe how much more enjoyable it makes playing on the Xbox 360 multiplayer!
(via Gamespot)
The penalty for continuing to be a moron? A permanent ban from the Xbox network.
343 Industries Executive Producer Kiki Wolfkill (seriously awesome name) and studio Head Bonnie Ross speak out
"I've seen many of the sites that have documented some of the more gender-specific slanderous comments," Ross said.
"This is behaviour that is offensive and completely unacceptable. I'd like to think most of our Xbox Live players don't support this kind of behaviour."
"It can be dangerous to give adolescents a broadcast mechanism," Wolfkill added. "There are always going to be jerks out there, and if you give them a way to express that side of their personality without being seen, you're going to see this type of behaviour manifest itself."
"As developers, we have a personal responsibility to think about how our games come across," Ross said. "With Halo 4, we were very deliberate in thinking about who should be female and who should be male in the game, and if we came off stereotypical, we went back to question what we were doing and why."
"Most people look at a franchise like Halo, and automatically assume it's run by a guy," Ross said. "People are surprised to learn that it's a woman who's running the Halo 4 show. When Microsoft created 343 Industries to take over Halo, I was given first choice to run the studio because I had proven myself. My gender played no part in it."
"This is behaviour that is offensive and completely unacceptable. I'd like to think most of our Xbox Live players don't support this kind of behaviour."
"It can be dangerous to give adolescents a broadcast mechanism," Wolfkill added. "There are always going to be jerks out there, and if you give them a way to express that side of their personality without being seen, you're going to see this type of behaviour manifest itself."
"As developers, we have a personal responsibility to think about how our games come across," Ross said. "With Halo 4, we were very deliberate in thinking about who should be female and who should be male in the game, and if we came off stereotypical, we went back to question what we were doing and why."
"Most people look at a franchise like Halo, and automatically assume it's run by a guy," Ross said. "People are surprised to learn that it's a woman who's running the Halo 4 show. When Microsoft created 343 Industries to take over Halo, I was given first choice to run the studio because I had proven myself. My gender played no part in it."
Back when I used to play online with the Xbox 360, I just simply stopped wearing a headset and globally muted everyone. You wouldn't believe how much more enjoyable it makes playing on the Xbox 360 multiplayer!
(via Gamespot)
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