Remember how Xbox Live used to be?

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

NewShire

Sadly I was never on Xbox live when it was like that but I have been playing Team Fortress 2 for a long time and most people are pretty mature.

screw that game i got it with orange box and played it once....... HORRIBLE!!! :(ps3tim

Um, no. Xbox Live has been the same as ever, with the occasional upgrade.IIRS3II_H1TMAN

That's not true, it really has changed.

I remember playing Halo 2 and Counter-Strike on the original xbox with xbox live. The trash talk was insane on Counter-Strike. Halo 2 also had a lot of trash talk. Xbox live is still the same in a way the only thing that changed is that players become more quiet because of the new party system.

I never use my microphone unless I'm playing with a friend and then we just private chat. Every time I play online some punk kid joins and starts yelling at everyone.

I never use my microphone unless I'm playing with a friend and then we just private chat. Every time I play online some punk kid joins and starts yelling at everyone.

PlasmaBeam44

I just ignore the trash talkers, most of them just do it cuz they're bitter. My first time playing Halo 3 I had like the lowest rank and my friend and i ended up playing king of the hill with all these high ranked players... they were really nice until by some stroke of luck we beat them then they just started cursing. They just looked like morons after that so now whenever I hear anyone talk trash I just laugh.

[QUOTE="ps3tim"]screw that game i got it with orange box and played it once....... HORRIBLE!!! :(craigalan23

[QUOTE="IIRS3II_H1TMAN"]Um, no. Xbox Live has been the same as ever, with the occasional upgrade.NewShire

That's not true, it really has changed.

[QUOTE="IIRS3II_H1TMAN"]Um, no. Xbox Live has been the same as ever, with the occasional upgrade.NewShire

That's not true, it really has changed.

[QUOTE="craigalan23"][QUOTE="ps3tim"]screw that game i got it with orange box and played it once....... HORRIBLE!!! :(ps3tim

It is because adults bought the system when it first came out and then it took awhile for parents to get the console to their kids.

It is because adults bought the system when it first came out and then it took awhile for parents to get the console to their kids.

Diddies

well ive only had XBL for over a year n its always kids yelling random crap or Dbags calling everybody a n00b. thats why i never use my mic anymore.

[QUOTE="ps3tim"][QUOTE="craigalan23"] I disagree easily the greatest multiplayer game in years.RoslindaleOne

[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"][QUOTE="ps3tim"]no you just have bad taste in games. :Pgow117

Xbox Lives never changed, people have been obnoxious on it since the original Xbox days.

I dont think it is xbox live but certain games in which you run into certain people. Like in Halo 3 it seems that 90% of the poeple who play are 12 and with Gears of War 2 most of the people are potty mouths beyond recognition.

I dont think it is xbox live but certain games in which you run into certain people. Like in Halo 3 it seems that 90% of the poeple who play are 12 and with Gears of War 2 most of the people are potty mouths beyond recognition.

TOC48

ahhh i remember the first time i played xbl. it was with the original gears adn i got lucky and found a room of awesome players withh little maturation issues. after a while i just laughed when i would spank some trash talking ten year old into the floor with a torque bow. I never cut the mic off though cause i mean there are people worth playing with and finding gamers of my mentality is a reward for putting up withall the bs the rest put out

I never use my microphone unless I'm playing with a friend and then we just private chat. Every time I play online some punk kid joins and starts yelling at everyone.

PlasmaBeam44

There's no question that most of the people that play on xbox live are nice people. The thing is tho, that all of those nice people play with their mics off for good reason.

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

NewShire

Also with the party chat feature, most friends are in one.

i remember when it was just xbox

no 360 since it was harder to have live back then it seemed like it was more for the true players. Now it seems like everyone and their mom has xbox live and annoying little 9 year olds end up flooding games that i find too mature for them. Then they get so mad when you can beat their clearly cheap tactics over and over again. Then they send the annoying messages full of grammer and spelling mistakes like **** spell feg i mean wtf guys. Some times i really hate xbox live when im not in a party chat, i miss the old days.

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

NewShire

yep and anybody that disagrees hasnt had the xbox live since launchchronofreak69

I dont know if your black but the first few months to a year of Live, was nothing but Cyber Racist, that talked tough online and quite in real life. They would try to say the craziest things to offend people, but me and my friends would clown them, till they ran off, and the white people we play with was always ashamed of how so called people of their race made them look.

Now since then the shock and awe has worn off, we dont run into those people like we used too. Now I will still run into people who believe there is no way possible anyone is better than them and cant take it when they lose, or the constant people who complain of weapons or methods people use to play.

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

It's nice when you come across genuine people online, like I have made a bunch of friends from random games of Halo or Call of Duty and I am glad that I had my mic in, but since party chat has been inducted it makes life easier, well in the ears department anyway, just kids, I don't know if they seek attention but they scream like a pedophile has walked in on them, what their parents must think when they hear them scream and use certain terms of discrimination and racism?

Though I must say, most people I have become friends with are either my age and can relate to or are older, some of them are even married and are mature and don't loud mouth or boast or any of that, real down to earth people, I say a lot of them are out there but are muted by the young children that can't stop comlaining.

Whenever I hear a trash-talking 8 year old in a Halo 3 lobby, I tell them to shut up and get a life. I use my mic only if others on my team are, but it does piss me off when you can't even talk to anyone there with a mic because 1 or more losers are arguing about some stupid crap or making gay noises. But I think that's been happening from the beginning. And the reason that most adult men and women don't use mics is because they don't care about how bad the weather is in Seattle or how the Minnesota Vikings got crushed a week ago. And frankly, neither do I.

[QUOTE="NewShire"]

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

ps3tim

LMAO, No one on PSN? Those people you refer to who you claim not to have their mic's plugged in are on your beloved party chat.

[QUOTE="ps3tim"][QUOTE="NewShire"]

I was just thinking about when I first logged onto xbox live. The first game I played online was Call of Duty 2, and I was so surprised by the diversity of people that you could talk to. There were people of all ages and genders, and except for the occational trash talking teen or child, everyone was really pleasant and fun to talk to.

Now it seems that all of the rude teens and annoying kids have caused all of the respectful adults and females, who want to actually have nice conversations, to leave their mics out of their controllers.

It's a real shame. Most xbox live games are either completely quiet, or just have one or two annoying teens yelling at unresponsive players.

360hammer

LMAO, No one on PSN? Those people you refer to who you claim not to have their mic's plugged in are on your beloved party chat.

[QUOTE="360hammer"]

[QUOTE="ps3tim"]I was thinking that also then i thought about what i was told about ps3 and how theres no teens but then again theres barely anyone on at all.............so it's either no one or teens. id rather no one. ;)ps3tim

LMAO, No one on PSN? Those people you refer to who you claim not to have their mic's plugged in are on your beloved party chat.

LOL, Well lets see over 20 million PS3's sold and FREE online, not gonna be too hard to find people online. I find it funny how people bash PS3 for not having privite cross game chat and party chat which is clearly not doing anything to improve online games other than making it silent LOL.

the mute button is my best friend these days :P xbox live is good just mute whoever is annoying and its like theyre not in the game

Im cool with it, very useful tool =]
Too bad you feel this way =/