Xbox live not social anymore?

I remember playing old madden games against random people and talking with them etc...seems these days everyone just stays in an xbox live party...which i must admit i do as well but not all the time. The only social behavior i see now is on mw2 with a bunch of loud trashtalkers...other than that nobody talks...how about you guys?

I tend to not talk to people I don't know over Live. Every once in a while I'll turn the mic on and talk to people in game. The problem is having to listen complain when you're not playing well and a few people who are simply annoying.

If you play some team based games like Gears of war, you'll find alot of people that aren't in party chat.

But yea, XBL isn't that social anymore.

Xbox Live Parties is probably the main reason.Sweetbackhair

Nowadays almost every device I use has so many social features.

Got facebook/twitter everywhere I go.

Email.

Texting.

Phone.

Voice mail.

Voice comms.

People talking face to face.

My whole day is filled with blah blah blah.

So when I sit down to play, the last thing I want to do is talk.

The invention of party chat pretty much killed most social interaction with random people. Oh the days of Halo 2 and Halo 3 before party chat...so much trash talking. It was great.SexyPorkins

No, I turn off the mic because all I hear are snot nosed annoying little brats.

This is why i prefer psn now, because of no CGC or partys people actually communicate!

I agree. I have never really used it though to talk to strangers. Moreso just friends.

I'd say it is still social. Then again, I'm a grade A griefer and I regularly end CoD games with Napalm Strikes just so I can play Usher'sBurn over the mic for the final killcam. I also love to play JT's Cry Me a River when kids in the lobby get butt-hurt over myteam beating them (the chorus of Alphacat's parody of I Need A Doctor gets played quite often too). Those songs and the original Pokemon theme song get played on a daily basis, more or less. That kind of stuff sure gets people talking :)... always nice to get that "wow, you're such a (insert homophobic slur here)... kill yourself" response out of someone.

When I'm not griefing, though, I'd say a fair amount of people still talk... you just have to initiate conversations in game lobbies and what not. My Elpresador-esque "AIGHT PEOPLE... what's up?" usually gets people to talk :D.

I'd say it is still social. Then again, I'm a grade A griefer and I regularly end CoD games with Napalm Strikes just so I can play Usher'sBurn over the mic for the final killcam. I also love to play JT's Cry Me a River when kids in the lobby get butt-hurt over myteam beating them (the chorus of Alphacat's parody of I Need A Doctor gets played quite often too). Those songs and the original Pokemon theme song get played on a daily basis, more or less. That kind of stuff sure gets people talking :)... always nice to get that "wow, you're such a (insert homophobic slur here)... kill yourself" response out of someone.

When I'm not griefing, though, I'd say a fair amount of people still talk... you just have to initiate conversations in game lobbies and what not. My Elpresador-esque "AIGHT PEOPLE... what's up?" usually gets people to talk :D.

I'd say it is still social. Then again, I'm a grade A griefer and I regularly end CoD games with Napalm Strikes just so I can play Usher'sBurn over the mic for the final killcam. I also love to play JT's Cry Me a River when kids in the lobby get butt-hurt over myteam beating them (the chorus of Alphacat's parody of I Need A Doctor gets played quite often too). Those songs and the original Pokemon theme song get played on a daily basis, more or less. That kind of stuff sure gets people talking :)... always nice to get that "wow, you're such a (insert homophobic slur here)... kill yourself" response out of someone.

When I'm not griefing, though, I'd say a fair amount of people still talk... you just have to initiate conversations in game lobbies and what not. My Elpresador-esque "AIGHT PEOPLE... what's up?" usually gets people to talk :D.

elpooz

I don't even bother to play with my headset anymore. Although it would be really helpful for communication in Battlefield Bad Company, the majority of users are either in parties, have their televisions turned to loud that their headsets are filled with it, or they are insulting other individuals for inferior play. Pittfan666

I love the mute button in Black Ops.... I enjoy talking to others when I play. When I get annoyed, I just mute them.

I'd say it's still social, but not in a good way. Play most multiplayer games these days and you will hear either silence or profanity. Locating anyone decent is a miracle. It's really disappointing, because I remember when I first started playing multiplayer (not on XBL, mind you) people were happy just to be able to play online in the first place. Now it's all unnecessary hostility. Guess people get a kick out of being jerks.

I may not renew my XBL this year because the community is so horrid and I've really started to grow tired of it.

Yeah I don't need random people yelling me my ear when I play a game so I always go into a party of friends so I know who I am talking to.

you need to play different games...

call of duty is nothing but **** talk..same for fighters like sf4 mVsC3

when i play monopoly streets i always talk to chicks and cool guys..
also coop arcade games like final fight and TMNT(1989)...

just play different games.

[QUOTE="elpooz"]

I'd say it is still social. Then again, I'm a grade A griefer and I regularly end CoD games with Napalm Strikes just so I can play Usher'sBurn over the mic for the final killcam. I also love to play JT's Cry Me a River when kids in the lobby get butt-hurt over myteam beating them (the chorus of Alphacat's parody of I Need A Doctor gets played quite often too). Those songs and the original Pokemon theme song get played on a daily basis, more or less. That kind of stuff sure gets people talking :)... always nice to get that "wow, you're such a (insert homophobic slur here)... kill yourself" response out of someone.

When I'm not griefing, though, I'd say a fair amount of people still talk... you just have to initiate conversations in game lobbies and what not. My Elpresador-esque "AIGHT PEOPLE... what's up?" usually gets people to talk :D.

SexyPorkins

It's usually pretty clear when I do it lol. I have X11s so maybe that's why... I'm pretty sure people don't mute me, because usually everyone with a mic in the lobby starts to cuss/act tough/say they will kill me/laugh at it/sing along. You'd be surprised by how many random people will start singing the Pokemon theme song by themselves after I play it.

Another common song is Black or White by MJ... I save that for when people start the "OMG YOU (insert racist term for blacks here)" or "YOU'RE SUCH A (insert racist term for Pakistanis here)."

I don't think its just the xboxlive parties. The 360 has been around so long that everyone already has a full friendlist and probably plays with the same people whenever they get on. When the console first came out most people were still looking for people to play with, but for most of us that search is long since over.

I'd say it is still social. Then again, I'm a grade A griefer and I regularly end CoD games with Napalm Strikes just so I can play Usher'sBurn over the mic for the final killcam. I also love to play JT's Cry Me a River when kids in the lobby get butt-hurt over myteam beating them (the chorus of Alphacat's parody of I Need A Doctor gets played quite often too). Those songs and the original Pokemon theme song get played on a daily basis, more or less. That kind of stuff sure gets people talking :)... always nice to get that "wow, you're such a (insert homophobic slur here)... kill yourself" response out of someone.

When I'm not griefing, though, I'd say a fair amount of people still talk... you just have to initiate conversations in game lobbies and what not. My Elpresador-esque "AIGHT PEOPLE... what's up?" usually gets people to talk :D.

elpooz

It's boring how nobody talks anymore, not even on highly team based games like Battlefield. I always have my mic on and often say random stuff as I play, especially when I get killed, but nobody ever says anything back.

gaming is more fun without headset

well, I normally don't. Caus there are way to many kids talking. they all think their cool with their "Gamerscore" and say that everybody is a noob just cause they have higher gamerscore than the others, oh and thrash talk OH THE HORROR!!! they just keep on swearing and screaming with no end, sometimes you find people who you get along with, but most of them are little kids and cod fanboys, what I do, is I put my mic in the controller, then I put the volume on my mic down to zero and turn off my mic, and then put it on my head for comfort

you are right. every since the party option it destroyed ingame voice chat.

back in halo 2 everyone on there was cool, man those were the best xbox live dayshadoken

I think that you also have to attribute it to xbl being out for soo long. I'm sure next generation will start off as really social too.

I see many people on halo 3 that aren't in a party and in action sack on halo reach.RAGEofSTUNTS

I usually get a good conversation going when playing Left 4 Dead, other than that I don't hear many people talking.

gaming is more fun without headset

gdogghenrikson

It's boring how nobody talks anymore, not even on highly team based games like Battlefield. I always have my mic on and often say random stuff as I play, especially when I get killed, but nobody ever says anything back.

mingolo

I have to agree, it's more focused on parties now than just in-game chats. Shame really, it's closed the xbox live platform down quite substantially, especially for those who don't have a very big friends list.