Just like wearing a halloween mask to hide one's identity, the headset and an xbox live connection works the same way. twenty some year old men and women trash talking young children and vise versa in flexing of verbal muscle and lung compacity to get those last words in as the timer of halo 3 runs out to start your next match. Is there a problem with this trash talking? Is it harmless fun? Well to some extent I beleive so.

When playing Halo 3 with the buddies and testosterone running through our veins, we know when it is vailiant to say good game, or when to admit a proper defeat, but we also know when to do our faithful trash talking to help us keep our competitive side in tact. One game we said our usual "Hey maybe you should try another game because halo sure isnt the game for you" or "Hey buddy did your batteries run out? because you sure did play bad." We had a good laugh at the other teams expense until one says we have been reported. I never thought much of this until the next day when my buddy could not log on.

When making your xbox live account if i am not mistaken you choose your zone which all of my buddies and including myself are set on "Underground"which if i am not mistaken is the "trashing talking allowed zone." I know we did not really cross the line, but I thought microsoft reviewed this kind of thing? Did they somehow say "oh boy these guys really crossed the line with their dead battery pownedge talk" I mean this is a payed service so people want to enjoy it, but i want to enjoy it in my trash talking underground zone and if i cant do that isnt my experience just as ruined?

Trash talking will always be part of of the internet gaming community, and it will never be fully pervented. There is crossing line with some people, but after having an amazing win, trash talking makes that win so much more enjoyable!