Microsoft Outlines New Rules on Acceptable “Trash Talk” on Xbox Live

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If we’re being brutally frank about things, gaming online tends to be somewhat of a cesspool. While going online with friends or finding a community around a game can be great fun, when you venture outside that to the wild west of online chat, things get messy. Racial and homophobic slurs are like a second language to many on online platforms, not to mention just much pure raw hatred you can encounter.

The issue is one that’s often noted, but has largely gone ignored and/or sidestepped ever since online gaming exploded in the early-mid 2000s. But it seems Microsoft wants to try to finally combat that a little with new, more specific guidelines about what is acceptable “trash talk.”

As outlined in the Xbox Live Community Guidelines examples of “acceptable” trash talk contrasted against examples that go too far. Players who constantly break these guidelines will see features on their system suspended, such as not being able to play any games online and/or message anyone, to eventually being permanently banned from the service if they continue to repeat these offences.

Acceptable trash talk includes

  • Get destroyed. Can’t believe you thought you were on my level.
  • That was some serious potato aim. Get wrecked.
  • Only reason you went positive was you spent all game camping. Try again, kid.
  • Cheap win. Come at me when you can actually drive without running cars off the road.
  • That sucked. Get good and then come back when your k/d’s over 1.

Going too far looks like

  • Get . Can’t believe you thought you were on my level.
  • Hey , that was some serious potato aim. Get wrecked, trash.
  • Only reason you went positive was you spent all game camping. KYS, kid.
  • Cheap win. Totally expected from a .
  • You suck. Get out of my country–maybe they’ll let you back in when your k/d’s over 1.”

Of course, whether or not this will do anything at the end of the day remains to be seen. Even though these are more specific, there have been guidelines in some form or another since the service’s beginning. We’ll just have to see if this makes any real difference. I’ll be honest, though, my finger probably isn’t moving off that mute button anytime soon.



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-RagnarokPosted:

Rareparrot
-Ragnarok I'm getting sick and tired of all the censorship taking place on all these platforms lately... Once we get use to being censored on social platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and now Xbox, it's quickly going to creep into to the legislative sphere where they will silence everyday speech. Unfortunately, the loud snowflake minority are what drive companies to do this. There is nothing wrong with playing a rated M game like CoD and having a bunch of grown men(usually men) throw expletives at each other, it's half the fun. If you don't like it either mute the players or leave the match, it's that simple.


Dont forget that freedom of speech is actually a privilege that we abuse.


Wrong, it's not a privilege, it's a constitutional right here in the U.S. Driving is a privilege. Calling someone a name online or in person is not an abuse of free speech.

YinPosted:

Maze
Yin Not quite sure it was needed due to it being pretty clear in the terms of service. I guess being up front about it since everyone seems to not get it is a lot better though. It's fun reporting people for dumb stuff like this.

It's because in the last few years their communication bans have become insanely common compared to what it used to be. So many people are confused why they are getting banned now for stuff they've been saying and messaging for a decade.


Meh, shouldn't be confused. It is there in the rules.I thought it would be common sense to know them or at least look them up. Game ratings mean nothing to what they expect of the players online. The game is the game. The community is not. Every kind of platform has their rules and I would just figure people would understand very common rules.

RareparrotPosted:

-Ragnarok I'm getting sick and tired of all the censorship taking place on all these platforms lately... Once we get use to being censored on social platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and now Xbox, it's quickly going to creep into to the legislative sphere where they will silence everyday speech. Unfortunately, the loud snowflake minority are what drive companies to do this. There is nothing wrong with playing a rated M game like CoD and having a bunch of grown men(usually men) throw expletives at each other, it's half the fun. If you don't like it either mute the players or leave the match, it's that simple.


Dont forget that freedom of speech is actually a privilege that we abuse.

coolbunny1234Posted:

Even Xbox needs to understand how far fetched of a situation they've proposed is, as it'll never happen realistically.

MazePosted:

Yin Not quite sure it was needed due to it being pretty clear in the terms of service. I guess being up front about it since everyone seems to not get it is a lot better though. It's fun reporting people for dumb stuff like this.

It's because in the last few years their communication bans have become insanely common compared to what it used to be. So many people are confused why they are getting banned now for stuff they've been saying and messaging for a decade.

CTVPosted:

We live in a generation that wouldn't survive a mw2 pregame lobby.

YinPosted:

Not quite sure it was needed due to it being pretty clear in the terms of service. I guess being up front about it since everyone seems to not get it is a lot better though. It's fun reporting people for dumb stuff like this.

MazePosted:

Can't wait to say That was some serious potato _ to kids now.
But seriously I think KYS should be acceptable.

TTGPosted:

These kids wouldn't last 2 minutes in a MW2 lobby LMAO

MelissaBenoistPosted:

The people who make these changes, definitely got bullied during the MW2 days...


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