Xbox Live Avatars Losing Gun Rights Next Year

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We've been paying so much attention to SOPA that we forgot to look out for the smaller, more annoying versions of ourselves. On January 1, Xbox Live avatars will lose the right to wield new gun-like items. That's right, they can hold flowers and blow bubbles, but heaven forbid one of them pull out a laser blaster or a Gears of War lancer. According to Epic Games' community manager Raczilla's forum post "Starting on Jan. 1, 2012, the Lancer and Hammerburst avatar items will no longer be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. If you’ve purchased the items prior to Jan. 1, you will be able to keep them. A new policy goes into effect for all gun-like avatar items on the Marketplace, so get them while they’re hot."


There you have it. It sounds like if you already have deadly weapons in your virtual closet, you can continue to wield them. If you don't have any, now's the time to stock up, as they'll disappear come the new year.


What do you all think about XBL removing the weapons from avatars?

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Source: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/12/23/xbox-live-avatars-losing-gun-rights-next-year.aspx

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--Eminem--Posted:

God forbid that one of those avatars comes to life and kills us all because his creator gave him a gun! Seriously, this world is so stupid

CBJPosted:

Goes to show how sad the gun laws are, (idk what im talking about) i just meaan you cant even have a virtual gun SPRITE for your VIRTUAL AVATAR ON A CONSOLE? wtf is it gonna do? SADDD.

UnhingedPosted:

OH no, god forbid if an xbox avatar points his lancer at me.

MermPosted:

They're acting like its going to come alive and shoot us! Really?? Just keep them!

BashPosted:

bit stupid hope i keep my GOW gun :P

vJGvPosted:

Its abit pointless, there is no harm in it being there

LeftPosted:

My god, this is retarted. Should I buy a gun & where on the marketplace can i get one?

XboxModdingCrewPosted:

Wow in my opinion that is very dumb for them to do that. It is a toy gun that your avatar holds. At least people who bought it get to keep it tho.

MPAAPosted:

Thanks for posting this! someone erroneously removed my post on the matter..

AnkokuPosted:

SOPA is already taking stuff down, next thing will be Funny Junk. My favorite Website.