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[DMAddict]

What a day. Advertise you're gay on xbl and get banned. and now this California's top court overturns gay marriage ban. I'm confused.  

[Gerjan]

But gay means happy to.. So it could mean theHAPPIErgamer...

[IgotGAME_IGN]

I have a suggestion:

Don't choose CONTROVERSIAL gamertags and you won't have this problem  

Whether you are gay or jewish or fat or an alien or whatever....if you don't want the chance of your gamertag being banned....don't choose something stupid.

[damarsman]

Pharisees....

They are the ones promoting homophobia. If this guy is openly gay or even claims to be then they are just on a power trip. They forget 360 is a console for adults who can take a joke. So what if a little kid sees it. Live even says they can't control what happens online completely. Taking away peoples freedoms....

[newfie4ever]

Can't we all just get along?

Sry having a bad day!!

[Goldenbear]

QUOTE(IgotGAME_IGN @ May 15 2008, 01:13 PM)

I have a suggestion:

Don't choose CONTROVERSIAL gamertags and you won't have this problem  

Whether you are gay or jewish or fat or an alien or whatever....if you don't want the chance of your gamertag being banned....don't choose something stupid.

So what about "StraightShooter"?

Accroding to the explanation, this could be construed as sexual and banned.

Not saying MS did the wrong thing in this case. I'm just pointing out that one-size-fits-all censorship policies just don't work for all situations.

[draken333]

So if Microsoft 's Terms of Service say "anything that can be interpreted as sexual or offensive is not allowed" then they have complete control of what they want to ban by their decision of what seems sexual or offensive.

So if my name "TheButLoverGamer" was created will they ban it because the word but can be interpreted as butt? Or will it hold by what my name really means, everything but loving gamer. Sorta like how we call ugly women these days, a ButHerFace. Everything is hot but her face.

[d-x-j]

If everyone really wants to look at this seriously...it should be looked at literally, not in context.

the word GAY means "Happy"
we only use it in context to mean homosexual.

so to me... a GAYERGAMER is a more happy one, not someone trying to advertise their sexual prefrence.
this may end up becoming a big topic, ill bet we can hear about it on the news in the next week or so.

[dmb062082]

I wouldnt want my 10 year old playing with this guy or talking to him, no thanks. Not with a tag like that. Little kids do not need to be opened up to the world of gay men through video games.  Let them find out when they get older, or learn more from someone else, like his/her mother or father, not the Gay gamer.

[Havok]

He just has to be more innovative...if his GT was..

"Twinkerbell"

He would advertise and never be caught by M.S.  

[Foe-hammer]

Seriously, what did he expect would happen?  In fact, having this argument with MS is exactly what he wanted... more attention.  The guy obviously is trying to get attention with his blatant attempt of letting people know he's gay with his xbl name.  He damn well knew he'd be getting negative responses from others on xbl.  So what was the purpose of him doing so.  Gay pride?  He must just enjoy the attention.  "I'm gay, hear me roar"... who gives a sheit?  I don't care what group someone is affiliated with.  There's no need to draw attention to yourself on xbl for reasons as such.

[HotKnife420]

QUOTE(Gerjan @ May 15 2008, 08:45 PM)

But gay means happy to.. So it could mean theHAPPIErgamer...

 While it may still stand as a dictionary definition, who actively uses it like that? You'd be better off defending a name like 'Fag Smoker', as many people in GB still refer to cigarettes as 'fags' (Australia does too, I believe).

 I recall in my 11th grade English reading, there was a book where a character says "Niggard"; I consulted my teacher to determine if the origin was racial or not, and found that it was making reference to a miser. However, as nobody in today's society (or a few years ago when I was still in that class, for that matter), you can understand how easily I was ready to mis-interpret the context of the word.

 With other cultures, it might be more likely that someone could interpret "gay" as "happy", but Microsoft is a US based and originated company. I believe that "gay" is still used in other countries as "happy" anyways, but it falls under the curse of the idiom (for those who don't know, an idiom is a word or phrase that has an understood colloquial meaning, but would entirely lose that meaning in a direct translation. e.g. "Burning the midnight oil" is a common phrase to define working late, but the direct definition would make no sense, as oil doesn't have a sense of time... Ignite the midnight petroleum...).

[echto]

QUOTE(UHYVE @ May 15 2008, 06:45 PM)

It's not a sexual innuendo though. I kind of agree with Microsoft, if they are actually willing to ban a gamertag like "TheHeterosexualGamer". But their ToS really needs some looking at. Legally speaking, "TheGayerGamer" is not an innuendo, it is just a statement with no hidden connotations (i.e. Not an innuendo). You would think that the lawyers at Microsoft would have a grasp at the English language, but contrary to Microsoft's PR statement about this incident, there is no rule about having a gamertag like the one in question (I can't think of any rule that this gamertag is breaking, seriously, look up the word innuendo). I think Microsoft need to state in their ToS that no gamertag is allowed of any sexual nature, but as it is, this rule isn't currently in place, Microsoft have no grounds to ban "TheGayerGamer".

PS Typing "define: Innuendo" into google:
"A hint or indirect suggestion, often with a sinister connatation."
So, no, Microsoft are in the wrong here. I agree with the concept of no sexual content on Xbox Live, but they actually need to state it in their ToS if they are going to start banning people.

I agree.

[Foe-hammer]

QUOTE(jimmysbluecat @ May 15 2008, 10:53 PM)

Crazy how some people feel they need to stand up for their group when it gets attacked/limited socially/and killed solely based off of group membership... Its a good thing black people never stood up for their rights by making a scene until people started paying attention and doing what is right...

QUOTE(Foe-hammer @ May 15 2008, 07:38 PM)

I don't care what group someone is affiliated with.  There's no need to draw attention to yourself on xbl for reasons as such.

Throwing in the racial card... how predictable.

This is xbl, not some civil rights protest, ffs.  Step down from the soapbox.

[biscoito]

if you go to www . peoplelookup . com you'll find 44 real people with the name Gaylord Focker, I guess these fellows would have to change their names in order to play live on xbox