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Xbox Live rep soured by sore losers

http://yorine.nl/ugly/paulva/picture.cgi?picture=725Over on Xbox 360 Insider, Justin Nolan, took some time to vent his frustration about the cheap shots that certain Live opponents were taking against him after he won a series of races in Project Gotham Racing 3. We're not talking ramming his bumper or plowing into him around corners, no, we're talking negative feedback. After winning 3 clean races, Nolan's 90% player approval rating had dropped to 74%. The losers of those racers were reporting that Nolan was "Unsporting." To be fair, Microsoft designed the system to handle these cheap shots. Despite the plummeting approval rating, Nolan still has a perfect 5-star rep.

Let's face it, we love to hate the winners. Do you really feel all warm and cuddly when you think of that J.J. Redick fellow? Well, maybe you do… But wouldn't it be cool if sore losers could actually send in "hateful" feedback that would accumulate as a player's hated-on rating? That would be a better indication of a player's class, as well as a more constructive use for sore losers' cheap shots. Do we smell a Live patch in the works?

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