New Xbox Experience: Xbox Live Parties and photo sharing previewed

Wait a second... he's talking about sex!!

...Because eight people fapping to same porn separetly is a waste of resources!

It will give new meaning to "tea bagging". It'll be a... "tea party", if you will.

Ewwie!

I have to admit, if that is indeed the new Avatars, they look really cute.

Bye the way, if you'd like to check out other's gamercards for the NXE substitute their gametag using %20 for spaces for "Jim%20Halpert%20DM" in the URL

dude that's not jim halpert

Correction: Party system is now working for me. Seemed to have been a glitch.

It's more like 98.7%

98.73%

I don't know how you've missed it but that's not just XBL... a large majority of any anonymous online community is like that.

It's just more noticable on LIVE because there's voice chat which is hard to monitor... unlike message boards and blogs, texting clients where there's a written record of what people say (and an easier way to see who needs to be banned)

Yeah, I'm pretty sick of seeing Xbox Live getting so much flak. Have you guys never been online before? That's what things are like *everywhere* online. People are even jerks in Nintendo games, it just doesn't show as much without any form of communication.

I hear that argument all the time and there would be some truth to it but for Microsoft's lackadaisical approach to policing the Live service. Their laissez faire attitude actively encourages this sort of behaviour, which draws in more sociopaths.

Live wasn't always like this. On the original Xbox, in the early days, you had your shitheads but they were carefully balanced out with those of us who wished to pleasantly game. But as the service has grown, the respectable has slowly been drowned out by the loathsome.

It's now in part of innate character of the traditional Live gamer to be a sociopath because it is an arena which they are instantly attracted. I believe if Nintendo had a codified voice service you wouldn't get the same level of bile on a daily basis. Just compare the comment sections on NWF and 360fanboy to see what I'm aiming at. There was a Solider Boy article on 360fanboy and the level of blind racism was incredible, some from even very respected posters. That would never occur on NWF. I guess what I'm saying is: Nintendo gamers are better people, better citizens, that the sociopath Xbox horde.

lackadaisical? codified?? laissez faire?!?

Your astute vocabulary prowess is rivaled solely by your inefficacy to concoct a disputation bereft of exaggeration and disinformation.

I see nothing chimerical in what I have said, no mistruths; I just utter the unsaid; I speak for the silent, the pulverised, the demoralised. My views on the Live service correlate directly with the meek champions who now play without a voice.

I admit, I did lol though.

Sorry no.

Like I said. WoW, Guild Wars, even Mario Kart has pretty much the same behaviour online, and there's little difference between how they're regulated. Xbox Live is no better or no worse. Voice communication is the only difference.

But you know, you could just mute the people who are bothering you or mute everyone entirely, except those on your friends list?

Yes. The ***holes are everywhere. Watch your back.
wait! oh no! .....

"It's now in part of innate character of the traditional Live gamer to be a sociopath because it is an arena which they are instantly attracted."

Thanks for that in-depth psychological analysis there, I'll be sure to reference you in my online gaming behaviour dissertation.

I always find plenty of friendly people to play on Live with. Perhaps egotistical assholes attract each other? Certainly would explain your online experiences.

I just want to make one an Emo...add a motto of "Nobody understands me!" or sth like that but written in Polish, and laugh at people!

I agree.

The real question is, why even bother with a marketing drive? Is Microsoft so desperate for me to love them that they have to convince me a compulsory update is fun and wonderful?

Just update the damn thing and stop clogging up my RSS feeds with completely pointless marketing.

WWE sucks ass, it's dead to me.

WWF attitude era.. oh how I miss thee.