Brian

I had no idea Dittoheads watched the Simpsons.

Wait, it's a movie about the game, based on the book? Or a movie based on the book, because of the game?

It's too bad you're a douchebag.

Then you should stop crying like a baby.

I voted early (for Obama). Also, anyone who thinks his tax plan is "like socialism" needs to go and learn what socialism is. Obama is CRAZY capitalist, like every mainstream politician in this country.

Maybe you make more than $250k a year? That might explain the ire.

"I could be defensive and make the excuse that I use the word "gay" as a term expressing extreme misfortune or to describe a negative unforseen occurence rather than as a slur against someone's life style choice."

Welcome to the "That's exactly the problem" party. The problem is that you're using a label of a specific group of people to mean "extreme misfortune." That's not what any version of "gay" means. Can you explain why you'd use it in a negative context, given that gay literally means happy? You're just being ironic I guess. I'm sure you have some excuse.

You could be defensive and say that you mean "gay" in some crazy context that makes it acceptable to you. Fine. How did you magically come up with THAT label, by the way?

"The point is that if you don't want your sexuality to be a factor, don't bring it up."

You're acting like the reason these comments come up on Live is because someone said "hey everyone, I'm gay!" You're also implying that everyone who gets offended by something an "anonymous" person says is overreacting. Well, your mom's a whore, ok?

Gamers have created an atmosphere where certain tags would definitely create a huge response online, and others wouldn't. All that aside, the comments you hear in the video are exactly what you'd hear in any game, regardless of someone's name. Advertising has NOTHING to do with this, because the offended gamers never advertised shit. Go into a game with the name "DethKiller" or whatever, and you'll hear the same crap. I've been hearing it for years, and my name is "McPoopers".

Anyway, I'm not sure we watched the same video.

"I can't agree with any group that tries to segregate itself, and then claims themselves as victims."

Oh that was the other thing. You're acting like "being gay" is equivalent to segregating yourself. Nice. We're all gamers, we all want to play games. That's integrating, not segregating. Why should certain groups of people (mostly black and gay people) be the butt of every gaming joke? Other posters after you have made a similar claim. "Just don't tell people who/what you are, and you'll be fine." Huh? The whole point is that it SHOULDN'T MATTER, not that they shouldn't know!

This part of your post probably said something you don't intend. Basically you're saying that it's ok to be racist, the problem is that other people see themselves as different. Welcome to the mindset preceding every genocide.

I really really disagree with the "anonymity does this to everyone" claim. I've been playing Counter-Strike for years, and there is a big trend toward servers that ban for racist remarks. Young kids come in for a few minutes, they start with their ridiculous rants, and they're banned (and hopefully learn that words have meaning).

Unfortunately, these same people who claim to be so forward-thinking re: racism, are just as ignorant as anyone else when it comes to homosexuality. Why the double standard? THAT'S the problem. We readily acknowledge that racism is bad, but why are we slower to ban for homophobia?

Anonymity does crazy things to people, sure, but you're still YOU when you're on the internet.

Sure it takes 24 hours to kill him, but do you at least get to play as the fifth-coolest character in the game?