Microsoft bans a guy from Live for using his name

By JimK
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JimK:  The story: some moronic Live user complained that Richard Gaywood’s gamertag was sexual in nature.  It’s not.  It’s his frigging name.  But OK, maybe some idiot first-level wageslave simply hits the “You must change your tag” button. 

Richard Gaywood gamertag banned

Fine.  But to respond to further inquiry with this kind of corporatespeak nonsense?

“While it may be clear to some that Gaywood is a legitimate surname, it may not be obvious to other Xbox LIVE members. In this case, a complaint was filed by a member of the community, requiring the Xbox LIVE team to examine the gamertag within the context of the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use. Based on the these guidelines, it was necessary for the gamertag to change.”

That’s ridiculous.

Emily:  Jim, his name is Dick Gaywood.  DickGaywood.

JimK:  Well that’s true.  It’s the kind of thing you’d think that some 12 year old kid would make up, pretending to be a gay porn star.  Still, Microsoft has this guy’s credit card.  They know it’s his name, and when faced with that simple fact, they still banned the tag, then re-affirmed that it will stay banned.

Emily:  DickGaywood.  It could be worse, though.  His parents could have had the surname Stinkpink and named him Phillip Thomas Hubert Edward.

JimK:  Seriously?  That’s your big joke?  How the hell long did you work on “Phil T.H.E. Stinkpink?”  Must have taken hours.

Emily:  .0932 seconds, actually.  As you people say, “I got it like that.”


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05/22/2008 3:01 AM
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Comments

1  Rann Rann wrote:

To be honest, if my name was Dick Gaywood, I’d probably use anything BUT that as my gamertag anyway.

United States   05/22 at 09:00 AM  

2  mgnmfrc1 mgnmfrc1 wrote:

some moronic Live user complained that Richard Gaywood’s gamertag was sexual in nature.

Some Live gamer sitting in his parents basement who still giggles at the lingerie section of the department store ads complains that this is sexual in nature? What’s he know about sex? /sterotype

So what happens when Richard Slaughter signs up? He goingt to whine then too, must be a muslim! Hey, a new slang term! HAHA

United States   05/22 at 02:10 PM  

3  buzzion buzzion wrote:

He should use Homowood

United States   05/27 at 08:51 AM  

4  Hippies_R_Us Hippies_R_Us wrote:

It’s Microsoft. What else does anyone expect? Microsoft is the pit of evil.

United States   05/28 at 04:42 PM  


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