If you’ve visited the website on an iPhone/iPod Touch/and some other select mobile browsers, you’d notice that there’s a new theme made for mobile devices. Cuts out the high resolution stuff, makes it look like an iPhone app, grants those mobile users the ability to make comments. Neat, huh?

Today I have some free time so expect the “entrance” and links page to take the front with the blog that’s the front page taking a back seat. Also, I plan on promoting any Area 68 XBoxDEAD folk so that they’re also able to update the blog accordingly. They’ll have their own tabs at the top, too, separating out their posts if you want to view them that way.

And the recording rig is now fully operational.

More than likely playing either TF2 or Battlefield 1943. Shoot a message to the usual gamertags.

This is probably going to be a regular thing now. Until VALVe fixes TF2 360.

First guy tells me that I should commit suicide. I’m going to cut him slack and assume he means in the game.

Second guy really requires no explanation.

Also, there’s really no reason to not play TF2 without a mic. Really. You should. Ragequits would happen less often.

Oops, forgot to post this.

Way on back when, when I was working on some Burnout: Paradise achievements, I had a lady friend on my mic, working the room as a 14 year old girl, handing out useful driving directions and offering to help with challenges while I wielded the pad.

The conversations are long since past, the only thing that remains is the49er phan’s penis.

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This had me rolling. For those of you that don’t know, Stephen is the Program Director for the XBox Live Policy Team. What this means is he’s the main man behind laying the beatings down to those out there that go the extra mile to be douchehats. Kick back and enjoy, and if you want to learn more about him, his personal website is after the video. He was also at the GLAAD panel where some of my quotes and one of our videos was shown.

http://www.stepto.com/default.aspx

Actually, wanted to point out that you might’ve seen a splash page here the last few days. We’re working on something, diversifying a little bit. It’s what we’re here for.

Got some delicious comment posting here, today, though, and apparently it’s from a detractor that has a problem with being filmed! Too bad he wrote this big long mess only to have me remove it and now, beat the crap out of his post:

“How sad is this: you come home from work, that’s right WORK, and pop in some TF2 to relax. You get in a game where a child basically hands you your ass and follows it up with some rather obscene comments. You can’t take it! Your pissed! But you can’t physically hunt this kid down and teach him a lesson. So you find a site, http://www.xboxdead.com, where you can come and cry about how he verbally and virtually handed you a beating. A QQ site if you would. Why? Because how else are you going to get your self-esteem back after some one YOU DON’T KNOW, that’s right a complete STRANGER, said some not to friendly things about you. Fight foul language with slander, fight sexism with a group who pretends they’re “knights in shining armor” (because that’s completely non-sexist)and fight racism with our WHITE Knights. Welcome… welcome to xboxdead.com, the land of morons hypocrites, and people who are easily frustrated when a 7 year old calls them a noob.”

Hm.

Let’s address some of this, shall we?

At first the commenter is sympathetic… “work, that’s right WORK”. Honestly, some of us do the whole 9 to 5 and aren’t living off the gubbermint or our parent’s trust funds. Matter of fact I’d take the chance to say that the majority of people that are a part of our site are just that. We’re far from the economic elite and only get what we earn. That said:

“where a child basically hands you your ass and follows it up with some rather obscene comments. You can’t take it! Your pissed! But you can’t physically hunt this kid down and teach him a lesson.”

Couple of things. Most of the people we record are adults. Operating under a false sense of anonymity. And based on the film that we’ve posted thus far, even when we don’t do well, it’s far from having “our ass handed to us”. Matter of fact, when the equipment is hooked to a recording rig, we’re operating at 30ms of screen lag and are required to play at 480i, as opposed to the high-def we’re used to. So, pretty damn good compared to the handicap we’re put under.

And we can take it, but we’re annoyed. There’s no reason anyone should behave the ways that people, presumably like this poster, do online. It’s needless. It’s unnecessary. And the only way to get you to stop so that the experience might remain enjoyable for everyone else is to embarrass you out of the behavior.

“So you find a site, http://www.xboxdead.com, where you can come and cry about how he verbally and virtually handed you a beating. A QQ site if you would. Why? Because how else are you going to get your self-esteem back after some one YOU DON’T KNOW, that’s right a complete STRANGER, said some not to friendly things about you.”

Actually, that’s not how our site works. Win or lose, if there’s a cheating violation, exploit, inappropriate behavior… it gets documented. It doesn’t matter if it’s a win or a loss either way.

You’re going to have to tell us what a QQ site is. Googled it, came up with some Chinese social networking site. Flattering?

In regards to strangers… the comment contains ALL CAPS because apparently this poster is under the impression that because you’re a stranger, you get a free pass. Maybe it’s because of my training history, but I’m of the impression that you should treat all people, stranger even moreso, with dignity and respect. If you don’t, your character is seriously in question.

It’s not a self-esteem issue, it’s not to get back at someone, it’s restore community, and ensure that the community is healthful for everyone else.

“Fight foul language with slander, fight sexism with a group who pretends they’re “knights in shining armor” (because that’s completely non-sexist)and fight racism with our WHITE Knights. Welcome… welcome to xboxdead.com, the land of morons hypocrites, and people who are easily frustrated when a 7 year old calls them a noob”.”

Actually, I’m not, what some people call, “a moralfag”, and this is just speaking of myself personally, one of multiple people who update the site. I’ll fight foul language with foul language… on my own terms. See, I’m not going to crap in the pool of a gaming lobby just because YOU did it. But you can bet that I’ll take a picture of that crap with you smiling right beside it and deliver it to your boss, wife, friends. Why? Because whether you or I think it’s right or wrong, I certainly want the opinions and expressions of people who you wouldn’t necessarily run to and brag about crapping in the pool. Figuratively.

As for sexism and racism, yeah, maybe you need to re-read the “White Knights?” article.  We don’t know what we are, but it’s what we’ve been either called kindly or accused of in spite.

But it’s always fun when someone calls me a moron or a hypocrite when they’re completely inable to construct a coherent thought, maintain consistency in a post, or don’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re”. Yes, this person is well-qualified to preach anything at me.

And the “welcome…. welcome” part, finally, means that this person came from the Steam Community forums where I did a City 17 parody post with the “welcome…. welcome” bit. I’m going to head over there now to see if this copy pasta is somewhere over there, and they were so excited about it and couldn’t wait for me to see it that they just had to post it over here.

Also: ausrotten84@yahoo.com

Hope you enjoy the spam that’ll happen when all those frickin’ spambots happen by.

Remember to find a lobby with an Eaux or XBD name and join us, or shoot a message to any of these individuals:

XBD Phydeaux

XBDAsukaLangley

Apolleaux

Stone Hadeaux

Nemeauxdab

And we’ll pull you right on in.

Check the netcam to see if we’re up, in and ready to play!

http://xboxdead.viewnetcam.com/

Or rather, Damsel account that will be used by a couple of Damsels.

Tonight she’s going to be playing through some Halo and Gears of War 2 matchmaking and see how long and how many friend requests she gets, even without using her mic.

We’ll see how that goes, and if we want to push this direction even further.

http://xboxdead.viewnetcam.com/

Live from Area 68. If you want to play, shoot a message to:

XBD Phydeaux

Nemeauxdab

Apolleaux

Stone Hadeaux

x1x The End x1x

Demonheart31

Hope to see you there!