Microsoft has honestly gone insane
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Microsoft has honestly gone insane
http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6244419.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=topstory&tag=topstory;title
And they expect people to still buy 360 after this?
And they expect people to still buy 360 after this?
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All corporation will try to put a health conscious or green spin into things. I was joking with my boss about this story this morning.
The thing I actually found interesting was the notion that having an avatar that more closely resembled the user might tone down the douche baggery online. I mean, it totally won't, but still an interesting idea.
The thing I actually found interesting was the notion that having an avatar that more closely resembled the user might tone down the douche baggery online. I mean, it totally won't, but still an interesting idea.
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"To incentivize people to improve their physical well-being, Microsoft's filing notes that gamers will be locked out of certain components of a game or a chat room until the proper health parameters are met."
First of all, I don't think incentivize is a word.
I doubt anything like this will ever happen. Maybe an option to synchronize your avatar to yourself, just for fun, but locking people out of games for being fat? That ship won't sail. Xbox 360's have plenty of problems as they are now.
First of all, I don't think incentivize is a word.
I doubt anything like this will ever happen. Maybe an option to synchronize your avatar to yourself, just for fun, but locking people out of games for being fat? That ship won't sail. Xbox 360's have plenty of problems as they are now.
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DylPickle wrote:The thing I actually found interesting was the notion that having an avatar that more closely resembled the user might tone down the douche baggery online. I mean, it totally won't, but still an interesting idea.
No more old, fat men posing as teenage girls online! lol
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SumBum wrote:DylPickle wrote:The thing I actually found interesting was the notion that having an avatar that more closely resembled the user might tone down the douche baggery online. I mean, it totally won't, but still an interesting idea.
No more old, fat men posing as teenage girls online! lol
Had that problem, eh SB?
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Spazz wrote:SumBum wrote:DylPickle wrote:The thing I actually found interesting was the notion that having an avatar that more closely resembled the user might tone down the douche baggery online. I mean, it totally won't, but still an interesting idea.
No more old, fat men posing as teenage girls online! lol
Had that problem, eh SB?
Nope. I'm not an old fat man and I like older women
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SumBum wrote:Spazz wrote:SumBum wrote:DylPickle wrote:The thing I actually found interesting was the notion that having an avatar that more closely resembled the user might tone down the douche baggery online. I mean, it totally won't, but still an interesting idea.
No more old, fat men posing as teenage girls online! lol
Had that problem, eh SB?
Nope. I'm not an old fat man and I like older women
*Runs off to pose as an older woman*
The freedom to be completely insane, also to lose the game.
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Spazz wrote:SumBum wrote:Spazz wrote:SumBum wrote:DylPickle wrote:The thing I actually found interesting was the notion that having an avatar that more closely resembled the user might tone down the douche baggery online. I mean, it totally won't, but still an interesting idea.
No more old, fat men posing as teenage girls online! lol
Had that problem, eh SB?
Nope. I'm not an old fat man and I like older women
*Runs off to pose as an older woman*
*smacks Spazz*
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Re: Microsoft has honestly gone insane
lordcooper wrote:http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6244419.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=topstory&tag=topstory;title
And they expect people to still buy 360 after this?
A good reason to buy a PS3 and as a PS3 owner I'm glad I have one and in fact I'm posting this from a PS3 right now which you couldn't do on a 360.
All in all, I don't think this will happen soon but the near future it is possible. There are already companies that are firing people for being overweight or smokers so I could definitely see this coming down the road sooner or later.
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Microsoft's filing goes on to note that it wouldn't just be physical characteristics that could be refined. "The physical characteristics can be further extended to psychological traits associated with the physical person, including intelligence, religious beliefs, political affiliations, and hobbies that affect the rendering of an avatar," the application reads.
Lol, thought police.
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