Gamers Get a Bad Name
It’s no wonder that sometimes gamers get a bad reputation. Case in point: Halo 3 Beta. The beta was opened up yesterday, however, there was an issue with those who had gotten into the beta by purchasing a copy of Crackdown. Apparently there was something going on behind the scenes that Microsoft had to fix before the beta could be downloaded. Not a big issue when you first think about it, really, but to the rabid fanboys, it was the end of the world. I was over at the Xbox.com forums yesterday to see what the scoop was, and stumbled across a thread with updates. I don’t think I should have went in there. It amazes me how upset people become over a beta test. Here’s some examples of what I read, and my thoughts:
I spent 60.00 to get in on this beta and now they’re screwing us over
First of all, if you bought Crackdown just for the beta, well, I think you have some issues there. Secondly, there was no “release date” for the beta on the box. And third… it’s a BETA.
We should sue Microsoft for false advertising
I laughed out loud at this. False advertising? Where does it say that you WILL get into the beta on 5/16 on the box?
We should demand a refund on Crackdown if we mainly bought it for the beta
Right, that’ll fly. Again, who’d pay 60.00 to get into a beta test?
It just amazes me how much people think they are entitled to. You should be happy the developers are allowing you in to even play the beta to begin with. I realize that a lot of those doing the bitching and moaning are teenagers, but it still gives outsiders a view that gamers are always whining about something. Me, I’m perfectly content on waiting. I bought Crackdown for the game, the beta was just an added bonus.
While I’m on the subject of bad gamers, let’s look at those on Xbox Live. For those of you who aren’t aware, Xbox Live is Microsoft’s online service for the Xbox / Xbox 360, which allows people to game together (Gold membership), and also allows people to communicate via a friends list, and most recently via Windows Messenger. One of the features of Live is realtime voice chat while in game. For most gamers, this is not a problem, and it’s actually a nice feature, especially when you’re playing a team oriented game, such as Rainbox Six: Vegas. But there are those gamers who take the opportunity to spew garbage from their mouth every chance they get. The worst part? A lot of the gamers guilty of this are barely in their teens. If I talked half as bad as these kids, I’d be grounded until I was 30.
I didn’t mean for this to go down the rant road, but at the same time I felt compelled to share my thoughts about this, since I myself am a gamer.
