I am a french Canadian. So I was playing cod4 on xbox live today, since I have an accent, they know I am not from the U.S. One kid said to me "I bought this game to shoot terrorist not to play with them" and another guy started laughing and asked me seriously why did I blow up WTC in 911, where am I hiding Bin laden and all this crap. There would 3 or 4 people in every room that hates me. They talk **** about people from every other country except U.S and let alone different race.
Don't take the words of some 14 year old punks so seriously espescially online.. Ive been online and have talked to some pretty crude people from other countries too, you cant generalize a whole country's population based on smack talk on an online FPS.
I disagree, Americans are very friendly europeans in the other hand.. well not so friendly =( Just because some 11 year old kid made you have a bad time doesnt mean that all americans will, most of them are open to other cultures, languages traditions etc :D
You were playing xbox live. Americans on xbox live are asshats, to say the least. I would use harsher terms, but I'd get modded. There are some friendly ones out there, but they get overshadowed by the douchebags.
I am a french Canadian. So I was playing cod4 on xbox live today, since I have an accent, they know I am not from the U.S. One kid said to me "I bought this game to shoot terrorist not to play with them" and another guy started laughing and asked me seriously why did I blow up WTC in 911, where am I hiding Bin laden and all this crap. There would 3 or 4 people in every room that hates me. They talk **** about people from every other country except U.S and let alone different race.Zeuxo
This thread is being pretty unfriendly, and thanks to you, I now have a very lowly opinion of all French Canadians.
Don't take the words of some 14 year old punks so seriously espescially online.. Ive been online and have talked to some pretty crude people from other countries too, you cant generalize a whole country's population based on smack talk on an online FPS.battousai188
Yes. I could say some unpleasant things about the way some adult French people I've met have acted, if it really came to it. But I know that not all French people are that way. Poster: maybe you should meet some more people from the USA before you make broad, sweeping generalizations. And I mean that in a nice way. Btw, Canada is in America, so you are also American.
[QUOTE="Zeuxo"]I am a french Canadian. So I was playing cod4 on xbox live today, since I have an accent, they know I am not from the U.S. One kid said to me "I bought this game to shoot terrorist not to play with them" and another guy started laughing and asked me seriously why did I blow up WTC in 911, where am I hiding Bin laden and all this crap. There would 3 or 4 people in every room that hates me. They talk **** about people from every other country except U.S and let alone different race.Greatgone12
This thread is being pretty unfriendly, and thanks to you, I now have a very lowly opinion of all French Canadians. :lol:
It's Live, you have to expect it. Although I, too, have noticed a majority of racism on Live is 90% COD4. Sad that the little children think they're God's gift to the world and they can be as disgusting as they want to anyone. I think they need an old Dead Rising trick: frying pan sitting on the hot stove.. Need I say more?
there is worse... freakin russians/germans micspamming and calling everyone dumb americans on team fortress 2 (ON PC!!) but i just said i wasnt american... im portuguese
[QUOTE="Zeuxo"]I am a french Canadian. So I was playing cod4 on xbox live today, since I have an accent, they know I am not from the U.S. One kid said to me "I bought this game to shoot terrorist not to play with them" and another guy started laughing and asked me seriously why did I blow up WTC in 911, where am I hiding Bin laden and all this crap. There would 3 or 4 people in every room that hates me. They talk **** about people from every other country except U.S and let alone different race.Greatgone12
This thread is being pretty unfriendly, and thanks to you, I now have a very lowly opinion of all French Canadians. hehe. :lol:
It's Live, you have to expect it. Although I, too, have noticed a majority of racism on Live is 90% COD4. Sad that the little children think they're God's gift to the world and they can be as disgusting as they want to anyone. I think they need an old Dead Rising trick: frying pan sitting on the hot stove.. Need I say more?aryoshi
Yeah, that's a good point. It's funny or sad, depending upon how you look at it. People think they can get away with all kinds of stuff on the interwebz because there is a certain amount of anonymity. Youtube comments are some of the more overtly racist and ignorant I've ever read on the net.
It's Live, you have to expect it. Although I, too, have noticed a majority of racism on Live is 90% COD4. Sad that the little children think they're God's gift to the world and they can be as disgusting as they want to anyone. I think they need an old Dead Rising trick: frying pan sitting on the hot stove.. Need I say more?aryoshi
What I've always dreamed of is an elite special forces that break anyone's console that does these kinds of things, breaking in and destroying the console and if needed, arrest the individual so he'll never do that again. One can only dream. :(
[QUOTE="aryoshi"]It's Live, you have to expect it. Although I, too, have noticed a majority of racism on Live is 90% COD4. Sad that the little children think they're God's gift to the world and they can be as disgusting as they want to anyone. I think they need an old Dead Rising trick: frying pan sitting on the hot stove.. Need I say more?the_foreign_guy
What I've always dreamed of is an elite special forces that break anyone's console that does these kinds of things, breaking in and destroying the console and if needed, arrest the individual so he'll never do that again. One can only dream. :( Like if someone receives a certain number of negative feedbacks, their console berates them for a few minutes and then self-destructs :lol:
[QUOTE="nickyb628"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Yay for generalisation! :|Funky_Llama
Nobody would shout that if this was positive. Yay for double standards! :|.I don't get it. >__> If somebody posted a topic saying "American teenagers are extremely friendly" I doubt anybody would say yay for generalizations because it's positive. Once someone says something negative, all of the sudden it becomes generalizing. Either way, it's making a generalization.
Xbox live is kind of a breeding ground for 12 year olds to make eachother cry. You just got caught in one of their idiotic rampages. Ignore them, it's all you can do.
[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"][QUOTE="nickyb628"] Nobody would shout that if this was positive. Yay for double standards! :|.nickyb628
I don't get it. >__> If somebody posted a topic saying "American teenagers are extremely friendly" I doubt anybody would say yay for generalizations because it's positive. Once someone says something negative, all of the sudden it becomes generalizing. Either way, it's making a generalization. People may not get upset at positive generalizations, but they certainly wouldn't think they're true. Negative generalizations are kind of like an insult. Positive generalizations are more like... an ignorant compliment :P
[QUOTE="nickyb628"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]I don't get it. >__>Luncbox1
If somebody posted a topic saying "American teenagers are extremely friendly" I doubt anybody would say yay for generalizations because it's positive. Once someone says something negative, all of the sudden it becomes generalizing. Either way, it's making a generalization. People may not get upset at positive generalizations, but they certainly wouldn't think they're true. Negative generalizations are kind of like an insult. Positive generalizations are more like... an ignorant comment :P I know, but it's probably very rare that people look at a positive generalization as "an ignorant comment".
So are the people in Canada, I went there a few years ago and got called a dirty yank, and hey your the american who lives in a broken country!? But I know that is just a few people because I also met alot of friendly people.. Dont generalize a group of people so much espescially on Xbox live, its internet smack talk man...
[QUOTE="nickyb628"][QUOTE="Luncbox1"][QUOTE="nickyb628"] If somebody posted a topic saying "American teenagers are extremely friendly" I doubt anybody would say yay for generalizations because it's positive. Once someone says something negative, all of the sudden it becomes generalizing. Either way, it's making a generalization. People may not get upset at positive generalizations, but they certainly wouldn't think they're true. Negative generalizations are kind of like an insult. Positive generalizations are more like... an ignorant comment :P I know, but it's probably very rare that people look at a positive generalization as "an ignorant comment". However, positive generalizations are often not meant to be taken literally. When someone says "All greek people are so good at cooking food!" they really mean "I had some good food on my vacation in Greece. And that's all they mean, and that's what they expect you to understand.
**** right you little sack of ****. **** you and your ******* friends *****. Heh, I kid :D. Seriously, I think there are a lot of idiots in America, lol (well, we did elect George W. Bush... twice).
[QUOTE="aryoshi"]It's Live, you have to expect it. Although I, too, have noticed a majority of racism on Live is 90% COD4. Sad that the little children think they're God's gift to the world and they can be as disgusting as they want to anyone. I think they need an old Dead Rising trick: frying pan sitting on the hot stove.. Need I say more?StrawberryHill
Yeah, that's a good point. It's funny or sad, depending upon how you look at it. People think they can get away with all kinds of stuff on the interwebz because there is a certain amount of anonymity. Youtube comments are some of the more overtly racist and ignorant I've ever read on the net.
Tell me about it. I post a How To video and people flame me. I'm just trying to help you don't need to be rude.
[QUOTE="Luncbox1"][QUOTE="nickyb628"][QUOTE="Luncbox1"] People may not get upset at positive generalizations, but they certainly wouldn't think they're true. Negative generalizations are kind of like an insult. Positive generalizations are more like... an ignorant comment :P I know, but it's probably very rare that people look at a positive generalization as "an ignorant comment". However, positive generalizations are often not meant to be taken literally. When someone says "All greek people are so good at cooking food!" they really mean "I had some good food on my vacation in Greece. And that's all they mean, and that's what they expect you to understand. Yes, which brings me back to my original statement about double standards :).
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