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Halo 3 To Have 'Mute the Jerk' Button

Posted by Zonk on from the new-age-in-online-gaming dept.

Eurogamer is reporting on comments from the Bungie website. A feature for the upcoming Halo 3, that they've just announced, will be most welcomed by aging FPS players tired of hearing high-pitched squeals through their headsets. When playing an online match, players will be able to hit a button and then choose one of the gamertags playing the game. The result: a total mute on that player for the remainder of the game. They don't mention it on the site, but one would hope the Xbox Live servers are taking metrics on this activity, to be used in calculating the player's reputation. The more you mouth off, the worse you look to future players. Anyone have some other feature they think might make online gaming better?

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  1. Oh thank God! by Born2bwire · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's like manna from heaven!

  2. Gloassary: Squeaker by nsanders · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060 821

  3. Totally useful. by Surlyboi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad it didn't come out in time for Halo 2. I spent the better part of two matches listening to some ass yelling "eat a dick" every time he scored a kill. And "Fuck you, fag" everytime he got killed. Although, the upside of that scenario was that his own teammates actually turned on him, he was so annoying.

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    1. Re:Totally useful. by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually there is a gamer device that hooks in and allows you to record and playback audio with a button. I used one of those to record a moron like that and I constantly repeated his words right after he said them. It pissed him off so much he left the game.

      Works great, and when everyone in the game decides to simply gang up on the idiot it makes for even more fun.

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  4. Re:Bout time by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad it doesn't address the problem where they're in the same room as you. I'd apply the ball-gag, but too often it's the host of the LAN party that's the problem.

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  5. I don't know what this is... by varmint+jerky · · Score: 3, Funny

    but I wish my life could have one.

    1. Re:I don't know what this is... by Whyte+Panther · · Score: 3, Funny

      I was going to correct you to say wife instead of life, but then I realized that this is Slashdot.

  6. yes by lordmoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's much better than "Jerk the Mute"

  7. Re:Just one more step by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who the f*** do you think you are ass wipe.

  8. It'd be nice... by Rix · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you could just automatically mute anyone not old enough to drink.

  9. Re:Just one more step by fo0bar · · Score: 5, Funny

    But an AC can still be heard here, if you mutt them, they are completely gone :)

    Sounds like a philosophical question to me... "If a 12-year-old n00b plays halo and everyone has him muted, does he still complain about lag?"
  10. yes by Thaelon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone have some other feature they think might make online gaming better?

    Yes. Remove the other players.
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  11. Re:Will problem players know? by kripkenstein · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's a great idea, especially if the muted player gets a notification of the muting

    Notification? How about if it plays his audio back to him, at normal volume times the number of people muting him? (a law of conservation of sorts)

  12. Re:Just one more step by shawb · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I'm stealing that for my sig.

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