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Microsoft Suspends Gamer For Being From Fort Gay

Posted by samzenpus on from the welcom-to-hell-michigan dept.

maclizard writes "The town's name is real. But when Josh Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the enforcement team at Xbox Live that Fort Gay was a real place, they wouldn't take his word for it. Or Google it. Or check the US Postal Service website for a ZIP code. I personally feel for those of you from Big Bone Lick, KY."

3 of 490 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Someone on XBL try this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm from Fucking. And my ex lives on Gropecunt Lane. Does that mean that our accounts will be suspended, too?

  2. RL location is no exuse for AUP violation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry, but I've been on both sides of this issue, and as much as it feels like a violation of the user's freedom of speech, AUP (read: rights of the community) always trumps individual rights.

    If the community does not want people to flame based on sexuality (actual or imagined), they have to clamp down on references to certain terms. If they allowed it, suddenly "you live at Fort Gay" would become the insult du jure to replace banned phrases like "you're a homo."

  3. Re:please change your sig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So you just decided "hey, I wanna get my cock and balls cut off, get a fake mangina that will need lifelong maintenance made from te remains of my cock and have fake tits built on. I'll maintain my X-Y chromosomes, require hormones for life... But dammit, I'll be a real woman!!!!

    lol@u, fag.