I get PSN friend request kablamo'ed when I log into Home. Otherwise it's all quiet on the western front.
My username is the same there as on here, so people see 'sazzrah' and work out my real name pretty damn quick and then it's just ZOMG FEMALE! ADD ADD ADD!
I've taken to walking about as a male avatar when I log into Home for a bit of Buzz or Poker now... it really is insane, as soon as I switch back to female I get a mass of 'Hello, Where are you from?' auto-chat spam, and I would imagine it's about 20-30 friend requests per hour.
@trevortibble: lol I'm a geek so, why not? xD It's not like I am bothered at all on Kotaku - which is great. It's just on Home!
I don't have an "I <3 Geeks" avatar there... just anything remotely female looking and they're all over you. My avatar on PSN is a Lemming! One of my first games on the Amiga 500 back in ye olde days was Lemmings - seemed appropriate.
good for you, us geeks need lovin' too and its hard to find girls willing to do it. the lemming avatar is cool althought the general quality of PSN avatars is quite shocking.. but yeah home is disgusting for guys crowding around the girls. most likely why i don't go on it hardly ever.
oh and dudes making female avatars is quite different to playing tomb raider where you have no choice... #screengrab
@trevortibble: But given the choice I think guys would still rather play Tomb Raider with Lara than some male alternative... it's simply because Home is seen as a social network rather than a game, so if you have a female character you're instantly seen as a nasty freak who is trying to screw over other guys for attention or money or game sharing or I dunno what... many of the men on there seem to be paranoid of other guys trying to convince them they are female!
I admit, it does happen - but I think generally men are more predictable than that, no offense! They just want to wander around in Home checking out a female rather than a male... mystery solved! #screengrab
I get a lot of requests PSN friend requests from people who want me to help them earn trophies. They're often from foreign players who don't seem to speak English fluently.
Does this happen to anyone else, or do I just come across as a guy who wants to trophy boost with foreign people? #screengrab
@adoggz: Right there with you man! Just got a 360, and I'm too afraid to start using my mic as I know people are very judgemental on Xbox Live... #screengrab
@krishna830: Well, if you do get self-conscious, just picture everyone naked. Wait, scratch that, if you did Chris Hansen would probably love a word with you... #screengrab
i delete any requests i get, i also have it set up so that everyone is muted unless they are on my friends list. if i don't know you, i don't want to hear you. #screengrab
@Jake Rush: Congrats on the friends, I can only encourage others to make friends or end up like myself, begging their mom daily for Gears of War scrimmages. #screengrab
Needs something to do with whether they have a stupid name.
Straight off the bat, no way am I adding 'xxXsn1perboi95Xxx' (even if I know them =p). Not only does it speak of their usually annoying playstyle it would give away their age too.
I'm sure some are nice people BUT I'M NOT GONNA RISK IT. #screengrab
I think the best gamertag I've ever seen is 'Pee Poo Combo'. My friends and I couldn't stop laughing when we saw it. We were a bit drunk though... #screengrab
@hot_heart: I hearted you. Any guy who laughs at "Pee Poo Combo" surely deserves to be hearted.
Bonus points if you actually weren't drunk, though that would be a bit disturbing.
@OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear: Hey, I don't judge. It could be a hot 60 yr old Grandmother for all I know, a woman is a woman. As long as she doesn't expect me to brush her dentals, I'm good to go. #screengrab
@Outkastprince: I remember playing Burnout Revenge with some Irish girl that just kept giggling at my friend and I jokingly smack-talking each other and she was almost as good as me (I'm not great though). She was a good sport and it made for decent races so we added her. Turns out it was the guy's girlfriend and he was actually far better than us =(
And it was New Year's Eve when we saw Pee Poo Combo. If you're not drunk then then you're...too young to drink or don't enjoy drinking or dead or the designated driver or...
'Bout the only time I accept a friend request is if I know them from some where, or they were fun to play against. Otherwise, I'll usually shoot requests down.
I mean, it's a gaming console, not a social networking device. I didn't sign up to talk to random strangers, I signed up to play some friggin' games. #screengrab
My friend's list (about 90 right now) consists of:
Friends and people I play games with regularly;
People I've played an occasional game with who are usually good for conversation as well, so I chat with them from time to time;
Fellow achievement whores (always ready to help and give advice);
And a dozen or so that got added for one game, never accept invites or answer messages, and end up getting deleted after a month or two (or when I need the space).
I ALWAYS ignore requests from the idiotic racist/sexist/homophobes who make momma and sister comments throughout the match. Won't tolerate it, especially since two of my Live friends are gay, and three of them are black, and another half-dozen or so that are of other ethnicities. Self-imposed filter. #screengrab
@D-K, has mastered the dim-mak candlepunch: This is taking me back to my childhood, when my dad was explaining the different between a man and woman using barbie and ken as examples.
The last words he told me was "Chicks don't have what we have, son. Chicks with ...."
@D-K, has mastered the dim-mak candlepunch: Yeah, I kinda figured someone would jump on that. I had it as just "he", but I felt like there are enough women gamers out there to demand the he/she. Even if it is annoying. #screengrab
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My username is the same there as on here, so people see 'sazzrah' and work out my real name pretty damn quick and then it's just ZOMG FEMALE! ADD ADD ADD!
I've taken to walking about as a male avatar when I log into Home for a bit of Buzz or Poker now... it really is insane, as soon as I switch back to female I get a mass of 'Hello, Where are you from?' auto-chat spam, and I would imagine it's about 20-30 friend requests per hour.
Not funny..
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I don't have an "I <3 Geeks" avatar there... just anything remotely female looking and they're all over you. My avatar on PSN is a Lemming! One of my first games on the Amiga 500 back in ye olde days was Lemmings - seemed appropriate.
10/20/09
good for you, us geeks need lovin' too and its hard to find girls willing to do it. the lemming avatar is cool althought the general quality of PSN avatars is quite shocking.. but yeah home is disgusting for guys crowding around the girls. most likely why i don't go on it hardly ever.
oh and dudes making female avatars is quite different to playing tomb raider where you have no choice... #screengrab
10/20/09
I admit, it does happen - but I think generally men are more predictable than that, no offense! They just want to wander around in Home checking out a female rather than a male... mystery solved! #screengrab
10/19/09
Does this happen to anyone else, or do I just come across as a guy who wants to trophy boost with foreign people? #screengrab
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Last week I received a very friendly, but very oddly worded message asking me if I wanted to play Bomberman in women's clothing.
It took me a minute to figure out that he wanted me to help him get a trophy that is awarded for winning a match as a female character. #screengrab
10/19/09
lol. I would've put on a dress as soon as I read the thing. #screengrab
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WHAAAA? #screengrab
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Looks very clean, too, and very flowing as a flowchart as well. It's a spiral! [But into where!?]
Wait, what? :P #screengrab
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You misspelled the misspelling. #screengrab
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Hmm...they seem to have forgotten the most important question:
Is it this guy? #screengrab
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Friend request received -to- Earth implodes.
I'm not popular ;__; I also don't play online more than maybe ~5 hours a month, and one match of GoW the entire time I've been subscribed to XBL.
10/18/09
Straight off the bat, no way am I adding 'xxXsn1perboi95Xxx' (even if I know them =p). Not only does it speak of their usually annoying playstyle it would give away their age too.
I'm sure some are nice people BUT I'M NOT GONNA RISK IT. #screengrab
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Make note of "Haha. You got for it!". #screengrab
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The reason? They thought if they told me they were a guy, I wouldn't play with them.
I was like whatever, as long as they continue role-playing this "female", I'm cool with it. Don't judge me. #screengrab
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I think the best gamertag I've ever seen is 'Pee Poo Combo'. My friends and I couldn't stop laughing when we saw it. We were a bit drunk though... #screengrab
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Bonus points if you actually weren't drunk, though that would be a bit disturbing.
@OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear: Hey, I don't judge. It could be a hot 60 yr old Grandmother for all I know, a woman is a woman. As long as she doesn't expect me to brush her dentals, I'm good to go. #screengrab
10/18/09
@Outkastprince: I remember playing Burnout Revenge with some Irish girl that just kept giggling at my friend and I jokingly smack-talking each other and she was almost as good as me (I'm not great though). She was a good sport and it made for decent races so we added her. Turns out it was the guy's girlfriend and he was actually far better than us =(
And it was New Year's Eve when we saw Pee Poo Combo. If you're not drunk then then you're...too young to drink or don't enjoy drinking or dead or the designated driver or...
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'Bout the only time I accept a friend request is if I know them from some where, or they were fun to play against. Otherwise, I'll usually shoot requests down.
I mean, it's a gaming console, not a social networking device. I didn't sign up to talk to random strangers, I signed up to play some friggin' games. #screengrab
10/18/09
I like how it actually maintains a flow. #screengrab
10/18/09
My friend's list (about 90 right now) consists of:
Friends and people I play games with regularly;
People I've played an occasional game with who are usually good for conversation as well, so I chat with them from time to time;
Fellow achievement whores (always ready to help and give advice);
And a dozen or so that got added for one game, never accept invites or answer messages, and end up getting deleted after a month or two (or when I need the space).
I ALWAYS ignore requests from the idiotic racist/sexist/homophobes who make momma and sister comments throughout the match. Won't tolerate it, especially since two of my Live friends are gay, and three of them are black, and another half-dozen or so that are of other ethnicities. Self-imposed filter. #screengrab
10/18/09
If I get a no to the first and a yes to the second, I'll accept. #screengrab
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wait.. #screengrab
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The last words he told me was "Chicks don't have what we have, son. Chicks with ...."
Man I need a new childhood. #screengrab
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