Humanity can stretch even to the boundless arena that is online game play through your favorite consol. What I mean is that even in online game play known for trash talking to other players if you open your mouth and say something wrong, there still can be that one person that can change your mind and show some compassion.
Judson, a 17-year-old gamer from Florida started playing video games with a Playstation 2 and has been on Xbox Live for the past 6 years banking a lot of online game play.
One afternoon while playing in a Call of Duty lobby I heard what should not have been the strangest thing: someone being nice to a younger gamer. Judson was passing on the gamer experiences to the younger generation.
Judson, or XxGateroid315xX, on Xbox 360, was answering questions and giving advice and knowledge about the game and the other players in it. And this young gamer who, respectively, could not have been older than 11 or 12 years-old sounded so happy and even offered to start their own lobby together.
“I started helping as…as soon as I heard him talking and someone jumping in saying ‘Shut up you little 10 year old’ after defending him we started talking about how he was new to Call Of Duty and how he needed a few pointers so I thought ‘why not’,’ said Judson.
And though they do not know each other outside the gaming world, Judson said that he feels they have become friends over Xbox Live.
Since there are no ratings for online game play it is hard to gauge the kind of treatment any player will get while playing. And it also depends on what it is you or the other players are saying during the game. “I feel that every game will have it’s ‘buttholes’ but that doesn’t mean people that cant take the trash talk should get off that usually means that they should mute the players being rude,” said Judson.
The mute button is an easy way out of any awkward situation and also a preventative for people trying to be distracting.
And if the mute button really isn’t your thing you can always combat any negative words with funny and sarcastic remarks.
Personally, I like the repetition game of repeating whatever the verbal assailant says right back at them is a good way to get a chuckle and to ruffle the feathers of the person addressing you.
Other good ways of making any ‘trash talkers’ in the lobby blush can be found here in an article from venturebeat.com.
