Let's use Frank's words to both describe how this works, and to appropriately describe the S.O.B.s on whom we'll be using this (emphasis mine):
'Anyone who’s played MP on Xbox Live knows the following is true: Teenagers, plus anonymity, plus microphone = idiot.... The "A-Hole Button" in Halo 3 lets you exact instant, silent vengeance. These kind of vocal buttmunches, as it turns out, are exactly as fun to play against as normal people, as long as you can’t hear them. So now, you simply press a button (back button, for the moment anyway) and up comes the score list with everyone’s tag on it. The right stick lets you highlight the miscreant and you can then instantly mute them for the rest of the game. These morons continue smacktalking anyway because they can’t help themselves, but if you don’t have to listen to it, you can simply enjoy killing them over and over again, knowing that as their Ritalin wears off and their frustration builds, it’s less and less fun for them.....Any muted player you have selected in your Xbox Live account overrides Halo 3’s new system, but that should actually enhance the choice of maroons you’re editing out of your gameplay. Best of all, it means fewer wasted or frustrating gameplay sessions. We’re doing our best to come up with lots of smart solutions for stuff like this, but honestly, we can’t be parents to some of these poltroons. We’re much more concerned with giving you guys the tools you need to silence them.'Nice. If you're like me and spent any time on Halo 2, the chatter from some of the random match-ups on Live make you seriously question how these folks are going to survive in society. Unfortunately, it's not just limited to teenagers.
I enjoy the thought of these societal turds yabbering off into the ether, with me none the wiser.
So bless, you, Bungie.
Speaking of "bless, you, Bungie", check out the pict of Alta pimping the new "I *heart* [Master Chief/Cortana]" T-shirts. For whatever reason, one of the sexier things out there.
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