Fat, Ugly or Slutty is a catalogue of the types of abuse (mostly) female gamers can encounter when playing against male strangers online. The majority seems to be over Xbox Live, but there are a few MMOs, and PSN in there too. Wii, I would think, would be cuter. I digress:
Some players like to send creepy, disturbing, insulting, degrading and/or just plain rude messages to other online players, usually women.
We think this is funny.
Why do they send them? There are a few theories. But instead of getting offended, we offer a method for people to share these messages and laugh together.
If having these messages posted online makes someone think twice about writing and sending a detailed description of their genitals, great!
@toastmaster said it reminded him of similar homophobic abuse, as recorded by xxxGayBoyxxx on YouTube, also tough listening.
You know... I am a guy and I completely agree with what you are saying... guys can be brutal and very dirty with their mouths. I am a guy and I know sometimes I have even thought (said) and ugly word or two... but in general I think it is really cool when girls are good at gaming, and especially sexy when they kick your ass!
Posted by: Jacques Ras | February 19, 2011 at 18:25
Well, reading that is pretty upsetting/depressing. It makes me wish it was possible to create separate game services for all the maladjusted players so everyone else doesn't have to deal with them. It's material like this that reminds me why I will never, ever play online console games.
Posted by: bob_d | March 06, 2011 at 23:04