tinkertiler
22-11-2010, 08:44 AM
Ah, swastikas. You'll probably have seen the zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops wearing these symbols, but don't even think of using them as your multiplayer emblem. That'll just put your GamerTag on the bus to Banville.
Replying to a Twitter query regarding the use of the swastika as an in-game multiplayer emblem, Xbox Live director of policy and enforcement, Stephen Toulouse, replied thusly: "Yes, you will get banned using a swastika as your Black Ops emblem. I don?t care if you ?just like the design?."
Twitter doesn't really allow for more in-depth explanations, so he also posted a longer missive on his blog, part of which reads:
The Xbox LIVE profile and in game content you create is accessible by everyone. You do not have the context inside of it to explain your long winded contrarian view that your pithy text that violates the Terms of Use or Code of Conduct is actually intended to change people?s minds about a commonly held understanding.
It?s not political correctness, it?s fundamental respect. If you think the swastika symbol should be re-evaluated by societies all over the Earth, I think that?s great. Your Xbox LIVE profile or in game logo, which doesn?t have the context to explain your goal, is not the right place to do that.
So yeah. Swastika multiplayer emblem = ban. That's a good equation to remember if you want to keep enjoying Black Ops on Live.
Replying to a Twitter query regarding the use of the swastika as an in-game multiplayer emblem, Xbox Live director of policy and enforcement, Stephen Toulouse, replied thusly: "Yes, you will get banned using a swastika as your Black Ops emblem. I don?t care if you ?just like the design?."
Twitter doesn't really allow for more in-depth explanations, so he also posted a longer missive on his blog, part of which reads:
The Xbox LIVE profile and in game content you create is accessible by everyone. You do not have the context inside of it to explain your long winded contrarian view that your pithy text that violates the Terms of Use or Code of Conduct is actually intended to change people?s minds about a commonly held understanding.
It?s not political correctness, it?s fundamental respect. If you think the swastika symbol should be re-evaluated by societies all over the Earth, I think that?s great. Your Xbox LIVE profile or in game logo, which doesn?t have the context to explain your goal, is not the right place to do that.
So yeah. Swastika multiplayer emblem = ban. That's a good equation to remember if you want to keep enjoying Black Ops on Live.