[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

Originally Posted by Lurch1982

Are you dense? Are you retarded or something?

Believing the figures I come across on large video gaming news websites is neither dense nor retarded...perhaps one could argue it is lazy, maybe naive, but your words are strong.

Originally Posted by Lurch1982

First off, the only mention of people getting booted for verbal harassment was a bad attempt at snark-humor at the end of a 1up article.

I guess it was a very bad attempt, because I couldn't tell.

Originally Posted by Lurch1982

Second, you have no freedom of speech. The government cannot restrict speech (and the few exceptions are very very limited). Private business, however, can freely limit speech. In this case, it is not only spelled out in the Code of Conduct, it is also further spelled out specifically in the Xbox Live Terms of Use. They have as much right to ban users for verbal harassment as any other service. You can get banned from a message board for violating board codes. If you have a freebe message board or web site, you can get banned for violating the TOS. Its clearly spelled out what you can't do, and they give you numerous chances with the conduct TOS violations before they boot you off (ie: loss of voice for X amount of time, temp. bans, etc).

And yeah, by clicking "I Agree," and this is the thing you're just not getting, YOU AGREE TO THEIR TERMS OF SERVICE. If you don't agree with them, you're free to just not buy an Xbox or use Xbox Live. You're free to go to Sony's setup, where you agree to the same restrictions, or you can go to Nintendo, where you agree to similar/the same restrictions (based on if they ever implement voice chat).

Yes yes, legal mumbo-jumbo.

Originally Posted by Lurch1982

What are you not understanding about this? You agree to the terms before you use the service.

I completely understand, but also completely disagree with the actions taken. You're acting like I'm the only one outraged by this. Tons of fanboys all over have my same disgust in mind. Hell, there's a legal action supposed to be taking action in regard to the situation.

Originally Posted by Lurch1982

If he had a red ring issue, tell him to go here:

Xbox NXE Hardware, Xbox LIVE, Games & Media Support | Xbox Support

At tha site, he can set up a repair order. They'll fix it for free. If he bought it last year from first market retail (meaning not used from Gamestop or something), he should still be covered.

Thanks, Lurch. I lazily Googled a solution for him but came up with nothing. I'll pass it on. =)

^ Sorry about the mix up; I corrected it.