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Microsoft suspends an Xbox Live gamer after a misunderstanding of the use of the word gay. Microsoft is in damage control mode after it suspended a year-old gamer's Xbox Live account because he used an "offensive" name for his home town. That offensive namewas "Fort Gay. Fort Gay, West Virginia
Microsoft (MSFT) is kicking people off again from its popular XBox Live service for inappropriate sexual expression, going against its own revised code of conduct. The other problem? The gamers. Published: Sep 8, am. Even when Moore argued that Fort Gay was a real town, Microsoft refused to hear him out.
Xbox Live gamer suspended for saying he lives in Fort Gay
by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay - a name the company considered offensive. The town's name is real. But when Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the enforcement team at Xbox. Fri, 10 Oct GMT Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.
Xbox apologises over 'gay' suspension
Instead of googling the location like a normal person y'all actually decided to strip him of his account and basically steal $ from him just because you don't believe a location is real. You also made him miss an important tournament over that. When banned year-old Xbox Live gamer called Xbox support to explain that his town of Fort Gay, West Virginia, was a real place and not a homosexual reference, he was threatened with account cancellation. An unemployed factory worker who enjoys first-person shooters, Josh Moore found himself temporarily suspended from Xbox Live last week due to an offensive word in his profile.
Hey Microsoft, do you guys believe that Fort Gay is a real
Microsoft is in damage control mode after it suspended a year-old gamer's Xbox Live account because he used an "offensive" name for his home offensive namewas "Fort Gay." Where he. Xbox say policing the system for offensive content is a challenge. Microsoft has apologised to a town in America after suspending one of its residents from Xbox Live. TIL
Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. It is located within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, and adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. .
Microsoft suspends man's account because he lives in Fort Gay
Microsoft warned Moore that if he put “Fort Gay” back in his profile, they’d axe his account and keep the two years of Xbox Live Gold membership that he’d pre-paid. .
Microsoft bans Xbox Live user for living in Fort Gay
When banned year-old Xbox Live gamer called Xbox support to explain that his town of Fort Gay, West Virginia, was a real place and not a homosexual. .