Apparently, some kid "exposed himself" on camera during an XBox Live game of Uno.
He was banned until the date 31/12/9999
Ba Da Psh?
Wha Huh Psh?
Indeed...
Oh... oops.
I nevur understand anything 
First of all... Why would Microsoft allow you to show yourself on camera. They should expect some retards going and flashing their d, or some she-tards doing the same just.... no d? Or the two combined for skypesex.
Second of all... a permaban would make alot more sense than banning someone until 9999.
Microsoft... your so crazy.
"First of all... Why would Microsoft allow you to show yourself on camera"
cause its fun to see friends making funny faces while they're playing video games, its not a bad idea. whoever dosent agree to it doesnt have to do it, its an option really. by banning that kid and other misusers of the cam hopefully such behaviour wont happen again.. that's really the best that can be done. no need to stop the fun just cause some kids are being dumb.
as for why ban him till the year 9999, i think its a computer programming thing. you cant tell a computer "ban forever" so you set a date i suppose.
But you CAN tell a computer "ban forever". One time I went to this forum site for RPing, and I posted a link to an RPG site I made. This is what the screen showed.
You have been banned forever.
Well, it's only forever. Not long at alllll~
It's a shame that the kid's cryogenically frozen himself until that date. Kid won't learn a thing... V_V
"I posted a link to an RPG site I made. This is what the screen showed"
you're obviously young so i'm actually impressed you made an RPG site on your own. although being banned from that site must've been annoying.
anyway i dont know why they actually chose the date 9999 but the good news is, it's only 7989 years away.
Oh, it was simple. I used Yuku. And, I wasn't banneed from it, I was bannd from the site I posted MY site's link to.
I see, well it shouldnt have been a permenant ban just cause you advertised your site. that was too harsh.
but in the case of the boy in question he deserved it, just like you cant do it in public its wrong online.
hmm...maybe we need an internet police!
"I posted a link to an RPG site I made. This is what the screen showed"
you're obviously young so i'm actually impressed you made an RPG site on your own. although being banned from that site must've been annoying.
anyway i dont know why they actually chose the date 9999 but the good news is, it's only 7989 years away.
I probably knew more about making websites (at least using netscape composer, though I think I tinkered with the HTML itself a bit too) before I was a teenager than I could even recall now. I think you really underestimate the intelligence of "young people." (And what do you base the "obviously young" thing on?)
And for whether or not you can tell a computer to ban forever, I would think that would depend on what computer or what kind of computer you're referring to, though I don't know much about why that would or would not be the case.
As for the topic itself... frankly I'm not sure why indecent exposure is treated as so serious as to require a permanent ban in the first place. How old was the kid, and what's the perceived age-appropriacy and/or style of the game? We're not told much about the story, are we? o.o
As for the topic itself... frankly I'm not sure why indecent exposure is treated as so serious as to require a permanent ban in the first place.
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How old was the kid, and what's the perceived age-appropriacy and/or style of the game? We're not told much about the story, are we? o.o
No, but we can infer that:
-he's a minor
-he exposed himself on a live video feed
No matter the game (it's UNO, btw), that's grounds for child pornography. Hence the banning. He should consider himself lucky he's not going before a judge, they've been prosecuting cases like this quite often lately.
No, but we can infer that:
-he's a minor
Not necessarily. Sometimes the word "kid" is used to refer to young adults as well, such as by the middle-aged. Obviously if he's a minor then exposing himself on camera is quite serious and needs to be deterred. But that's not necessarily specified from the two-line story the thread was started with. o.o
Ok... you see, i didn't have much time to post the story in it's entirety, though there aren't very specific details in the entire story.
Basically what happened is that this woman asked a question on the Xbox Live forums, in the link that was posted by psx. She, of course, asked for an explanation as to why her son was banned from Xbox Live until the impossible date of 12.31.9999, with no notification. Finally, a Microsoft official explained that her son was exposing himself on camera during a game of Uno.
It's vague, but it's all I really know. :-/ .
No, but we can infer that:
-he's a minor
Not necessarily. Sometimes the word "kid" is used to refer to young adults as well, such as by the middle-aged. Obviously if he's a minor then exposing himself on camera is quite serious and needs to be deterred. But that's not necessarily specified from the two-line story the thread was started with. o.o
<scratches head> there's no exceptions in this issue.
No, but we can infer that:
-he's a minor
Not necessarily. Sometimes the word "kid" is used to refer to young adults as well, such as by the middle-aged. Obviously if he's a minor then exposing himself on camera is quite serious and needs to be deterred. But that's not necessarily specified from the two-line story the thread was started with. o.o
Really, you're going to argue about this? Regardless of his age it's still indecent exposure, which is technically a crime. I don't see how you can even think that there would be an "okay" situation to expose yourself on XBOX LIVE!
Regardless of his age it's still indecent exposure, which is technically a crime.
But not a felony, as far as I'm aware. "Regardless of his age" is one thing, you're also not taking into account the audience's age. If it's someone underage exposing himself online, then yes it's a serious problem. If it's someone not underage exposing himself for an audience involving the underage, that's also pretty serious. But if it's young adults exposing themselves in an audience of other young adults that's not as serious a problem. Which is why I mentioned the perceived age-appropriacy of the game; if we're dealing with something like an AO-rated game, that's a little different from dealing with something like an E-rated game.
I don't see how you can even think that there would be an "okay" situation to expose yourself on XBOX LIVE!
But I DIDN'T say it was ok. I said I'm not entirely convinced that a permanent ban from X-box Live is necessary, and that at least it may depend on the age of the "kid" and of the audience.
Though then again I'm not really sure how the X-box Live system works anyway, I just thought you'd be banned from X-box Live altogether, rather than being banned from one game at a time... could anyone else confirm or refute this?
Being banned from Xbox Live is being banned from Xbox Live, unless of course he was told "You were banned from UNO on Xbox Live." But he wasn't.
matthayter700 wrote:
"But not a felony, as far as I'm aware."
Saying that is like saying all crime is OK unless it's a felony.
Also, being permanently banned from something due to indecent exposure is definitely fair on a game of Uno. No matter how old you are, or how old the audience is. This kid deserved it. That's it.
Saying that is like saying all crime is OK unless it's a felony.
No it's not. Expressing uncertainty that something requires a permanent ban is not the same as saying that it's ok. In this case, saying I'm not sure if it's necessary to ban someone from a medium for using it for indecent exposure would not be the same as saying indecent exposure is ok.
Now for what it's worth, Uno turns out to be an E-rated game, so I guess it's a potential audience of children. Again, I don't know much about the game, or about how X-box live camera (or X-box live itself) works... but what I was suggesting was that in the hypothetical context of a game involving only adults (ie. if children are there it's because they lied about their age; as with porn sites that's considered "their problem") and if the style and nature of the game was such that lewd behaviour were to be expected, indecent exposure probably wouldn't be as serious a problem. Though for what it's worth maybe I should have looked up Uno earlier...
Think of it this way, Matt. If you showed a picture of your junk on this forum, you would be permanently banned, no trial, no hesitation, no arguement.
Also, X-box live has terms and conditions, which back up their actions. Basically, Xbox made the person sign a contract to use their service, by showing his junk he breached the contract and was banned. The end. No arguements.
There is a time and a place for indecent exposure on the internet and it's called Chat Roulette.
No, but we can infer that:
-he's a minor
Not necessarily. Sometimes the word "kid" is used to refer to young adults as well, such as by the middle-aged. Obviously if he's a minor then exposing himself on camera is quite serious and needs to be deterred. But that's not necessarily specified from the two-line story the thread was started with. o.o
Really, you're going to argue about this? Regardless of his age it's still indecent exposure, which is technically a crime. I don't see how you can even think that there would be an "okay" situation to expose yourself on XBOX LIVE!
Well... do you get an Achievement for exposing yourself on X-BOX Live? 
Not necessarily. Sometimes the word "kid" is used to refer to young adults as well, such as by the middle-aged. Obviously if he's a minor then exposing himself on camera is quite serious and needs to be deterred. But that's not necessarily specified from the two-line story the thread was started with. o.o
Really, you're going to argue about this? Regardless of his age it's still indecent exposure, which is technically a crime. I don't see how you can even think that there would be an "okay" situation to expose yourself on XBOX LIVE!
Well... do you get an Achievement for exposing yourself on X-BOX Live?
We will have to wait 7000 years for him to be able to log in and see 😯
Think of it this way, Matt. If you showed a picture of your junk on this forum, you would be permanently banned, no trial, no hesitation, no arguement.
Also, X-box live has terms and conditions, which back up their actions. Basically, Xbox made the person sign a contract to use their service, by showing his junk he breached the contract and was banned. The end. No arguements.
There is a time and a place for indecent exposure on the internet and it's called Chat Roulette.
Most other forums, yes. This forum... the picture would be up for about 5-6 hours whilst most of the other forum'ers/staff have a good ol' laugh and old fashioned mofo drama (then delete the post and warn).
Also Microsoft have terms and conditions that say "we can terminate Xbox live service at any time blah blah blah," see 14/04/10 when the killed off original Xbox live support.
Think of it this way, Matt. If you showed a picture of your junk on this forum, you would be permanently banned, no trial, no hesitation, no arguement.
Also, X-box live has terms and conditions, which back up their actions. Basically, Xbox made the person sign a contract to use their service, by showing his junk he breached the contract and was banned. The end. No arguements.
There is a time and a place for indecent exposure on the internet and it's called Chat Roulette.
Most other forums, yes. This forum... the picture would be up for about 5-6 hours whilst most of the other forum'ers/staff have a good ol' laugh and old fashioned mofo drama (then delete the post and warn).
Also Microsoft have terms and conditions that say "we can terminate Xbox live service at any time blah blah blah," see 14/04/10 when the killed off original Xbox live support.
I wouldn't know which hypothesis were to be correct unless I were to test that theory... not that I ever would or anything. XD
Fair enough, like I mentioned I don't know much about how X-box live worked and I guess that was a relevant problem for how I interpreted this. Actually, I primarily posted to respond to sonicsfan1991's remark about how supposedly "young" episonic was and asked what she based it on, commenting on the main subject was only done so that the post would be sort-of-kind-of-on-topic. o.o
I asked her the same question on the chat room and for some reason she remembers me stating that I was between 14-16, which I didn't, and which I'm not.
