Not the first time Microsoft and gay have appeared in the same sentence, Eurogamer have picked up on a story from the Associated Press regarding an Xbox 360 user banned for having the word gay in his profile. The problem? He’s from Gay, Fort Gay in fact, a happy little hamlet of 800 well-dressed folk in West Virginia.
Explaining it’s a place and nothing to do with his sexual preference, Josh Moore’s declarations of heterosexuality fell on deaf ears when speaking with Microsoft customer service. He was promptly banhammered. Even the Mayor of Fort Gay got involved.
Eventually Stephen Toulouse, chief of Xbox Live police (not an ominous title at all), was contacted and reversed the ludicrous suspension. Toulouse apologised and said:
“Someone took the phrase ‘fort gay WV’ and believed that the individual who had that was trying to offend, or trying to use it in a pejorative manner. Unfortunately, one of my people agreed with that. When it was brought to my attention, we did revoke the suspension. In this very, very specific case, a mistake was made and we’re going to make it right.”
Fair warning to the inhabitants of Balls Town, Shitville (where I live) and Cape Cock. Microsoft (probably) does not like where you live.
Source: Eurogamer
SpikeyMikey23
theres a place in holland, near amsterdam called knobout
Kovacs
Awesome place to rock out.
hazelam
doesn’t sound like any place i’d want to visit.
Charmed_Fanatic
LOL stupid MS
KeRaSh
Hmm… I wonder how many people who do not live there try to get away with it now…
baggyg
There are not going to like this; I live in Microsoft Suck town
Burgess_101
when i was in florida i saw several signs for “Gaylord Center” or centre in proper english :P
gazzagb
The comments here are hilarious! Well done guys!
aerobes
So the story was pretty ace but the comments have been hilarious. Great dinnertime reading.