Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay

[Raptor]

From seattlepi.com:

Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct 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 Live, they wouldn't take his word for it. Or Google it. Or check the U.S. Postal Service website for a ZIP code.

Instead, they suspended his gaming privileges for a few days until Moore could convince them the location in his profile, "fort gay WV," wasn't a joke or a slur: It's an actual community of about 800 in Wayne County, along West Virginia's western border with Kentucky.

Stephen Toulouse, director of policy and enforcement for Xbox Live said that was a miscommunication.
"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," Toulouse said. "Unfortunately, one of my people agreed with that. ... When it was brought to my attention, we did revoke the suspension."

Full Story: seattlepi.com

[russbeer]

arseholes

[Fireball JaX]

hope he got a 12 month membership as compensation

[darkstar]

So if you live in cockermouth chances are u would be band then

[evilsatan]

We have a fingringhoe near here too This is just pathetic of Microsoft, the term 'gay' is not a swear word and to consider it to be offensive when not used in a derogatory manner is surely homophobic.

[Lord Vader]

We have a fingringhoe near here too This is just pathetic of Microsoft, the term 'gay' is not a swear word and to consider it to be offensive when not used in a derogatory manner is surely homophobic.

Just gonna say that myself, you in colchester Satan?

[Nathz29]

Guess Cockmoss Lane is out of the question too!

[BBK]

Time to bring back an old London favourite - Gropecunt Lane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

[evilsatan]

Just gonna say that myself, you in colchester Satan?

Not quite but I am often up there working mate.

[Simate]

So if you live in cockermouth chances are u would be band then

You could be more unlucky and get banned

[barrysmith]

i got a 7 day ban for bio regulation rubbish, i put in bio

bio f
name u
location k
tag u

7 day ban for that lol