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RMP = Random Male Player
Me: [talking to a friend] …Hard liquor, I can’t stand it. I’d rather have a beer.
RMP: Wow… Do you suck dick?
[awkward silence]
Me: Don’t really understand how that’s pertinent to this conversation.
RMP: It’s just a quick question.
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RMP = Random Male Player
Transcript:
RMP1: [singing, badly] Jenny’s got a guuuun.
Me: Oh, you should not quit your day job to pick up singing. That was beautiful though, thank you for the effort.
RMP1: I was singing just for you.
[other RMP speaking French in the background)
Me: I know, you can stop though, thank you.
[laughter]
Me: [laughing] You don’t have to do that anymore.
RMP2: Hey, give the dude a chance!
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This RMP was talking to someone in the same physical room as him (i.e. not another player in the lobby). However, he took time out of his very important conversation to insult me for no apparent reason.
RMP = Random Male Player
[quiet distant talking from RMP1's mic]
RMP1: Woah woah woah, go back to that one. [pause] What the fuck? Oh, is that- it looked like an actual like REAL picture.
[pause]
RMP1: Hey Jenny- you’re a frickin’ stupid skank.
1 CommentRUNVus, Phoenix, Catalog = Friends
RMP = Random Male Player
RUNVus: Oh shit, son.
Phoenix: Yeah, three of us don’t have those maps.
RMP1: [unintelligible]
Me: When we got in, we were like, oh god, we just lost half of our team because no one had the maps.
RUNVus: Yeah.
RMP1: Is that right home girl? You fuckin’ slut? Is that right?
Catalog: Wow.
Me: …You sound like a really cool person, and absolutely definitely really smart.
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Guy loses to me in a match, screams at me, and then looks me up on Facebook to message me. Nothing but class.
This match was laggy because Call of Duty has server issues. Everyone knows it. Some people like to blame it on other people “lag switching”, which is why this guy is screaming at me about “hacking” and “lag switches”.
RMP = Random Male Player
RMP1: [singing] Turn on your hack light! Ol’ Jenny the hacker.
[final kill replays; the connections lags]
RMP1: LOOK AT THAT LAG SWITCH!! [giggles] LOOK AT THE LAG SWITCH!!!
RMP2: Say Jenny, are you a [unintelligible]?
RMP3: You fucking piece of shit.
RMP4: Hacker! Nice laggin’.
RMP3: You suck some fuckin’ nerd motherfucker’s dick to get that hack, you dumb cunt?!
[laughter]
RMP3: Nice lag switch, whore. Lemme back out so I can report the fuck outta you.
That same night, I get a message on Facebook:
So yeah, that’s totally rational and normal behavior. Totally.
8 CommentsI will be speaking on Saturday, May 3rd at the Women and Identity in Gaming Symposium. It’s being hosted at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. My presentation will be taking place from 12pm-1pm, and I will also be participating on a panel from 5pm-6pm. You can see the schedule for all the other cool stuff going on; Ashly Burch and Allison Salmon will also be speaking at WIGS. Hope to see some of you there!
As for today’s entry…
This remains one of my favorite random interactions I’ve ever experienced on Xbox LIVE. The quiet correction at the end by his teammate was just perfect.
RMP = Random Male Player
Me: Good game.
RMP1: Hey, hell no, we can’t have Jenny and you on the same fuckin’ team.
RMP2: I’m just bein’ honest with ya. She put that motherfuckin’ Warthog up there, [unintelligible].
[laughter, gunshots as final kill is replayed]
RMP3: She keep gettin’ that motherfucker with ease, too.
RMP2: Man, she was 17 and 0 when I seen it.
RMP1: Motherfucker ain’t said she was camping, ’cause she wasn’t.
[RMP starts singing; laughter]
RMP4: Hey, I’m out ya’ll.
RMP1: Why you scared of Jenny?
RMP4: Ain’t nobody scared of that bitch!
RMP1: Oh! Hey. Now that was disrespectful. Disrespectful little bastard.
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CaptDrDan = Friend
RMP = Random Male Player
CaptDrDan: I’m gonna go delete my map pack so we never get them anymore.
Me: Right? [laughing] I’m so sick of being given the same three goddamn maps!
RMP1: Sucks to be you.
RMP2: Jenny… Jenny Haniver. You are so cute. I just wanna touch you.
[CaptDrDan laughing]
RMP2: Oh my god. You just make me want- to- ask… [cut off as game begins]
2 CommentsRMP = Random Male Player
RMP2: Don’t do it.
Me: …I didn’t either until I went home for Christmas break and my sister-in-law was playing it. I was like, “Oh that game looks dumb!”
RMP1: OOOOH IT’S A FEMALE!
RMP2: Don’t do it, nope, don’t do it- awwww, I knew you were gonna do it. I knew it.
RMp3: [unintelligible] …I’m not the leader, Bob is.
RMP2: No, no, that’s not what I’m saying. I just knew, I just knew you’d point out that there’s a chick in the lobby, and now ChubbyBunny’s going to be all awkward.
2 CommentsThis is a pretty good example of why I find being very blunt and a little rude a much more effective method of getting someone to leave you alone.
I joined a lobby and played a few games with the same set of players on both teams. The guy who sent me the following messages was on the opposing team (with his friends) the whole time. He sent me between 7-10 private party invites- I declined them all, at which point he started sending me text messages (and continued to invite me to a private party), eventually moving to sending me a friend request, which I rejected too.
He sent me a friend request at this point:
Some people just can’t take a hint.
2 CommentsRMP = Random Male Player
RMP1: Good game, Jenny from the block… But you’d be a lot cooler if you sucked on Fast Eddie’s COCK!
RMP2: [laughing] What??
RMP3: Oh, we’ll smash you in Kill Confirmed this time.
RMP4: I gotta mute this dude, I’m gettin’ dumber listenin’ to him talk.
4 CommentsPhoenix, Spartan = Friends
RMP = Random Male Player
Spartan: Last one to win.
Phoenix: Dammit, I missed the knife.
Me: OH NO WAY!! NO WAY! Fucking Dave, if you hadn’t gotten that kill, holy shit, dude! This is the-
RMP1: Wow, you sound hot, babe.
Me: Well, you sound like an idiot, so…
RMP1: …Awwww. Awww.
Leave a CommentWildcat = Friend
RMP = Random Male Player
Me: It gets the whole thing done.
[hiphop in the background]
RMP1: Yeah, wow. Well at least she sounds single… I wonder how much she is?
Wildcat: Wow. How much are you?
8 CommentsRMP = Random Male Player
RMP1: Hey [someone's gamertag], I’m gonna chill after this one bro, then I be on later alright?
RMP2: Alright man.
Me: I’m surprised they even added hardcore domination to the Clan Wars.
RMP1: SHUT UP, BITCH.
RMP3: Woah.
Me: Are you fucking kidding me?
[laughter]
Leave a CommentRMP = Random Male Player
XgodieMinor69X = Idiot
RMP1: So you gotta be a specialist to get that Reaper?
Me: No no no no, you just have to get, um, field orders? Like you have to get a care package for it, and then, sometimes it’s the Reaper.
RMP1: Oh, okay.
XgodieMinor69X : Oh my god, whisper my name please.
[laughter]
Me: …You’re a fucking moron. Um, it varies for every-
After the match, I received the following text message from him:
