Wow, this is just turning into a widespread, fullblown epic. First it was theGAYERgamer, then yesterday it was Richard Gaywood, to whom Microsoft has responded, letting him know that despite that being his name, it was still offensively sexual. Mr. Gaywood has offered up his own rationale as to why this seems rather narrow-mindedly selective within an international service.
Elsewhere, Rock Band presented a similar problem as Steph Tytus attempted to name a band after herself, only to find out her name, for whatever reason, isn’t “classy” (as seen above).
And strangely enough, it hadn’t been a problem for 30 months. “I was told that it was for my own security and protection they had decided that my name was offensive. Oh and the name that I had spent a while building an identity around? Yeah, there’s no compensation for that. Nor did my preferences transfer over. In fact, I’m completely SOL…”
