No, you're just playing with boring people.
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No, you're just playing with boring people.
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I think he means from the perspective of in game chat with randoms rather than just party chat with mates. In the early days of the 360 when standard in game chat was the norm I met some cool people to play with but those were the days when it wasn't just 12 year olds saying they had rattled your mum or guessing your sexual orientation!
I'm finding less and less that people I know even have mics plugged in anymore. Most of the time I can't be bothered either these days.
I'm finding less and less that people I know even have mics plugged in anymore. Most of the time I can't be bothered either these days.
This.
Of course I didn't mean there's no banter with people on my friends' list. It's banter with random players that has died. Sure, there was the occasional dumb kid, but they used to get ripped on so badly if they started trying to be 'funny'. Now that most people are in parties, the dumb kids are just about the only people you find in game chat.
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Yeah, it genuinely is a shame it went that way. I guess if you really dig down could it be down in ineffective reporting systems?
There was one listed on amazon but it never seems to be available and i don't know of any others.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JFX1JOO
I agree. I met half of the people on my friends list just by playing Gears 1 and when you could only use game chat. That was when I first started online gaming and I didn't have any online friends.
I agree that most chat from randoms now is just abuse. It's why I used to have chat set to friends only on my 360 towards the end of me owning one.
Yeah, unfortunately because i haven't owned an xbox for a good few years i have lost contact with the friends i used to game with so i am 95% never in a party unless one of my mates who also has a one is on at the same time. I still have the mic plugged in, in case someone on BF4 actually wants to talk etc. Hardly never happens though.
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The only times I tend to plug my mic in is if there's a bunch of kids screaming/singing/playing their Lil Wayne **** through the headset. I just leave it plugged in and on the floor so I can hear the game rather than their nonsense. Maybe I'm getting old. 
Is there a way to check the current download speed of a game you're downloading from the store? Or is that a feature that would've been too useful to include?
It's oldstyle windows. Like back in 95 when the ETA would go up instead of down
I did the same, think playing CoD made me do it, even set it to friends only on my X1 to start with, but do open it when on Destiny.
Does seem like a good crowd playing that and when looking up for players to raid with on the Bungie forums its always been a top laugh.
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Sorry for asking a "daft/newb'ish" question: How exactly do I find this setting please? for both 360 and ONE.
Thank you
If you haven't done it yet, On the X1 its in settings, privacy and online safety, then select custom. Can change voice and text to friends only there.
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A few clicks to run?
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The only times I tend to plug my mic in is if there's a bunch of kids screaming/singing/playing their Lil Wayne **** through the headset. I just leave it plugged in and on the floor so I can hear the game rather than their nonsense. Maybe I'm getting old.
That's exactly what I do, it's the quickest and easiest way to mute people.