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Don't miss these. See more Games News. When Josh Moore, the owner of the account,called Xbox customer service and tried to explain, no one believed that the city's name was real, and he was refused help. Here are a few more US cities you may want to recognize the existence of:.

Microsoft (MSFT) is kicking people off again from its popular XBox Live service for inappropriate sexual expression, going against its own revised code of conduct. Doyourresearch, Microsoft. Battlefield 6 review: "More refined than innovative, this FPS is on target with multiplayer even if its campaign is just a big shrug".

And look, this very story is already reported! This isn't Microsoft's only misguided attempt to keep the masses from being offended - the company used to ban any name that included the word 'gay,' 'lesbian,' 'bi,' 'transgender,' or 'straight. Above: It took about 10 seconds to see that Fort Gay is indeed a city.

It was only after being contacted by media outlets and the mayor of Fort Gay himself that Microsoft finally admitted, "In this very, very specific case, a mistake was made. But apparently living in a city named "gay" is a no-no.

Unless maybeyour number includes " UK Edition. Microsoft suspends an Xbox Live gamer after a misunderstanding of the use of the word gay.

With a new season on the way, is Blood Bowl's second edition still worth a look? The hivemind is fast. Microsoft is in damage control mode after it suspended a year-old gamer's Xbox Live account because he used an "offensive" name for his home town.

Meanwhile, it doesn't seem that Sony hasdealt with any of these"very, very specific" cases, and your identity on the Wii is something like "," so no chance of anything "offensive" there. The gamers. Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers.

It actually sounds like a plausible name. That offensive namewas "Fort Gay. We're all for combating homophobia on Xbox Live, but a little fact checking might help with the efforts. In fact, we'll do it for you. The other problem?

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Little Nightmares 3 review: "An overly safe, uneven, and half-baked follow-up where co-op is a hindrance instead of the evolution it should've been". It is located within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, and adjoins Louisa, Kentucky.

Ifyou happen to live in one of the above cities and your name is something like, say, Richard Gaywoodyou're really gonna have a tough time keeping your Xbox Live account. Moore said he was even told that if he put "Fort Gay" back into his profile, they'd completely ban his account and keep all of his prepaid Xbox Live Gold membership money.