My offensive gamertag

Discus and support My offensive gamertag in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hi, I was speaking to a member of staff on the Xbox.com live help chat and told him that one of my friend's changed my gamertag to and I was... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Crusty Widgey, Oct 26, 2014.

  1. My offensive gamertag


    Hi,

    I was speaking to a member of staff on the Xbox.com live help chat and told him that one of my friend's changed my gamertag to and I was wondering if a Moderator could please allow me a free name change because I'm likely to get into trouble
    by having this immature name.

    He said back to me

    'Please ask them if they can change the gamer tag for you since someone might find it offensive and you just wanted to prevent your account from certain sanctions.'

    He told me to post in the General Discussion forum, please could one of the moderators understand my problem and give me a break, it would be highly appreciated.

    Thank you,

    Ben

    :)
     
    Crusty Widgey, Oct 26, 2014
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  2. My offensive gamertag!

    good morning all

    I have been through your support line and told to post here.

    I setup the gamertag "" many years ago and appreciate its pretty gruesome. I have recently purchased an xbox one and every time im online the gamertag just breeds abuse. Its clearly very offensive for people and was wondering if xbox can do
    anything to assist with changing. I cant really afford the change right now as used the free one 10 years ago but had enough of the abuse it creates!

    Any assistance would be much appreciated

    Chris
     
    PuppyKiller82, Oct 26, 2014
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  3. Gamertag offensive?

    Hi

    6 hours ago enforcement change my gamertag for because they said that my old gamertag was offensive. My old gamertag was kiiike but this is my real name in spain, that is not offensive. Looking at web i found that is really offensive in english
    but not in spanish,i didnt know nothing about that.

    I will pleasure that my gamertag was change for free for quiiique because is not my fault that my real name is offensive in other lenguage.

    Sorry for my english

    Thanks
     
    FancyPup5367748, Oct 26, 2014
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  4. My offensive gamertag

    Support staff haven`t got the slightest clue how these forums work.

    No moderator, or anyone here can give you a free name change.

    I would make your friends pay for a new tag.
     
    THEOWENKILLER, Oct 26, 2014
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  5. Don't any moderators at all view the threads on these forums though?
     
    Crusty Widgey, Oct 26, 2014
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  6. Yes they do, but there isn`t a single one of them that can do anything for you, they are just regular users like you.

    Phone support are the only ones that could help you, instead they choose to send you to a discussion forum???
     
    THEOWENKILLER, Oct 26, 2014
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  7. I know just passing me around to be honest, be annoying if I get a sanction aswell
     
    Crusty Widgey, Oct 26, 2014
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  8. My offensive gamertag

    Which is why you should get your friends to pay up.
     
    THEOWENKILLER, Oct 26, 2014
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  9. Thy gamertag doesnt look like it would cause you to get any actions from Xbox staff etc not counting other players
     
    Zo-D36CFE7E-B018-429C-97C2-6F37D077DD60, Oct 26, 2014
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  10. Yeah, I don't find your current tag offensive, but if someone changed it on you, I'd be chasing them for reimbursement. like Owen has said, you definitely won't get a free one.
     
    DigitalAssassin, Oct 26, 2014
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  11. Perhaps the issue at hand here is why did your friend have access to your profile in order to change the gamertag in the first place? It is against the Code of Conduct to share your profile / account or your account information with anybody.
     
    HyruleBalverine, Oct 27, 2014
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  12. Have not the slightest clue as to why an Xbox Representative would send you the the community forums. Either you misunderstood where he/she instructed you to go or they obviously are not doing their job.

    I'm not sure if you can personally change your gamertag without charge. Highly unlikely. Despite the fact your friend changed it, it was your account and they had the access to change it to something offensive. Regardless if you know your friend was going
    to do it, you should have known the risk. You should never allow ANYONE to gain access to your account if they can access the ability to purchase content and change your personal info.

    Your tag will be changed, but it won't be what you want. It will be some random choice of the available name list. I have not had issues with offensive names or having crude info in my personal info, so I can't say if you'll get a temporary ban and then
    an automatic name change. Whatever the case, good luck, and take great care in your account's security.
     
    BornToLose129, Oct 27, 2014
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    It was your fault for allowing your friend to make changes to your account, and all you can do is ask your friend to pay you $10 to change your name back. Support will not change your name if you call either, all you can do is get your friend to pay you
    or pay for the change yourself.
     
    Dr Black Bones, Oct 27, 2014
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  14. I concur.

    Phone support should not have told you this, your gamertag/account is your sole responsibility OP.

    You would need to pay the usual fee to change it to something else. As others have said tell your friend he/she needs to pay it. Perhaps change it yourself then request they give you the money it cost you.

    I would recommend you don't let them or anyone else have access to your account in any way in the future, this is what can happen. But it is an expensive lesson My offensive gamertag :(.
     
    GreyPilgrim-CE541714-D291-410C-84D6-81A93517B4BD, Oct 31, 2018
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  15. Ooh im good Win User

    Is my gamertag offensive?

    [quote user="sparklefingers"]

    i could see someone who is disabled getting upset by it.

    i am a carer and deal with things like that i find that my charges do get offended by things like that, now thats normally down to the kind of person they are. like if they're confident they don't give a shish but if not then they get upset, or if its a
    new change then they tend to get upset by it.

    but hay ho, like others have said the worse that can happen is you're asked to change it so keep it.

    [/quote]

    As a carer you should know the term "disabled" is considered to be very offensive and degrading. Paraplegic is fine as a gamertag in my opinion.
  16. sparklefingers Win User

    Is my gamertag offensive?

    i could see someone who is disabled getting upset by it.

    i am a carer and deal with things like that i find that my charges do get offended by things like that, now thats normally down to the kind of person they are. like if they're confident they don't give a shish but if not then they get upset, or if its a
    new change then they tend to get upset by it.

    but hay ho, like others have said the worse that can happen is you're asked to change it so keep it.
  17. Malesoun Win User

    Is my gamertag offensive?

    [quote user="zfair899"]

    Only way I can see someone being offended is if they're actively looking for things to be offended by. Which happens a lot, sadly

    [/quote]

    Quoted for truth.
  18. Paraplegic-AAA4933E- Win User

    Is my gamertag offensive?

    I don't think it's offensive. I'm worried some people might, even though I'm a paraplegic myself. That's why I came here first to see if anyone did. You did without giving a reason, can you tell my why this term is offensive to you?
  19. THEOWENKILLER Win User

    Is my gamertag offensive?

    distasteful i would say.

    if xblpet agree they will force you to change it.
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