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Just asking for your opinions. My Xbox gamertag is IX Chow Mein XI. Because of this, i suffer racism from other xbox live users. Was wondering, do you think i could claim a free name change on the grounds that i'm suffering from racism that i can't do anything about, and am not responsible for. Just for the record, i'm not of eastern origin.

Just asking for your opinions. My Xbox gamertag is IX Chow Mein XI. Because of this, i suffer racism from other xbox live users. Was wondering, do you think i could claim a free name change on the grounds that i'm suffering from racism that i can't do anything about, and am not responsible for. Just for the record, i'm not of eastern origin.

Yes but it will cost you 800 points, all you have to do is:

Sign in to Xbox LIVE with the profile whose Gamertag you want to change.
Go to My Xbox and open your profile.
Select Edit Profile, Gamertag.
Read the scrolling information about changing your Gamertag. When you're done, select Continue.
Enter a new Gamertag and select Done.
If the Gamertag you want is already in use, you'll be offered several others to choose from. Press Back (B) to try another Gamertag; repeat as needed until your chosen Gamertag clears the availability check.

From the Edit Gamertag screen, review your Microsoft Points balance and choose from these options:
Select Confirm to complete your Gamertag change and deduct 800 Microsoft Points from your balance.
Select Redeem Prepaid Card to add Points to your membership using a prepaid card.
Select Cancel to change the new Gamertag you're requesting or press Back (B) to return to the dashboard.

You could try contacting Microsoft I suppose Chris,its got to be worth an email ?.There are a few games I stopped playing on Xbox live simply due to the morons that always seem to be on them.For those who don't know what Chris is on about have a search for 'Halo3 homophobia evolved' clip on You Tube.Failing that I think its about 800 M$ points to change your gamertag.Good luck getting it sorted mate.

Erm, thanks for the very lengthy post on how to change your name. I already knew about that ;)

I may well be forced to pay for a name change, as you do get morons on xbox live anyway, but when they target you for a simple thing as your name, online becomes even more unbearable. I don't believe in MS Points, as they're just a little scam by microsoft to make you fork out more money for extra content which is a 'must have' and 'adds amazing elements to the game'. I hate 'extras' that you can get, they're just annoying and soooo commercial. I'm barely on live anyway. Nope, i refuse to pay for a name change. I'm just going to keep pestering microsoft until they do it for free as i think my reasons are pretty fair, and if anybody's responsible for the racism (apart from the racist) it's microsoft.

Just an extra note, when i first contacted them, they expected me to block anyone who was racist to me! So i replied saying that i did not fork out a ridiculous £40 to be called names and spend my time blocking people! The PS3 is looking better by the minute (considering it's FREE!)

I'm sorry but that is really funny.

You're right, racism is hilarious. We should shackle the chinese up and stop them from playing xbox at all. It's really not that funny to be honest, it's disgusting.

I didn't realise you were Chinese!

I'm not chinese. But i don't have to be chinese to be offended by racism.

What did you expect? Halo's a unintelligent game aimed at rowdy 12 year olds.

I don't play Halo. But they should have something set online where you can only play games that you're old enough to play (i know you can set this in parental controls, but it's just rubbish). You get bloody 11 years olds on CoD giving you abuse, when they shouldn't even be on the game in the first place. I pointed this out to one of them, and they seemed to shut up.