Online tough guys

So most of the time when I play a video game online I am usually running with my clan mates. Since were a coordinated team we tend to not lose very often in open public rooms. This however, leads to some interesting smack talk over the headsets.

How original does a person have to be to spout off with "You live in your moms basement"? or have the idiotic nerve to call me a "No life" when they are on the same game at the same time?

I've had people threaten me, so I send them my name and address, I mean seriously, nobody is going to come to my house and try to start something because I killed them on a video game.

Are they going to send me an E-punch? Or an E-Kick? Of course not. Now I get competition and a little smack talking, but when people start talking about killing someone over a game, I have to take a step back. Lighten up people.

The other thing I hate is how British people tell any and all Americans to "Go eat another Hamburger" or Go "eat at McDonald's" What British people don't have McDonald's? they don't eat Hamburgers? Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike British people, The Beatles are my favorite band of all time. I just hate how stereo types are played out over online games.

Also the thing's people say can sometimes blow my mind, like when people say "9-11 was funny" or that "They were glad America got terrorized" I mean really? Now I know America isn't the most popular country, mostly because we are forced to clean up everybody else' mess, more often then not and it has been like that for a long, long time.

So I'll get this out of the open, I don't live in my mom's basement, I in fact live in Florida, no basements here. I am in my 20's but I am not a no life. I have a family, own my own business and house. Own classic cars and play in a rock and roll band in my down time.

I am however "Fat" I used to play High School and College football and was pretty good at it. I am 6'5" 315 pounds, so the threat of someone "Beating me up" doesn't exactly scare me"

Also the times when people find out that I'm in my 20's and bash me for playing video games is a little perplexing as well. I mean, should I have stopped gaming when I turned 18? I mean I grew up with games, should I have stopped? of course not and, in fact the average online gamers age is 35. So I have a way's to go before I reach the average age.

Now mostly this rant is for XBL people, as PSN folk don't usually even have headsets and the ones that do, you cant understand what they are trying to say, aside from the "Your mom" jokes, that are a staple on PS3.

So I will close by saying, Lighten up people. It's just a game. No need to pop a blood vessel or get your blood pressure up over someone killing you in a VIDEO GAME. They are for fun, and the time you stop having fun with video games is probably the time you should give up video games.