Annoyed by running into Nazis into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I love MK8D so much and I had a ton of fun playing it this weekend with the exception of two things.

Once, when I got into the lobby with user "Gas 'Em All" and another time when I got into a lobby with "The N Word" a user with a Hitler avatar.

Can Nintendo like ban these people? Nazis are bad and should be banned. I enjoy Nintendo's online so much more than other games because the games force players to be friendly and don't need that much coordination (unlike in say, Battlefield 1 where I would feel bad for closing chat and being unable to coordinate but didn't want to keep chat open because of all the slurs). However, Nazis can still express their Nazism in usernames and it would be nice if Nintendo banned them. I didn't even see a report option in MK8D but that may be me not looking hard enough.

 

[Deleted member 7753]

In every CoD game as well.

 

[Deleted member 4359]

In every CoD game as well.

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Not much now, the racist stuff has gone down substantially once all the COD kids left for GTA, Rainbow Six, PUBG etc.

 

[Budi]

Odd if there's no report function. Latest game where I had to constantly report people was For Honor. You can design your own insignia, swastikas were quite popular when I played. And I mean swastikas associated with Nazi's ofcourse.

 

[Nameless Hero]

unlike in say, Battlefield 1 where I would feel bad for closing chat and being unable to coordinate

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I probably haven't played enough BF1 but I don't think I'ver seen anybody coordinate in the chat. All I see is
A) complaints about the game
B) racial slurs
C) bragging about how well they are doing

 

[SomeoneSomewhere]

*Edgy teens.

 

[MrNewVegas]

I remember back 10 years ago all the young 12-15yo CoD kids using racist terms and just being hateful were everywhere.

I always wonder what has become of the world full of young trolls with no consequence.

My assumption is they became alt-righters.

 

[Chacranajxy]

Just imagined Mario cruising around with a Hitler moustache. That would've been interesting.

 

[Liquid Snake]

There's got to be a report option somewhere.

As much as I think these big companies try to weed out bigotry, people will find a way to surpass this and will go unchecked unless someone brings it up.

I remember this was occasionally a problem with MiiVerse, someone would draw something offensive or say something horrible but draw the words out so they'd surpass censors. Which is really bad because I feel there's a larger percentage of kids who play Nintendo games.

 

[.exe]

I could swear there's a report feature you can access from somewhere in the friends list, recent people you played with... Hmm. Maybe I'm thinking of Splatoon 2.

 

[Nome]

Not much now, the racist stuff has gone down substantially once all the COD kids left for GTA, Rainbow Six, PUBG etc.

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Gonna have to disagree. Try using a black avatar in COD WW2.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

One would think these people wouldn't play Nintendo games.

 

[Madao]

There's got to be a report option somewhere.

As much as I think these big companies try to weed out bigotry, people will find a way to surpass this and will go unchecked unless someone brings it up.

I remember this was occasionally a problem with MiiVerse, someone would draw something offensive or say something horrible but draw the words out so they'd surpass censors. Which is really bad because I feel there's a larger percentage of kids who play Nintendo games.

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most ownership reports show that more adults own Switches than kids.

i haven't seen stats witht he latest units sold factored in but all stats so far show that more adults play on Switch overall.

 

[Deleted member 6436]

IIRC you can report them by going into your friends list under the "recent players" tab.

 

[moogan]

One would think these people wouldn't play Nintendo games.

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plenty of scum on /v/ prefer and enjoy nintendo products

 

[Charizard]

IIRC you can report them by going into your friends list under the "recent players" tab.

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Just checked. Nah, you can only block them sadly.

 

[regenhuber]

Not much now, the racist stuff has gone down substantially once all the COD kids left for GTA, Rainbow Six, PUBG etc.

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People use Swastikas via the "Custom Emblem" feature in CoD WW2.
I see them all the time on PSN.

 

[Robin]

This stinks, OP. I remember it really took me out of the good vibes I was feeling when Trump memes overtook Splatoon 2 for a short period.

 

[Jay_AD]

*Edgy teens.

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that are also nazis

 

[m_dorian]

I do not trust anyone with a name that contains the number 88. I do not want to socializef with a person using such avatar in any activity.
Sadly i am seeing enough ,probably disgusting, people using it.

 

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[ClickyCal']

This is why miis were a mistake. Okay not really, but this is a downside to them.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Until MK8DX gets added to the online app (late this year?) there's no way of reporting like there is for Splatoon 2

 

[Guaraná]

Funny thing: alt-righters, in Brazil, say that nazis and communists are partners. :P

 

[Frankie_baby]

I do not trust anyone with a name that contains the number 88. I do not want to socializef with a person using such avatar in any activity.
Sadly i am seeing enough ,probably disgusting, people using it.

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What if it just some nice 29/30 year old person

 

[shan780]

do you really think they are actual hardcore nazis attempting to express their beliefs via mario kart and not just edgy kids that find this stuff funny? when i was younger (i'm 17, so i'm talking about 2008-2012 mostly), people at school used to find hitler, swastikas etc. hilarious. they are not racists and probably cringe a bit looking back on it.

 

[Godzilla's Left Toe]

I remember in August playing Splatoon 2 seeing somebody going with the screen name kek

 

[Springy]

*Edgy teens.

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idk, I used to think this when I ran into them fifteen years ago

those people grow up and continue to hold those views

 

[Deleted member 9145]

Shout outs to the butt face Miis tho

but yeah OP i agree with you, been a problem since the Wii days

 

[Hopping_Mad]

Funny thing: alt-righters, in Brazil, say that nazis and communists are partners. :P

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Well they both believe in a dictatorship that should squash all dissent.

 

[shoemasta]

that are also nazis

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Eh. I wouldn't call suburban teenagers who play Nintendo games in their parent's basement Nazis. Kinda takes away the edge of real Nazis out there.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Odd if there's no report function. Latest game where I had to constantly report people was For Honor. You can design your own insignia, swastikas were quite popular when I played. And I mean swastikas associated with Nazi's ofcourse.

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Came across someone like this as well. In fact, I got a screenshot of it. Even had a gamer tag and a gamer pic of the same nature. Kicked his ass real good and reported him in-game and over XBL. His account had very little history, so I suspect he had been banned before for reasons that probably wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Fularu]

I remember in August playing Splatoon 2 seeing somebody going with the screen name kek

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Kek means "lol" in WoW and it's been that way for 13 years now

 

[SomeoneSomewhere]

that are also nazis

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I don't think you know what a nazi is.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

Once, when I got into the lobby with user "Gas 'Em All" and another time when I got into a lobby with "The N Word" a user with a Hitler avatar.

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It's kind of nice that this is (presumably) the worst they could do.

I don't want to imply that this behavior is acceptable in any form—but still.

 

[XDevil666]

Gonna have to disagree. Try using a black avatar in COD WW2.

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I use a black avatar and constantly hit the top
Of the board of matches, haven't received one hate mail in all the time since launch

I've even double checked my message settings to see if I can receive from anyone lol

 

[Godzilla's Left Toe]

Kek means "lol" in WoW and it's been that way for 13 years now

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And the shit has taken over by the alt right don't act like you don't know that.

 

[Nome]

I use a black avatar and constantly hit the top
Of the board of matches, haven't received one hate mail in all the time since launch

I've even double checked my message settings to see if I can receive from anyone lol

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Try using a black avatar AND use Duelist.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

It's kind of nice that this is (presumably) the worst they could do.

I don't want to imply that this behavior is acceptable in any form—but still.

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I mean, it's definitely better than games with full voice or text chat that is on by default, but it's still not good at all and annoying.

 

[Deleted member 4359]

Gonna have to disagree. Try using a black avatar in COD WW2.

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I've only played BO3 regularly for the past few months so I guess it's only then newest COD that has this crap then.

 

[stinkyguy666]

Well...

we are talking about a game that lets you play as a klan member after all

 

[SieteBlanco]

LoL has an option that let's you report players for inappropriate usernames; they act pretty quickly on those.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

And the shit has taken over by the alt right don't act like you don't know that.

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Anecdotally, I've known people who used the term but were very much not alt-right members. One literally volunteered for Hillary Clinton.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Hmm, it seems like one of these guys has already been banned and one of the other users has almost no recently played history so he may have gotten banned recently as well.

Thank you to Nintendo if so.

But plz add a report function, it's very annoying to not have a report function.

 

[Deleted member 21094]

do you really think they are actual hardcore nazis attempting to express their beliefs via mario kart and not just edgy kids that find this stuff funny? when i was younger (i'm 17, so i'm talking about 2008-2012 mostly), people at school used to find hitler, swastikas etc. hilarious. they are not racists and probably cringe a bit looking back on it.

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I had this phase too when I was younger, I grew out of it, but I can totally get where the humour is since I just recently grew out of it myself. I mean sometimes with my friends we would have conversations like "remember when we did *insert dumb things*, god we were so stupid"

 

[zombieshavebrains]

Kek means "lol" in WoW and it's been that way for 13 years now

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That's how the koreans "lol" or "haha" going all the way back to starcraft 1 bro.

 

[thediamondage]

Gonna have to disagree. Try using a black avatar in COD WW2.

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I use the middle eastern avatar guy and no issues ever and I play 2-3 games of WW2 every day on PS4 since launch. I do have to sometimes mute all in HQ and games, not for racism or whatever reasons but frequently there are two guys who decide they need to share their convos about weed, girlfriends, or some person at work with the rest of the lobby or some dude is blasting his music all the time. The times when you hear a kid yell at his mom how he will take the trash out in just 5 mins, he is almost close to a score streak or whatever is pretty funny though.

The game I enjoy the most is hardcore team deathmatch though so coordination isn't really that important, no objectives or anything just kill the enemy. I like hardcore because 1 bullet is enough to get a kill and friendly fire is on, don't notice really any skill difference between normal/hardcore

 

[Nome]

LoL has an option that lets you report players for inappropriate usernames; they act pretty quickly on those.

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Hate to be a "shill", but I used to work at Riot and they take harassment, racism, sexism, and the such seriously. They probably have the largest, most dedicated, and more decorated group of developers working solely on improving player behavior in the industry.

 

[Vivi]

This has been a thing since like Mart Wii which got even more popular on 3DS and Wii U versions. Dunno about you guys but red shelling someone online with a Hitler mii and making sure they always lose is alot of fun lol. I main Daisy.

 

[SieteBlanco]

Hate to be a "shill", but I used to work at Riot and they take harassment, racism, sexism, and the such seriously. They probably have the largest, most dedicated, and more decorated group of developers working solely on improving player behavior in the industry.

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LoL's image regarding toxicity was pretty damn bad just like 2 years ago, wasn't it? They've certainly made great improvements.