The three places where you can make contact on Xbox Live are in party chats, via text messages and of course within the games themselves.
You can deal with a problem person on xbox live in a number of ways.
If someone is throwing abuse over the microphone (either in party chats or in-game) then you can easily mute them as follows:
They will have no idea you have muted them, and your ears will get a rest.
You can give a problem person bad rep (and therefore reduce your chances of running into them ever again) by doing the following:
And finally you can lodge an official complaint to xbox live by doing the following:
You can also block all communications with someone, including text messages and all voice comms and of course if that person is on your friends list then you should probably think about removing them from it right away.
Of course one way to avoid running into idiots on Xbox Live is to only play with people who you know.
You could consider joining a friendly clan or community, one which screens its members and provides a safer, more relaxed environment.
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