That's why I refuse to play online. Too many assholes in the world.
I can't blame you...
I was really hesitant to get Xbox Live until I saw how easy it was to play with your friends--and after enough people persuaded me, I caved. While I have made some friends through the service, 90% of the people are dicks.
Nintendo's Online system is really flawed in that they make it too hard to play with your friends. It's too hard to connect to specific people and knowing them, that's going to carry through to the "Revolution"...then they'll probably blame Sony or Microsoft for "drawing attention away from their service" or "stealing their ideas, causing them to go back to the drawing board..." indirectly through Reggie...
I really hate to hate them these days, but doesn't hasn't anyone grown less than optimistic about their intentions? They made all these promises at the end of the N64's life-cycle, promising all these things about the Gamecube, including online play--then having Itwata dismiss it... They made all these claims, failed to deliver what people wanted, then stated making claims about how great their next project was going to be...
Sorry I went on a rant, I just can't vent anywhere else without that bitch "TV Pro" pouring sand out of his cunt all over my complaints.