Xbox mic and online gaming

[dfuze]

I'm still somewhat new to using my xbox even though I've had it for a year :whiste:

I've finally found a couple of coworkers who also have a 360 and we are looking to playing some games online. I know when you first sign onto the Xbox I can set up a party and invite them in so we can chat with mics.

My question now has to do with the actual games, such as Black Ops. When playing Black Ops I can hear the 12 year olds on open mics. If my friends and I all play the same game and we chat, will the people in the games hear us too, or is our chat only amongst ourselves?

 

[AstroManLuca]

I haven't played on Xbox Live in a while but I believe you can choose between party chat and game chat. That might be restricted in the COD games though - I seem to remember something about not letting parties use party chat to avoid situations where the party gets split across teams and still communicates with each other (maybe to prevent griefing or something).

Another option is you can go into your Xbox Live profile on xbox.com and set it to automatically mute everyone who isn't on your friends list. That way, even if you are using game chat, you won't be able to hear anyone (other than your friends) and they won't be able to hear you.

 

[ciproxr]

you can be in a party and play black ops and mw3, or you can use game chat. if you use game chat you can just mute whoever you want and you wont hear them and they wont hear you

 

[purbeast0]

there is also a setting you can put on your account where you will only hear friends, regardless of being in game or party chat. but the other people can still hear you.

 

[ScottAD]

If you are in party chat they cannot hear you. If you mute others they cannot hear you.

I prefer party chat IMHO unless I jump in to game chat and troll some epicly horrible arrogant player. Like a Quickscoper who goes 23-23.