I've read countless stories about people being annoying on Xbox Live.

Over the last few weeks I've been playing WAY too much Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

There's something I've noticed that's began to irk me.

The people blasting music, yelling, blowing static into the microphone, or just being rude are doing it to their own team.

I understand smack talking the other team but what's the point of being that way to your own team?

A few things I've heard over just the last few matches I've played online:

Me: Hey (gamertag censored) you're mic is giving off a lot of static.
(A few minutes of static go by then static abruptly ends)
Gamertag Man: Hey, my mic working now, you whiny bi-----? This better for you, you motherf-----s?

Me: (Gamertag) can you please stop yelling?
Gamertag Man #2: Hey. Why don't you shut the f--- up? Shut up! I'm going to come over to your house and kill you, motherf-----!

What are the points of these exchanges?

I calmly told this player his mic was giving off annoying static, he fixes it, then proceeds to go off on me and other players.

The other person was yelling frequent obscenities and I calmly told him to quiet down.

The keyword in Team Deathmatch is TEAM. You're supposed to work together not bring each other down.

Only a handful of times have I heard an encouraging word from an anonymous teammate and it makes it all the more warming.

The few times I've heard things like "Come on team, we can do this" or "Keep it up (gamertag). We can win this" mean a lot to me when I'm playing and it actually encourages me to try harder and play better.

Only a handful of times can I have a decent conversation. Sometimes I can get off small talk about the javelin glitch patch or getting prestige but most of the time this is not the case.

Frankly, my fellow Bitmobbers, I'm sick and tired of muting people, giving bad feedback, and occasionally filing complaints against people.

I've tried figuring out why people do this.

Are they being annoying or rude to get attention?

That usually is the case. But I'm normally quiet on the mic and I typically only tell them to be quiet. When they go off on me I then quiet up again and just go on to mute them, give them the feedback, or file the complaint.

Normally no one else on the team is going off on them either.

Because of a level of anonymity are they playing the role of the internet tough guy?

I honestly can't figure out why people are doing this to their own team.

Do basketball players get on the court and start yelling and cussing their team out? Do they give out death threats? No. They work together. As a TEAM (not talking about the NBA here).

So my fellow Bitmobbers, any solutions, any stories you want to share?