XBLA "gamer zones"

[prog]

Are XBox Live's "gamer zones" actually used when matching up players for games? I just witnessed a Carcassonne match between a local-to-me player in the "Recreation" (happy fun whee) zone versus one in the "Underground" (lol fag pwned) one. I found it surprising, and deeply unpleasant. ("Surprising" in the principle-of-least sense.)

When I was presented with the list of zones while setting up my account, I thought: that's a rather nice idea. I'd be quite disappointed if the XBL world pays it no mind, though.

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[lediva.livejournal.com]

I think the zones may be a guideline for matchmaking, but not the be-all, end-all if there's nobody else available.

Oh, and I did get your message the other night. I happened to be in the middle of the Halo 3 campaign with another friend... but next time, Carc or Catan will be had.

[(Anonymous)]

I saw that you were! So I didn't mind. It was fun seeing the use of the stalkeriffic features of XBL, too.

[lediva.livejournal.com]

Stalkeriffic, what? :)