You sir, are ignorant. Things like nudity and violence games are for learning. Don't you think they should experiment with killing hookers in Grand Theft Auto rather than do it in real life? Seriously.
isn't that part of the point? kids learn from these games, they learn that killing hookers is ok as long as you do it where no cops can see you. I mean really? isn't this the kind of thing people are worried about, its not like a kid will go out and shoot people and and kill prostitutes, except if he can get all of that out of his system in a game, because someone who feels the urge to do that is called a sociopath. no, kids see this kind of thing in video games and view it as cool, and start to believe that it is in some way acceptable or ok, and then they go through life with more violent tendencies and less respect for human life...
I think it is absurd. I am 13, and the worst I have played are teen games. My parents wouldn't even let me buy teen games until I was eleven, save for Godzilla (GOJIRA!). Some of my former friends played games like CoD and GTA in the third grade, and I haven't even played them in the eight grade!
Alright. This is an opinion from a 13 year old. I see where all of you are coming at, honestly most of them **** me off too. I typed all the time until up to my current age, I tend to talk monotone so I didn't feel people would have a problem with me. They dont, but that will I am guessing change sometime soon. Also, the first time I did use a mic all my friends (that I met online) were shocked to hear that I was so young. If kids don't use the mic until their voice changes and they are more mature and understand how to not be an asshole, the online world would be a happier place.
isn't that part of the point? kids learn from these games, they learn that killing hookers is ok as long as you do it where no cops can see you. I mean really? isn't this the kind of thing people are worried about, its not like a kid will go out and shoot people and and kill prostitutes, except if he can get all of that out of his system in a game, because someone who feels the urge to do that is called a sociopath. no, kids see this kind of thing in video games and view it as cool, and start to believe that it is in some way acceptable or ok, and then they go through life with more violent tendencies and less respect for human life...
I think of it as a venting tool. As long as we can teach kids its not reality, which any smart kid will already know to begin with, everything works out. My first M game was Halo 2, that doesn't mean I am going to go out and start fighting aliens...
Id just like to say my 9 year old brother plays games online, mainly TF2, and comes across as a lot more mature than some of the people there. Unfortunately people tend not to listen to him because being 9 means you have a high voice.
I'm calling ********. He uses the microphone? Tell him not to. It's for his own good.
I started to play my first M games at around 8-9 years old. I wanted to play multiplayer games so bad, but my mom was paranoid about internet creepers. So I waited until I was 10, and played my first online game: Delta Force 2. I didn't even know that you could talk with other people, I just knew I was killing other people that were sitting behind other computers. I knew that what I was doing was not real, I knew not to give my address out to anyone (stranger danger), and I knew that whatever happened in game was not to be replicated in real life because it would hurt, I would go to jail (bye mom and dad!), and there would be blood.
Turns out, my brother had been watching me and ran to my mom screaming that I was playing with other people. She made me write a one page essay about how poor of a decision I made. So I continued to play games, some rated T or M, but I fully knew not to do what I saw in them. When I turned 11, I was allowed to play my first online game. I chose VMK (Virtual Magic Kingdom, now shut down). I played with my friends. Through that I learned to respect people, and through making them happier, or feel happier, I could get what I wanted. Anyways, after that game shut down, I began to transition back into real games.
The first real, shocking game I played was Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. The opening scene at Pearl Harbor completely shocked me, and I turned it off because of the screaming, burning, and chaos of real war. I would later go back to it and finish it, but the first time playing it still haunts me, even if it has less of an impact now. The next multiplayer game that I got really deep into, was COD4. I learned how to talk to people (text only on PC), and found out lots of the community was terrible. I finally settled down on a few servers that I would switch between that had the maps and modes I enjoyed. I liked to talk with people, sometimes if I was mad, I would say a few angry things, which grew into worse things. I began to further expand my games library with more and more games, with both multiplayer and non-multiplayer games. At 12, I was the most immature and trash talked people all the time. Looking back, I regret it because I see how bad I was.
In 2009, I picked up MW2 along with millions of others. I was 14 at the time, and bought my first mic to talk with my friends. At that point, I realized how terrible communities could be, and why there should be an age limit on what kids can play. I don't think I should have been playing online games at 12. When you are 12 years old, you can't think straight. Dying multiple times in a row will increase your rage-o-meter. Dying enough times will push your rage-o-meter over the edge and cause you to unleash your anger in chat. Playing MW2 still did not make me mature, because every so often, I would get mad, but understand that I should try to stay calm. I constantly heard little kids that sounded like they just took of their training wheels trash talking me.
Kids who are 12 think they are mature, but your brain does not stop developing until you are around 23 years old. At 12, your pride and confidence begins to bloom, and your decision making section tends to have very little improvement from what it was a couple years ago. They think because they are about to be a teenager they know everything, people should treat them like and adult, and that they shouldn't be treated as little kids. And the latter is true. They should not be treated as little kids, but as older kids. They are not as mature as a teenager, but are still a bit more mature than a younger kid.
Parents should not let their kids play mature games until they have reached a level of understanding that the games aren't real and they should not re-enact the things they see. This comes at an early level. Parents should set an age limit for allowing their kids to play online games. This comes at a variety of ages, and parents have to understand that they should only let them when they feelknow that their kids will respect others, understand when to stay silent, and are able to accept that bad stuff happens.
I am no parent. I'm only 16. I know I am not fully mature. I know I have much to learn, much more room to mature. But I know how to respectfully talk to other people. I know when not to cross the line. I know how to treat both men and women right. I know when to shut my mouth. I know that I have flaws. I know that I know many things, but have room to improve.
I can't figure out a good way to conclude this. So, perhaps just to say that not everyone is ready for gaming. Parents should understand this and know when their kid is ready for games.
I think of it as a venting tool. As long as we can teach kids its not reality, which any smart kid will already know to begin with, everything works out. My first M game was Halo 2, that doesn't mean I am going to go out and start fighting aliens...
no one is worried about the smart kids. Normal children don't need to kill people to vent, if you do feel the urge to kill someone or hire a prostitute at age 9, then you clearly need mental help. I mean, kids do dumb things because they don'tknow any better, and they absorb things like a sponge and spew it back out. kids don't think games and movies are reality, but that doesn't stop them from reenacting star wars with plastic light sabers. the point is that violence and sex in video games imprints a permanent effect on kids minds that the things they see niko bellic do are things that will make them cool or better in some way, which makes it easier to do these things later in life.
I'm fine with kids playing games like CoD and Halo, but as long as they're mature about it and don't turn into one of those generic "XxXxl33T_pr0sk1llsXh4x0rlolxX" people and then decide to migrate into a more respectable FPS game.
I have no grudge with kids in mature fps games, so long as they are mature, and don't have a really annoying voice.
I got TF2 when I was 10, but didn't get a mic untill I was 12/13. People couldn't rage at me or anything because of the fact that I was whipping their asses at the same time.
I think of it as a venting tool. As long as we can teach kids its not reality, which any smart kid will already know to begin with, everything works out. My first M game was Halo 2, that doesn't mean I am going to go out and start fighting aliens...
That is most definetly NOT a venting tool. Plus, not many kids are smart enough to KNOW the difference there, so it's hard to make that claim.
I'm finding it harder and harder to find people my age that I can be around and they won't try to make my play games like COD or ModernWarfare or Fallout or Halo. It sickens me. Instead, I find people that play AMAZING GAMES with AMAZING MUSIC that are fun and simple to play. These games are like Kirby's Epic Yarn (Come on, it's ADORABLE!) and the 2003 Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
Those two games are amazing to play. They require a lot of patience to play, and even more to master. Games like COD and MW are just like "Alright, just go out there, kill guys, and come back"
If you think M games are for venting, I think that you need a very large dosage of Nintendo. I suggest 10000 tablespoons a day. Or a week, that's a little much.
My first video game was doom when I was 16! That was in 1993! Amazing how younger gamers have gotten. You see minecraft mainly 16-18 yr olds but when you come to the call of duty games it's 11-14.
My first video game was doom when I was 16! That was in 1993! Amazing how younger gamers have gotten. You see minecraft mainly 16-18 yr olds but when you come to the call of duty games it's 11-14.
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Well I have a ps3 and the other day while I was playing black ops on ascension there was a 6 year old kid I said how old are you he said 6. Now I could deal with it but you know he gets the best stuff and he died and started crying. Now who thinks he shouldn't be playing the game? It's fine as long as they don't have a Mic or they use voice changers
from a 15 year old: I've played Halo since 8. I've been playing fps games (combat arms, soldier front, and DF: Black hawk down) since i was 11. I've always used a mic since I was 12, and most tpeople thought I was around 15. The thing that bothers me about little kids on games is that tey think everyone's going to go out of their way to help them, and that's not really how games work. and their voices just **** me off sometimes.
Not my business nor should it be yours. It is strictly the parents responsibility to asses whether their children are ready to play what ever the **** game it may be. As far as online I mute and ignore just about everything and I think a lot of people would be better off doing the same thing.
isn't that part of the point? kids learn from these games, they learn that killing hookers is ok as long as you do it where no cops can see you. I mean really? isn't this the kind of thing people are worried about, its not like a kid will go out and shoot people and and kill prostitutes, except if he can get all of that out of his system in a game, because someone who feels the urge to do that is called a sociopath. no, kids see this kind of thing in video games and view it as cool, and start to believe that it is in some way acceptable or ok, and then they go through life with more violent tendencies and less respect for human life...
I think of it as a venting tool. As long as we can teach kids its not reality, which any smart kid will already know to begin with, everything works out. My first M game was Halo 2, that doesn't mean I am going to go out and start fighting aliens...
I'm calling ********. He uses the microphone? Tell him not to. It's for his own good.
Turns out, my brother had been watching me and ran to my mom screaming that I was playing with other people. She made me write a one page essay about how poor of a decision I made. So I continued to play games, some rated T or M, but I fully knew not to do what I saw in them. When I turned 11, I was allowed to play my first online game. I chose VMK (Virtual Magic Kingdom, now shut down). I played with my friends. Through that I learned to respect people, and through making them happier, or feel happier, I could get what I wanted. Anyways, after that game shut down, I began to transition back into real games.
The first real, shocking game I played was Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. The opening scene at Pearl Harbor completely shocked me, and I turned it off because of the screaming, burning, and chaos of real war. I would later go back to it and finish it, but the first time playing it still haunts me, even if it has less of an impact now. The next multiplayer game that I got really deep into, was COD4. I learned how to talk to people (text only on PC), and found out lots of the community was terrible. I finally settled down on a few servers that I would switch between that had the maps and modes I enjoyed. I liked to talk with people, sometimes if I was mad, I would say a few angry things, which grew into worse things. I began to further expand my games library with more and more games, with both multiplayer and non-multiplayer games. At 12, I was the most immature and trash talked people all the time. Looking back, I regret it because I see how bad I was.
In 2009, I picked up MW2 along with millions of others. I was 14 at the time, and bought my first mic to talk with my friends. At that point, I realized how terrible communities could be, and why there should be an age limit on what kids can play. I don't think I should have been playing online games at 12. When you are 12 years old, you can't think straight. Dying multiple times in a row will increase your rage-o-meter. Dying enough times will push your rage-o-meter over the edge and cause you to unleash your anger in chat. Playing MW2 still did not make me mature, because every so often, I would get mad, but understand that I should try to stay calm. I constantly heard little kids that sounded like they just took of their training wheels trash talking me.
Kids who are 12 think they are mature, but your brain does not stop developing until you are around 23 years old. At 12, your pride and confidence begins to bloom, and your decision making section tends to have very little improvement from what it was a couple years ago. They think because they are about to be a teenager they know everything, people should treat them like and adult, and that they shouldn't be treated as little kids. And the latter is true. They should not be treated as little kids, but as older kids. They are not as mature as a teenager, but are still a bit more mature than a younger kid.
Parents should not let their kids play mature games until they have reached a level of understanding that the games aren't real and they should not re-enact the things they see. This comes at an early level. Parents should set an age limit for allowing their kids to play online games. This comes at a variety of ages, and parents have to understand that they should only let them when they
feelknow that their kids will respect others, understand when to stay silent, and are able to accept that bad stuff happens.I am no parent. I'm only 16. I know I am not fully mature. I know I have much to learn, much more room to mature. But I know how to respectfully talk to other people. I know when not to cross the line. I know how to treat both men and women right. I know when to shut my mouth. I know that I have flaws. I know that I know many things, but have room to improve.
I can't figure out a good way to conclude this. So, perhaps just to say that not everyone is ready for gaming. Parents should understand this and know when their kid is ready for games.
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no one is worried about the smart kids. Normal children don't need to kill people to vent, if you do feel the urge to kill someone or hire a prostitute at age 9, then you clearly need mental help. I mean, kids do dumb things because they don'tknow any better, and they absorb things like a sponge and spew it back out. kids don't think games and movies are reality, but that doesn't stop them from reenacting star wars with plastic light sabers. the point is that violence and sex in video games imprints a permanent effect on kids minds that the things they see niko bellic do are things that will make them cool or better in some way, which makes it easier to do these things later in life.
I got TF2 when I was 10, but didn't get a mic untill I was 12/13. People couldn't rage at me or anything because of the fact that I was whipping their asses at the same time.
That is most definetly NOT a venting tool. Plus, not many kids are smart enough to KNOW the difference there, so it's hard to make that claim.
I'm finding it harder and harder to find people my age that I can be around and they won't try to make my play games like COD or ModernWarfare or Fallout or Halo. It sickens me. Instead, I find people that play AMAZING GAMES with AMAZING MUSIC that are fun and simple to play. These games are like Kirby's Epic Yarn (Come on, it's ADORABLE!) and the 2003 Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
Those two games are amazing to play. They require a lot of patience to play, and even more to master. Games like COD and MW are just like "Alright, just go out there, kill guys, and come back"
If you think M games are for venting, I think that you need a very large dosage of Nintendo. I suggest 10000 tablespoons a day. Or a week, that's a little much.
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on topic if they're mature and don't whine like a 4 year old when they get destroyed, fine by me
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