10-15 year old kids/gamers

[Saelune]

A jerk is a jerk. I hate kid voices though, but I will hold my tounge when the kid is respetcable, and not completly stupid. I have no issues with kid gamers though, since Ive been gaming since I was in daipers, even playing Duke Nukem (!!!) before I was even 10.

Kids should realize they are kids though. Something most do not.

 

[infohippie]

Most of them appear to be tards, with a few who are actual real human beings. And NONE of them should be playing COD anyway, since that whole series is rated above what this age group is supposed to be playing.

 

[Canid117]

I tend to try and avoid anyone under the age of 15 when playing online games.

 

[Saulkar]

So escapists what is your opinion about us. I say "us" because I am in that age group.

We've all played COD before, haven't we? Well remember those kids on the mic who started saying stuff like
the "N-word" trying to act all tough and that.

Escapists, what is your opinion about this age group?

(This is my first thread forgive me for anything i did wrong)

I do not have a problem as long as you respect the mike.

P.S. Never say forgive me for something like this. It is your right to make a mistake and learn from it so long as your were honest and polite in intent, and for others to be cool about it. Encase you were wondering, you did not make any mistakes.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

It really saddens me that the gamers of my generation have such a problem with the gamers who are five or more years younger than us. We were all kids at some point, and many of us were gaming online even then -- I know I was. I started gaming online all the way back in 2002, when I was only 12 years old. And you know what? I never encountered any hostility. Dedicated servers back then had a similar atmosphere to the neighborhood game shop -- you know, that place that people go to play tabletop games like D&D and Warhammer. It was a friendly place filled with like minded people of all ages. Why in the heck did that die with the advent of microphones?

For my part, I have absolutely no problem with kids playing online, as long as their parents are supervising them, or at least know what the kids will be getting into. I don't even have a problem with kids talking on a mic -- sure, some of them scream obscenities into the mics, but it's not like there aren't adults who do it too. Heck, it's worse when an adult does it; a screaming little kid is a spoiled brat who needs to learn some manners. A screaming grown man is a dangerous animal, trying to assert his dominance. Which of these would you rather deal with?

Of course, I'm in the minority on this site who not only don't hate kids, but actually like them. I'm about 3/4ths of the way through an education degree, and I would like to eventually have kids of my own. How many escapists can honestly make either one of those statements?

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Well alot of the people I've played with on WOW (always rogues and druids for some reason) have been 15 or so. Besides from thier cute squeaky little voices on vent (lol) They always seemed to be good players in the guilds I was in. Polite too.

I'm a woman though so I probably have broody issues.

 

[Veldel]

Older people can be arseholes too just as much as kids can.

Some kids can actually be quite smart as well, i once played with this 12 year old on borderlands, and normally i would be like "GTFO you stupid kid", but he was quite clever for his age, we even have a talk about people becoming too obsessive with videogames they end up losing their families, or spouses.

Pretty enlightening stuff actually.

Iv got a 13 year old kid i met before who is also quite smart and could hold up a good convo

 

[infohippie]

Dedicated servers back then had a similar atmosphere to the neighborhood game shop -- you know, that place that people go to play tabletop games like D&D and Warhammer. It was a friendly place filled with like minded people of all ages. Why in the heck did that die with the advent of microphones?

Because back then, gamers were geeks. These days, every baggy-pants, backwards-baseball-cap-wearing mouthbreather plays games. I still have all the time in the world for gaming kids who are intelligent and don't feel the need to swear every thirty seconds. Unfortunately 90% of the kids out there are the same kind of assholes who, ten years ago, wouldn't be caught dead playing games, it would ruin their "street cred."

 

[lapan]

I'm okay with any age group as long as they don't behave like idiots.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

It's not like the 10-15 year olds are the only group that do it, they just were labeled as the group that does it so often. I don't mind when someone does it, because I usually either shoot them down or mute them.

They're cool with me.

 

[Someone Depressing]

It would be better if the little fuckers didn't sing into the mic, or tried to act smart and call people "Fags" or "Noobs."
Once one of those bastards was singing into the Mic, Insulting other people, and greifing the team so much that we wrestled him to the ground and started shooting him, leaving him to the Mercy of Several Nazi Zombies.

When there's a good Kid gamer, they would usually stop acting like a prick, only use the MIC feature to alert the team about something uncanny/important, and would not beg someone to help him get up.

I mainly can't stand the fact that most kids swear when playing online. I use a MIC Online quite a lot, but I try my best not to cuss, those bastards don't even make an Effort.

PS : I had once logged onto a Server with 2 kids. 1 Was a Dirty-Mouthed Greifing idiot, and the Other was a Sensible, Team-Worker. Eventually we all decided to run away from the little bastard and leave him with a Jockey on his back.

 

[Nouw]

Some are terrible, some can be pretty sweet.

I know many people who are in that age-group and man they need to have some serious growth in mentality and maturity. Others are really nice people who play fair and team-wise.

 

[Flames66]

We've all played COD before, haven't we?

Nope.

OT: my opinion on them is they will probably grow out of it.

 

[wizard_joe88]

As a part of that age group, I never use the mic on an on line game unless I'm playing with some of my friends, but most of the time I play single player games, I always found fallout or Elder scrolls more enjoyable than CoD.

 

[ZeroDotZero]

I am 16. I hated young gamers even when I was one (I still am one, but not of your age bracket). However, it is only right to give people a chance. I wasn't a great player of many games (Nor am I now), but I tried harder than many people of a similar age. A lot of them were 'whiners', who complained about difficulty. Most of this applies mainly to WoW, as that was where I interacted with most young gamers.

 

[Simon Pettersson]

It's not about the age per se.
People aged 15+ can also be jackasses.
So... my opinion of the age group would be... "Welcome, behave yourself and we'll all get along."

This I don´t have any problem with younger gamers if they behave themselves and are nice.
And Welcome to Escapist.

 

[lambsheep]

I think older people can be more assholes since they know more, all that young people can do is say that they will t-bag your mother.

 

[Mattymarsbar]

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[RatRace123]

I generally don't care, in those rare instances when I do play online I just mute everything.