My friend's cousin is a Call of Duty fanboy

[cheesyman987]

So I have a friend who has a cousin that is a big Call of Duty fanboy. This wouldn't be such a big issue if it weren't for the following things:
1. He refuses to play literally any other game.
2. He won't speak to my friend unless they're playing Call of Duty.
3. My friend doesn't even like Call of Duty.
4. My friend's gaming budget is so low that he can't afford the games he wants, and he still has to buy Call of Duty (he always visits me to play the games he wants to play).

So what should he do? I've suggested introducing him to other FPS's that will ease him into other games that they can communicate in (he refused to play them (even TF2 and Battlefield)) and introducing him to the best of other genres to get him interested (apparently Street Fighter IV and Shadow of the Colossus are "gay"), but these won't work.

Can any of you suggest any solution to the problems (my friend still wants to be friends with his cousin, so don't suggest anything that will break their friendship)?

 

[Blue Hero]

Give him a gun and rub jam into his eyes. I don't know if that'll solve anything, but it should be a lot of fun.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

If he doesn't want to play CoD, tell him to either play something else and deal with his cousin being upset, or get over it. Seriously, its just a game. I'm sure his cousin will get over it.

Seriously, I don't know why people get so up in arms about people like CoD. Its not like its a drug or something, either play it and enjoy it or ignore it and don't worry about it.

 

[godofallu]

The cousin only wants to play CoD because it's a great series, and he doesn't feel the need to play anything else yet. At least the cousin can openly admit his feelings.

It sounds like your friend is being extremely passive, and because of this he is suffering in life.

So to solve your friends problem for you, have your friend say he doesn't want to play when he doesn't want to play. There will literally be zero consequences.

As far as the lacking money thing goes, try getting a job or mowing some lawns.

 

[Nouw]

Tie him to a chair and expose him to footage from the original Doom for 24 hours straight. That'll teach him!

 

[funksobeefy]

well, can we know we know more about why your friend has to hang out with his cousin who he doesnt like to be with all the time?

 

[cheesyman987]

well, can we know we know more about why your friend has to hang out with his cousin who he doesnt like to be with all the time?

He does like his cousin, but he doesn't want to be able to be friends with him solely because of Call of Duty.

 

[cheesyman987]

Seriously, I don't know why people get so up in arms about people like CoD. Its not like its a drug or something, either play it and enjoy it or ignore it and don't worry about it.

The problem isn't that he likes Call of Duty (quite a few of my friends like it, even if I don't), it's that he only plays Call of Duty, nothing else, outright refuses to even look at anything else (calling it "gay") and cuts himself off from members of his own family if they don't want to play Call of Duty.

Sounds like a problem to me...

 

[Smooth Operator]

So what you are saying is the guy is an idiot, I don't think choice of game has much impact here.
I'm also guessing hes fairly young, well below the games age rating.

What to do?
Leave the kid to his toys until he want's to play nice, might also take away his headset before he get's strangled... then again that might help things along, so you might want to try a session of light chocking.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Seriously, I don't know why people get so up in arms about people like CoD. Its not like its a drug or something, either play it and enjoy it or ignore it and don't worry about it.

The problem isn't that he likes Call of Duty (quite a few of my friends like it, even if I don't), it's that he only plays Call of Duty, nothing else, outright refuses to even look at anything else (calling it "gay") and cuts himself off from members of his own family if they don't want to play Call of Duty.

Sounds like a problem to me...

He's a kid. And he's dumb. He'll grow out of it eventually, and if he doesn't then it isn't any great loss because honestly, who would want to be friends with someone like that, regardless of what the hobby was?

 

[Zhukov]

So... what's stopping you all from just leaving him to it?

 

[CCountZero]

He's a kid. And he's dumb. He'll grow out of it eventually, and if he doesn't then it isn't any great loss because honestly, who would want to be friends with someone like that, regardless of what the hobby was?

So... what's stopping you all from just leaving him to it?

His family feels a responsibility to help him, something which he obviously could benefit from?

Above age six, this kind of behaviour isn't a good sign.

That and some of his family members like being with him when he's in a good mood, so he must have the capacity for decent social interaction, but focusing that much on one activity is not healthy.

Take that game away from the kid, see what he does then. If he goes on a killing spree, you'll know he needs a psychiatrist.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Tell him that Call of Duty is gay and that Street Fighter III: Third Strike is real hardcore shit. For extra giggles, tell him he's too gay and noobish to play it.

Judging by his regard for other games, this approach would work as well as any other. He seems to have the mental prowess of a nine year-old grocery bag.

 

[Kingjackl]

Want my advice? He likes the game. You don't. Get over it and move on.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

If he's interested in stuff you aren't there is a simple solution. Don't interact with him. I would've though this would be obvious.

 

[cheesyman987]

Want my advice? He likes the game. You don't. Get over it and move on.

Again, it's not that he likes it, it's that he's obsessed with it (please read over my first post). How many times do I have to explain this to people?

 

[GeneWard]

You know, that just might work. I've discovered a trend while playing my older games (for which I get called a bloody pensioner but haters gonna hate) where after a while the graphics become the norm and look as awesome to me as I assume they did to people when these games came out. It could open his mind a bit.

 

[cheesyman987]

If he's interested in stuff you aren't there is a simple solution. Don't interact with him. I would've though this would be obvious.

You fail to see the point. The point is that he is my friend's cousin and he wants to be friends with him, but he can't unless either he buys Call of Duty every year for the rest of his life and live the life of a pushover (which he kind of is doing already), or his cousin starts to accept other games or other things that will make it easier for them to become friends.