Not trying to be totally awful here, but as a gamer pushing 30, I REALLY don't enjoy playing with screaming 12 years olds, you know what I mean? I think I'd be willing to pay a premium to only play with other adults. Not a whole bunch, but maybe an extra 5$ a month. I wouldn't minds spending the extra coin for a better gaming experience,would you?
Poll: Adult gamers: Would you pay extra to not have to play online with children?
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This assuming the average adult player is any better behaved.
And no, as the mute button is free.
And no, as the mute button is free.
No, the mute function works. plus I'm a casual player, and the average kid usually isn't that good, therefore on my skill level........
Yes, assuming i did much playing with randoms to begin with. As it stands, i pretty much only play with friends.
If, in the process of screening out little kids, they could also screen out annoying or dickish adults, then yes.
If they can ensure an online experience where people use the mic as more than their verbal toilet, then I would pay a little extra for that.
Of course I rarely play online multiplayer at all, so kind of a moot point.
If they can ensure an online experience where people use the mic as more than their verbal toilet, then I would pay a little extra for that.
Of course I rarely play online multiplayer at all, so kind of a moot point.
Nope. There's a mute button. And tone of voice rarely annoys me as much as the abuse that gets hurled anyway. Though I might be in favour of a system that uses the age given by a player when they create a profile being used to actually stop them playing age inappropriate games. Maybe.
No. Why would I pay just to stay away from those bastards when I can just mute them in the first place?
I find that children are no more likely to be dicks on Xbox live than adults, to be honest. If it had some kind of universal douche-bag screening test then I might be interested, but it would have to be extremely cheap to compete with the completely free mute button. I'd also have to play more multi-player games to consider it, I suppose.
I don?t even bother wearing a headset unless I?m playing with a friend.
It?s not like anyone ever says anything useful.
It?s not like anyone ever says anything useful.
No, because of a few reasons:
-The "adult test" would probably be simple enough for a kid to get through like any age verifier online is.
-Mute function is awesome
-Many adults act as bad as some kids
-Many kids act as good as some adults
-It wouldn't affect team play at all because many people, both kids and adults, are either terrible or amazing at games, so there would still be people going rogue, camping, noob tubing, etc.
-My online on the PS3 and Steam is free so I don't have an Xbox
(Note: I AM NOT STARTING A FLAME WAR. If you quote me to argue with my last point, which is made in no ill manner, I will ignore you.)
-The "adult test" would probably be simple enough for a kid to get through like any age verifier online is.
-Mute function is awesome
-Many adults act as bad as some kids
-Many kids act as good as some adults
-It wouldn't affect team play at all because many people, both kids and adults, are either terrible or amazing at games, so there would still be people going rogue, camping, noob tubing, etc.
-My online on the PS3 and Steam is free so I don't have an Xbox
(Note: I AM NOT STARTING A FLAME WAR. If you quote me to argue with my last point, which is made in no ill manner, I will ignore you.)
I agree all, hail the mighty mute button!DeadlyYellow said:
But I wish the controller had some kind of sensor that would get hot and burn any underage hands that touch it while playing a rated M game. Now that would be awesome.
Pretty much.DeadlyYellow said:
That and I've played with some wonderful children, like the 8 year old child of one my clan's best Heavies in TF2, back when he was still in our clan. He was a bright little chipper, a good sport and made a wonderful Spy to boot. Every new guy that came on the server and raged about 'that squeeker' was in big trouble.
If we're assuming that it was 100% foolproof and no kid would be able to abuse the system through some loophole (using this as a hypothesis not a realistic scenario), then yes, i would. I hate kids. Even if they're not being pricks, i just don't like them. I don't like listening to them, i don't like being around them. Put in the nicest way possible, of course.