Not necessarily. I played GTA3 through to 4 when I was a kid and so did my brother. We both play Call of Duty too, among others. Neither of us has been negatively affected by playing the games because we're smart enough to understand that's all they are. Being a liberal parent doesn't make you an idiot. What defines the difference is the idiots blame negative behaviour on others and don't remove the problem. My parents let me and my brother play them because they trust us to make the distinction between games and reality. If my brother was to suddenly start beating people up and trying to recreate GTA then they'd not let him play it again.GiantRaven said:
Totally does not make you a bad person, that was my first instinct (unless we're both bad people).acolyte said:WOW...those parents are definitely stupid...i mean...wtf? not only the game is rated M but you don't do that stuff...
Does it make me a bad person the fact that i get the sudden urge to pummel the faces of those parents with a shovel?
7 years back here and i have to agree, my parents let me play games rated 18 because they trust me to choose what games/films i want to see and if they would be inappropriate, until i was about 10/11 i didn't have this privelidge, and it seems to be working well, i get to play what i want and i'm morally more stable than almost anyone else i know.Redlin5 said:
I have to agree with your post whole heartily, tho I have made a few 6 year olds in my day on Counter-strike or halo that have managed to keep up with the team. Sure they weren't the best players, but as long as the team acted like a team - then everything was fine. To be honest when dealing with younger or inexperienced players, veteran players are required to assume the role of leadership. Otherwise your just going to get ****ed up. I see many veteran players make this mistake when dealing with newbies - they try to take on another team alone or try to solo it.They assume that just because the player is new, they will suck for a while, so don't bother when really, just a little prod and mostly direction is needed.Mckeown said:
You TOTALLY need to ask to be that kid's friend online. That's amazing!jaketheripper said:Ok, here we go.
my friend and i were playing zombies(black ops) on ps3 a few minutes ago. We had mics, the other two players in the game didnt(and they were guests), but they were HORRIBLE. But the two of us were having fun, messing around, joking, and occasionally raging at the other two players for constantly dying. Then all of a sudden they just start standing still. They die, then both have mics and then both of us hear, "what the hell is wrong with you!? your playing with six year old kids!". -wait what-" We are reporting you to playstation for you language!"
Now we obviously thought it was two people trolling, after all what kind of parents would let their 6 year old children play a mature rated game, then get angry and try to censor the other players because they are "corrupting their children".(it even sais online interactions are not rated by the esrb)
But, then, i hear"Mommmy we want to play!" and then "not right now baby, were taking care of something."
And then an argument ensued. I was infuriated.
my head still isnt clear, so i apologize for the quality of this post, ill elaborate more during the discussion
One more thing, im not for any kind of censorship, i just dont understand how someone could be so stupid. One of their final statements were, "you cant use expletives on the internet"
