Why does The Escapist hate kids?

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PixelKing said:
This is a little rant I had because when im reading forum posts its always kids being blamed for stuff. I am a kid myself does this automaticly make all escapistists hate me? No, So why is there general hate towards kids?

EDIT:Yes I was vague. I mostly mean the 10-16 age range who a defined as a bunch of whinning CoD players as all 10-16 year olds are lumped into this catagory. People can't seem to see that yes, I play fallout 3 which has gore, swearing and nuclear weaponry but I am mature and am not going to be a crackpot murderer because of this. It may be unacceptable for me to play granted but if I be mature about it I see no problem.

Just another thing i'll slip in is people say under-13's sound like chipmunks but I regularly get mistaken for being older than I actually am when playing outside of party chat.
I think people are just insecure that the kids surrounding them are enjoying their opportunity to act like a bell-ends before they have to grow up.
 

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kids want to be desperately to be accepted or at least impress the adults online. Thus, they belive the best way to do that is to be as aggressive an obnoxious as they can. This is not the way to do things, but they still do it.

That is why gamers generally dislike children in online playing, they are trying too hard and make a poor name for gamers in general.
 

PixelKing

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Because they sound annoying.
This applies to both MCR and kids (just my opinion before some raging fanboy tells me about the musical innovation in "Welcome to the Black Parade").
Since when did MCR come into this?
That was a little side thread.
 

Nemu

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Just wait. When you get older, you'll hate kids, too. :D
 

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I don't hate kids, I have a 2 year old. I hate parents who let there vile children go online to ruin everyone elses fun. Your parenting turned him into a douche so you should deal with him, not inflict him on others. There should be an advertising campaign explaining the XBL is not a babysitting service for children so unlikable that there parents won't interact with them.

If they can behave themselves in adult company then I have no problems with children on adult games. If they can't then they shouldn't be there. I would love for games with adult only servers. Unfortunately this can't be policed, look at all of the kids playing M rated games now.

As a guide, if you scream down the mic, TK, sing or play music on the mic, call people noobs or use the word "fail" then you are probably not mature enough for games rated "mature".
 

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bjj hero said:
I don't hate kids, I have a 2 year old. I hate parents who let there vile children go online to ruin everyone elses fun. Your parenting turned him into a douche so you should deal with him, not inflict him on others. There should be an advertising campaign explaining the XBL is not a babysitting service for children so unlikable that there parents won't interact with them.

If they can behave themselves in adult company then I have no problems with children on adult games. If they can't then they shouldn't be there. I would love for games with adult only servers. Unfortunately this can't be policed, look at all of the kids playing M rated games now.

As a guide, if you scream down the mic, TK, sing or play music on the mic, call people noobs or use the word "fail" then you are probably not mature enough for games rated "mature".
I don't know the meaning of the word TK.
You forgot 15th prestigers in that list.
 
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Because children aren't funny, and I live for amusement.

It's why Dan Schneider's stuff annoys me, especially when they bring in a oh-so-hilarious child with attitude who attacks everyone, whereupon the canned laughter is thrown everywhere at any opportunity.

Also, for some reason I'm not allowed to shoot or execute children for being complete twats. No justice these days.
 
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For starters you shouldn't even really be playing CoD to begin with. Technically speaking with the rating your parents shouldn't of got you the game or shop keeper shouldn't of let you buy it. Secondly we don't say all X group is whiny. We say we hate ALL WHINY people on FPS/MMO games from under the age of 16. That is a completely different statement to the one you seem to think we are making. Third a lot of your voices do sound squeaky.

bjj hero said:
I don't hate kids, I have a 2 year old. I hate parents who let there vile children go online to ruin everyone elses fun. Your parenting turned him into a douche so you should deal with him, not inflict him on others. There should be an advertising campaign explaining the XBL is not a babysitting service for children so unlikable that there parents won't interact with them.

If they can behave themselves in adult company then I have no problems with children on adult games. If they can't then they shouldn't be there. I would love for games with adult only servers. Unfortunately this can't be policed, look at all of the kids playing M rated games now.

As a guide, if you scream down the mic, TK, sing or play music on the mic, call people noobs or use the word "fail" then you are probably not mature enough for games rated "mature".
Actually most games that have dedicated servers do tend to have a better community as cunts do get banned or are reported to an admin who will watch them when they play and ban them if they do act like twats. I am sure kids(and immature people) play them but at least they are seen and not heard.
 

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PixelKing said:
This is a little rant I had because when im reading forum posts its always kids being blamed for stuff. I am a kid myself does this automaticly make all escapistists hate me? No, So why is there general hate towards kids?

EDIT:Yes I was vague. I mostly mean the 10-16 age range who a defined as a bunch of whinning CoD players as all 10-16 year olds are lumped into this catagory. People can't seem to see that yes, I play fallout 3 which has gore, swearing and nuclear weaponry but I am mature and am not going to be a crackpot murderer because of this. It may be unacceptable for me to play granted but if I be mature about it I see no problem.

Just another thing i'll slip in is people say under-13's sound like chipmunks but I regularly get mistaken for being older than I actually am when playing outside of party chat.
How old are you?

I hate everybody. Sure, maybe kids are more annoying, but at least they have an excuse for being morons. I've never been one to judge someone based on their age. I usually have a lot of other things to judge them by.
 

PixelKing

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GeorgW said:
PixelKing said:
This is a little rant I had because when im reading forum posts its always kids being blamed for stuff. I am a kid myself does this automaticly make all escapistists hate me? No, So why is there general hate towards kids?

EDIT:Yes I was vague. I mostly mean the 10-16 age range who a defined as a bunch of whinning CoD players as all 10-16 year olds are lumped into this catagory. People can't seem to see that yes, I play fallout 3 which has gore, swearing and nuclear weaponry but I am mature and am not going to be a crackpot murderer because of this. It may be unacceptable for me to play granted but if I be mature about it I see no problem.

Just another thing i'll slip in is people say under-13's sound like chipmunks but I regularly get mistaken for being older than I actually am when playing outside of party chat.
How old are you?

I hate everybody. Sure, maybe kids are more annoying, but at least they have an excuse for being morons. I've never been one to judge someone based on their age. I usually have a lot of other things to judge them by.
I actually think I'm to young to post here. 13.
 

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They are annoying, bratty and don't seem to learn anything despite the many time you tell em' to...
So there are pretty good reasons not to like them.
 

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Kids in my opinion have gotten worse through the years. They have lost disclipine and respect for others and their getting worse each generation.

Name-calling, whining if they don't get their way, (still seeing that happen here in my high school), beating up other kids, and they are generally the worst players to play with if you go by the stereotype. I have never meet a kid online who was whiny and complaining. But I have heard a few and they are loud in the mic and I just mute them.

I guess the main reason the Escapist dislikes them is because they are whiny and are probably trolls, because they want attention and being a troll is the best way to do that online sadly. and they really don't add to the discussion either.
 

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I don't hate kids, I hate immaturity. Give someone immature a microphone and anonymity through a video game and you have a recipe for disaster.

Now, I've been playing M games since I was a kid, so I can't say kids shouldn't play them without being a hypocrite, but here's an idea: only sell microphones to people over a certain age.

Boom, problem solved. At least over the internet.
 

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PixelKing said:
GeorgW said:
PixelKing said:
This is a little rant I had because when im reading forum posts its always kids being blamed for stuff. I am a kid myself does this automaticly make all escapistists hate me? No, So why is there general hate towards kids?

EDIT:Yes I was vague. I mostly mean the 10-16 age range who a defined as a bunch of whinning CoD players as all 10-16 year olds are lumped into this catagory. People can't seem to see that yes, I play fallout 3 which has gore, swearing and nuclear weaponry but I am mature and am not going to be a crackpot murderer because of this. It may be unacceptable for me to play granted but if I be mature about it I see no problem.

Just another thing i'll slip in is people say under-13's sound like chipmunks but I regularly get mistaken for being older than I actually am when playing outside of party chat.
How old are you?

I hate everybody. Sure, maybe kids are more annoying, but at least they have an excuse for being morons. I've never been one to judge someone based on their age. I usually have a lot of other things to judge them by.
I actually think I'm to young to post here. 13.
The limit is indeed 13. But I'm not sure if you have to be over 13 or if 13 is okay. Maybe you should ask a mod?
 

PixelKing

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GeorgW said:
PixelKing said:
GeorgW said:
PixelKing said:
This is a little rant I had because when im reading forum posts its always kids being blamed for stuff. I am a kid myself does this automaticly make all escapistists hate me? No, So why is there general hate towards kids?

EDIT:Yes I was vague. I mostly mean the 10-16 age range who a defined as a bunch of whinning CoD players as all 10-16 year olds are lumped into this catagory. People can't seem to see that yes, I play fallout 3 which has gore, swearing and nuclear weaponry but I am mature and am not going to be a crackpot murderer because of this. It may be unacceptable for me to play granted but if I be mature about it I see no problem.

Just another thing i'll slip in is people say under-13's sound like chipmunks but I regularly get mistaken for being older than I actually am when playing outside of party chat.
How old are you?

I hate everybody. Sure, maybe kids are more annoying, but at least they have an excuse for being morons. I've never been one to judge someone based on their age. I usually have a lot of other things to judge them by.
I actually think I'm to young to post here. 13.
The limit is indeed 13. But I'm not sure if you have to be over 13 or if 13 is okay. Maybe you should ask a mod?
I've been posting since 2009 though.
 

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Because a bunch of 15-year-olds like to think that they're somehow elevated above other people their own age and slightly younger (probably because they're unpopular and need positive reasons for why that is).

[sub]Yeah, those people annoy the fuck out of me.[/sub]
Thats not true! I..! Uhh... Damn.. (*has an insigtful moment) ..Thats why I think better than others and that all girls my age are retarded blonds? Gosh... I'm a sad person.
/-not kidding
 

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PixelKing said:
I don't know the meaning of the word TK.
You forgot 15th prestigers in that list.
Sorry about that, TK is team kill. As for people who cheat to get to top prestige, that doesn't affect my game so I don't really care. I guess some people put more value on shiny badges than others.
 

PixelKing

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bjj hero said:
PixelKing said:
I don't know the meaning of the word TK.
You forgot 15th prestigers in that list.
Sorry about that, TK is team kill. As for people who cheat to get to top prestige, that doesn't affect my game so I don't really care. I guess some people put more value on shiny badges than others.
I have accidently TK'd about 20 times though!
In grifball.