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9/10/2010 1:21:49 AM
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Honestly, was it wrong of me to do this?
I work at GameStop and today a Latino woman and her son came in. The son (who looked like he was around 13 or 14 years old) spoke English fine but the woman had very broken English. What I could make out from her is that she wanted to pre-order Halo Reach for her son. I was very concerned because she might not realize what kind of violence and language she would be exposing her son to so I had my other GameStop employee (his name is Ricardo, speaks Spanish and English) warn her about the game's violence in Spanish and she was able to understand and then scolded her son for trying to get such a game. Did I do the right thing?
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yes because it was the right thing to do and it could've cost you your job
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One less annoying kid to have to listen to in the Pre-Game Lobby now. You're a true hero... Onto the topic, it wasn't wrong of you at all to actually explain to the mother what the game was. Halo Reach deserves its M-Rating, because you're killing living beings. Though it may not be like Call of Duty where other humans are being killed, violence is violence. The kid obviously hadn't explained this to his mother before, and he really should have.
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I honestly think the game should be rated T after playing dead rising case zero and gears of war 2 my opinion on m games has changed...
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If he's..... New: Yeah. Let him try it! A Fan: You monster.....-holds back a slap- Immature: Ok, that's a littile better, but still... Not everyone should be denied of Reach man.
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You just saved everyone on XBL having to listen to a small kid in Multiplayer. And you made his mother aware of the ERSB rating for Halo. Sounds like a victory on all fronts. Except for the kid, who wanted an M-rated game. But otherwise, sounds like a good day.
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If you have to ask then yes. EDIT: Just read OP. Not wrong at all. [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:28 PM PDT]
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You can haz cookie for enforcing the ESRB laws. (::)
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Dont Worry, you did the right thing. 1) Its your job. I have a few friends who work at gamestop. If you hadn't, you would probably be fired for such a thing ( from what i hear) 2) You kept a squeaker off of Reach. You should get a cookie and a pat on the back. But seriously, You did the right thing.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Harknara I I was very concerned because she might not realize what kind of [b]language[/b] she would be exposing her son to [/quote]lol [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:28 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan 104 Yes, you were just doing your job.[/quote] Exactly what I was planning to say.
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Because Halo TOTALLY has SOOO much violence. And language. And probably boobies, too.
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Yeah dude, He will hear much worse at school. Its just a game where you kill aliens
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I approve.
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You should have told her that the game may be rated M, but there's barely language. You should have said that there's still violence, but every game out now has some form of violence, and that the blood is of aliens, not humans, so it's not really promoting some kind of weird blood fetish or whatever. [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:31 PM PDT]
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yes you did the right thing there. but watch out for her son in the future. He may have you marked... [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:29 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Harknara I work at GameStop and today a Latino woman and her son came in. The son (who looked like he was around 13 or 14 years old) spoke English fine but the woman had very broken English. What I could make out from her is that she wanted to pre-order Halo Reach for her son. I was very concerned because she might not realize what kind of violence and language she would be exposing her son to so I had my other GameStop employee (his name is Ricardo, speaks Spanish and English) warn her about the game's violence in Spanish and she was able to understand and then scolded her son for trying to get such a game. Did I do the right thing?[/quote] You did the right thing, because the game is rated M for Mature not E for Everyone. If she hit the kid, that's extremely wrong, and even scolding him is a bit much, maybe he didn't know what it really has in it.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DigitalTru7h Well, technically the ESRB rating is a suggestion to the parents but being 13 my self, dick move bro.[/quote] Why is that a dick move? The kid obviously didn't tell his mother the meaning of the rating.
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Should've sold it to them. Compared to GTA and Red Dead redemption this games ratings in sunshine and lolipops. The game is only rated M for blood and violence. I've seen 7 year olds at GS with their mothers and the cashier explains that the game has Sex Nudity Blood Drugs Language Violence and more Yet she doesn't care. I'll let you in on a little secret, i would have killed you if i was the kid.
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True...but you ARE plunging a sword or knife into/through a person though, so technically "gore" is still in :P
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no, you're a ph4ggot, this is why i don;t go to gamestop
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hi iTs SlayeR Heres how I view it as... *If he was Mature: YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR LETTING THE KID NOT HAVE SUCH AN AWESOME GAME IN A FEW DAYS... *If he was infact a immature kid: im proud of you my man. You saved us from another little kid on Halo. [/quote] ditto bro.
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If she scolded her son for the violence, then better she found out then, then after buying the game.
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I can see why you did that, but I honestly don't think it's that bad!
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i think the mother must have mis-understood halo isnt that much of a violent game, its not like grand theft auto or anything <,< only REAL bad thing is the blood probably, and maybe the guns
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Aztag109 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DigitalTru7h Well, technically the ESRB rating is a suggestion to the parents but being 13 my self, dick move bro.[/quote] Why is that a dick move? The kid obviously didn't tell his mother the meaning of the rating.[/quote] Maybe she should learn the country's national language, you know english? [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:30 PM PDT]
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Of course you did the right thing. [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:30 PM PDT]
