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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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Of course you did the right thing. [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:30 PM PDT]
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great, now she wont find out about Black Ops then the kid will get Black Ops instead of Reach! nice going... but u kinda did the right thing... even though i think the Rating thing is stupid, it is up to the parent, but if the parent finds out about Reach but not Black Ops, was this a win? a lose? or a continous battle? and thus, Black Ops wins... pat yourself on the back?
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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]
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Yes: He decieved his mom, and his parents have to worry about what he get's into. I'm pretty young, I guess... I'm allowed. My local gamestop employees warn my father (Only one who has an Xbox, Dumb divorce.) But, yeah, I guess..
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I love how my parents let me play and watch what i want... as long as I did't get into any bad habits that you see and guess what? I haven't, they don't even believen grounding and they've never gotten mad at me like ever, maybe annoyed but hey that's what families do eh? lol
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You were communicating full information about a product to the customer who'd actually be buying it. That's simply ethical business practices, plain as you get. Did the right thing. If the kid had the money and was old enough to get it himself, it'd be his issue. But since he's not, it's hers.
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congratulations, i didn't think smart people existed anymore these days.
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i now im 12 i played halo 3 mw2 which i didnt like and gears of war
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shadowknight566 what? you told her to scold her son just because she bought a game, that was mature, and the ESRB rated it with blood and violence. what has the world come to these days...[/quote]Wow, learn to read. What has the education system come to these days?
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Your going to get 2 answers. Teenagers and kids are going to say no, you should have let the kid get the game. Halo isn't even that mature The you will have your overprotective, rule strict older adults that will say you did the right thing because he is too young. Personally im 17, the minimum age to play. But i started Halo at 14, and im sure at least 70% of people played Halo before they were 17. [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:32 PM PDT]
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IMO that was the right thing to do. You as a video game seller had the responsiblity to warn her about the game,The rest was up to the kids mom.You did YOUR part.
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no, halo's ESRB rating is a crock o' sht and everyone knows it
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SWAT Theory True...but you ARE plunging a sword or knife into/through a person though, so technically "gore" is still in :P[/quote] the ESRB describes "gore" as "mutilation of body parts" like the other halo's had gore because the flood burst into pieces. but ODST didn't because it didn't have the flood.
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Not to mention Gamestop policies states that you have to inform the parents about ratings. So you did the right thing, You did your job that you get paid for. Had you not you would have been at a loss and possibly in trouble from upper management. I've seen two co-workers fired over negligence.
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The U.S. doesn't have a national language English is just the most used language
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SWAT Theory True...but you ARE plunging a sword or knife into/through a person though, so technically "gore" is still in :P[/quote] Its considered blood. Gore would be if you could actually gut the person. Ex Gears of War
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well every time before I was seventeen the gamestop employee always asked my mom if she understood what she was buying. You did your job...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shadowknight566 what? you told her to scold her son just because she bought a game, that was mature, and the ESRB rated it with blood and violence. what has the world come to these days...[/quote] l2read
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your a goood man
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TS N8 NiZZL3 Your going to get 2 answers. Teenagers and kids are going to say no, you should have let the kid get the game. Halo isn't even that mature The you will have your overprotective, rule strict older adults that will say you did the right thing because he is too young. Personally im 17, the minimum age to play. But i started Halo at 14, and im sure at least 70% of people played Halo before they were 17.[/quote] No, mature kids know that stuff like that goes down and prepare for it. I never got my parents to buy me PS1 games, I got my cousin.
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12, and I'm no bad person either i'm a good apple XD
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] the fkn new guy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shadowknight566 what? you told her to scold her son just because she bought a game, that was mature, and the ESRB rated it with blood and violence. what has the world come to these days...[/quote]Wow, learn to read. What has the education system come to these days?[/quote] what I'm saying is that he shouldn't have prevented the kid from buying the game, that the ESRB overreacted on and decided to make it M for having Blood and violence. the kid will probably go grab black ops later and from what I've seen of WaW, that has so many F bombs and gore scenes the battlefield is basically a pool of blood. and to those saying "ONE LEWSSS SQUEKIR UAY!!" there is a mute button you know.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] windtalker006 The U.S. doesn't have a national language English is just the most used language[/quote] The nations creators spoke english... Hell my great grandfather had to learn english after only knowing italian for 20 years. I say we remove this spanish on everything bull-blam!-. You want to put more than one language on something you should have to put em all. So i should have to learn english if i only know italian but i wouldn't if i spoke spanish. Its a load of crap.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sinful killer86 [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?[/quote] that is a very ignorant statement she spoke BROKEN english which means she has begun/tried to. Most parents are clueless about the rating system so someone who has trouble comprehending the language will definitely have trouble with the system. Great move OP!
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no, but I'm 14, I would be so mad at you for denying me Reach [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:42 PM PDT]
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actualy, you did do the right thing
