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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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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chieftain Stag [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shadowknight566 [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.[/quote] my friend I agree the ESRB overreacted I've seen a T game rated T for blood, gore and violence where aliens are sliced in half by a knife (the game is Star Wars Republic Commando) but i guess the ESRB is a little stereotypic... also the rest of the GamStop employies would have done the same thing. also he could have lost his job had you read the posts above.[/quote] from what I've seen, if it has star wars in the title, ESRB says "T" if it has Halo or any other game known to have M in it, ESRB rushes to make it M.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] thy end On a side note, is it illegal for people under 16 to buy "M" rated games or the vendor to sell it to them?[/quote]Without parental consent it is.
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Unless someone above the age purchases the game for them then yes. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] thy end On a side note, is it illegal for people under 16 to buy "M" rated games or the vendor to sell it to them?[/quote] I probably would've done the same thing but i would have explained that it wasn't that bad. I would've explained that more than half of the games are much worse. But i wouldn't have said everything if she didn't speak english. If you don't have the decency to learn the language than I'm not going to go out of my way to translate for you
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that was the right move dude good job even tho i think he should beable to play i play halo at 6-lolz
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Yes, you did the morally right thing. I'm Fourteen, but for the record, I consider myself very mature. I know that you may feel wrong for not letting the kid get Reach, but maybe if he showed her some videos her mind would change.
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You did your job, you don't have to feel bad about that at all. Her son tried to trick her into a game that she views as inappropriate for his age.
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absolutely
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Yay for conflicting answers?
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Perfectly fine with me. One less annoying 13 year old to have to deal with online. You did your job. Its pretty stupid of the lady not to have noticed the M rating though...
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If the parent wants to buy it, let them. It should be none of your concern. Geez, White Knight...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shadowknight566 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chieftain Stag [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shadowknight566 [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.[/quote] my friend I agree the ESRB overreacted I've seen a T game rated T for blood, gore and violence where aliens are sliced in half by a knife (the game is Star Wars Republic Commando) but i guess the ESRB is a little stereotypic... also the rest of the GamStop employies would have done the same thing. also he could have lost his job had you read the posts above.[/quote] from what I've seen, if it has star wars in the title, ESRB says "T" if it has Halo or any other game known to have M in it, ESRB rushes to make it M. [/quote] Maybe it wasn't the ESRB's fault, maybe Bungie wanted to make sure it was rated M. I know a lot of people who would overreact on the forums if the game was rated T for Teen, saying that Halo has become kid friendly and stuff. but yeah I think you did the right thing. Your job was to make sure that the mother of the 12 year old knew what the ESRB rating meant, and you did that. If the mother overreacted then it's not your fault. EDIT: lol sorry for the double quote taking up half of the page. [Edited on 09.09.2010 5:59 PM PDT]
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If you did it just because they were latin or whatever you said, well that's just not right. Because I'd imagine a good amount of parents that do speak English don't even look at ratings. Think about when you were younger, your parents go to buy you a game, do they read the cover or do they just hand it to you once it's purchased? Well idk my mom usually just handed it to me but now I can purchase them myself :)
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Yes, it is up to the parents to make the decision as to whether their kids can play the game or not, and she needed to know everything so she could make an informed decision.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] xXFatal v1 If the parent wants to buy it, let them. It should be none of your concern. Geez, White Knight...[/quote] It is his job to tell her why its rated M. But i wouldn't have done it because she doesn't speak english. I would've said something along the lines of "no hablo espaniol" and sent her on her way.
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You did the right thing. The last thing you need is bad PR for lying. You told them what they want to know and it came out alright and you get to keep your job.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] VastDillon yes[/quote] Yup.
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Yes, you did your job and it was the right thing to do :)
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you made the right choice man.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] PainRelief1 You did the right thing. The last thing you need is bad PR for lying. You told them what they want to know and it came out alright and you get to keep your job.[/quote] He didn't lie?
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You were doing your job correctly, therefore being a good employee. It was the right thing to do.
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You made the wrong decision, it could've been more money on your part.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MA5C 7RUTH Because Reach has so much violence and language. Hell, the game isn't even RATED for language. Bungie keeps it clean. Now watch the kid go get Call of Duty: Black Ops which has probably 50 times more violence and language.[/quote] ^^^This is the guy that got screwed out of the game. HA HA! He sounds like he is 13. Guess you need to wait until you are 17 kid.
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You needed to ask the poorest behaved gaming community in the entire world this question? The answer is no, no you didn't need to ask. You knew you did the right thing (if you even did it at all)
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You did the responsible thing. Don't feel bad or guilty for "spoiling" anything. And yes, Reach has some bad language--even the F word is in there at one point... [Edited on 09.09.2010 6:05 PM PDT]
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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] Exactly how I feel. No more immature squeekers on Halo. There are some that are mature, but the good 99% of them aren't. Good job.
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Honestly I would have to say yes. When a kid is too young to order the game on their own it's important that the parent who's buying it for them knows just what they're getting. After you inform them it's their choice whether they buy their child the game or not. It's not your fault if they don't want their kid to have it.
