So was running patrols today as part of the patrol the Cos bounty. Ran into this lvl 7 that asked for help. Was helping him patrol earth and then figure hey, I'll talk to him about the Refer A Friend thing.
Turns out this lvl 7 is an 11 year old. So here I am, veteran adult gamer, trying to coach this kid through the Refer A Friend process and then I hear his parents yelling at him why is he on the computer. He tries explaining to them what's happening, they aren't buying it. They get on the headset pissed and now here I am an adult trying to explain no I'm not a predator (well a sparrow predator cause I want that tron sparrow) and that I'm just trying to help the kid out and get us both sweet loot via Refer A Friend. Parents still aren't buying it. So now this kid is in trouble, I just had one of the most awkward experiences trying to help a kid out and participate in bungies Refer A Friend but it got me thinking. Aren't most veteran gamers 18 or older and wouldn't most new destiny players be 10-15? How is the current set up a good idea? Let's have adult petition kids they meet online to play with them? Is it just me or is this not a little broken?
To add to this, I didn't know the kids age. My thought was this was a teen like 14-15 from the voice but I apparently failed at the age guessing via voice booth at the Bungie fair. The father told me the age in our discussion. Me and the dad of this kid were on the same page with the kids social interaction but I left the conversation at us agreeing their kid needs more lessons in online social interactions and my advice on settings for the Xbox for minors. Also, the title says lawsuit then lol. It's a joke. Sarcasm.
Final point, while its Refer A Friend, not Refer A Stranger, due to the current set up of how many people that play destiny have already got their friends into destiny. Knowing that, every friend I have that's done the Refer A Friend quest has did so with a random they met in the tower or on Earth Patrol. In addition to that, is it my job as a random gamer to determine the age of the person I'm gaming with so that our social interaction via a game is appropriate or is it the parents job in making sure their child is responsible enough to play and set the social and security settings for their console before they play Destiny? Personally as a parent I say it's the later. Plus it's impossible to tell an age via voice, but I will be more wary of random social interactions in destiny because of this.
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I talked to a kids grandma on the mic before. That was an interesting conversation.