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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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If kids don't play Halo, we won't have a next generation of Halo fans.
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If he had a high pitch voice, you did the right thing.
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No it was not wrong. Good work, most game store employees don't care what they're selling to who.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] otakumn99 Did you do the right thing? Yes and No. First of all, who are you to judge the maturity level of that child? I [/quote] Stopped reading there. By law, the child should not have obtained a copy of the game on his own; therefore, it was up to the mother who obviously did not want her child playing the game. We're not judging maturity here, we're talking more of an age thing. I've met 10 year olds who act 20 and 20 year olds who act 10. That kind of maturity doesn't really matter.
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JK, lolz, my parents are letting me get it :D besides... i look white XD
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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]Yes and No. Ethically on a theorized level, you did the right thing. But to be honest, not every under age kid goes bad from playing a Mature game. I play games like this with my Eight and Five year old brother, they love them! I did use the Language filter in GoW2 though, but I believe exposing kids to things usually only adults should experience is ok, under supervision in order to correct them. I feel it helps build their maturity faster and maybe even their wisdom. I was exposed to most of the "Mature" stuff at eight years old. At first, I did seem troubled, but I kept jumping and jumping academically. And I graduated at the Top 10% in my Senior Class of May 2010.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sinful killer86 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Shifty Undertow [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] vikingbloodlust not cool man, the swearing is minimal at best and the same goes for the violence. plus if mom can't speak english to understand what she is buying, TOO BAD. this is America, we speak english here. plus you just nerd -blam!- blocked some poor little mexican kid, how'd you feel in his position? and finally you should never talk someone out of a sale...you are why the economy is in the dump right now, i hope you feel good about letting down America you commie bastard! lol [/quote] Sound to me like someone has issues with racism. Besides the point, yes he might have prevented a sale, but at the same time he has a duty to uphold to make sure "mature" games aren't sold to little kids. If she wanted to get the game for him, then go without the kid. There have been WAY too many cases where the Federal Government has come down on the video game industry because they say it is too easy for little kids to get their hands on violent video games. The fact that he might have missed out on a sale to prevent future complaint, and possibly another court case where video games are to "blame", is a good thing. [/quote] yeah well we all don't understand anything except for english so if your going to come to america you should learn the language you know english? So if you don't know it and the guy at gamestop can't explain things to you thats your own fault and you would have a garbage case in court. Not everyone can understand you- end of case- and gamestop wins[/quote] I do personally admit that if you are in an English speaking country, you should be given two years to learn fluent English or you get kicked out. Other countries should do this too. It is very difficult for companies and emergency services this way. Anyways, I do agree that the mother should have done detailed research and learnt that it is very minimal violence and that the reason this is M/MA is because of the assassinations being realistic ways to kill another person (Specifically the snap of the neck)
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Watch out for a 13 year old Latino kid with a deathwish.
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No. You did a terrible thing. Halo Reach is the least violent video game available for "M" ratings, and now he'll go to Black Ops!
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Yeah, you did. the mom would've eventually come back to GS and freaked out about it, and you would've gotten a new hater. So, yeah. you did the right thing. EDIT: You had someone explain what the game was rated M for to the mom, and she didn't want to buy it. It's as simple as that. the OP's not judging the kid, or saying he shouldn't play, he's just informing the mom a little more. [Edited on 09.09.2010 11:05 PM PDT]
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So it was you who did this to me!! Mommy almost beat me! Thanks alot, idiot. >:(
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I gotta say, I'm glad you did that. Might be a little bit cold-blooded, but it's true. One less 13 year old screaming into the mic (and in Spanish too?! I'd understand even less...) But if you want to get to the truth, you did what your employer instructed you to do, and that's all that matters.
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You did the right thing. It is an M rated game, parents need to get that. But honestly, I really don't see what is so violent about it.
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Did you do the right thing? Yes and No. First of all, who are you to judge the maturity level of that child? I think that would be the parents' decision. As far as she is concerned, I think that maybe she should have done a little more research before agreeing to buy the game for her child. I don't believe that violence in Halo games is comparable to violence in other games. Is it a mature title? Absolutely. But just because they're both rated M, doesn't mean that it's similar at all to a game like Call of Duty. Yes, they're both shooters- But that's where the similarities end. The rating system is flawed. Not because it doesn't care, but because it fails to educate the individual making the purchasing decision. You can't just tell someone there's violence and language, therefore your son shouldn't be playing this. On the other hand, you may have done a great service to that family by informing the parent about the contents of the game in an unbiased manner. (Although I'm highly doubtful that's the case..) The best thing you could have done for the parent is to have explained the game's concept, story and then shown her what it looked like. Suggest that she go home, take a look at the game for herself (e.g. give her a web address) and then let her decide what's appropriate for her son and what is not. It's all too easy to hear the words violence and make a rash decision without knowing how that violence was construed. You could have just as easily conveyed a message that explains the game as a Sci-fi shooter about saving Humanity. Just some food for thought.
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Hey you did the right thing as an employee. But if that kid were me I would've been PISSED OFF! But hey, I have been playing Halo since I was 8 years old. (LOL) And I am 14. And what's with all these people -blam!-ing about squeekers. I have to agree, there is a MUTE BUTTON??!?! ?:(
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Shifty Undertow [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] vikingbloodlust not cool man, the swearing is minimal at best and the same goes for the violence. plus if mom can't speak english to understand what she is buying, TOO BAD. this is America, we speak english here. plus you just nerd -blam!- blocked some poor little mexican kid, how'd you feel in his position? and finally you should never talk someone out of a sale...you are why the economy is in the dump right now, i hope you feel good about letting down America you commie bastard! lol [/quote] Sound to me like someone has issues with racism. Besides the point, yes he might have prevented a sale, but at the same time he has a duty to uphold to make sure "mature" games aren't sold to little kids. If she wanted to get the game for him, then go without the kid. There have been WAY too many cases where the Federal Government has come down on the video game industry because they say it is too easy for little kids to get their hands on violent video games. The fact that he might have missed out on a sale to prevent future complaint, and possibly another court case where video games are to "blame", is a good thing. [/quote] someone doesn't have a sense of humor...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Shifty Undertow [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] vikingbloodlust not cool man, the swearing is minimal at best and the same goes for the violence. plus if mom can't speak english to understand what she is buying, TOO BAD. this is America, we speak english here. plus you just nerd -blam!- blocked some poor little mexican kid, how'd you feel in his position? and finally you should never talk someone out of a sale...you are why the economy is in the dump right now, i hope you feel good about letting down America you commie bastard! lol [/quote] Sound to me like someone has issues with racism. Besides the point, yes he might have prevented a sale, but at the same time he has a duty to uphold to make sure "mature" games aren't sold to little kids. If she wanted to get the game for him, then go without the kid. There have been WAY too many cases where the Federal Government has come down on the video game industry because they say it is too easy for little kids to get their hands on violent video games. The fact that he might have missed out on a sale to prevent future complaint, and possibly another court case where video games are to "blame", is a good thing. [/quote] yeah well we all don't understand anything except for english so if your going to come to america you should learn the language you know english? So if you don't know it and the guy at gamestop can't explain things to you thats your own fault and you would have a garbage case in court. Not everyone can understand you- end of case- and gamestop wins
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] vikingbloodlust not cool man, the swearing is minimal at best and the same goes for the violence. plus if mom can't speak english to understand what she is buying, TOO BAD. this is America, we speak english here. plus you just nerd -blam!- blocked some poor little mexican kid, how'd you feel in his position? and finally you should never talk someone out of a sale...you are why the economy is in the dump right now, i hope you feel good about letting down America you commie bastard! lol [/quote] Sound to me like someone has issues with racism. Besides the point, yes he might have prevented a sale, but at the same time he has a duty to uphold to make sure "mature" games aren't sold to little kids. If she wanted to get the game for him, then go without the kid. There have been WAY too many cases where the Federal Government has come down on the video game industry because they say it is too easy for little kids to get their hands on violent video games. The fact that he might have missed out on a sale to prevent future complaint, and possibly another court case where video games are to "blame", is a good thing. [Edited on 09.09.2010 10:34 PM PDT]
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Yes you did what you and what any good employee should do.
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if he was another dumb squeaker u did the right thing but if he was mature then u sir are a complete
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You did the right thing homes, although if I were that kid I'd really hate you and wish you would die the night reach came out. Good thing I'm not that kid.
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right thing to do. not your place to determin how some one should parent their kid. on the other hand if the kids 14 and has a 360 chances are he play way worse games then halo all the time
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In the eyes of the parent, you did the right thing. I have to admit, video games and their swearing messed me up at a young age. Now I am a 14 year-old trucker! [Edited on 09.09.2010 10:29 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] I second that thought. Hopefully he was yet another youngster that we won't really hurt having off our Halo Reach.
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The little kids who clearly should not be playing the game just shouldnt be aloud to play it. It annoys me even more that these kids are so small they just skipped right ahead to Reach not even playing H:CE. But whatever these little trash spewing demons are a majority of the profit these games make. Edit: @ sinful killer, getting stuff as you progress in age is a natural thing in life. So as you say you get into college which is more important, yes, but no you are older and should be able to handle playing reach on top of your studies if you choose to do so. So nice logic you have there little kid, you have to take into matter of fact that people older than 17 have the decision to play reach and go to college...It is [i]their[/i] decision. [Edited on 09.09.2010 10:29 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] Actually, you did the right thing. Sure you rained on the kid's parade, but oh well. I was in a Gamestop one time when another kids was trying to rope his Mom into buying him GTA: San Andres. He had her convinced until they asked the guy behind the counter to get a copy. When he got the game he asked who it was for, and when he found out that it was for the kid with her, he informed her about the JUST the hookers in the game. That sealed the deal, they left without the game. That being said, I have never understood why Halo is rated "M". I know it's a FPS, but you are shooting aliens with bright colors for blood. And I have never heard the language get out of control in a Halo game. No f-bombs, no s-words, no nudity (no Cortana doesn't count). You pretty much get all the language that is allowed by the FCC on TV. So yeah, good job helping out a parent. [Edited on 09.09.2010 10:25 PM PDT]
