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Edited by Recon Number 54:
3/19/2015 2:09:35 PM
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Should 6 year-olds play Destiny?
How young should you start games like destiny? Think about it...
Green Text style story time yall.
Tldr at end.
>Be me, mid twenties, chillin after work playing nightfall with 2 good friends.
>Two randos drop into party. One has tiny child voice, other is silent.
>No idea who these people are.
>Child asks for help. This can't be a teenager....
>Decline politely, doing nightfall SRY (!)
>Child starts blubbering. No friends. No one to help him. Everyone kicks him as soon as he talks. Says that he is good.
>This feels weird. Child acting way too young. Ask the kid how old he is.
>6. -blam!-ing 6. Turns out I had friended the dad through a raid. Found me through his account and hijacked the party connect.
>This is a smart -blam!-ing 6 year old...Still doesn't solve current problem. Child whining.
>Agree to run normal crota. Us 3 and him. Never three manned it...worth a shot...haven't done a good deed in awhile either.
>Finish nightfall. He's been goofing off the whole time. Never too much...but how you'd expect a 6 yr old to.
>Start Crota. He's excited. Runs off through lamps.
>We sigh. Chase after. I breeze through lamps. Everyone else dies. Killed ogre. Yay.
>Bridge. Child starts talking...explains everything....correctly! Wow, ok. Game on.
>Rock it. Cheese city. Child ran sword. Snipe town. Killed ogres. Yay.
>Hallway. Charge! Made it. Chest. Sweet...
>Deathsinger. 3 left 1 right. Bust witches and shriekers. Couple of men down, then picked up. It's normal, whatever.
>Kill Deathsinger with invisible + rockets. Sweet.
>By this time kid has sent us all friend requests and keeps mentioning it. How we can play later (Wtf?)...
>Ignored it. Kept goin.
>Crota time. Doing surprisingly well. No mistakes, 1st attempt, every time. Feeling good. Child hasn't dropped the ball. Also not that annoying. More competent than many others I've played with....
>Anyway. Child demands sword. I let him. He's 31. No damage. Explain how damage works. Too young to understand. He gets mad. Turns out his 2nd time ever doing it. I don't play his game and keep going.
>He cries not to kick him. Apparently happens a lot. I explain that I'll sword bear if he chills.
>His mom calls, his dad calls, dinner. He tells us he'll brb food.
>That'll be 10 minutes easy. Buddies pull together. We 3 man Crota. Yay. Child got Sword breaker and shards.
>Bailed. HARD! Way before child came back. I did my good deed for the day.
>Never did accept that friend request. I actually deleted his dad so he can't find me. Friend's blocked him.
>Sorry not sorry. I can't bring home any stray puppies. I barely take care of myself. >Do I feel bad? Eh, I got him sword breaker.
TL/DR: unknown 6 year old begs for normal crota, oblige and help. He was actually not bad. Not annoying either. He was called away for dinner got him gear and bailed before he got back.
So brings me to my main point. Let me know your thoughts. Wtf is a 6 year old doing playing this kind of online game without parental supervision? It's not the content...but the people. I mean, he's 6! Last night my buddy hit every single swear I could think of within 1 minute (like 25) when we were accidently with a 12 year old (whatever). That COULD NOT happen with a 6 year old, right? That's totally irresponsible. Cuz for a while he literally mimicked us perfectly.
Real talk: kid's lucky to have found my friends and I (who are decent people and nice guys) instead of some weird pedo or douchebag. And I'm sorry but I'm just not gonna play with a 6 year old on the reg. This was charity.
But what do you think?
Should a child that young play a game like this?...
How would you have handled a situation like this?
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I agree that the content isn't the problem it's the people. When I'm raiding I hear plenty of incredibly inappropriate stuff, and I'm saying some of it. Kids don't belong in the situation. The game itself is fine but the multiplayer should be off limits. Parents don't care tho, they just want a second away from their childs annoying requests and if destiny's the solution then so be it.
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Hell no ... My teenagers aren't allowed to play shooters and no I'm not a freak that thinks its going to turn them into phychos lol
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Why do you all care? I would actually friend them and help them.
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I answered this all like there's nothing bad in the game. But wait it's online and I only recently let my 11 yr old play online games with friends from school. Of course I get the info from their parents ain't no pedo running off with my kids.
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It's up to the parents of each child to make that decision, not other gamers.
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My 6 year old drives around on the sparrow and opens chests, because he thinks spin metal is treasure :)
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2 RepliesThis game is rated T for a reason.
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As a father of a 3 yr old I don't think I could let him play shooter games until he's at least 10. He goes hunting with his papaw already and understands gun safety as much as a 3 yr old can, but it is still too young for kids to play fps..
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I think you already know the answer.
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3 RepliesNobody under the age of 25 should play Destiny. Why? Because then they will learn/believe that[b] effort gets you nowhere in life[/b], everything is random. Sometimes you just get BLAM'ed.
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No, because then he'll make me look bad!
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Now don't forget to hold down the square button when choosing a character now if they disappear that just means someone else decides to play as that character first
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I don't care what games kids play,but anyone under 12 should have heavy family settings on that prevent them from talking to strangers over the headset.
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2 RepliesDa Queens ass doe. How do you explain dat ass
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1 ReplyEdited by saeglopur12: 3/19/2015 8:03:05 PMIf you're dumb enough to give your 6 year old a mic (okay wait back up, IF YOU'RE DUMB ENOUGH TO LET YOUR 6 YEAR OLD HOLD A CONTROLLER *ahem* anyway), you fully deserve it when I promise the kid I'll carry him through VoG in return for daddy's credit card number. Edit: Also, [quote]Green Text style story time yall. [/quote] ...so much win :3
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*If they have supervision and permission from their parent or guardian, no pun intended, then it's all okay with me. It's when you find kids playing games they shouldn't play and saying things that are inappropriate. That's when it's not good.* [b]The * indicate my opinion in short. Everything after is just my thoughts, feelings, and opinion put into more depth.[/b] I find kids swearing all the time when dad isn't home or listening. Others may not see problems with swearing but I find it vulgar and immature. Hearing it from a kid is depressing to say the least. As for games with drugs references. Drugs, obviously, are not good for your body and kids can take away bad things from games with those references. By drugs I mean Cocaine, meth, etc. Not painkillers or headache medicine. Although painkillers can be addictive but that's not my point. As for sexual content and references. That should be something the parent should talk to them about when they feel like it's time. Until then just don't let the kid go down some weird path. As for violence, if the kid can understand not to use it as a option unless they are attacked or worse. Fighting or hurting someone should be thought over before employing it as your plan of action.
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4 RepliesSuper nice of you lol. My younger son just turned six and he has a level 30 Warlock that he has leveled by himself. He is blocked from playing with anyone NOT on his friend list (which I have to approve for him to add). He is pretty good for his age. Yesterday he three-manned the spire on VOG with a couple of 4th graders on his friend list. Like you said in your post, it's all about parental supervision.
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2 RepliesBesides all the bullshit about me posting in offtopic originally (and getting this post moved by the mods so now I can't edit it), I appreciate the discussion. I didn't have the heart to be a dick to this kid, cuz he WAS decent and NOT a little jerk. I just hate censoring myself when I'm relaxing and don't want to have to help this kid every week forever because I struggle with saying "no". I just think that the exposure to anyone online is too much for a kid that age. I've personally been gaming since I was 5 (ps1) but didn't mess with anything online til I was at least 11 (ffxi), and I wouldn't recommend anyone playing online with strangers until they AT LEAST get to double digits. Too much hostility, trash talking, adult concepts, and profanity. I love all those things...but not around kids.
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Yes, but shouldn't be able to talk into mic or be talked to from a mic. Don't allow any messages to go through to him from strangers. MAYBE no crucible (until the addition of private matches).
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An 11 year old joined my raid group once, someone had him friended, kick him because he was annoying.. He joined back in, kicked him again.. The next time his dad joins in saying we're scum for kicking him then, we can hear the 11 year old swearing about us to his parents over mic.. And we're just like df?!
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9 at the youngest. I played with an eight year old and I could tell he was a brat. I unfriended him
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I think it's fine for a young child to play video games if they are responsible and understand at their age that it's not real, and that they don't spend every waking minute playing them and obsessing over them. However I don't think a child of 6 should have any access at all to online multiplayer whatsoever. They should stick to the single player games until they are at least 12. And if they start behaving badly afterwards then immediate privileges taken away. There's a lot of older people on those types of games that would definitely not provide the best influence to young children and teenagers.
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Edited by bokentoe: 3/19/2015 10:09:28 PMI know times have changed since I was a kid, but I don't think my child is going to be allowed to play games designed for an older crowd. If they feel left out and have to go to a friend's house to play it, then so be it. It's what I had to do and the lack of consoles and not being able to play games that weren't suitable never did me any harm. Every parent is different of course and it's your right to raise your kids how you see fit. But I wouldn't let mine play destiny at 6. When they hit 13 I'd review it again.
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At my house both my 12 year old and 8 year old play. We use one account, same name. The youngest doesn't do the headset thing nor I. Now my oldest does and I think he sounds very annoying. Matter of fact the 8 year old is playing now. We each have our own character we use and leave the other's alone. Come to think about it, not much point to this post.
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2 RepliesI got Destiny because I turned 13 before release, my mom always obliges with the ESRB rating on games, so I became a teen and got the game! :D
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Edited by JaybirdIV: 3/19/2015 9:57:54 PMMy 9 year old plays my account sometimes. But only with my friends. I don't want someone cursing at her if she messes up. So to answer your question, no.
