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Edited by SNIPER1977:
6/16/2015 1:39:05 AM
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Kids Who Insult Adult Gamers (April 4, 2015)
Ok. So I'm 37 years old and have always been an avid gamer. I am also a married man with a mortgage, car payments and a job. My gaming is a hobby that is well deserved. Perhaps more than the ones who insult adults for gaming and have their games handed to them by mommy and daddy. Here's the thing... My generation is the first to grow up with console gaming so there is no comparison to an older generation. No one told me at a certain age I was supposed to stop liking gaming. The story and subject matter is mature. I'm not playing children's games. So I think that trying to insult an adult for gaming is one of the weakest insults you can drop. It doesn't bother me but I have heard it a few too many times.
The reason I bring this up now is earlier I was in a Vault of Glass raid team with what I thought were mature teens/ young adults. We were fighting Atheon and one of these douche's friends pops in and immediately starts insulting the group and calling us kids. So I said, "Why don't we focus on talking about the raid we're in for now?". The douche starts getting smart so I mention the fact that he came in insulting us and calling us kids when I'm in my 30s. That's when the lame insult comes into play. And then the arguing starts. Douche's friend tells me to shut up so douche can keep going on about how cool he was for hitting level 32 in the first week of the Dark Below. Had I been thinking clearly at the time, I would have called him out on that supposed 32 in first week comment. I know that no one reached that level in the first week.
There is nothing to support the insult that adults shouldn't be gaming. Last I checked, over 50% of adults played games in one form or another. Even if it's on their phones. So to all the kiddies out there who use this insult, it makes no sense. I've just gotten it a few too many times now and had to speak out.
How many of you are adult gamers out there? Have you been insulted for revealing your age? At what age exactly was I supposed to turn my nose up at gaming? I didn't get the memo apparently. How many of you think this is a totally reasonable hobby for adults? Do you ever lower your age to avoid criticism? Why should we feel like we have to just because there are ignorant, immature kids out there who use their parents as an example for the average adult? I know quite a few people who game with their dads. Does that make their dad a loser?
Please feel free to comment on this matter. I really want to hear from the adults out there so I know I'm not crazy. Let's put this ridiculous insult and way of thinking to rest. And if you're a kid and comment on here, it shouldn't be negative since you have no experience in the matter. You will be shamed.
Edit: I'm so glad to see so many people responding! Hopefully this will spread. I've had some great discussions with you people. Thanks and keep it up!
Edit 2: Still going strong! The word is spreading. Thanks so much everyone. So much insightful discussions and comments. Except for the one troll.... But honestly, I expected nothing but comments like his. Thanks community for showing positive support.
Edit 3: I'm so humbled by all of the responses and discussion in here. I didn't expect even 20 comments but, over 500?! This is great. With all of this respectful discussion going on I would like to think someone at Bungie has noticed. I'd like to hear from someone with Bungie. Let us know what inspired them to go into this field, how old they were when they started gaming etc.
I never intended for kids in general to take grief from this forum. If I were to make negative comments about all younger gamers I'd be no better than the kids that insult adults. You friendly young gamers know who you are. I've defended quite a few in here.
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In my mid thirties, married for nine years, solid career, have a beautiful daughter and as a hobby and stress relief shoot hordes of digital enemies when I cannot be in the ocean sports diving. I hail from the Nintendo consoles through Playstation consoles to the now famed Hexbox. Love my time in PVE and am a fanatic about Crucible. I love the hate mail. I cannot emphasize that enough. The last one I received verbatim reads "y u cheat i shot suros y u no die". Absolutely beautiful. It brings tears to my baby blues. Such wonderful anecdotes should be published alongside the great authors of our times. Unfair maybe? I have played strikes with teens that are thoughtful and tactical. I have been invited into fire teams of teens that are well spoken (and generally well grounded I might add) which have been incredibly fun. The bad element of keyboard warriors should not ruin our experience as adults. Keep doing your part in frustrating these individuals. I salute you Sir.
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Welcome to the internet bruh
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[i]Preface[/i]: I'm 17. I don't know how to smoothly open this comment, so I won't. As far as I have experienced, I am part of the few (or just the quiet) teens who actually are respectful. Wow, it feels wrong to type that. But the way I know that is because, I've met quite a few people who bash people for playing more ("…You have no life!!") or play less than them ("…you ****'n casual!"), and I don't do that. On behalf of their older regretful selfs, I apologize. Please comment if you would like to hear my option on any topic or more on what I've commented about.
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I am 49. Kids think they know everything these days. Not all of them but enough. They have consoles as presents from parents who spend silly money to satisfy them and then let those kids do what they want in the privacy of their bedrooms. Parental supervision is very thin on the ground. In my day you rarely heard swearing from an adult but now it's commonplace in fairly young kids. They don't have much respect for anyone older than them because they haven't had to do anything to pay for stuff, it's all handed to them. I fully accept that 99.9% of kids are better than me at Destiny (I had a stroke so my reflexes are shot) but I'm not an idiot. I don't want to be harangued by a 12 year old just because I'm doing something wrong or "spoiling" their record. If any kid had a go I'd just leave the game as I can't be bothered to put up with it and there's no way I would want to respond in a way that anyone could construe as bullying.
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1 ReplyWatched a documentary on netflix. It's like 60+% of gamers are 30 yrs and up. And 40%of gamers are female.
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3 Replies38 here, been gaming since the first console inception (Intellivision). I could give a shit what some scrubby child thinks of me. I've had children try to instruct me on raids attempting to tell me what/when/how to do something, every time I give the same answer....IM BEAST FOOL! Then I cordially show them how lame their skills are by beasting whatever. I'm generally the one who doesn't die, I don't talk shit or act better than anyone else unless I'm pressed by an Ahole spewing whatever puke ejects from their little cock hole. Keep in mind I'm very cool and collected while playing, I don't bite unless given good reason. Funniest shit I've ever heard while doing Crota norm: Guy: "wipe" Kid: "how do you wipe" My buddy: "from front to back unless you want an infection" You had to be there I suppose. In all fairness I have met kids in games who are very cool, nice and respectful, non squeaker, know the ropes and generally do well. I have zero issue with these youngsters and would happily raid with them again.
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4 RepliesI'm nearly 30, female and as good as married. We both game together, he is 39 (just) and we both grew up playing consoles. So our age group have far more right in saying we are the best gamers, and they should look up to us as elders hehe :)
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5 RepliesAmen to that I'm actually older than you I'm gonna withhold it for the reason that I really do not wish to be insulted on here Aswell but ever since my daughter began this I felt as though I should probably be playing games Aswell so I actually know what she is doing anyway long story short I am insulted all the time for playing and this is something I can take on the chin but recently my daughter bought destiny and whilst in a raid together they began insulting her? This is disgraceful at best my generation had no gamin consoles but I still think its wonderful that this gaming is what it is I enjoy it as a hobby and it's genuinely a good way to keep in contact with my daughter so if the little scamp who was insulting her is reading this I just wanna let you in on a little secret i will spoiler it [spoiler]life isn't fair not everyone is like you and one day you will insult someone a lot bigger a lot tougher and a lot smarter than you and you will understand that running your mouth is never acceptable [/spoiler]
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1 ReplyWell.... I guess I'm from the younger generation, but my dad was a gamer as well and bought me my first Xbox(original) and we played battlefront ll all the time, and as I started growing up I played more and more online, but me and my dad would still occasionally play together, and because of all that time together, I wouldn't dream of disrespecting anyone older than me just because of their age. It just seems like a dumb thing to do
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2 RepliesI started gaming about 10 years ago. I'm 46 now. I purchased an original Xbox for my 6 year old son. The Xbox came with a copy of Halo CE. He and I have been gaming together ever since. We've had limited edition Xboxes, lots of limited edition games, been to midnight releases, and even been high ranking members in 2 large clans (one of which was our own 300+ member community with dedicated website! ). It's kinda in our blood now. We are both just casual players now. He is pretty much a beast at most games without much effort, and I'm pretty good at most games with a lot of effort! Ha! I think a gamer is anyone that wants to pick up a controller. Old, young, man, or woman. The raging, immature little bullies that we all come across are the real noobs. Noobs at life. They haven't grown up enough yet to realize that it's our generation that makes their world function, and that if we can continue to keep the wheels of mature life spinning and be pretty good gamers at the same time, we are the true bosses!
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9 RepliesI know how u feel brother, im 25 and get hammered with insults saying that i need to get a life and to move out of my parents and get a job... I have my own house, im a security guard training to be a police officer, and have a demanding girl friend lol... I have to laugh at these kids because of the point u said in ur post, mommy and daddy handed it to them... I wish my mom and dad gave me games, maybe the odd one from my girlfriend or younger brother but mostly i pay for everything, i paid my own way to college, had 2 cars in my life, bought both... These kids have prolly never paid for anything in their lives and they have the balls to tell us to grow up... I dont think were the ones that need growing up there kids :) its a game, play it and shut up
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4 RepliesI understand what you're saying. In our raid group we also have 30's and 40 year olds and to be honest, they are more fun than people my age. They never fail to make us laugh, and make the raid enjoyable. One day, one of our members wasn't able to come online, so we asked on LFG. Unfortunately for us a 12 year old joined us. The moment he joined, he didn't waste a second and started insulting us on how lame our characters were and how he was the best. We decided to ignore him and just continue the raid. Along the way, he kept dying every few mins because He kept rushing at the enemy. So our 30 year old warlock told him to stick with the team and not rush forward. But this douche started insulting him, saying he had no life, no job and older people shouldn't talk about games to the younger people. The moment he finished his sentence, I booted him from the fireteam. Later he sends me a long hate message, which I didn't bother to read and just replied "K"
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4 RepliesI wish my dad game with me..
