Although this is an old, already discussed problem, I believe that we can still change. I feel that the majority of players that play Destiny are under the appropriate age for shooters. I think this age should be 18 and over. I'll give you a few reasons.
1)It causes traumatic situations. I for one do not want my child flinching and screaming away every time they see somebody holding a sword.
2) It causes anti-social instincts to grow. When you think about it, the average session a child will play in Destiny is three to four hours. That's three to four hours where the only communication the are getting is with people they have met over the Internet. I don't want children growing older and being scared of every person they see.
3) It teaches them bad words. Every lobby I go into, there is always that person (usually a child) screaming curse words for no good reason. Where did they find out these words? From older players. If there was a minimum age, you would not have this problem. Children are getting angrier because of this game.
4) My final reason is that it causes violence. No 10 year old should be able to make another creatures head explode, or shoot other players virtually. What happens when that transfers to the real world? That anger and frustration would lead to much property being desecrated including
Mailbox Baseball
Laser Tag
TPing Houses
Egging Cars
Multiple holes in the wall from being punched.
ANY PERSON who do not follow these rules should be arrested with a minimum 2 year sentence.
Thank you all for the support you give me. I believe that a change to only 18 year olds and over would make the worlds youth safer and more intelligent than currently.
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I threw a banana peel at my teacher and hoped she would slip on it die tragically. I guess Mario cart taught me violence.
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TL:DR for OP I know nobody cares, but he's stumbled onto something, OP you are smart and always remember that
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You have to remember some kids can handle it. I have seen kids that play CoD that are twelve and I have seen no bad influence on them.
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Yes, shooting aliens with made up guns, and magic super powers will cause truamatic experiences. Its rated Teen, as a suggested.
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Edited by bgame: 6/28/2015 12:16:12 AMOkay first off what kind of situations do you put your kids in where there's a very probable chance they will see someone with a sword??? You know cuz you said you don't want your kids being scared any time they see someone with a sword..... Like seriously??? Secondly..... Because someone plays a video game, even a fictional first person shooter.... Doesn't mean they are gonna have their life lead towards violence. This is where people need to step in and be parents.... It's really that simple.... Be a f-ing adult and explain shit to your kids.... This is a fictional game, with a fictional story, and in no way relates to real life besides being a form of entertainment... If that's too difficult than you shouldn't be a parent in the first place.
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did every one of these as a teen. Mailbox Baseball Laser Tag TPing Houses Egging Cars Multiple holes in the wall from being punched. Must have been Mortal Kombat's fault.
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Did people really take the bait...
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Yeah put kids in jail for two years for playing video games. You should run for government and see where your ideas get you idiot. These games barely affect children and putting the in prison for playing them would be making the non-existent problem here a very big problem. You should be arrested for stupidity.
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Wish I could get back the 15 seconds you wasted of my life with your pathetic argument
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Following the same horseshit studies of violence caused by videogames. Even if there was a minimum age, you could never stop parents buying their kids games.
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Please. For the love of God. Tell me he isn't completely serious.
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Rated "T", for teens. ThirTEEN FourTEEN FifTEEN SixTEEN SevenTEEN EighTEEN CASE CLOSED.
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If you fear for your kids don't let them play destiny it's [b]that easy[/b]
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Lmao Lazer tag? Really? Lazer tag is bad? Wow. Watching my son grow from around 15 (from when I let him play M rated games) to his current age at 17, he has grown more social, more comfortable talking to new people, and no violence "spurts" have occured, ever. Violence doesn't make children violent, lag does ;-) and as a wise man once said. You sir are a dumbass.
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The only people you could arrest according to your proposition are those less than a year from being of age. Federal law dictates that you can only be tried and arrested if you're 17.
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Lol tell that to the 5 yr olds running around on cod
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Censorship should come from parents and no where else. A game can be what ever rating it gets, but online interactions have a different rating that currently I do not remember lol
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Maybe it's just me but if you've ever been truly dedicated to a sports games Madden, Fifa, 2k, the show, NCAA when it was still being made you get way more mad/angry from those than any shooter lol. I've never really been an emotional video game player so I've never broken or a controller or punched a hole in the wall, but I've never gotten anywhere near as frustrated/angry with Destiny as some Madden BS has made me in a MUT Super Bowl
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Lol. I play dēśtíñÿ and I'm not 18 so I must be hitting mailboxes with my baseball bat lol
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That's part of destinys way of getting more people to play, make it the most violent T game as possible while still rating it T
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it's a teen game, ummmm, you could be 13 and it's right.....
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And playing gta makes me steal cars. All for age restrictions, but when comes down to it you yourself are the only one who makes the choice to destroy, kill, vandalize property. NOT VIDEO GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of your statements have been proven wrong over the years. Its lazy parents blaming the environment for their children running amuck. Parents are the problem here NOT VIDEO GAMES, NOT MUSIC, NOT MOVIES!!!!!!!!!
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True dat, Gta had me punching holes at like 15
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True dat, Gta had me punching holes at like 15
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You Are An Idiot