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 disagree completely. I have a 6 year old who plays destiny. He's been playing fps's since he was 2. He is completely well adjusted has no antisocial behavior, is not violent, plays sports and has many friends and does not flinch at all at the sight of a sword (he has several and I've attacked him with them, he just fights back). As long as you talk to your kids, explain it's a game, tell him you shoot the "bad guys", tell him it's not real life and in the real world you can't do what you do in the game there is no problem. Also talking about being a sore loser and stuff like that helps. It's when parents park their kid's in front of the game and go away where you can run into problems but the same can be said for TV or life really. Kids are going to see and hear all kinds of stuff that you would rather they didn't. As long as you talk to them and explain right and wrong they will be able to handle these situations without negative impact.