Why do people hate "kids" playing WoW?Follow

MAYDAY!!!!

KIDS ARE DOING THINGS...

Regarding very young players playing..

My daughter is 5 years old and loves running around killing things.
She knows what death is, and she know that this is a cartoon, so no harm done.
I disable the channels, and she knows to click "decline" etc when invited to a group. It's still fairly dangerous though. She's reading quite well at the moment, and can pick out a fair few words from a sentence. When somebody typed "%*$& you then &$^*" when she declined a group, she was a little confused.

We have a 14 year old senior member in our guild who has several L70 alts. He makes the best group companion ever. As has been mentioned many times, it's not the physical age that's important, it's the maturity.



That's a very interesting comment. I wouldn't say that he was doing as his parents had taught him, but just being immature.

Edited, Nov 29th 2007 7:58am by Reknotz

well, using the word maturity is a bit strong. You can be young and somewhat mature. The key word in the topic should be "Wisdom". Unfortunately, young folks haven't been afforded the opportunity to learn the wisdom in seeing passed thier own nose. "Fact"! All the adults I play with do not require a return for helping each other out, where as the younger folks wanna know whats in it for them. You see, they've already been there,done that, and won the T-shirt that dropped, so how does it benefit them. As was stated above, until a person has to be responsible for more than themselves, and does it willingly and unselfishly, they can't see the true value in sacrifice, and how the big picture is not about "YOU". Thats the mind set I try to avoid, and thats why I perfer not to play with KIDS.

My question to folks is never how old they are - it's how old their BRAIN is.

I've met my share of 10-year-old minds stuck in 40-year-old bodies and vice versa. /agree with everyone else - it's your maturity that matters. It's also important to note that intelligent people use grammar and sentence structure correctly, and if you spell and write like a dumbass people will think you are one regardless of your IQ or life experience.

Cheers,
Jorge

In response to parents and the language content... there IS a language filter in game if it's activated.

As for 'hating' kids that play WoW, I personally don't see a big deal if they act (along with adults as well) appropriately. We have a wide range of ages in our guild (going anywhere from age 11-40s). It all depends on how a person carries themself. If a person acts like a fool, saying inappropriate things, they get kicked. As simple as that. There's only been one time I've put a guildmate on ignore, and it was because they were saying things that weren't appropriate at all... even for someone that's no longer in their teens.

I do have to say though, one thing that irritates me is someone that always says "pwn."

"I'm going to pwn you"
"You've been pwned"

Seriously... that's the most irritating word ever, and whoever made it should be 'pwned'.

/rant ... I have no problem with people saying it... but saying it too much just gets annoying. At least mix it up a bit, like "I just laid the smackdown" or something =P

You're absolutely right, zepoodle. Seriously, isn't this game rated T or something like that anyway. Besides, nowadays, what 13 year old (if not younger) hasn't been exposed to language, violence, etc.? Kids these days are a lot smarter than their parents think.

I'm going to come off sounding like an old fogey, but WTH....

I hate it when people sya "use the language filter". That's an excuse to use bad language and usually act poorly. You might slip up and spurt out the F bomb in person, but unless you are on Teamspeak, you have to type it in game.

Kids today are smarter than their parents think only because most of the tiem the parents are morons. I was no angel when i was a teenager, but I wasn't a complete uncouth brat either. I won't lump all the kids playing WoW into this group, but if you can't speak (or type) without using F-bombs and other expletives, if you can't go into the game without acting like a idiot or if it just makes you get your rocks off to annoy other people, face it, you're a nuisance. And thats the nicest thing I can say about it. Its unfortunate that many kids get labeled that way since I'm certain many adults act badly too, with the anonymity of the internet.

well, back when i was 14 i started playing everquest..(this was 9 years ago mind you.) good times, i made plenty of adult contacts, because mainly the folks i rolled with were all respectful and weren't all into "adult" themed conversations and whatnot. They never asked my age, until about 2-3 years later. they were pleasantly shocked and surprised, but in the end, didn't really care or notice or treat me differently.

then again, i really only got along with adults when i was that age anyways... the kiddies were mostly immature and whatnot and i couldn't stand it. Still can't stand most kids to this day, really. lol

that said, people need to give everyone a shot at something. if they don't like something (legitamate of course) about the experience, then by all means get rid of 'em.

Im okay with kids playing WoW. Only times I hate it is if their on voice chat acting like their 3 years old. If I have no idea your a kid, because your mature then Im fine with you.

How does this have anything to do with today's teen culture? My Dad and his friends have known the F-word since they were 10 years old, and used them throughout their teenaged years. This was in like the early-mid 1970's. He mentioned that it was a way to sound cool, if they weren't caught by their parents. Back then, and nowadays, kids normally get their cuss words from their parents who inatentively cussed in anger in front of them at a very young age. The kids I talk to now don't normally cuss in the places I hangout, and usually know when to hold it in if they're around someone who doesn't appriciate. My dad mentioned it was the same with his teenaged friends.

As for the violence, look throughout the history of humanity, and you will see that it is part of our instincts. Not a likeable part, but still a part of it. Our culture is much more peaceful than it used to be, despite what you may be hearing about in the press. And I don't trust the press, anyway, they're normally outrageously political or biased, always report bad news, and always make a mountain out of a molehill.


This is getting off-topic anyways, I'd to steer us back now.

I think one of the reasons people say they don't want "kids" playing online is because kids do not have the social developments that adults have. It is often a lot harder for them to be patient, as it is for me (I'm 16, btw, and i can get impatient a LOT).

Or they could just be refering to immature stupid people as "kids" because it comes from the word "childish" meaning "immature".

Either way, it's kind of judgemental. Remember an important lesson that people of all ages were taught way back in Kindergarten and often forget: It is not the outside (pyshical age, maturity) that counts, it whats on the inside. (Emotional age and maturity).

Edited, Dec 24th 2007 4:16pm by Erotan

Exactly. I have a cousin who's 12, and he plays much better and more maturely than many 18-22 year old gamers that largely make up both factions.

Edited, Dec 24th 2007 4:14pm by Erotan

It all depends on the maturity level.

I don't really mind playing with young people but I do, however mind if they not mature. I don't like little kids begging me for crap day in and day out. Annoys the crap out of me.



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I'm 17. That makes me a young adult.

I favor the players that I play with to act in a mature manor.