Why do people hate "kids" playing WoW?Follow

Andy doesn't truck with people in new houses, they have to live in older, mature dwellings.

To the tell the truth, when I first started playing I knew nothing about MMO's i was only like... I think 12, oh yea 12, I was the kid everyone use to make fun of because of being well, the "Whiny, Ignorant, Selfish, Cursing words because my parents are not supervising me of what I do" kid. In the 3 years World of Warcraft came out i have grown more mature.

I've had the same experience Heynick had, I was on my main character(level 70 Troll Hunter, yea a hunter) and well i was in a group for Tempest Keep - The Botanica, and well the leader asked for all our ages i did NOT stop to think why he would ask but, well this is what happened.

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Leader: Ok what is everyones ages?
Guy 2: 24.
Guy 3: 18. why do you want to know?
Leader: Just cause
Guy 4: 31 if thats ok.
Me: 15 why is our age so important?
Leader: .....
(My Mains Name) was removed from the group
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I was so offended by this *******(excuse me) i just reported him, never heard from him since. I do not know why adults 10 years older than me think I'm gonna mess up the whole instance by being a "Huntard," which i am not, or just plain not listening to the leader by not reading his strategy that is more than 6 words, from what i have seen happen in an Molten Core run before Burning Crusade came out, i admit the kids i see at my school who play are not as mature as me because most of them just like to kill lower level plays that are 40 levels under them. I am glad i have a guild that does not care if I'm 15, it is cause they know i am mature enough to listen to directions in 25-man raids.

Thats all i have to say for this post, thank you for taking time out of your hands by reading this! :D

P.S. Two days ago the same guy found me and apologized for what he did to me, i gladly accepted his apology and were in the same guild and good buds, even though i don't know him really. =]

I've been playing SWG (Star Wars Galaxies) in the past year. Most of you are wondering WTF does this have to do with WoW? Well when I started playing it I was very rude. Very immature if you will. Well over the past year it made me into a hated character in my server (Chilastra)this added hatred caused many people to not trust me,to deny me from guilds,and to deny me into their groups for instances and such. Now most of you who are reading this are likely to tag me as a kid.....in which I am. I am 15 years old. Now I've personally seen the hate amongst "kids" because I like a spoiled ******. Now I am returning to WoW because I grew tired of SWG but in change. I will no longer act like an imbecile. But the only thing I will do is speak (not much) in AIM/MSN/Yahoo talk. But heynick is right many "adults" brand "young" people as immature/spamming morons who's sole purpose is to annoy the "adults" into submission. It is how much the person actually cares about the game really. Those who want to get a level 70 character will most likely have to act polite. And those who want to be an idiot will still be a level 10 and dance and take off their clothes and be an idiot.

No, not really, I associate age with how irritating you're going to be in party/guild chat.

I'd pick the person that was going to play like a mature human, not some garbage-spewing moron. Yep age doesn't necessarily mean they'll be mature, but it's only partly skill and knowledge of the game - but you can teach someone how to play and if they're mature they'll likely learn quickly. It's also about (and possibly more about) someone who isn't going to crap up my gaming experience by being an annoying prat.

Knowing how to play some game has nothing to do with having manners and respect for other players.
You can be ultimate player and still annoying brat when it comes to social behavior.

You know, I never really had a problem with kids playing before. Most i didn't group with much as they (and good for them) knew they couldn't spend the time in instances when I was on. I think they grouped with others at different playtimes, but couldn't devote the time when I was grouping.

Until this weekend...

I've had to, for the first time, put a guildie on ignore. Partly due to the inane chatter (the joke wasn't funny the first time you made it, it's not going to be funny the 25th) and partly due to the fact that I'll never group with them again. Ever. Why?

HBotanica on Saturday. What should have been a quick run through with guildies that I've burned through there before with turned into a 3.5 hour run. Some of that was due to wipes because he couldn't manage his aggro, wanting to take mobs on himself (I stopped wasting the taunt because it was usually on cooldown then when he went down and the damn healer died). Or he'd randonly pull stuff and then say "OMG I thought we'd pulled!". That was bad enough.

Lord knows the chat and the constant /fart emote were annoying enough. Add in the ZOMG I forgot to loot my badge!!!!!!eleven Oops just kidding lol.

But on top of all that was the 40-50 minutes we spent spread over several times waiting around on his *** while he'd say "brb" and then go do something like talk his parents out of grounding him or go have dinner with the family.

Skip to Sunday when I was helping several guildmates with the Ogri'la pre-reqs. he joined and I whispered the guildie who got the group together that if he afk'd once I was gone and I'd help later without him.

So, another 2 hours of "OMG I forgot to loot the banner/chest/whatever" and /fart emotes and other juvenile jokes. Oh yeah, and he only had 25 arrows. Realized that when we got way out to the last boss.

So, yeah, not really interested in wasting my gametime listening to some repetitive, decidedly unfunny jackass. And certainly not interested in sitting around WAITING on said jackass while he goes off and does whatever. At least tell us what you're doing. I guess the reason why he didn't is he knew we'd boot his *** and get someone else rather than wait for 20 minutes while he ate dinner with the family.

I mean, why even get in a group when you know that ****'s going to happen?

Sorry I guess this turned into more of a rant than anything useful. But I feel better now.

Just to hop in here with a quick word...

My younger brother started playing WoW when he was 9 (he played EverQuest before that). He may have had an obnoxious leet/quick speak streak a mile wide, but damn... that kid could lead a raid of idiots. He could get a pick-up raid together, lead it, tank it, and handle all that loot junk without anyone whining about him.

I had a friend that played on EQ with me that started saying he was 21 at the age of 13 just so he could play the game in peace. He was still immature, annoying, and rude - but it was okay, because he was an adult!

The problem isn't "kids" so much as it is the maturity level of the players,be they adult or "kid" .I know many adults who are very childish and many "kids" who are very mature,And the other way around.What irritates is new players who beg for gold and runs in trade chat...Perhaps it is an assumption that young players are bad players.Take it with a grain of salt.

I guess it can get annyoing when you're in a group and the kid says it's time for dinner. It happens to me all the time. I'm a kid as well, and I have to leave the group for dinner, much as I dont like it.

But is it any worse than grouping with adults who say, "brb...smoke break" right before a boss fight?

Edited, Jan 10th 2008 10:34am by Erotan

Smoke Break = 5 minutes tops, the equivalent of a bio break.
Kid called to dinner = 20 minutes minimum

Yeah, it is worse.

I've just turned 13,
But I dont do all that l33t/'gansta' talk stuff, I just think its stupid,
I just treat other people how I'd like to be treated! (Not immature)
I also dont get into many Guilds since their 18+ because they think we youngsters will get in the way and mess things up, so most of the time, I get into Guilds where people spam the whole chatbox or are idiots..

Its understandable why they play it is rated T for teenagers._.!!!!
How ever if i see a "kid" on a game like D2 it would bother me a little.