Why do people hate "kids" playing WoW?Follow

As many people have already said, adults like playing with other adults. That being said...
I am a 24 year old single mom with 3 children, and my oldest is 6. I had a 10 year old hit on my NE resto druid (even after i told my age he persisted), made me wonder if parents care more about careers, partners, addictions, etc, than they do about their own children. If my kids could read well, i would not allow them to watch me play, for fear that they may hear (read) the word rape (and many others), and ask about it. I would probably have a pretty bad reaction if i seen any of my children act like some of the kids on WoW (and some of the other MMORPG's out there). TV is even pretty bad for the younger kids to watch, no value to it (example, Spongebob, my 6 year old thinks it is dumb), and they are upping the maturity level of PG it seems.
BUT I seriously think there are some pretty awesome "kid" players out there, and I play with some teens, given maturity level. I am still young enough to relate to teens and have a nice conversation with them. As a parent I play WoW to get some adult interaction, and to kill stuff (pent up aggression, from keeping babies from playing in the {insert dangerous or nasty place here}, arguing with a 6 year old with the basic intelligence of a 10 year old, and the fighting amongst themselves), I am trying to get away from my stress of being a parent, and having the immature kids (and adults) saying stupid crap to me and in chat annoys the crap out of me. Also there are some pretty awesome players out there that you, possibly just me, would think, because of their generation (one of my buddies is 67 years old), wouldn't be with it, that totally blow me away.
When Rome do as the Romans. If you are playing with kids your own age, act your age, if you are playing with adults, don't act like one of the bratty neighbor kids, that we all put up with. But it seems that, for the most part, the kids that are the quiet ones on the servers tend to be pretty awesome.
Adults stress about things that kids couldn't even dream about, time is a major factor for me, I had way too much time as a kid, and not enough time as an adult.
What I might consider doing is asking some one that is asking your age right away if they would consider waiting until the end of your conversation to ask again, or say mid teens. Personally, your age would not matter to me if you act mature (which, it seems you do) and knew how to play your character.

LOL I'd say because many "kids" I've played with don't seem to "get" netiquette at all. They leave groups half way through, they ninja bop items, they don't communicate, they make stupid annoying immature jokes and don't seem to give a flying fart if they wipe the group by doing something stupid.

A little bit of advice for any under-18's that DON'T do this stuff - lie about your age to get into groups (but probably not to get into guilds - they're likely to find out sooner or later LOL)

Easy.

And then... welcome to the big kid's club. It's fun in there if you know the rules, and can play the game.

Wow.....All I can say to this subject is wow. Ok thats not all I can say.
I am appalled by some of the reactions here. This is a game we are playing correct? Where everyone with the money to pay has the right to play?
I am a mother of 2 Teens, and a Guild Leader on my server. (274 members and growing ^.^)
I am appalled by the sheer number of...Ageists. Yea thats right, I called you Ageists!
Immaturity has nothing to do with age. If anything..It could have more to do with time of day and the phase of the moon, or even the number of drinks one has had <.< >.> LoL.

I read complaints about unfairness by gender on one thread, then unfairness by faction on another, and yet another thread of unfairness about class. Only to stumble across this one on unfairness of age.
The thing you mostly agree on (besides all the unfairness) is the maturity levels of the players, yet you continue to treat ALL /spamers /L33T speakers and /Yellers as kids, then cry about how this is the game you go to to get away from real life, to ease your stress, etc yet you want all the same normalcy as real life to permiate the game.....
Well I know there has been moments, perhaps just a fleeting moment of madness to some, when even the adults here just couldnt resist doing something immature themselves....after all why not, it can be a great stress reliever, a fantastic way to ease tension,or a great way to break the ice, or just a great laugh. I know I have.

My hubby is notorious for coming home after a rough day and going....Bonkers in Wow. Much to the amusement of most (I cant say all, because sometimes even I get annoyed by him :P) of our Guildies.

One particular time comes to mind, we were almost done clearing Sunken Temple and had reached the room with all the undead trolls. (Sorry just cant seem to remember the boss name atm) We had spent an hour+ in the instance already having decided to run it as a group of characters the right lvl for it, Pally, Priest, Druid, Mage and DPS Warrior,(3 were guildies, 2 from lfg which we invited to our guild chat channel) as apposed to having assistance from a lvl70. Well, as we looked around the room, targets marked, and the ready check given, my lovely hubby made a small noise....I groaned knowing what was coming.
You could hear the collective breath being inhaled as our guild chat went perfectly quiet.
The next few moments were complete madness, my hubby screams " Die dIE Die dIE Giv3 M3 Ur Fat l00t Troll n00b!!!1! "(not only had he throat tearingly screamed this into the Mic, but he had taken the time to macro is as well, and spammed guild chat and party chat with it) as he ran though the crowd and used his shield (yea, he was the Pally) to hit the boss, tears of laughter rolled down his face as he DI'd the priest (me)and watched as the party tried to control the madness before horribly getting stomped.
One party member threw a fit...and told me I should do a better job of choosing my guild members and who I partied with, and that next time I should boot any noob kids before inviting him, since he didn't have time to waste dieing because he had a biology test in the morning. O.O
I couldn't help but laugh myself. Here was a grown man getting a verbal spanking by a Jr High School kid.

I admit my guild is very laid back, as is my approach to the game. After all, It is a game, its supposed to be fun. Its a place to get away from your self, your troubles, your daily grind. And if you think only adults need this escape, then you do enough hiding from real life as it is.
So, Be kind...Rewind...oh wait, wrong cliche.
Just remember, dont Assume, it just makes an *** outta U and Me.

My WoW Hero? Lerrrroooooooooyyyy Jeeeenkiiiiins, and my Loving HuBbY! Keep the good times coming.
Some of the best moments in life can be found when we just relax and accept things for what they are, not as we wish they were.

I think people playing WoW dont want to deal with kids depending on the age because they are most likely to cause a disruptance due to the immature behavior some of them have. Now not all kids playing WoW are like this but sometimes you get with the individuals that are just so annoying or whatever that you just cant stand it.

Honestly, I quit my guild because there were so many "kids" in it. I don't like the idea of swearing or talking about sex and stuff with kids in the chat, but I also DO like to talk about that stuff. It's when the immaturity is a constant presence that things go wrong. There's nothing wrong with being funny or being immature once in awhile. Everyone is okay with that when you're a reasonable and good player at other times. But with a 9 year old kid sitting in the chat, I don't even like to talk at all since I'm sure something is going to end up in the chat that I didn't really mean to type.

And seriously, this girl asks for a runthrough of Deadmines every single day. I see her talk in guild chat and I want to kick her in the teeth! So sure, being immature is fine, and being mature is also good. But if you're young don't expect to get into any serious guilds because they need reliability. I'm not saying that adults are always reliable either, but don't pretend that the adults who aren't reliable aren't getting /gkicked either.

Guild Chat = G Rating

Vent..... Vent = Free for All

damn dude sum one in ur guild is 8 years old i feel bad 4her so young i started at age 16 and i still feel i started 2 early now im hooked.

Agreed. Take the high road and conduct yourself intelligently and with respect for fellow players. Younger players find ways to make their age apparent; my server is inundated with Murloc movie titles and Warglaive links on a daily basis. I have a hard time believing that 20-30-40-year olds with jobs and little spare time are the ones behind those.

-Jorge

I'm 13, and I started playing at 11.

Even though I am one myself, I really don't like other kids that constantly use 1337 speech and are generally impolite to anyone that disagrees with them.

I can only play wow in school holidays or weekends, as i have to be staying in a certain place to play it as i'm not allowed the internet on my laptop at home. This means that I will never have to go /afk to do homework or tidy my room.

Recently, I asked if anyone wanted a level 31 healer ( because I'm a level 31 paladin at the moment xD ) and I immediately got invited into a group. I had no idea who this guy was and what he needed, but I stayed as he obviously needed quite a lot of help and wasn't getting any. I didn't know why at the time, but I soon found out.

We were both advertising a group to Razorfen Kraul, and we were yelling and talking in the LFG channel too. I was talking and advertising every few minutes, to give people time to reply, but my 'friend' however, was doing it so much it would be classed as spamming. Eventually, we got one more person, and he wanted to go. But I didn't believe we'd make it through, as both the other players where -25. So we carried on advertising. My friend asked a passer by if he wanted to join (this passer by so happened to be one of my friends, but annoyed everyone once when we were in gnomeregan in a group.) As he didnt reply, my RFK friend complained in party chat that he was really annoyed that no one was replying and people were just walking away. As another passer by walked straight past, he called them a ****** over and over again and basically verbally abused them for a couple of minutes. I suggested that he be a bit nicer to people, as the way he was going he was heading for a permanent place on everyone's ignore list. Then one of our party members left as they had promised to help their friend but hadn't had time to before. Then RFK friend whined again in party chat that he was fed up of people leaving with no notice and he started putting everything in caps. By that point I was ready to leave, but before I could say anything, guess what RFK friend did?

Yep, he left with no warning.

So much for badly needing help and hating people who left groups without saying a word.

Whenever I'm in an instance with a group, if I mess up or make a huge pull because my threat is huge, I will apologise to everyone and offer to leave as I'm being a nuisance. I don't like making enemies on wow, but if they are purposely obnoxious towards me or my friends, I will happily ignore them.

This is me trying to make a point that not all kid players are immature.

Sorry for the length of the post!

(( Just an extra note: I only tell someone my age if they have proven they are NOT annoying and obnoxious and like me enough to not mind about my age. I NEVER tell anyone my age if I have only just met them. ))

Happy Warcraft! :)

Oh, and I don't know how old my RFK friend was, but whatever age I will never be in the same group as him again.

EDIT: I just realised that I am telling people my age even though I haven't even met them yet. This is an exception then xD

Edited, Aug 15th 2008 9:34am by Malikoshu

My only problem is when people are obnoxious and young. They insist on voice chat and have a voice that is like nails on a chalk board. I don't get enough time to play to tolerate having to deal with being annoyed by some kid.

It has nothing to do with skill, trust me I see plenty of kids that are much better players than I am, but they get to play much more than I do... Hell I don't even have a 70 yet... :(

This, like every online game, will have cool kids and annoying ones, but the annoying ones make it so much worse for the rest. I don't discriminate and ask age or anything when I am grouping... most of my regular play mates are people I know IRL, but now and then in a random group age comes up.

I know my share of annoying and obnoxious adults just the same, but most of their voices don't quite scratch me that same way.

Edited, Aug 20th 2008 11:21am by SumDuud

Why do i not want to be a guild or group with kids? I had to explain to a former guild mate what a "tampon" is and why I needed to pause in the instance to go swap it out. 'nuff said.

Seriously though, I don't mind playing with young folks, but it can be a bit awkward if I thought they where an adult, I say something, well adult (not always something about sex, or with a bad word in it) and we have the perfect recipe for embarrassment and general bad stuff.

But as long as I know in advance who I am dealing with, then I can *try* to mind my mouth.
I guess what I am saying is that I play to relax, and it is hard for me to relax knowing that I need to be a good example and such like. I mean, I am stuck in the house all day witha toddler! Sometimes you want to be able to just be yourself. Adults don't want kids around so the adults can act like kids without any actual kids forcing them to be mature. :P

I play and I am 17 and I have had this problem in the past... Although quite rarely. I think it has more to do with the whole imaturity level of it. As far as the whole speaking problem goes I have a feeling it's not normaly to big of a deal... I rather expect it. I have been guilty from time to time of poor english skills however its usualy mid boss fight and I need to say "Stop dealing damage because the boss activated Immolate." (purely demonstrational)but when I only got 2 seconds to say that and gota start running myself I end up saying "Stop DPS Immolate" and I have a feeling that I'm not the only one guilty of this. If it's a matter of intelegence, I consider myself very well informed in pollitics/world news, sciences, math, history, and liturature. (although I will admit spelling and grammar are not strong suites). My best advice to you would be to just ignore the idiots of this world and laugh to yourself (and possible guild when you find one) because they now have to spend another 10-30minutes searching for another... healer,tank or DPS

I agree with Tavarde.

I will be 26 shortly and have found that being around adults I am a lot more comfortable and relaxed and able to speak freely.

While not having the experience of say someone in their 40's, I have been through a lot, had several long, painful relationships, and worked a ton of different jobs.

I look to them for experience and they can relate. Also when they talk about their kids/wives I can provide relevant feedback as well.

You can't get that kind of relationship with a teenager. Just out of pure life experience, nothing more nothing less. I've met some insanely good gamers who are in their teens. But personality and compatability plays a huge roll in playing with them.