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Subject: What's your age? The age of the average Bungie forum visiter.
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i plan on playin halo till i die.

age: 16 on aug. 27

  • 07.15.2004 2:55 PM PDT
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I'm 15, and I try my best to use proper grammer on this, but sometimes I misspell a word or forget a period. But overall, I think its pretty easy to read what I'm trying to say. And on MSN, I murder word spellings (sometimes), and never use periods, but the only 'slang', I suppose it would be, that I use is cya. And, while this has basically no bearing on literacy (maybe it does, tell me what you think), I am one of those people who is extremly intelligent, but lacks common sense in nearly all forms.

  • 07.15.2004 2:57 PM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

I've seen a lot of those... People say I'm one of them, sometimes.... Perhaps I am, but I'm never going to admit it to myself ;-)

  • 07.15.2004 3:04 PM PDT
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I say I'm one, my friends say I'm one, there is no disagreement.

  • 07.15.2004 4:10 PM PDT
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Yes, there are people who can handle things at a young age... like myself! But we shouldn't be supporting kids shirking rating advice unless their parents completely understand what they're doing. There aer always going to be people who take things too far, so we have to take precautions against it!

Why do you think there are now safety signs on prams that say "Do not fold pram with baby still inside"? There are lots of really stupid people out there!

  • 07.15.2004 11:30 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

im 16 and im not illiterate or stupid. i found a flaw in Eagle117's theory,in fact.

  • 07.16.2004 12:12 AM PDT
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I'm 14, I will be 15 in december, I got the game when I was 13.

  • 07.16.2004 1:18 AM PDT
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I'm 15 got the game when I was 14. Halo still kicks ass after a year, multiplayer never gets boring with your mates.

  • 07.16.2004 4:37 AM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

Maybe I only disagree with you, Durandal, because I'm in denial that people are that stupid... even though I know they are...

Hmmmmm... you're absolutely right... Pay attention to the ratings, young ones!

  • 07.16.2004 9:36 AM PDT
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Wyrd bið ful aræd

to come back to the grammer and spelling: some guys here aren't english or american, like me. i'm from switzerland and here we have only a few lessions english in school. so my grammer isn't correct. if that is a big problem let me know.

oh, and i'm 18.

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  • 07.16.2004 10:09 AM PDT
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Okay, I've given some thought to the ratings, and I've come up with my official stance.

I say, ratings are there to give the parents an idea of what the kids should or should not play. If the parents buy their kids a game that's rated "M", it's on their heads. They should know what the ratings mean, why the games are rated what they are, etc. Also, parents shouldn't go around blaming the source (i.e. videogames, television, internet) for their kids' problems. They should be the ones monitoring their kids' intake. What, when, why, etc. Granted, the kids need a little freedom to discover things on their own, but come on. When a 13 year old kid is playing HALO in his back yard and melees a friend in the back of the head, the parent's are partially responsible for teaching their kid that that's not right. Parents have just gotten lazy, in my opinion. They think technology is a good babysitter.

  • 07.16.2004 10:29 AM PDT
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It also depends on how mature or intelligent the kid is though. I have seen many kids who have played Halo a lot and have never done any thing wrong because of it.
So either way if a kid does have problems from video games it is either because the kid is too immature in the first place or has some mental problem already.

[Edited on 7/16/2004 10:38:13 AM]

  • 07.16.2004 10:35 AM PDT
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Foreigners, we have already congradulated you and said you are not the cause of our worries :) so don't fret, we are not blaming you!

As for the maturity/intelligence of the kids, I believe I already covered that :P but yes, totally agree with you Dill X. ;-)

  • 07.16.2004 5:37 PM PDT
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I’m currently twenty two just a young man. I have a whole lot of Halo information stored away in my head which I probably should have filled up with female encounters. I’m just wondering how many of you guy’s have run numbers on some of the basic properties in Halo? Anyways guys good seeing some of you again.

  • 07.16.2004 5:54 PM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

Is it accurate to call people foriegners on the internet? Perhaps so, since Bungie is stationed in Washington... But I'm just curious....

  • 07.16.2004 6:56 PM PDT
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I guess it wasn't not the best word choice I could have made... because that would make me a foreigner too, being in Austalia and all...

Replace "foreigner" with "people with English as a second language"

  • 07.16.2004 10:20 PM PDT
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People who've learned English after their native language. N. Americans, Australians, New Zealanders, Britons, etc. should be able to spell, punctuate, and grammatically arrange their thoughts better than those who've learned English later in life. So far, I've found that not typically the case. That, to me, is disheartening. I've heard from a Dane and a Swiss that have more coherence in their posts than most of the 14-17 year old English speakers. (50% of those polled). Sad sad sad.

  • 07.17.2004 10:04 AM PDT
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Im 15 and im amazed That I didnt sign up at bungie a LONG time ago....im on every other forum that has anything to do with halo and ironiclly enough I wasnt on this one

  • 07.17.2004 12:19 PM PDT
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Great. Did you have any thing pertinent to comment on? Or did you just want to see your name in every thread?

  • 07.17.2004 1:41 PM PDT
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14 overr here i knouws huow 2 spel goods. Actually I am pretty smart and good at halo even for my age, thats why it pisses me off when older people try to not not pick you at a LAN parties because of your age. I am the third overall winner usually at the parties and still picked from the three last people. Actually thats not entirely true, you know what. now that I think about it people usaully pick me second or third. Its actually kind of funny how I woop up on the older people and leave them cussing all the way home. Ha Ha, wait what were we supposed to write about. oh well see ya.

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  • 07.17.2004 3:29 PM PDT
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Another shining example of what I'm referring to.

  • 07.17.2004 4:37 PM PDT

Posted by: Sporndog
...ratings are there to give the parents an idea of what the kids should or should not play. If the parents buy their kids a game that's rated "M", it's on their heads. They should know what the ratings mean, why the games are rated what they are, etc. Also, parents shouldn't go around blaming the source (i.e. videogames, television, internet) for their kids' problems. They should be the ones monitoring their kids' intake. What, when, why, etc. Granted, the kids need a little freedom to discover things on their own, but come on. When a 13 year old kid is playing HALO in his back yard and melees a friend in the back of the head, the parent's are partially responsible for teaching their kid that that's not right. Parents have just gotten lazy, in my opinion. They think technology is a good babysitter.

[color=white]Excellent points, but I would add that there isn't a clear idea (for anyone, really, parents or kids) of the consequences of not paying attention to the ratings and what "kids" are playing.
Just from the posts on this site, it's obvious that a number of parents have given their consent to their kids playing Halo (or not, and their kids do it anyway--my nephews have, so I need no argument or proof, thanks).
I personally don't see exactly why Halo got an "M" rating in the first place. The blood, for the most part, isn't red (except in MP, where it's all red) and the violence isn't any worse than in other games on the market. The language is PG-13 at worst, and the content is no different than that found in most PG movies.
The thing is, most kids aren't going to be visibly effected by playing a game like Halo. For every ten (or 20, or 30--I don't have statistics, does anyone?) that aren't, though, there may be one who isn't entirely grounded in reality (a job for his or her parents, not any form of technology--even Disney movies, which seem to pass for babysitters in the homes of many people with toddlers and small children) and goes off one day in some violent way. Who is to blame? No one has figured that out, and unfortunately no one is likely to, because in every case, it's a different combination of factors that affect the outcome.
Additionally, when the factors are decided in each case, who pays the price? Often it's the kids who do the deed, whatever that is. The parents, though, rarely if ever are blamed and/or punished.[/color]

  • 07.17.2004 7:04 PM PDT
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Ok, I went on a search (didn't take me long) to find the ESRB rating guide. Here it is.

So, I would definately say HALO fits the "more intense violence" category on the "M" rating. I mean, being able to blow something, or someone up with a rocket launcher. Shoot someone, or something and see its blood splatter on the wall behind it. Let's not forget being able to shoot the arms off the flood. I would catagorize that under the "blood and gore" section of reasons for the ESRB ratings. So, that's what I think. I think the guys rated it well.

  • 07.17.2004 10:09 PM PDT

[color=white]Hold on, there.
I wasn't trying to say the ESRB rated Halo wrong.
I just didn't see anything so "mature" about the game that made it deserve an "M."
Of course, I've played it so much I may have become immune to the violence.

My point on people ignoring the ratings still stands. Can you count the number of times you've talked to kids under 17 in these forums? If I had a nickel for every time I have, I would be spending all my time here, since I wouldn't need a full time job.
It shows that not only have parents either not guided their kids' choices in video games, or not cared to pay attention to what the kids play in the first place, but also aren't necessarily paying attention to what their kids do on the internet.
Maybe I'm generalizing, but you wouldn't like it if I were to nitpick.
Come to think of it, I wouldn't either.[/color]

  • 07.17.2004 10:22 PM PDT
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it depends on what you define a kid as, some one immature or some one under the age of 18,.. take me for example, im turning 15 in a few months..........

[Edited on 7/17/2004 10:28:52 PM]

  • 07.17.2004 10:28 PM PDT