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Subject: I hope the XBox 720 rumor is true.

I think that idea is incredibly stupid...Who cares what people play; it's their choice.

  • 01.02.2013 3:45 PM PDT

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Microsoft would probably lose a lot of cash from this, and you all know M$ eh...

  • 01.02.2013 3:47 PM PDT


Posted by: haloplayer2kill

Posted by: MadMax888
Hold up a sec.

The ESRB ratings on the games are just a guideline for who should play it. It only dictates who can BUY it. M-rated games require an ID and must be 17+ to purchase it. That doesn't mean a 15 year-old can't play it. It's up to the parents whether or not their kid is ready to play it.

"Not every human problem deserves a law"


This man speaks the truth, listen to him my halo brothers.

ESRB ratings don't even dictate who can buy a game. There is no law regarding the selling of M-rated games to minors. It's just that most stores and retailers have strict store policy regarding M-rated games.

  • 01.02.2013 3:58 PM PDT

The world is not beautiful: And that, in a way, lends it a sort of beauty.

~Kino's Journey

And then we all watch as sales plummet for the 720...............

  • 01.02.2013 4:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

Posted by: grey101

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie
of gamers were minors.


Which that study pretty much acknowledges if the average gamer has been playing since they were before 17. A fact you blatantly ignored.
I didn't ignore you at all. I answered you twice.

You can't compare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to Sonic the Hedgehog. You can't even compare the latest Mortal Kombat to the original. And MK was the game that started this whole damned debate.

Games today are much more graphic in their depiction of violence than ever before. You really can't compare them. Now, I know you are sitting there either confused or smug. I will go with confused, because you keep coming back to this.

The point you are missing is that the ID card is only rumored to be for M rated games. The games I played when I was 17 would be T or below. Until MK came out, there were no M games. It was the first.

So, had this system existed then, I would still have been able to play all but one game.



Are you kidding me charlie? Mortal kombat is mortal komabat,period. I don't give a damn if the colors are pretty or not it was still violent yet it was the most family played game back in the day.

Call of duty isn't even bad,it's a game. The only time games like that become an issue when you don't make sure the kid understands that. Games can't transition into real life if you don't supplement it such as by buying nerf guns or teach a kid how to shoot. It you let them acknowledge it is a game and leave it at that then no issues.

What? I don't have an issue with you so i don't understand what that was called for. I am not "confused" in the sense you mean it. I just don't see the need for the government to start parenting which that was the point of the two people having kids in the first place.

But you can't say that for the kids now when everything is perceived as "violent". which i think is the issue, you are getting older and starting to do that weird conservative stuff even though i am technically the conservative here.


The point with the average gamer is that study should be voided if the played mortal kombat. Not to mention if a more current one was to take place nearly everybody would say they own an M rated game which would make it more complicated if the true average gamer isn't 17 and plays these games.


The age should honestly be lowered to 16 if not 15. All everybody ever talked about playing in high school was CoD and i feel like if you are old enough to drive you should be able to play a video game.

  • 01.02.2013 4:25 PM PDT

Please do not send me group invites.


Posted by: Halofreak60175

Posted by: haloplayer2kill

Posted by: MadMax888
Hold up a sec.

The ESRB ratings on the games are just a guideline for who should play it. It only dictates who can BUY it. M-rated games require an ID and must be 17+ to purchase it. That doesn't mean a 15 year-old can't play it. It's up to the parents whether or not their kid is ready to play it.

"Not every human problem deserves a law"


This man speaks the truth, listen to him my halo brothers.

ESRB ratings don't even dictate who can buy a game. There is no law regarding the selling of M-rated games to minors. It's just that most stores and retailers have strict store policy regarding M-rated games.
It's usually state policies, if I recall correctly. A store can be fined for selling an M-rated game to someone under 17.

  • 01.02.2013 4:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: grey101

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

Posted by: grey101

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie
of gamers were minors.


Which that study pretty much acknowledges if the average gamer has been playing since they were before 17. A fact you blatantly ignored.
I didn't ignore you at all. I answered you twice.

You can't compare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to Sonic the Hedgehog. You can't even compare the latest Mortal Kombat to the original. And MK was the game that started this whole damned debate.

Games today are much more graphic in their depiction of violence than ever before. You really can't compare them. Now, I know you are sitting there either confused or smug. I will go with confused, because you keep coming back to this.

The point you are missing is that the ID card is only rumored to be for M rated games. The games I played when I was 17 would be T or below. Until MK came out, there were no M games. It was the first.

So, had this system existed then, I would still have been able to play all but one game.



Are you kidding me charlie? Mortal kombat is mortal komabat,period. I don't give a damn if the colors are pretty or not it was still violent yet it was the most family played game back in the day.

Call of duty isn't even bad,it's a game. The only time games like that become an issue when you don't make sure the kid understands that. Games can't transition into real life if you don't supplement it such as by buying nerf guns or teach a kid how to shoot. It you let them acknowledge it is a game and leave it at that then no issues.

What? I don't have an issue with you so i don't understand what that was called for. I am not "confused" in the sense you mean it. I just don't see the need for the government to start parenting which that was the point of the two people having kids in the first place.

But you can't say that for the kids now when everything is perceived as "violent". which i think is the issue, you are getting older and starting to do that weird conservative stuff even though i am technically the conservative here.


The point with the average gamer is that study should be voided if the played mortal kombat. Not to mention if a more current one was to take place nearly everybody would say they own an M rated game which would make it more complicated if the true average gamer isn't 17 and plays these games.


The age should honestly be lowered to 16 if not 15. All everybody ever talked about playing in high school was CoD and i feel like if you are old enough to drive you should be able to play a video game.


Grey, I'm done.

You aren't grasping what I'm saying, and I am tired of repeating it. Hopefully, hen you get older you will see what I was saying here. Lord knows I repeated it enough.

  • 01.02.2013 4:27 PM PDT

Donuts > all other food

Do you really think that would solve anything? You think this would be the end of betrayals for the sniper?

There are just as much, if not more immature teenagers and adults on XBL than immature children.

The only "problem" this would solve is the annoyance of squeaky voices - AKA the dumbest thing people complain about due the magical button with the word "mute" on it.

  • 01.02.2013 4:29 PM PDT

This is stupid. We all played Rated M games before we were 17 but didn't complain.

  • 01.02.2013 4:29 PM PDT

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ITT: Literally autistic manchildren

  • 01.02.2013 4:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: Donut Funn
Do you really think that would solve anything? You think this would be the end of betrayals for the sniper?

There are just as much, if not more immature teenagers and adults on XBL than immature children.

The only "problem" this would solve is the annoyance of squeaky voices - AKA the dumbest thing people complain about due the magical button with the word "mute" on it.


1) It is not my suggestion. It is a rumor posted by someone else, and I am reacting to it.

2) I believe quite strongly that the ESRB guidelines Gould be followed. Children have no place viewing media designed for adults.

  • 01.02.2013 4:31 PM PDT

Posted by: BoyceKRP
duckingd
drink
seriously
me bell sean ressea ellio tand i
-blam!-img party. totallt waasted . ph my god.
i called ashy;n, i dnno if that was a good ideo. i'ma sleep with her or sometning, fujuuuck

-blam!- Charlie you are an awful troll, -blam!-

[Edited on 01.02.2013 4:32 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 4:32 PM PDT

Studies show that men think about sex every 7 seconds. I do my best to eat hotdogs in under 6, just so things don't get weird.

Please allow me to introduce Myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith


Posted by: spirit of sand
-blam!- Charlie you are an awful troll, -blam!-
if I were a troll, and I'm not, I think 17 pages would be counted as successful. To bad I am being serious. If this rumor is true, I will applaud Microsoft for doing it.

  • 01.02.2013 4:34 PM PDT

I think that's a really stupid idea. Showing ID at the register is enough. It's far beyond overkill to force a card swipe just to play.

  • 01.02.2013 4:34 PM PDT

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I'm 17.

I dun care.

  • 01.02.2013 4:35 PM PDT

We work in the dark to serve the light.

Not sure if trolling or serious.

  • 01.02.2013 4:38 PM PDT

Posted by: BoyceKRP
duckingd
drink
seriously
me bell sean ressea ellio tand i
-blam!-img party. totallt waasted . ph my god.
i called ashy;n, i dnno if that was a good ideo. i'ma sleep with her or sometning, fujuuuck


Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

Posted by: spirit of sand
-blam!- Charlie you are an awful troll, -blam!-
if I were a troll, and I'm not, I think 17 pages would be counted as successful. To bad I am being serious. If this rumor is true, I will applaud Microsoft for doing it.
You are most certainly successful, but that doesn't mean you aren't garbage.

It's painfully obvious, but people here must be severely mentally handicapped.

If the slim chance that you aren't a troll is true, then you are honestly one of the most ignorant and completely idiotic people I have ever spoken to.

  • 01.02.2013 4:38 PM PDT

Waffles > Pancakes. End of story.
I <3 Bungie :)

This sounds very interesting.. Honestly id advocate for it in hopes of a stronger gaming community resulting, but a the same time id feel a bit guilty. I got my start with online gaming during Halo 2, which I played in my early teens. I couldn't imagine not being able to play online.

  • 01.02.2013 4:39 PM PDT

We work in the dark to serve the light.

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

2) I believe quite strongly that the ESRB guidelines Gould be followed. Children have no place viewing media designed for adults.

Key word being guidelines. The ESRB guidelines are the suggested age group, not a strict set of doctrines that must be followed.

Besides, under 17s can buy M games with a parent present. I do it all the time.

  • 01.02.2013 4:42 PM PDT

Studies show that men think about sex every 7 seconds. I do my best to eat hotdogs in under 6, just so things don't get weird.

Please allow me to introduce Myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith


Posted by: mastesargent
Not sure if trolling or serious.


Serious.

The only reason I think this might even have a 1% chance of being true is the current scrutiny the gaming industry finds itself in. When groups are banding together to buy and then destroy violent games, and even the NRA jumps on the band wagon, a move like this could placate them.

It's how the ESRB was formed all those years ago. History could repeat itself.

As far as my support or it, should it be true, I don't like playing with squeakers, so I applaud anything that keeps the 11 year olds out. I'm an ageist jerk, but an honest ageist jerk.

  • 01.02.2013 4:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie
You aren't grasping what I'm saying, and I am tired of repeating it. Hopefully, hen you get older you will see what I was saying here. Lord knows I repeated it enough.


Age has nothing to do with it and i don't know why you are being condescending as that isn't needed.

I am sorry that i see how illogical this idea is and how it will be spread about and abused.

  • 01.02.2013 4:45 PM PDT

Studies show that men think about sex every 7 seconds. I do my best to eat hotdogs in under 6, just so things don't get weird.

Please allow me to introduce Myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith


Posted by: mastesargent
Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

2) I believe quite strongly that the ESRB guidelines Gould be followed. Children have no place viewing media designed for adults.

Key word being guidelines. The ESRB guidelines are the suggested age group, not a strict set of doctrines that must be followed.

Besides, under 17s can buy M games with a parent present. I do it all the time.


And, if the rumor is true, you would be able o play them if you use their drivers license.

  • 01.02.2013 4:48 PM PDT

That'd be plain stupid, people would find ways around it. Also, if parents want to let their kids play, so be it. Not all kids are annoying, squeaky little brats

  • 01.02.2013 4:50 PM PDT

We work in the dark to serve the light.


Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

Posted by: mastesargent
Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

2) I believe quite strongly that the ESRB guidelines Gould be followed. Children have no place viewing media designed for adults.

Key word being guidelines. The ESRB guidelines are the suggested age group, not a strict set of doctrines that must be followed.

Besides, under 17s can buy M games with a parent present. I do it all the time.


And, if the rumor is true, you would be able o play them if you use their drivers license.
What would be the point? Getting parental permission twice to use something that I already own? That's the equivalent to asking if you can go to the bathroom while in the bathroom. It's redundant.

  • 01.02.2013 4:51 PM PDT

Studies show that men think about sex every 7 seconds. I do my best to eat hotdogs in under 6, just so things don't get weird.

Please allow me to introduce Myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith


Posted by: mastesargent

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

Posted by: mastesargent
Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

2) I believe quite strongly that the ESRB guidelines Gould be followed. Children have no place viewing media designed for adults.

Key word being guidelines. The ESRB guidelines are the suggested age group, not a strict set of doctrines that must be followed.

Besides, under 17s can buy M games with a parent present. I do it all the time.


And, if the rumor is true, you would be able o play them if you use their drivers license.
What would be the point? Getting parental permission twice to use something that I already own? That's the equivalent to asking if you can go to the bathroom while in the bathroom. It's redundant.


Well, as you underlined, it's not being enforced at the register. This would be a slightly harder work around. It would placate the pissed off soccer moms, and keep a Congressional investigation out of our games.

How do you think No Russian would stand up in such a hearing?

[Edited on 01.02.2013 4:54 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 4:53 PM PDT