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Edited by CommManagerABYZ: 6/27/2015 12:43:44 AM
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Playing Destiny Under Age

Although this is an old, already discussed problem, I believe that we can still change. I feel that the majority of players that play Destiny are under the appropriate age for shooters. I think this age should be 18 and over. I'll give you a few reasons. 1)It causes traumatic situations. I for one do not want my child flinching and screaming away every time they see somebody holding a sword. 2) It causes anti-social instincts to grow. When you think about it, the average session a child will play in Destiny is three to four hours. That's three to four hours where the only communication the are getting is with people they have met over the Internet. I don't want children growing older and being scared of every person they see. 3) It teaches them bad words. Every lobby I go into, there is always that person (usually a child) screaming curse words for no good reason. Where did they find out these words? From older players. If there was a minimum age, you would not have this problem. Children are getting angrier because of this game. 4) My final reason is that it causes violence. No 10 year old should be able to make another creatures head explode, or shoot other players virtually. What happens when that transfers to the real world? That anger and frustration would lead to much property being desecrated including Mailbox Baseball Laser Tag TPing Houses Egging Cars Multiple holes in the wall from being punched. ANY PERSON who do not follow these rules should be arrested with a minimum 2 year sentence. Thank you all for the support you give me. I believe that a change to only 18 year olds and over would make the worlds youth safer and more intelligent than currently.

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  • I learned my first curse word from a kid at my school. He also taught me the bird. Had no idea what that was so I went home and asked my mom as I flipped her the bird. That didn't go over well. I started playing shooters when I was 10. I'm 21 now and still actively play shooters. I'm a well rounded individual. I have a girlfriend. I hangout with my friends regularly. I'm going into my senior year of college. I work 35+ hours a week. I've never been arrested or even received a ticket for that matter. As for the amount of time you let your kids play video games that's up to you. If you don't want them playing for 3-4 hours then don't let them. I could only play an hour a day when I was young. Also it's worth mentioning I've never blown off anyone's head in real life nor have I TPed a building, destroyed a mailbox (people still do that?), and whatever else you said games like destiny lead to. Kids are gonna do bad things but most of the time they are influenced by people and other outside sources, not video games. It's your job as a parent to set boundaries for your kid. It's your job to explain the difference between TV/video games and the real world. It's your job to raise them properly. This isn't something I should have to explain to an adult and frankly it's just sad. Let's look at things destiny does right by the way. It has no cursing, it has no blood, and it isn't gory. Its a mildly violent game. The main thing is if you don't want your kids playing destiny then don't let them, but don't come onto these forums trying to preach your beliefs to us. I'm just upset I actually spent time to acknowledge and respond to you.

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