Parents are gonna be pissed!!!!!Follow

I can't wait for the first news story to come out where a kid shot his brother in the face with a Glock because they were playing FFXI and he was trying to use magic bullets to buff his brother lol. Now child shootings are not funny, but come on you know some dumb $#!+ like this is gonna happen! Just a random thought.

Agreed.


This game isn't supposed to be played by kids under 13, but apparently it is, and also is by people who remain at that age mentally. So who knows?

I am addicted to games like no one else could think but I never once thought of doing a fatality or jumping on someones head to get points...Even GTA didn't make me once think I should go jack some cars and shoot some hookers. The kids that do that kind of thing are wrong in the head to start with and would have done it as an adult anyways. I am all for rating systems because I saw way too much violence in my younger years but this game doesn't even have blood! If they put anything over a teen rating on this, they are crazy.

That is not funny.....Why do you laugh? Someone died at the hands of their own brother...Death is nothing to laugh at....

he was just posting a scenario, this didn't actually happen (at least to the best of my knowledge, it didn't)

No this scenario did not happen and death is funny.....come on you never watched Final Destination 1 and 2 hammered and giggled at least once? And yes I am insane thus the handle: MADvillany!!!

Edited, Wed Feb 22 12:47:19 2006 by Madvillany

I laughed my ass off during Final Destination 1,2,3 they are hilarious.

if someone shoots their brother with a glock, it would be because of GTA,Halo 2, or any other one of those ridiculously gorey shooters

Ask a phsyciatrist if FFXI online is for you

thats about as realistic as the starting part of this thread i says

"Maybe it is because I am more familiarized with death that I do not make jokes... "

Are you in the military or medicine, or are you just a goth? Anyway, I don't see any reason why someone shouldn't be able to laugh at whatever they want.
In any case, it would suck if that actually happened, though I think prosecutors would have a harder time blaming SE than in other cases. Is there any concrete evidence that guns will be used for buffs though, or is that a guess? I haven't seen it anywhere.

Whew, thank goodness you're not, we don't need more emos who hate life and cut(or try) themselves with plastic knives/spoons or even go low as to try and cut themselves with Visa Cards(the thought of a dumbass emo doing that makes me lmao) on FFXI forum/game.



I am familiarized with death also, family member, and my very dear orange cat :(, but stuff happens. I too, think death should not be funny, but just sometimes... just sometimes... I can't help myself, espacially if it's in a comedy movie.

actually we really shouldnt b worried about a kid shootin his bro. because of playin FFXI cause if they that crazy they woulda used swords already

"To Live is to Die"

If by that you mean that all who live are inevitably destined to die, then duh.
If that's not the case, then you haven't made yourself very clear.
Regardless, people sometimes attach an unwarranted mysticism to death. It's not some obscure entity for one to revere or fear (though there is reason to avoid it, don't get me wrong), but rather a simple and easily explainable natural process, the ceasing of the body's life functions. At least that's the way I see it.

Good point about swords though Paperbaghobo, though I don't think anyone that crazy or gullible would have lasted only enough to even get to FFXI. People like that can be influenced by anything. I seem to recall a story about a boy's severe injury (he survived though) after jumping off a deck or balcony. His words, after his recovery, "I was pretending to be a pokemon, so I could fly like one".

Look at that, I get rated down for telling people to be parents instead of blaming everyone else for their uncaring attitude towards their kids. Face it, children who have actual parents instead of morons don't do stupid sh*t like that. Well good job moron, you rated me down on a public forum that has no actual bearing on life.

Congradulations, you win no prize, you have learned nothing, and most likely your child will be the next Jeffrey Dahmer.

Have fun, and I hope you are the first your child kills.

Edited: spelling > Jicand

Edited, Tue Feb 28 15:54:51 2006 by Jicand

hahahaha
"Hey Timmy, let me shoot you with this gun, it'll raise your DEX and STR"
"OKAY!"

*bam*

I mean, if you have the mental capacity to get to lvl 30 in this game, then you won't be shooting anyone....I mean
unless you mean it.....

I read this and wanted to restrain from getting on the topic but. . . as you can see I am posting.



That folks is exactly how our jacked up politics work, they label these events as "It was the Video Games" or "It has to be the Movies/Music!". Now has anyone ever thought to question that is parents were watching there children and being "parents" this would be reduced if not happen at all.

Now Yes I do agree there are some sick puppies out there however, how many of those people are a result to either lack of "Parental Guidence" or "Parental Abuse"? I am sorry for this rant however this topic is by far the one which really burns my political butt, as you know darn well that a majority of those same poloticians drop there kids off and don't care what they do. Yes I am grouping poloticians and I realize this is the same thing they do however, if this "Grouping" is ok for them to judge the majority of children then the same appiles to there parenting skills.

Sorry to post my opinion's and if you don't agree that is fine, however I think most will agree that most of what I said is true. If the parents were watching that kid he wouldn't have that Glock now would he?

WARNING: Rant ahead. This paragraph stuck out as something that always bothered me about politics in general. Politicians get elected by playing up to the desires of the sheep -- erm... I mean, public. And what is the biggest desire the public has, generally speaking?

People like to be in positions where they won't necessarily have to be held accountable or take responsibility for negative things.

This statement holds true in different ways: people wish for wealth because the responsibilities inflicted upon them by things like debt tend to go away when all the debt is paid off; adulterers try to find the best way to satisfy their extramarital desires without getting caught; underachievers try to find any possible reason to shuttle the blame for their own failures onto other things.

I agree with you wholeheartedly, based on the paragraph quoted.

Wouldn't anyone be happier as a parent if someone in a position of power told them: "It's not your fault that Little Timmy shot someone in the face. Blame what he watches on TV; you shouldn't be expected to keep an eye on him and be a parent."

That's the gag, in a nutshell. As long as the parents are given an out, they will take it. Remember the news stories about parents who were up in arms because of the possibility of being criminally liable for their children's transgressions? I'll bet you if they subscribed to the mindset of taking control of their children's environment (sit with your kids while they watch TV, while they browse the internet, etc.), there'd be no need for such drastic measures, and game designers can go back to doing what they do best... eating pizza (or designing games, I can't remember which).

I invite you to join me as I offer the lead in a collective shout of "What crap."

reminds me of something i heard about D&D: Apparently, back when it came out, some people would act out the battles with real swords, bows, great axes, and what have you. a bunch of people died.

Another one was a newspaper article about two Star Wars fans trying to make real lightsabers using test tubes and lighter fluid. the tubes exploded, giving the victims puncture wounds along with thrid degree burns

so yea I agree with Madvillany, sh*t like this is @#%^ing funny!

*Peter and Quagmire in the school yard*

Peter: I aint afraid of nothin!
Quagmire: Yeah? Well, I bet you're too chicken to laugh at the face of death!
Peter: No, I'm not! *Points at death* HAHAHAHA!
Death: Oh...as if I dont have ENOUGH trouble fitting in....

Not at all. It's the teenagers, adults, and middle-aged bums who play this game that they should be scared of.

Edited, Thu Mar 2 12:03:22 2006 by AkiraTenken

First and foremost, Rant below.
I'm going to be very cruel, any child stupid enough to shoot himself or anyone else with a gun deserves to either die or face the punishment for what he's done to someone else. Blaming video games is the easy way out, and people don't consider just what kinds of things their children will do to imitate, or act upon things they see others, or video game characters do. Trying to sue or blame SE is impossible, they are already covered in this matter, for one it would be the parents who would have to let the child play the game in the first place. Because no child of that mentallity would be able to play the game to get far enough to get corsair. maybe watching mommy or daddy play the game could play a role in what may occur, however parents' should already be aware of the things that children do. After all weren't you a child at one point? You should remember trying to imitate things of this nature and should be prepared already when you have children. (another thing is, that SE allows you to password protect your account, and a parent would most likely do that. Maybe not for the reasons stated above, but to prevent a child from messing up or messing with their character.)
Second of all death is not something to be feared, embrace the fact that you may die one day and accept it as being a fact of life, because you're not going to escape it no matter how immortal you think you may be. (Thats the best way to get through life because being scared of death your whole life will only make it more difficult to move along.) Personally i find death to be hilarious and funny, i laugh everytime i see violent nature because it amuses me personally. People being cruel and evil to each other deserve what they get, thats all there is to it. You wanna be mean, expect to get it back cause eventually someone's gonna push back.
On a more humourous note, you'd have to think how funny it would be to see a child run up to mommy or daddy and say; "Mommy, I tried to buff my friend Bob in time but the monster killed him too quick. Can you raise?" :P
Please understand i'm not cruel hearted i just accept the facts, Humans are violent creatures and its just in their nature to destroy and cause chaos. It's an inescapable destiny. Even with your purest intentions, eventually even the nice ones snap.
Sorry for the rant.

Wow this conversation went from talking about kids getting shot in the face to emos cutting them selves with spoons then to quagmire and peter griffon laughing in the face of death and i can actually see that happen because ppl are like if i get in a police chase with the cops and get caught i will get out in about 10 seconds.

You're retarded... go shoot yourself. By the way Corsair doesn't have an E at the end... just like Favorite, Armor, and Color don't have U's.. welcome to America.

Edit: lol.. wow kid.. typing online grammar is really traditional grammar.. what are u in middle school? I'm just trying to explain the difference between French and English. Could tell he's in America.. because either a Canadian or an American types English like that.

Edited, Tue Mar 21 06:46:35 2006 by Scribes

{Burn} PWNT

What do you call someone who can speak 3 languages?

Trilingual!

What do you call someone who can speak 2 languages?

Bilingual!

What do you call someone that speaks only one language?

































American!

I'm Canadian and I only speak english. Or does pretending to speak like a Quebecer speaking in english count as a second language ^_^

Hey kids, guess what? If you get an AK47 +1, you can cast Haste on your friends. I rest my case


Many kids are seeing unapropriate things in their childhood. For example, a kid called me an ass (believe me, he did not get a dictionary and think he was callin me a donkey.) Another one made sexual jokes and said a gym teacher in middle school was gay. I saw a cowboy bebop once and saw some kids staring at p**n. That episode made me think about this, todays youth are getting to be obnoxious delinquents. I still say games are not the cause for children shooting people but it is making them swear, and talk about adult things they dont understand. In other words, games are the cause of more minor things compared to what the government is saying [red]GTA does