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[Rant] Keep your kids OFF GTA IV! and the forums


mythicdawn07
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protexblue292

Who cares if 12 year olds are playing it....I played GTA III when I was 11 and now I'm 17 so I'm officially old enough. But its not like it warps your mind its just a videogame its not real so it shouldn't matter. I think a 10 or 11 could be mature enough to play it. Maybe even younger they just have to realize its just for entertainment.

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FelipeVinhao
If you will actually try and do something in real life thats from a video game your parents really need to learn how to parent.

Bingo! I feel like quoting this because it's the pure truth.

 

Unfortunatelly some of the parents that complain about violent games are exactly the same that don't care about their children, buy them any game their kids ask to shut them up, without seeing its rating, and then when these parents see violence, sex or similar on game, they blame the developer. F*ckers...

 

Real parents check the "M" printed in the box and them decide what to do. Show their kids what is reality and what is virtual, and if they're mature enough, they're allowed to play. I wouldn't forbid my son from playing GTA10 (hope this time is very far sigh.gif), but I'd talk seriously with him first.

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I'm 16 y.o. but I'm not fighting a console war here. I just like talking about GTA and helping people or ask questions myself if I need help. I play GTA games since GTA2 and I don't care it's 18+. They're all masterpieces biggrin.gif !

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Irrati0nal
gta forums need a foolproof age filter for new sign ups or something.

 

 

/me Agrees with the topic starter

Easy make every new member type a sentence with absolutely correct grammar and spelling then we'll see how many people that would weed out lol.gif

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Dillyracer
Man, my father plays as well... (I'm 15)

Seconded,

 

My dad plays the same games as I do, and he browses some forums.

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well i can say this.... GTA IV is for 18+ so why are a bunch of 12 yr olds raiding the forums? really dudes when i kill you ingame dont take your dads pistol and take it out on your school buddies okay???

 

Now all this whining about my 360 version is better then your PS3 version or my PS3 version is better then your 360 version is so childish grow up already. really who cares? aslong as you enjoy the game whatever console its on why cry and whine like a baby that yours is better. Really when i was younger and GTA liberty city hit the streets i remeber one of my friends saying stuff like "Oh ima get my GTA before you!!" i was like stfu dude who gives a toss. once it was released i went over and bought it and when he tried to get his copy it had sold out. i was like yeah dude karma's bitch. eat it and come watch me play on my GTA..... but you aint getting a go.

 

/rant off.

 

really your parents should be ashamed of themselves and if you keep it up i will be forced to phone social services and get you taken away. No more sweeties for YOU!

yet saying all people under 18 are gona pull out guns and start shooting up their schools is fine?...

 

maybe if the US didn't have the dumbest gun laws.. the retards of America wouldn't be able to do so...

 

as IV said "If everybody had a gun no body would be stupid enough to shoot ayone"... thats almost exactly how it is over there... its the straight way of what your twisted laws are.. and the"2nd amendment" Bullsh*t

 

also in aus its 15+ so go f*ck your self mate.. your arguments totally flawed... although i don't agree with 12 year olds playing the games... but at the same time.. if they didn't have the access to th guns sarcasm.gif

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protexblue292

Lol I just watched some Glen Beck sh*t on Headline news about the "dangers" of GTA, some lawyer was saying how GTA "trained" a kid how to kill 3 cops. He blames GTA solely for the lives of 3 people. The person who killed them had nothing to do with it as they could not tell right from wrong as they had been playing GTA III and vice city non stop. How f**king stupid is that. Anyone should be able to play GTA. Stupid arguments like this shouldn't take place on a GTA message board. I played GTA through my whole childhood and still know murder is wrong.

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im 8 and i love my ps3 and gta, have fun !, you care ? go f*ck yourself

If you are 8 i am 31 then your parents must have done something wrong, if my kid is 8 and talk sh*t like that. You would really get it. Get it ?? Where is your respect gone ?? Now go clean wash your mouth kid. And moderators here really should moderate better. And bann children.

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NinjaJones
im 8 and i love my ps3 and gta, have fun !, you care ? go f*ck yourself

It's people like you that this thread is about. Man your parents are doing a horrible job of raising you!

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Yeah im 14.. I dont go around blowing up cars.. shooting police

Its just a game.. confused.gif

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The question isn't about age - it's about maturity. There are a lot of reasons for me to think that 12yo Iraq boys, who try to make a living and help the family are more mature than most of the 18yo+ American solders stationed there( considering their deeds).

 

For me it's normal to see how 7-8 year old watch 14+ movies with a lot of violence, play Hitman BM, rated 18+. But the thing is - they are not becoming violent and the ones I know do not spam internet boards (maybe only because of language barrier). The true criminals at that age rarely play computer games, they already go to street to fight.

 

It is all to parents to decide: is this game appropriate for their children or not. I don't know how it is in the Western countries, but here movie and game ratings are ignored altogether.

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JackylByte
I'm 3 years old and I play GTA IV.

your 3 and you can already play violent game ?? Ye right. sarcasm.gif

You saying he isn't mature enough he is obviously a genius because he's reading a forum and replying to posts

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I'm 10 and my mom doesn't mind!

Then your mom must be out of her mind. Please don't go out shooting people and afterwards blaming this game like some retards does ??

You kids do realize that this game has an age restriction for a reason right ??

OK this is to any and all that think like this retarded kunt, games are not a major factor in causing violence, they mite help start the process in some mental people but no, normal people including kids won't go out and start shooting people.

 

The game has an age restriction because some people believe that removing violence and sex as much as possible from kids will help them... f*ck no depriving your child is not the way to go trust me I used to have a friend who was deprived, me and all my friends ditched him because... well... he was a f*cking weirdo lol.

 

BTW I'm 17, and its not illegal for anyone "under age" to play any game... so all you people that think so need to grow up and get a life and worry about your own retarded self.

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JackylByte
well i can say this.... GTA IV is for 18+ so why are a bunch of 12 yr olds raiding the forums? really dudes when i kill you ingame dont take your dads pistol and take it out on your school buddies okay???

 

Now all this whining about my 360 version is better then your PS3 version or my PS3 version is better then your 360 version is so childish grow up already. really who cares? aslong as you enjoy the game whatever console its on why cry and whine like a baby that yours is better. Really when i was younger and GTA liberty city hit the streets i remeber one of my friends saying stuff like "Oh ima get my GTA before you!!" i was like stfu dude who gives a toss. once it was released i went over and bought it and when he tried to get his copy it had sold out. i was like yeah dude karma's bitch. eat it and come watch me play on my GTA..... but you aint getting a go.

 

/rant off.

 

really your parents should be ashamed of themselves and if you keep it up i will be forced to phone social services and get you taken away. No more sweeties for YOU!

yet saying all people under 18 are gona pull out guns and start shooting up their schools is fine?...

 

maybe if the US didn't have the dumbest gun laws.. the retards of America wouldn't be able to do so...

 

as IV said "If everybody had a gun no body would be stupid enough to shoot ayone"... thats almost exactly how it is over there... its the straight way of what your twisted laws are.. and the"2nd amendment" Bullsh*t

 

also in aus its 15+ so go f*ck your self mate.. your arguments totally flawed... although i don't agree with 12 year olds playing the games... but at the same time.. if they didn't have the access to th guns sarcasm.gif

Would you Rather they chopped the m with bats, or chop them with axes or push them from windows run them down with cars. The list goes on and on forever. People killed people before guns were invented because anger causes killing and laziness not guns. would you like to outlaw all things I mentioned because people misuse them every day mate.

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mythicdawn07

Half of the people who have posted here dont know where im coming from. its the really immature comments some of you make i say "12 yr old" as a reference to a average 12 yr olds immature level im not predicting every immature person on here is 12. just saying grow up and stop posting your junk.

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I'm fifteen and play GTA IV. This does not mean that I have terrible parents, nor does this mean that the game influences my decisions in real life. I may not be eighteen but I have the sense and intelligence to know the difference between real life and a video game.

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mythicdawn07
im 8 and i love my ps3 and gta, have fun !, you care ? go f*ck yourself

It's people like you that this thread is about. Man your parents are doing a horrible job of raising you!

atleast someone gets where im coming from.

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Xevious Sylar
I'm 3 years old and I play GTA IV.

your 3 and you can already play violent game ?? Ye right. sarcasm.gif

Aww you're so smart, you got me. I'm not 3, I'm 4.

Seriously how can u be 4... ur signup date was in 2003 its 2008 now...

 

dont u mean ur either 6 or 9? LOL you cant type when your strait outof the woomb.

 

and as for the r rating... its rated ma15+ in aus and i just happen to be 15...

 

AND

aparently people acutaly become more relaxed when they play this game :S dunno if its true.

 

but im not a Sniper weilding Maniac.

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as ive said before, doing the ingame stuff in real life is VERY different, and alot harder... (not speaking from experience)

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monkeyboi3
I'm 3 years old and I play GTA IV.

your 3 and you can already play violent game ?? Ye right. sarcasm.gif

Im 5 months old and gta is going to make me kill everyone because i am a manic-depressant lunatic that_guy2057_evilgrin.gif

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monkeyboi3
I'm fifteen and play GTA IV. This does not mean that I have terrible parents, nor does this mean that the game influences my decisions in real life. I may not be eighteen but I have the sense and intelligence to know the difference between real life and a video game.

AMEN TO THE NERD!

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Smiley001

Lol I have 2 cousins aged 6 and 9 (I think) and they already play SA. I know it's totaly absurd but frankly I don't even care... I'm 17 and I started with GTA 1 when I was about 8-9. So far, no homocide cases on my chest...

But more on to the topic,I'm not suprised if I found out that about half of the child population in the US had GTA games...

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Mr.Ruthless

Who cares? I'm 14. I played nearly all violent videogames possible. I don't run around with shotgun killing people. If you're mentaly stable and know the difference between real life and a video game,why couldn't you play IV?

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Quadropheniac90
I play +18 rated violent videogames since I was 6. Yet I've never killed anyone, robbed or vandalised anywhere. Its about your family and your genes. Videogames are just something to blame.

This post is about the childish behaviour on the forums, and a friendly warning that in SOME cases children actually turn virtual reality into reality. Unlike myself i mean i played d00m when i was a kid too lol.

 

Though it has nothing to do with genes it has to do with parents and teaching children right from wrong. and has nothing to do with video games either since we are living proof correct? biggrin.gif

Didn't bother reading through the entire thread, but there is no proven case of that... Jack Thompson tries his best to convince people otherwise, but basically the only complaint there is to make about these kids, is that they're annoying. Maybe everyone who joins should for starters get his grammar tested. icon14.gif

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im 8 and i love my ps3 and gta, have fun !, you care ? go f*ck yourself

It's people like you that this thread is about. Man your parents are doing a horrible job of raising you!

atleast someone gets where im coming from.

Dude, i bet when you got childeren you will let them play violent video games 2.. and dont say u wont because we know you will.

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mythicdawn07
Who cares? I'm 14. I played nearly all violent videogames possible. I don't run around with shotgun killing people. If you're mentaly stable and know the difference between real life and a video game,why couldn't you play IV?

If your not mature enough to know the difference between right and wrong then you should not be allowed the play the game and if you are immature or retarded then your parents are to blame at the end of the day. alot of kids get stressed when they die in a game and that results in violence smashing there consoles,hitting there siblings or parents. really some kids are that immature they will cry and scream if there moms wont buy them this game and they will do it untill they get it. in this case the child has no control and is immature thus should not get the game. as for grown men who get frustrated with games they are more immature then the children and also should not be allowed to play the game also. as alot of people have said this is a game i could careless if a 5 yr old plays the game aslong as he dont come posting rubbish on the forums and talking aload of nonsence its a real headache to read. if you cant be constructive and mature dont freaking post.

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lobster martin

I just don't like having to deal with immature kids in game and on forum.

 

Not to say that all those who are too young to play are immature, but let's face it, if you're 12 years old, you act like a 12 year old kid. We all did. That's pretty much immature, by definition.

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Who cares? I'm 14. I played nearly all violent videogames possible. I don't run around with shotgun killing people. If you're mentaly stable and know the difference between real life and a video game,why couldn't you play IV?

Because Jack Thompson says otherwise. And sticking to the topic, seems like my opinion is the same as most people here. I'm 15, I've been playing GTA since I remember (yep, the first one), I've played thru all them, and since I'm a mature one, it didn't cause any brain damage to me. I hadn't beaten up anybody in I think 5 years time, but I wasn't the one who started the fight.

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Beastfood
I play +18 rated violent videogames since I was 6. Yet I've never killed anyone, robbed or vandalised anywhere. Its about your family and your genes. Videogames are just something to blame.

Amen to that, same here.

 

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