Anyone here having to play V in secret ?

[Mista J]

Saw the funniest sh*t at GameStop a couple of weeks ago, some kid was in line with his mom buying San Andreas and as soon as the GameStop employee said there was Sex, Drugs and Violence his mom was like "Put it back" the he was like "BUT MOM!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!" I swear he shed a tear. That sh*t was funny as hell especially since it was in a crowded store. xD

So did you ever get the game?

Considering I'm 19 I don't need my parents to buy me a game that's rated M.

[YouthGamer]

No.

i just have to say youre a c*nt and this is a useless comment. dont take this too hard though.

[ChrissDaMan]

My bigbrother who is 13 years older then me use to buy GTA, its thank to him i play GTA

 

but i do remember some times whem my perents got mad about the games

 

for exemple when i played Driver 2, and stole 100s of cars, my dad got kinda pissed

 

my mom also got mad when she say me cut the head off, in GTA Vice City of someone.. but other then that they dont realy care

 

now im 18 and i can play what ever i want!!!!

[Killerdude]

Children couldn't really play the game without their parent's knowing, Because of the 18 and older thing..

 

OP, I have just disproven your thread.

[Passwrd]

I never had a problem with my parents and GTA, my Dad bought me Liberty City Stories for my PSP. He didn't really know that GTA was sort of a controversial game but when he saw what you could do he played around and bit and he just talked to me about it. Not a big deal, he never really cared. It was some real nice father-son bonding.

 

But I do have a friend who isn't super interested in it, but even though he's 16 his mom doesn't really want him to get it.

[WhatThe?]

I played GTA III when I was 5, so my mum doesn't have a problem with it.. She says everyone else plays those games so whg shouldn't I

[Hazelnot]

I'm 16, but my parents don't care what I'm playing as long as it's not pornographic.

It's GTA. It's never been gory.

[Ben73]

Well myself, I'm 38 and the parent of a 13 year old and he doesn't play much on Ps3. He spends most of his time out in the fresh air and is a champion cross country runner.

I am buying GTA V for myself to play. He isn't interested in Grand Theft Auto, I supervise him on what he can play and it's for his own good. I don't want to be that father that picks their son up from police lockup at 4am.

The only gtas I bought him that I allow him to play is Vice City and San Andreas, which are dust collectors on the shelf. He hardly plays them he likes Minecraft.

My father was strict with me and I turned out ok. Not to say there's real bad parenting skills out there and other kids learn from their parents mistakes unfortunately.

Currently 22 and have had every GTA game since the first one came out.

I have never been arrested.

 

Games don't make people become criminals. The low life people will break the law whether they have played GTA or have never heard of it.

[baguvix_wanrltw]

 

I would tell my dad (when I was 7) about my day in Liberty City.. and how "Chunky" Lee Chong had it coming.

Classic

 

On topic: lol at trying to keep kids from doing something by telling them it's forbidden. Ever heard of this thang called psychology?

[Hazelnot]

I would tell my dad (when I was 7) about my day in Liberty City.. and how "Chunky" Lee Chong had it coming.

Classic

 

On topic: lol at trying to keep kids from doing something by telling them it's forbidden. Ever heard of this thang called psychology?

Reverse psychology actually.

I understand why kids are not allowed to watch porn and stuff like that, but thinking that playing GTA is going to make them violent is insane.

[dagangsta]

My mom is not fine with me shooting people, hearing explicit words and seeing adult scenes.

Though, I'll play the game when she's still at her office; before she arrives at home.

Lol

She even played GTA SA before. She was just cruising around, though.

It got bad since GTA 4, when she saw me kill French Tom, she was angry because the homo guy didn't even do something to me(she didn't know about the missions) and I killed him.

LOLOLOLOLOL, my mom got pissed off during the mission for that politician in TLAD when he showed his cock to Johnny. She was pissed seeing the trailers to missions for Patrick McReary, because of all that swearing. It made me piss myself.

[Nopheros]

Sometimes my uncle plays with me, even my mom too.

 

That came out VERY WRONG!

 

They don't give a crap about what I play, I can play whatevaah I want.

[epicluca]

My parents trusted 6 y/o me with San Andreas and 10 y/o me with IV, there won't be and never has been a problem with me playing 18 games.

[GlamFM]

I'm 34 so no problem.

My daughter is way to young to care for games.

[BlademanX]

Well myself, I'm 38 and the parent of a 13 year old and he doesn't play much on Ps3. He spends most of his time out in the fresh air and is a champion cross country runner.

I am buying GTA V for myself to play. He isn't interested in Grand Theft Auto, I supervise him on what he can play and it's for his own good. I don't want to be that father that picks their son up from police lockup at 4am.

The only gtas I bought him that I allow him to play is Vice City and San Andreas, which are dust collectors on the shelf. He hardly plays them he likes Minecraft.

My father was strict with me and I turned out ok. Not to say there's real bad parenting skills out there and other kids learn from their parents mistakes unfortunately.

sorry but this is a damn suprise for someone in a western country just saying..parents in england roflll no comment..i almost didnt ssell far cry 3 to one parent who was buyin it for a 12 year old..but..well done, kids need fresh air and diy activties, back in the day as a kid we didnt play gta we just simulated it on a damn estate with super soaker 2000's a cheap camera and like 20 other kids lol,

 

fresh air the good ol days

[BlademanX]

I would tell my dad (when I was 7) about my day in Liberty City.. and how "Chunky" Lee Chong had it coming.

Classic

 

On topic: lol at trying to keep kids from doing something by telling them it's forbidden. Ever heard of this thang called psychology?

Reverse psychology actually.

I understand why kids are not allowed to watch porn and stuff like that, but thinking that playing GTA is going to make them violent is insane.

thats why you see people jumping up and down mimicing the actions after an action movie in the cinema, its not unrealistic to think kids will become violent from videogames........why do people think this is not possible......games movies music influence the way people behave, ask any psychologist

[ugotsmoked]

Welcome to the world of inattentive, loser parents.

[baguvix_wanrltw]

 

Reverse psychology actually.

I understand why kids are not allowed to watch porn and stuff like that, but thinking that playing GTA is going to make them violent is insane.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't reverse psychology a form of manipulation with the goal to get someone to do something against their will, not someone doing something despite being told not to? Either way it's still just a subset skill of psychology But this is really just splitting hair.

 

Other than that let me complement the rough tone around this thread, I dig it

[Fuzzknuckles]

I would imagine roughly 10-15% of the people playing this game will be under-aged. And they SHOULD NOT be playing it.

 

If a store assistant or a parent gives in and lets them play, they feed into a serious problem - that really tedious problem of reactionary zealots that, rightly, believe that MATURE GAMES ARE FOR MATURE GAMERS.

 

I see kids nearly on the verge of tears, bullying parents into buying games for them that just are not suitable for kids. And then the parents see the content of the game, and blame the developers.

 

THEY BLAME THE DEVELOPERS.

 

They don't take the blame themselves for irresponsibly parenting their child and exposing them to content that they shouldn't see. They blame the developers for making it. Developers who know they are developing a game for a mature audience, who know that it will go through the certification process and be given a mature rating. Developers who know that their game is not suitable for children.

 

But they get the blame, for a parent not wanting to hear their stupid little brat whining in the store any more and caving in to their demands.

 

PARENTS: Stop blaming other people for your inability to look after your own children properly.

STORE ASSISTANTS: Stop selling mature games to kids.

KIDS: Grow the f*ck up or get the f*ck out.

 

PEACE OUT, CRACKERS.

[baguvix_wanrltw]

 

If a store assistant or a parent gives in and lets them play, they feed into a serious problem

The problem isn't that kids get the games, I dare say at least 50% of us here have played GTAs before reaching adulthood officially and probably less than 50% have gone on killing sprees.

 

By the same logic you could claim everyone who kept using planes after 9/11 played into the hands of the terrorists just because they refused to change their behavior because of what some nutcases thought.

[Fuzzknuckles]

If a store assistant or a parent gives in and lets them play, they feed into a serious problem

The problem isn't that kids get the games, I dare say at least 90% of us here have played GTAs before reaching adulthood officially and probably less than 50% have gone on killing sprees.

 

By the same logic you could claim everyone who kept using planes after 9/11 played into the hands of the terrorists just because they refused to change their behavior because of what some nutcases thought.

That's an incredible leap of logic you've made there.

 

Are we even talking about the same thing?

 

My point is that the regulation and restriction on kids playing these games is nothing to do with the developers. It's ALL to do with the people that allow these games to be played by children - and that responsibility comes solely from...

 

- The person that sells the game to the kid (or their parent, who is...)

- The person that allows their kid to play the game.

 

If people were more consciously aware of the ratings on games and weren't either just trying to bump that sale or just trying to make that kid shut up, we would have less reports of young kids playing games and being, supposedly, affected by them.

 

Was that really hard to understand?

[GKP]

You know I DO believe that violent games have a negative impact on a very few people. Its impossible to put a percentage figure on it but its reasonable to assume that there are some kids out there who WILL one day act out something from GTA.

 

Recently these 2 POS teens strangled a pensioner - yes its a tabloid - the daily mail but the quote was 'GTA'

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-23...ideo-games.html

 

No doubt these two animals would of found other media to draw 'inspiration' from if GTA didn't exist - who is to say though that GTA wasn't the catalyst ?

 

 

You can never totally mitigate the risk of these events. Perhaps F1 or Nascar racing on tv (which a toddler can watch legally) encourages faster driving (as does fast music) and so raising the risk of accidents ?

 

The FAR more important factor is raising a child in a stable home with 'rules' and not exposing them to scumbag layabouts/junkies/violent people - unfortunately many parents fall into these categories. Quite frankly there should be a 'license' required to reproduce - much like those who want to adopt. Amazing isn't it? how social services will make life very hard for parents to adopt and yet the SCUM of the universe can have children perfectly legally ?

 

O/T perhaps but videogame are just one factor in the constellation of factors that create a 'working' or 'defective' human adult.

[Lock n' Stock]

This will be the first GTA game I'll actually be old enough for during it's release. I'm currently 18 now but the first time I played a GTA game (GTA III) was when I was 7. I did get the original on PS1 at that same time until my dad snapped the disc because I jumped on the front of a car. The old bastard in the car called me a "little rat". My mum had no problem with me buying them when I became 14 but I always kept them from my dad. Whenever he walked in and saw me playing it, I'd wouldn't tell him the full name of the game.

[Fuzzknuckles]

This will be the first GTA game I'll actually be old enough for during it's release. I'm currently 18 now but the first time I played a GTA game (GTA III) was when I was 7. I did get the original on PS1 at that same time until my dad snapped the disc because I jumped on the front of a car. The old bastard in the car called me a "little rat". My mum had no problem with me buying them when I became 14 but I always kept them from my dad. Whenever he walked in and saw me playing it, I'd wouldn't tell him the full name of the game.

Wow, you really don't credit your dad with much intelligence.

 

Do you honestly think he didn't know what was going on?

[baguvix_wanrltw]

 

Was that really hard to understand?

Hah for a second there I actually thought you got what I was talking about but then it was all just sarcasm and repeating the same crap over again So let me go a little slower for you.

 

I understand what you are saying. But you can't just stop thinking half way through and then claim WE MUST DO EET NAO!!!!1111

 

Yes the wrong people get the blame. Does that mean we should adjust our behavior because some people are being stupid? No, it does NOT.

 

It means we have to educate them. Is that the easiest solution? No. Is it the best one? Yes.

 

And spreading the same tired old "don't give kids bad games, they'll become killers - but let them go play with automatic rifles in real life on the shooting range, that'll do no harm" sh*t won't help the situation either.

[Fuzzknuckles]

 

 

It means we have to educate them. Is that the easiest solution? No. Is it the best one? Yes.

 

And spreading the same tired old "don't give kids bad games, they'll become killers - but let them go play with automatic rifles in real life on the shooting range, that'll do no harm" sh*t won't help the situation either.

Personally, I don't believe video games make kids violent. An underlying psychological, sociopathic mental illness does, within those that are susceptible. However, it doesn't hurt to protect children from things that aren't suitable for them.

 

Nutty people don't just suddenly become nutty.

 

But I disagree about the 'educate them' thing. Why should we 'educate' them? Are they not able to just look at a game or a video, see the rating and work it out for themselves that, if the game says, for example, 18, that 12 year old Timmy shouldn't be playing it? Isn't that the entire point of having a rating system? So that people can work out, at a glance, whether the game is suitable for their child or not? If they end up only being able to play Lego games, well, f*ck 'em. That's why the rating system is there. Suitable games for specific audiences. That doesn't require an awareness campaign or lessons. The little box RIGHT THERE ON THE COVER OF THE GAME is all it takes. You just have to step outside of your own bubble of self-obsession long enough to glance at the rating.

 

All it takes is a little care and attention to get it right. They have to actually give a sh*t in the first place. If they don't, you probably won't be able to teach them to.

 

 

 

[AuSsIeThUnDeR36]

My problem is how do I get to play GTA V without my wife pestering me. Maybe I should chain her to the kitchen sink. Extreme measures sure, but it has to be done.

[Fuzzknuckles]

My problem is how do I get to play GTA V without my wife pestering me. Maybe I should chain her to the kitchen sink. Extreme measures sure, but it has to be done.

BE A MAN.

 

Just tell her that it's either this, or you're going to sit around watching porn. She'll hand the controller over pretty rapidly.

[esvi]

Sorry for the Off Topic but I'm looking for a "realistic" texture pack for GTA SA PC

any suggestions ?

[Fuzzknuckles]

Sorry for the Off Topic but I'm looking for a "realistic" texture pack for GTA SA PC

any suggestions ?

I suggest you look in the SA modding section.

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showforum=259