Poll: Minors and Grand Theft Auto

[Not A Nice Person]

The people who yell at kids and kill them disgust me.

 

Funny thing is that the majority of people saying "no" are in fact kiddies. There's a rating on these games for a reason. Kids should not be owning or playing this game, period. "Parents" who let their brats play this need serious help.

You're ignorant. Bye.

[saintsrow]

I think most of the most rotten assholes and trolls in GTA0 are over 18.

Regarding corruption of kids' morals, I would say that movies, TV shows, bad apple peers, and the degenerate abyss known as the internet, have all done their work in the kid's inner culture and worldview, before the kid ever gets his sticky little fingers on a GTA game.

[V HoneyBadger V]

As a Mature High School Teen, it angers me that many of you think that under 18 means a rude, dumb child.

I rarely get on my mic and I don't scream "Swag" and "Yolo" when I do. My parents trust me with the game (as I got it with my own money) and I understand the game. I also pride myself very much in, being more mature then some Adults. So just remember that the Teens of this game can be Mature.

I feel for you right there. The current generation has been ruined by the majority unfortunately, where you are the minority. All kids just want to sit on their phones and look at social media, which teaches them utter rubbish like YOLO. What a stupid concept. Doing something potentially stupid and dangerous just because it will have no repercussions after death or because it goes against someone's moral judgment.

If you think video games are bad for immaturity and being a scumbag, then take a look at the rest of society.

Girls bending over trying to make their boobs like big while pulling a stupid duckface in the hope of attracting some desperate guys. I absolutely hate that. Plus all they ever want to do is get drunk.

That was back when I was a bit younger, and it still happens.

 

There are lots of mature kids on this game, I have seen it myself. It's the horrible other minors that ruin it for you, and give a bad reputation.

Don't ever sink down to their level, don't be part of the crowd.

[SeberHusky]

LMAO-ing at how one-sided the voting is. Tells you a lot about the age of the userbase here.

 

There are ratings in place for a reason. Why don't you kids go and try to buy Girls Gone Wild DVD's. You'll see why.

 

I played Vice City when it first came out in 2002, and I was 10. But that was a different time period. And I had a lot of fun with it. I didn't go murdering people the whole time. I'm a car guy, loved driving the cars and VC is what got me into liking 80's music and movies. Kids that age today are just....mental. And not in a good way. I've seen the videos on the YouTube of how insane they get when someone kills them in CoD.

Edited May 21, 2014 by SeberHusky

[CReaper210]

No. Nothing bad comes from a kid playing a mature game.

Usually children aren't all that bad anyways. Not nearly as bad as most of these 18+ "adults".

At the most, children are annoying because they have such a high and annoying voice, but that can be solved with a mute.

[OAF Marksman]

I like to join random lobbies, and when I hear several kiddie squeakers carrying on, hunt them down. Usually they are rambling about some dumb sh*t, while in the background you can hear the welfare mother snorting coke ore yelling at the dog or talking on the phone or some sh*t.

 

So anyway, I pinpoint their location and plan my attack. I like to either suicide bomb them off radar or snipe them.

 

"Omg dude that chrome car looks so cool. Hey check out my character he's wearing a pig mask. Hey let's go rob that- *BOOM* -omg wtf this guy just killed meeeee-uh!"

 

They best ones are the little 10 year old ghetto larvae. Nigga this and nigga that. I kill them until they leave the lobby in tears.

[V HoneyBadger V]

LMAO-ing at how one-sided the voting is. Tells you a lot about the age of the userbase here.

 

There are ratings in place for a reason. Why don't you kids go and try to buy Girls Gone Wild DVD's. You'll see why.

 

I played Vice City when it first came out in 2002, and I was 10. But that was a different time period. And I had a lot of fun with it. I didn't go murdering people the whole time. I'm a car guy, loved driving the cars and VC is what got me into liking 80's music and movies. Kids that age today are just....mental. And not in a good way. I've seen the videos on the YouTube of how insane they get when someone kills them in CoD.

Truer words haven't been spoken.

I'm surprised at the voting to be honest. Didn't expect so many sympathisers/kids, at least those bothering to use a forum.

I was in two minds, but now the whole 18+ only thing should definitely be in place. Why are there no kids in casinos, bars, strip clubs, 18+ movies in cinemas/theaters? It shouldn't be different for video games.

What you said about VC is what I experienced too. Unfortunately, kids now are little brats most of the time.

 

For them, GTA is just another game to murder someone in. None give a damn about cars and living the virtual life. Give them the option of blowing stuff up in a tank or cruising down the highway with the top down, we know what option they will choose every single time.

[V HoneyBadger V]

No. Nothing bad comes from a kid playing a mature game.

Usually children aren't all that bad anyways. Not nearly as bad as most of these 18+ "adults".

At the most, children are annoying because they have such a high and annoying voice, but that can be solved with a mute.

Last year, an 8 year old killed his own grandmother after playing a video game. An 8 year old!

And this was after he played Grand Theft Auto.

[Fail_At_GTA]

I'd really like it if kids couldn't play this game. I'm tired of hearing some kid yell at his crappy parents while his friend is saying yolo swag 420blazeit fa**ot and driving around in their tank desperately trying to get kills.

[CatchMeTrolling]

No if the parent allows the kid to play so be it, whats with older people acting like they never played a "mature" game as a kid, besides the older people are just as annoying.

[CReaper210]

 

No. Nothing bad comes from a kid playing a mature game.

Usually children aren't all that bad anyways. Not nearly as bad as most of these 18+ "adults".

At the most, children are annoying because they have such a high and annoying voice, but that can be solved with a mute.

Last year, an 8 year old killed his own grandmother after playing a video game. An 8 year old!

And this was after he played Grand Theft Auto.

 

Well then he is mentally ill. The game had nothing to do with it.

[Fail_At_GTA]

Back when I was a kid there was no online gaming, so playing mature games was the responsibility of the parents. But now with the oversaturation of negative social media its different. The vast majority of kids 10-16 are extremely immature, rude, racist, obnoxious, griefers, more likely to say the horrid things I posted a few minutes ago, etc. Yes, I do have friends on GTA who are in the 15-16 age group and they are part of the respectable 1% who actually play the game with others and aren't the things I just listed. Media has a terrible effect on kids, as they seem to do everything that's wrong just for some sort of shock value, which I'll never fully understand.

 

@others who are saying violent games cause kids to kill

 

I played my first M game back in the PS1 days when I was maybe... 4? I think it was before I started kindergarten. Have I gone out and killed anyone? No. Have I been charged with any sort of assault on anyone? No. Did I get in fights during all my years of schooling up to my graduation? Yes, less than 5 over those 13 years, but they were all self defense. Almost every kid plays M games now. An extremely small amount of them actually react negatively in real life and kill someone, but if you actually read the articles and not the headlines you will realize they do in fact have mental problems and cant differ between a videogame and reality.

Edited May 21, 2014 by Fail_At_GTA

[1DrfL]

More kids crying about smaller kids.

 

No they don't bother me they're important cannon fodder.

 

The parents are probably neglectful morons but if that's some kind of shock or surprise you couldn't have much life experience yourself

[V HoneyBadger V]

 

 

No. Nothing bad comes from a kid playing a mature game.

Usually children aren't all that bad anyways. Not nearly as bad as most of these 18+ "adults".

At the most, children are annoying because they have such a high and annoying voice, but that can be solved with a mute.

 

Last year, an 8 year old killed his own grandmother after playing a video game. An 8 year old!

And this was after he played Grand Theft Auto.

 

Well then he is mentally ill. The game had nothing to do with it.

Lol, no. He used a gun and had knowledge of how they worked from the game, so he imitated something he saw. I take it you are under 18, you seem so quick to defend those under the appropriate age for this game. Actually, there isn't any point in asking, because you could easily lie.

[PG.]

LMAO-ing at how one-sided the voting is. Tells you a lot about the age of the userbase here. There are ratings in place for a reason. Why don't you kids go and try to buy Girls Gone Wild DVD's. You'll see why. I played Vice City when it first came out in 2002, and I was 10. But that was a different time period. And I had a lot of fun with it. I didn't go murdering people the whole time. I'm a car guy, loved driving the cars and VC is what got me into liking 80's music and movies. Kids that age today are just....mental. And not in a good way. I've seen the videos on the YouTube of how insane they get when someone kills them in CoD.

This.

[Shesodope4]

Depends on the child some kids are intelligent enough to know it's all fake and some are just stupid lol

[RossCA]

Going by the poll results, this forum is obviously overrun by kids under the age of 18. Either that or lots of the adults here are idiots. lol There really is no way to control it. I was thinking about it today and there is no solution currently available. You would have to have controllers that only worked when their adult owner was holding them. Until that technology is out, we are stuck with these little bastards. lmao

[CatchMeTrolling]

A game should get treated as a game no more than that, now if a kid goes off an off his whole family for the kick of it then obviously something is not right with them, the problem wasn't the game. But if the logic is if kids see violence they will reenact it then maybe cartoons & animated movies should be reevaluated because they definitely have their share of violence.

[CJPNE]

I don't mind them playing, I was playing GTA 1 when I was 8 and turned out (sort of) alright. I just want a 'mute all' option so I don't have to go through them individually.

[SlyferFox]

Back when I was a kid, I played several M-rated games, and I'm doing just fine now. It's entirely different these days though, because back then it was my time, MY TIME. But right now, this is their time, THEIR TIME. So... get off my lawn.

[happygrowls]

Does being 14 count as a minor? No matter what the Lego games never seem enough for little kids then they complain about how a game rated M for Mature is hard.

[iddqdvie]

every kid is different.

[CReaper210]

 

 

 

No. Nothing bad comes from a kid playing a mature game.

Usually children aren't all that bad anyways. Not nearly as bad as most of these 18+ "adults".

At the most, children are annoying because they have such a high and annoying voice, but that can be solved with a mute.

Last year, an 8 year old killed his own grandmother after playing a video game. An 8 year old!

And this was after he played Grand Theft Auto.

Well then he is mentally ill. The game had nothing to do with it.

Lol, no. He used a gun and had knowledge of how they worked from the game, so he imitated something he saw. I take it you are under 18, you seem so quick to defend those under the appropriate age for this game. Actually, there isn't any point in asking, because you could easily lie.

 

GTA does not show you how guns work, so I'm not sure how the hell playing GTA is even an excuse for this. There are PG-13 movies that show specifically how guns work better than GTA.

He may have 'imitated' something, but it is stupid to assume that he did this action because of the game.

No, I'm not under 18. I'm just not a moron. Children are not mindless sheep. Unless they are mentally challenged in some way, they do not kill people because they did it in a game.

Edited May 21, 2014 by CReaper210

[watchclock]

I voted no for 1 & 2 even though I detest squeakers.

 

1. I voted no because the law is already that parents can choose, the current restriction is that children cannot purchase the game alone - the restrictions are guidance for parents and shops must know that parents have made a choice. I think that that is correct, as with films.

 

2. No because the game involves 0 violence that might desensitise a child. Violence means 'violate' and when you kill a npc you are not violating anything sentient (children are not stupid and are aware of this). 'Killing' a player online is more like a game than violence. Here's the test, anyone who has experience or witnessed any kind of violence will know how viscerally shocking it is, and yet I bet most who have have witnessed much much worse video game violence without feeling any such sense of shock. My point is that violence isn't violence if nobody is getting hurt, and kids aren't stupid enough to think they are in GTA

Edited May 21, 2014 by watchclock

[V HoneyBadger V]

 

 

 

 

No. Nothing bad comes from a kid playing a mature game.

Usually children aren't all that bad anyways. Not nearly as bad as most of these 18+ "adults".

At the most, children are annoying because they have such a high and annoying voice, but that can be solved with a mute.

 

Last year, an 8 year old killed his own grandmother after playing a video game. An 8 year old!

And this was after he played Grand Theft Auto.

Well then he is mentally ill. The game had nothing to do with it.

Lol, no. He used a gun and had knowledge of how they worked from the game, so he imitated something he saw. I take it you are under 18, you seem so quick to defend those under the appropriate age for this game. Actually, there isn't any point in asking, because you could easily lie.

 

GTA does not show you how guns work, so I'm not sure how the hell playing GTA is even an excuse for this. There are PG-13 movies that show specifically how guns work better than GTA.

He may have 'imitated' something, but it is stupid to assume that he did this action because of the game.

No, I'm not under 18. I'm just not a moron. Children are not mindless sheep. Unless they are mentally challenged in some way, they do not kill people because they did it in a game.

Children all have mobile phones. They all have Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram. All the kids that I see outside have their head looking down and they are tapping away on their phones. Then they take selfies like they are going out of fashion. They are sheep, don't lie to yourself. Edited May 21, 2014 by V HoneyBadger V

[AdmiralAmmunation]

1st of any of you played GTA as a child you're a hypocrite if you voted yes and you could go f*ck yourself.

2nd any age can play any game, if they are mature enough to handle it. Age=/=maturity

[watchclock]

1st of any of you played GTA as a child you're a hypocrite if you voted yes and you could go f*ck yourself.

2nd any age can play any game, if they are mature enough to handle it. Age=/=maturity

Good point.

[iBUCKEYE]

 

 

 

 

 

No. Nothing bad comes from a kid playing a mature game.

Usually children aren't all that bad anyways. Not nearly as bad as most of these 18+ "adults".

At the most, children are annoying because they have such a high and annoying voice, but that can be solved with a mute.

Last year, an 8 year old killed his own grandmother after playing a video game. An 8 year old!

And this was after he played Grand Theft Auto.

Well then he is mentally ill. The game had nothing to do with it.

Lol, no. He used a gun and had knowledge of how they worked from the game, so he imitated something he saw. I take it you are under 18, you seem so quick to defend those under the appropriate age for this game. Actually, there isn't any point in asking, because you could easily lie.GTA does not show you how guns work, so I'm not sure how the hell playing GTA is even an excuse for this. There are PG-13 movies that show specifically how guns work better than GTA.

He may have 'imitated' something, but it is stupid to assume that he did this action because of the game.

No, I'm not under 18. I'm just not a moron. Children are not mindless sheep. Unless they are mentally challenged in some way, they do not kill people because they did it in a game.

Children all have mobile phones. They all have Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram. All the kids that I see outside have their head looking down and they are tapping away on their phones. Then they take selfies like they are going out of fashion. They are sheep, don't lie to yourself.

And the generations before them were hippies, punks, flappers, racists, etc.

 

Every following generation is always the "worst one yet."

 

And LOL at video games causing kids to kill. If a mentally ill kid goes and shoots up a school, its not the game's fault his moron parents bought him a violent game knowing full well his me talk state. I'd say the parents are sheep as well.

 

All that being said, parents should be monitoring their kids more but like I said...they're sheep too.

[CReaper210]

 

Children all have mobile phones. They all have Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram. All the kids that I see outside have their head looking down and they are tapping away on their phones. Then they take selfies like they are going out of fashion. They are sheep, don't lie to yourself.

 

And this makes them copy a game where you kill people? Give me a break.

Children doing what is popular is one thing. To compare that to something that they clearly know is bad, like murder... well, that is pretty absurd.

If you truly believe what you're saying, then you are a moron, plain and simple.

[PMSubhan]

Hello everyone,

Basically, I was wondering what your thoughts are on the situation of minors playing games such as Grand Theft Auto Online or multiplayer games. There will always be problematic people of all ages, but what do you personally think?

Do they bring trouble with their premature exposure to adult themes?

To be honest the minors have to be exposed to this. It's not when they get laid and ask what's this honey?