Should they be allowed into Xbox Live? (Important)

Well basically a topic people have been talking about, not only on game-spot but everywhere: Is Xbox live for kids.

My answer would be definitely, BUT to actually make my answer fair i've searched videos on the Internet, watching a gazillion kids harassing on Xbox Live, this pisses me off, because about 8/10 of the videos i saw, the anger and harassment got to far, and was unbearable and plain annoying. Unfortunately there are some adults that cant control there anger too, but at least they quit playing at sometime, and relax, and might not do it on purpose i don't know. All i know is, i, myself is only 15, and most 14-15 year old, and above, has learned to control this stupid anger that may appear if you loose a game, to the computer, or another.

So i myself think that you should be able to buy Xbox live as a 14 year old. And there are actually some really good reasons for it too.

1. Kids intend to get angry, and commit harassment to another gamer.

and

2. Alot of the really great and most played Xbox live games such as Gears of War, Cod4, Halo 3 and whatever, has content that minors should not be playing, so it doesn't make it better that they might get furious, but also see a knife stabbing someone, or a bullet go right through a head, i ain't saying they are gonna murder someone - just saying, the content is already forbidden for minors, the adding of their anger doesn't make it better.

I believe kids like myself (who has several +18 games) are able to get the Xbox live, even if it was every going to be like that, there for i would say, perhaps make it a bit different: Xbox live (the gaming part of course) should be harder to get to in some way, i don't know how, but in some way it should, I'd like to hear you're suggestions on what can be done, and i know "Parents can just do their work" or "mute the TV" or whatever, but those are not realistic, no parent wants to watch their child 24/7, a reason kids get consoles, is to shut the f*** up :P and also I'd like to listen to the audio, come with some realistic suggestion - even if you disagree with me on whether minors should be allowed to play the gaming part of Xbox Live Gold

Oliver.

A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. Matt-4542

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. vevevd

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. Matt-4542

Ture, but not only would my parents not let me on there, if they heard me say half the stuff those kids say, I'd get my ass kicked.

They do have a right to be there, but the parent needs to make sure his kid isn't being an annoying dick on there

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. vevevd

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

Oh sorry. To answer the original question yes they should be allowed online. But their should be age specific zones for gaming.i.e. Say you purchase a 360 put your info in birth date and pick a gamertag you would be put in one of 3 different zones. kids=1-12 teens=13-17 and adults=18 and over.

I know everyone would say kids would just use a different birth date but they could also implement a report system specific to this.

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. choffy

Ture, but not only would my parents not let me on there, if they heard me say half the stuff those kids say, I'd get my ass kicked.

They do have a right to be there, but the parent needs to make sure his kid isn't being an annoying dick on there

its funny how adults say that kids get angry easily and tend to harass others but the voices i usually hear are adults- mature voices that annoy the crap out of me. whenever they lose a game or do pretty good- they get annoying and start sounding like whiny little **** that talk too much. im not sayin the little kids arent annoying because ive played with both annoying kids and kids that werent annoying. most of them unannoyin kids but its usually adults that tend to harass a kid and get him/her angry by tempting them and annoying them which in turn makes the kid annoying

[QUOTE="vevevd"]

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. hellshemi

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

Oh sorry. To answer the original question yes they should be allowed online. But their should be age specific zones for gaming.i.e. Say you purchase a 360 put your info in birth date and pick a gamertag you would be put in one of 3 different zones. kids=1-12 teens=13-17 and adults=18 and over.

I know everyone would say kids would just use a different birth date but they could also implement a report system specific to this.

even if kids were banned off of XBL, what's keeping the older players from acting as bad as them?

age is irrelevant to me.

Well basically a topic people have been talking about, not only on game-spot but everywhere: Is Xbox live for kids.

My answer would be definitely, BUT to actually make my answer fair i've searched videos on the Internet, watching a gazillion kids harassing on Xbox Live, this pisses me off, because about 8/10 of the videos i saw, the anger and harassment got to far, and was unbearable and plain annoying. Unfortunately there are some adults that cant control there anger too, but at least they quit playing at sometime, and relax, and might not do it on purpose i don't know. All i know is, i, myself is only 15, and most 14-15 year old, and above, has learned to control this stupid anger that may appear if you loose a game, to the computer, or another.

So i myself think that you should be able to buy Xbox live as a 14 year old. And there are actually some really good reasons for it too.

1. Kids intend to get angry, and commit harassment to another gamer.

and

2. Alot of the really great and most played Xbox live games such as Gears of War, Cod4, Halo 3 and whatever, has content that minors should not be playing, so it doesn't make it better that they might get furious, but also see a knife stabbing someone, or a bullet go right through a head, i ain't saying they are gonna murder someone - just saying, the content is already forbidden for minors, the adding of their anger doesn't make it better.

I believe kids like myself (who has several +18 games) are able to get the Xbox live, even if it was every going to be like that, there for i would say, perhaps make it a bit different: Xbox live (the gaming part of course) should be harder to get to in some way, i don't know how, but in some way it should, I'd like to hear you're suggestions on what can be done, and i know "Parents can just do their work" or "mute the TV" or whatever, but those are not realistic, no parent wants to watch their child 24/7, a reason kids get consoles, is to shut the f*** up :P and also I'd like to listen to the audio, come with some realistic suggestion - even if you disagree with me on whether minors should be allowed to play the gaming part of Xbox Live Gold

Oliver.

lordmasterrof

[QUOTE="hellshemi"][QUOTE="vevevd"]

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. Matt-4542

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

Oh sorry. To answer the original question yes they should be allowed online. But their should be age specific zones for gaming.i.e. Say you purchase a 360 put your info in birth date and pick a gamertag you would be put in one of 3 different zones. kids=1-12 teens=13-17 and adults=18 and over.

I know everyone would say kids would just use a different birth date but they could also implement a report system specific to this.

Why would you lie about that? My little brother did when he made his account (he was 15 at the time). Said he was 19. I was 23. Told him he could just use my birhtday and I'd make him an account for Christmas. Turned it down.

Our parents found out, and he got grounded :P

Funniest thing ever

Well see like I think that they shouldn't be able to play M games i think there should be some appropriate though im not saying wait till your 17 to play Halo 3 they know no one in the world waits till they are 17 to play an M game and im cool with it as long as they cant scream yell and stuff and also if you are 14 but are just being a punk like HaloAZ and xxxtyxxx or something(i think replace 2 x's with z's and then thats right) those people are probably 14-15 but they act like jerks and that isnt cool cursing saying curse words. We also have a terrible report system i think that little 12and - shouldnt be able to report cause i know a few 12 and - that report people for killing them in halo 3 I totally agree they should be able to play a game but also for T games you can do what you want but for M games for people under 13 should not be allowed to Talk report and if they get a harassment filed they cant play M games for a fair amount of time (week--month).IvanElk

Most of the people who annoy me are little kids. The people who are actually real pricks are adults.

[QUOTE="vevevd"]

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. hellshemi

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

Oh sorry. To answer the original question yes they should be allowed online. But their should be age specific zones for gaming.i.e. Say you purchase a 360 put your info in birth date and pick a gamertag you would be put in one of 3 different zones. kids=1-12 teens=13-17 and adults=18 and over.

I know everyone would say kids would just use a different birth date but they could also implement a report system specific to this.

A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. Matt-4542

I don't understand why its ok for a child to play a game with a lot of violence but to play a game with a lot of sex seems "inappropriate." I would think both should be just as "inappropriate."

Btw - this isn't really an attack at you Matt. Its a general consensus of a lot of people really.

I can say that ive probably muted over 1,000 gamers and counting. Parents these days dont really think their kids are mature enough for these games. The fact of the matter is that they buy these games for their kids so they will leave them alone.

360/xbl is the perfect babysitter

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"][QUOTE="hellshemi"][QUOTE="vevevd"]

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. choffy

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

Oh sorry. To answer the original question yes they should be allowed online. But their should be age specific zones for gaming.i.e. Say you purchase a 360 put your info in birth date and pick a gamertag you would be put in one of 3 different zones. kids=1-12 teens=13-17 and adults=18 and over.

I know everyone would say kids would just use a different birth date but they could also implement a report system specific to this.

Why would you lie about that? My little brother did when he made his account (he was 15 at the time). Said he was 19. I was 23. Told him he could just use my birhtday and I'd make him an account for Christmas. Turned it down.

Our parents found out, and he got grounded :P

Funniest thing ever

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. Cwagmire21

I don't understand why its ok for a child to play a game with a lot of violence but to play a game with a lot of sex seems "inappropriate." I would think both should be just as "inappropriate.

Btw - this isn't really an attack at you Matt. Its a general consensus of a lot of people really.

[QUOTE="hellshemi"][QUOTE="vevevd"]

[QUOTE="Matt-4542"]A child has the same right to be playing game an adult can (Unless its one of the porno games), as long as theyre mature enough. Yes, their voices may be annoying and they might not shut up, but it seems people are forgetting that they were children once aswell, and they were that annoying too. djrobst

I totally agree, if they are mature they should be allowed the same rights as others.

Oh sorry. To answer the original question yes they should be allowed online. But their should be age specific zones for gaming.i.e. Say you purchase a 360 put your info in birth date and pick a gamertag you would be put in one of 3 different zones. kids=1-12 teens=13-17 and adults=18 and over.

I know everyone would say kids would just use a different birth date but they could also implement a report system specific to this.

And yes some adults are racist and ignorant but I just mute them too.

I was just simply answering the question with MY solution. You don't have to try and argue with me about MY opinion cause it will not change.

I think it's the parents fault by allowing their kid to play a game that is rated M for mature and allows them to play a the M rated game on Xbox live, that makes the kid more free do to what they want, when they want. Blame should go on their parents not the kid. But I do agree there should be some fault on the kid. Stupes_

[QUOTE="Stupes_"]I think it's the parents fault by allowing their kid to play a game that is rated M for mature and allows them to play a the M rated game on Xbox live, that makes the kid more free do to what they want, when they want. Blame should go on their parents not the kid. But I do agree there should be some fault on the kid. chester706