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What kind of MMO Dad You will be ?
eldarin
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Also , mmo adicts and their expectations are growing up.
When you think the number of the mmo players 10 years ago and now there is a big difference.
But i want to underline the average age of the players.
Many of us have some babies now also this adiction is surely an infectious disease ,
many kids are going to start mmos because of their fathers.
So question is what kind of mmo father you will be
a) Dedicated Soul (I won't let you die kid, kill em all) (It is yours boy roll N, i will pass)
b) Godfather
(Ok boys let your sisters heal you, guard them well, dad we need a dps, hold on son
we are working on that with your mama)
c) Sinister
(Go and Dps him don't worry if you die i will take your revenge)
d) Coach
(Click faster, use the short cuts! , now it is macro time! )
e) RPG father
(-Pffft I am your father Luke,
- I know dad
- Say NO you idiot
- No
- Are you arguing with me ?
- ..... )
f) Tank
( I got agro! when its hp is 25 % cleanse my curse )
g) Greedy eyes
( -Dad! WTF you are a ninja;
-SFU son i waited 12 years to get that hammer
- You are a mage
- But i am still your father go and do your homework)
h) .......
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Ok, that's pretty funny.
As for me, I picture myself as the "Nicolas Cage father figure". As in I will grief my boy for not paying attention, repeatedly.
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haha...quite interesting.
When I have kids, which is probably very soon thanks to an eager wife, I am guessing I'd be the Coach option.
btw gratz
My take on MMOs and kids is restrict their play.
Sorry kids. 2 hours a day is more than enough.
I'm concerned about the formative years, socializing, girls, reading books, playing ball, etc. Some kids stay in MMOs most of their waking hours. Moderation in all things.
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I would totally call child protective services on my parents if they tried that with me.
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h) Did you level up my character while I was at work all day? No, what the heck were you doing with your time, wasting it on school or something?
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I'm not a dad quite yet, but I get the feeling with all of the weird people I've run across over my 12+ years playing MMOs, I'm definitely not even going to consider letting my kids touch an MMO before they're 16, and even then they won't be playing it as much as I was allowed to at that age. I started at age 12, which looking back, was probably way too young, especially with how addictive MMOs can be.
Funny how you grow up like that...
I would totally call child protective services on my parents if they tried that with me.
Part of love is saying no. If you give a kid everything he wants, you're saying you don't care about him. Doesn't necessarily have to be only 2 hours, it could be flexible, but still, uqipu's got the right idea.
I'd probably be a Coach, but if my kid was annoying, I'd probably be "greedy eyes". Hehe.
You forgot to add one.
i.) Rage Quitter. You abort you child because you don't want one.
This makes no sense at all, it's like saying grandparents that spoil the grandkids couldn't care less about them. Or that divorced couples that spoil a kid to gain favor do so only to spite the other.
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This makes no sense at all, it's like saying grandparents that spoil the grandkids couldn't care less about them. Or that divorced couples that spoil a kid to gain favor do so only to spite the other.
Giving your kid everything is about the worst thing you could ever do. There is so much research to back this up its astounding. Besides, I see it everyday. You can NEVER appreciate whats given to you the same as what you've earned yourself. NEVER. Only age and experience teaches you this lesson. The sooner you learn it the better off you'll be.
Videogames are only good in moderation. With kids and plenty of adults overdoing it is a very bad thing.
You know, the best way to go about parenting is to take examples from your own parents, then do what the opposite of what you think they did wrong. If you have to read a book/newsletter about it, you shouldn't be having kids. People have gone thousands of years without having to beg for a general consensus.
With that said, why are we arguing over how to be a parent? Isn't this like the one thing that never can find an agreement?
You'd figure with all the times you've heard "don't tell me how to raise my kids" in one lifetime would attest to that.
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Please try to stay on topic and avoid personal arguements.
My kids get to play what they want to play, I've never told them no and neither of them have the slightest interest in playing MMOs. My oldest plays FPS, specifically Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 and she's very good at it. She limits her own time playing, she's really only interested in playing with friends, otherwise she's just chatting with them. My youngest is more into sim games, she plays a lot of single-player tycoon-style games but not a lot of action games although she did go through the entire Half-Life series and had fun with it. With action games, she's more of a watcher than a doer.
I would absolutely limit the time they spent on games if they didn't already do it themselves. Both are voracious readers, both have tons of friends, both online and off, both are straight-A students and both have their priorities straight. And both can tell the difference between a video game and real life, something far too many people around here can't do.
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I have no doubt it will turn out like this....
Exactly, you shouldn't have to say, "Don't play videogames for 10 hours a day please". If it come to that, theres bigger issues=) You bring your kids up right by helping them understand moderation and priorities. You'll never need to spend much time limiting them because they'll never ask for everything. They'll want to do it for themselves for the most part and only ask you for help when they need it. At least thats how it worked for me and I'm passing that right along with mine.
Back on topic. I'm the cool dad who can beat most kids at videogames then explain afterwards how they're made, then show them the credits, my name and say "there ya go!" Then they go OOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhh. Just happened the other night=)
I guess I fall into (A) and (D)
this...
Plus they wont be touching the computer that often anyway. If they want some fun i will toss them a ball, kick em out into the backyard and tell em to use their imagination.
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds
-Solid non level based game
-Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
lol..
I'm doing everything I can to keep the nieces and nephews away from MMOs, and trying to steer them to learning games if they must. I prefer to try do things out of doors with them.
If I ever have kids, it'll be the same. I play MMOs, but I got into them in my 30s. I do NOT want any young people I care about involved in MMOs until they find them as adults. If they had these things when I was in school.... I shudder to think.
I have to say that I'm sort of in agreement with you. However, as we all know, younger people do tend to find the stuff regardless.
Though I don't want kids at all, I think I would probably fill their lives with a lot of interesting things, a bit of discipline but not go nuts and a lot of education. I would want their lives to have more than just video games though if they did like them then that would be fine, provided that they did well in school, did some sort of physical activity and had other interests as well.
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While I agree to you on most points, i am not sure that the direction is correct. That is, you last statement indicates the same as what my parents said about TV and it may appear they were wrong. Why is it that you feel kids should wait for mmorpg's?
While I agree to you on most points, i am not sure that the direction is correct. That is, you last statement indicates the same as what my parents said about TV and it may appear they were wrong. Why is it that you feel kids should wait for mmorpg's?
Well, I know a few families and whenver their kids started watching more TV than not, their grades went down and they really didn't do much else. So then the parents stepped in and BLAMMO! Grades went up, the kids started partaking in other activities and started becoming more interesting and engaging people.
So I'm all for llimiting games and TV for children.
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I would at least give the kids the chance of multitasking, tons of people watch tv and do their homework simultaneously.
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It all depends. If you start kids out with them, they know how to manage it. If it's limited too much, as soon as you give them freedom, they'll take advantage of it in fear it'll be gone soon enough.
EDIT: Kids will always find a reason not to study or do homework. TV shows no correlation other than they gave their kids a little freedom and they pushed for it. There are plenty of reasons other than TV and video games that have equal impacts on grades that a kid's grades could be dropping.
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While I agree to you on most points, i am not sure that the direction is correct. That is, you last statement indicates the same as what my parents said about TV and it may appear they were wrong. Why is it that you feel kids should wait for mmorpg's?
Well, I know a few families and whenver their kids started watching more TV than not, their grades went down and they really didn't do much else. So then the parents stepped in and BLAMMO! Grades went up, the kids started partaking in other activities and started becoming more interesting and engaging people.
So I'm all for llimiting games and TV for children.
Seen that also, got to ask, what age is appropriate for MMORPG's and/or TV watching per desire?