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5 years ago

Five year old playing Apex?

One of the daily 'Apex clips' feeds yesterday showed a five-year-old playing (and streaming) Apex. How do people feel about this? I'm genuinely interestered to know. I would never have allowed my s...

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Koochi-Q

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5 years ago

@E9ine_AC We finally disagree on something! ;D

I’m a firm believer of let kids be kids, but there are guidelines for a reason. We know games aren’t the main denominator for violence and such but they contribute to it. Letting a 9 year old play a 16/18+ games just because they’re good makes no sense for me as it exposes them to violence and realism they’d not see in their age-appropriate content.

Heck, intercourse consent and pw0rn watching is 18 in most parts of the world. Nowadays 9 year olds watching and doing it without any mind for what they’re doing or even understanding it fully... what does that lead to? A discrepancy between love making and sex... along with the rap young’uns listen to and it’s basically a common thing nowadays for teenage pregnancies to occur... Well at least where I live xD.

Like Eric Cartman sings “In the ghetto, in the ghetto” xD

EdwardDLuffy

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5 years ago

TBH I am thankful I was a child when I was a child.

One of the people I play with on a semi-regular basis is eleven. Last night he was in tears ... literally crying ... because in two games in a row he was pounced on by a full squad on drop and eradicated. Children this young do not have the emotional capacity to cope with the emotions Apex can produce.

EdwardDLuffy
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5 years ago
I also do not like playing with children as when I do 'parent mode' kicks in and I spend more time making sure they are okay than I do concentrating on my own game. If they go down and I hear 'help!' in a squeaky voice I can't help but running over.
- E9ine_AC
  Hero+
  5 years ago
  @EdwardDLuffyPshh choopi would carry you. =P He carried hal for few games lmfao till hal was like eff this try hard time
  - E9ine_AC
    Hero+
    5 years ago
    I say this as someone who plays with choopi. He can pop off aceu crazy trick shots all kinds stuff kid is insanely good at this game and should be signed imo.
hayhor
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@EdwardDLuffy It is interesting to think about the difference of when I was a kid vs my own. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and had a bb gun at like 7 years old. By 10 I'm fairly certain I had a 22 and was killing all kinds of small animals. Shot my first deer with a 3030 at like 12 or 13. It was just normal there at the time. I now live in the city suburbs so hunting is a bit of a pain. I havent done it in years so my kids arent exposed to guns at all.
- EdwardDLuffy
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  5 years ago
  @hayhor Well I am in the UK where guns are not really a thing. I've only fired one in my life and that was at a firing range in Florida (I clipped a Lifeline for 15 damage).
  
  Never hunted and never want to (I don't eat animals) but again, it's not really a UK thing.
  - hayhor
    Hero (Retired)
    5 years ago
    @EdwardDLuffy I know. I was just making the point that people and kids can have different experiences. The key in all of them is parental guidance. The issue kids have now that I see is parents dont do it. They depend on schools and online entertainment to do it.
- DarthValtrex
  Hero (Retired)
  5 years ago
  @hayhor True, I suppose Apex might fall into a gray area. I mean it's not as gory or intense with emotions as Battle Field. There are the finishers and stuff but it still has a very "game" vibe to it IMO.
  
  VS BFV can be very realistic especially the melee attack. I don't think i would want my kid being exposed to that. My big concern with internet gaming though and kids would be the weirdos on the internet and less about the game content.
  
  My nephew is 14 and we game together infrequently. It's interesting gaming with him because he gets upset when he loses a fight or match. So I use it as an opportunity to teach him that hey, it's okay we can still have fun if we don't always come out on top. That it's better to laugh at your mistakes then get angry or upset about it. Then he gets the taste of success every once in a while...
  
  Even some of the rude people we have bumped into when we play trios. Gives me a chance to teach him how to handle people like that without letting their actions impact or effect him.