Kid goes nuts at Parents when they Pull the Game's Plug!
By theprogamer
@theprogamer (10534)
United States
December 22, 2007 1:39am CST
Well digging through my archives and having my last discussion as inspiration, I'm in a laughing mood. I found this item, its an old one but still one that cracks me up.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kwql6_RJ348&feature=related
Basically a kid goes nuts after his parents pull the plug on Warcraft.
Unfortunately for the kid, he left Ventrilo/Teamspeak on and his guildmates ended up recording it.
It says alot and one could take it in whatever way. Did the parents do right or did they step out of bounds? Was the kid wrong, or did he have a point? My opinion, the parents were right and it sounds like the kid was letting the game get in the way of an important event in his life. Yes games, hobbies, tv, interests are important, but if they truly interfere with key aspects of your life (work, school, extracirricular events, activities, relationships) then there is a problem and on-the-side items need to be put on hold for real life.
Just my opinion. What's your view?
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@AD11RGUY (1265)
• United States
22 Dec 07
Very weird immaturity indeed! I don't know that I would have negotiated as long as the dad did. Three times is the limit with me. After the third rebuttal from the son, I would have unplugged the computer, set "baby" to bed and saved any further discussion for after his tournament. I think the parents were on the right track. But I think they give too much power to their kid such that he thinks their orders/demands are fully negotiable. I believe that in parenting, only the parents get to choose what is negotiable, if anything at all.
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@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
22 Dec 07
Wonderful stance on the matter. I wouldn't tolerate that kids behavior for a second. You are right though, it does seem like the kid has been charge at least half the time. Either that or through some other method he's ended up with this kind of "warped" behavior. At least the parents did take stance and held to it.
@GloomCookieLex (6073)
• United States
14 Jan 08
I thought it was absolutely hilarious. That kid was such a dork. My fiance and I laughed for almost an hour about that. Have you seen the Angry German kid who flips out and destroys his computer because his game won't run properly? Priceless.
But, on the serious side, there's really no way of knowing who had the "right" point, since you don't really know anything about the kid or the family. However, I do believe that most people who play WoW are addicted and need to get over it. My fiance's brother and sister-in-law are aged 19 and 18, they have a year and a half old son, she is a high school drop out and neither of them have jobs because they spend all their time on MMORPGs. There was also a girl on another forum site that I frequent who was complaining that this boy she was trying to date wouldn't go out with her on four days a week because he had "raids" he *had* to "go to". I think it's absolutely ridiculous.
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
15 Jan 08
I have to go see that one, but I've heard about it.
On the serious side, some people really can let the game own them.
It can be quite sad.
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@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
24 Jan 08
*Holds in the snickering*
Oh can't hold it in!
*ROFL!*
@SixPaulEleven (552)
• United States
16 Jan 08
I dated a guy who was so into MMORPGs that he wanted to name our first kid after his Dungeons and Dragons character.
Um. No.
He also told me that if I did marry him, he'd still go out 3 times a week with 'the boys' to play that game. To hell with what I had planned, Saturday, Sunday and Thursday night were his.
Well he got darn pissed when I suddenly had things to do on Monday, Tues, Wed and Friday. Got awful lonely with him in the house by his lonesome.
Lucky for me, we broke up. Last I heard he's still buying and selling DND parts and pieces on eBay. People are nuts paying $350 for a sword or a pot of gold. You've got to be *really* into it to fork over that much money for a virtual item. I'd rather just earn it.
@bronzdragon (64)
• United States
13 Feb 08
Wow, not that we had online video games when I was a kid ... but if I had reacted that way to any type of decision my mom had made, she first would look at me like I had totally lost my mind. Then she would have picked up the whole computer, walked outside and tossed it in the trash.
Gaming is a luxury ... it is not a right.
Secondly, you don't treat your mother that way. If my daughter even tried something like that, she'd have her computer taken from her room and locked up for a couple months.
~r~
@Wario_1 (965)
• Sweden
14 Jan 08
I agre with you, Theprogramer. The mother did the right thing to pull the plug on that game. Yea games are nice but its not nice when other more neccesare parts in life (like job, school and stuff)suffers from it. When i was in elemantary school my parents used games as a reward if id done my homework and stuff. I played alot of games, mainly because of a lack of good friends to hang out with.
Nowadays id get pissed if my mother would do that, not just because i am 21 and live at my own place, but because she'd only need to tell me and id shut it down after saving my progress. But id not scream/swear/curse at my mother and act all emo, cause its disrespectful.
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
15 Jan 08
I remember for some kids it was like that, rewarding schoolwork with play or only allowing play once work was completed.
But going completely berserk because your parents tell you to stop playing the game and go to bed because of a major event tomorrow... sad.
Remember the other people he was playing with asked how old the kid was, and with VERY good reason. He acted like a 5 year old -_-
@SixPaulEleven (552)
• United States
16 Jan 08
(SMH) Repeatedly.
How. Do. Parents. Let. Their. Children. Act. Like. This.
Do they think it's normal? Do they think it's cute?
I would have been knocked through *several* walls in my home if I tried to act that way. I had an Atari game system with Tank on it and that Space Blaster game and I was addicted. My parents had to unplug it a time or two to get me to do something, but I didn't dare say anything bad for fear I'd get spanked. And rightfully so.
That kid needs help. The parents need to be smacked for not doing something about it in the first place. Parents buy these things for kids (computers, cell phones, game consoles) and then wonder why nothing gets done. They're too busy getting Scooter to level 9 while IMing one friend while talking to another friend on the cell phone.
