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Microsoft Offers Reward For Missing Xbox Gamer
ebeast says,
I have about ten different thoughts on this whole situation.
1. It was nice of MS to offer money to help find the boy. But...
2. It's totally not MS's fault! But...
3. If MS didn't do or say anything, the media would unfairly come down on them.
4. I am so tired of both parents and the media acting like the problem was videogames.
5. That boy was 15 and disobeying his parents, stealing, cutting class. I don't think the game asked him to do that. Is that a secret CoD4 level I don't know about? *rolls eyes*
6. Well, of course I hope the kid gets back home safely.
7. But it's a pretty diva move to run away because you couldn't play videogames.
8. "Experts commented that gamers may form bonds with fellow online players." OMG, people might make friends with people who they interact with everyday! HOLY CRAP! Sign off this site right now, if you know what's good for you!!!
9. I have to look for a positive, game-related main stream media news article to post to counter this.
10. I guess I don't really 10 different thoughts. They were all just 1. Sorry for the trickery.
Article excerpt from yahoo.com —
"US software behemoth Microsoft has doubled a cash reward for information on the whereabouts of a Canadian boy who ran away from home after his father took away his Xbox game console, it said Tuesday.
Brandon Crisp, 15, took off on his bicycle from his Barrie, Ontario home on October 13 -- Canada's Thanksgiving holiday -- and rode east...
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Comments: 24
Posted 3 years ago
Please excuse my typo. I meant "I guess I don't really have 10 different thoughts."
Anonymous
Posted 3 years ago
It's NO game company's fault for this kid running away cause he couldn't play any games. There was a time where I wasn't able to play the NES when I wanted to but I didn't just run away. If it's causing THAT much of a problem, then the parents should get rid of the 360 and get a more family friendly system aka the Wii. That way the entire family can play some games. Anyways isn't COD rated "M" meaning the kid shouldn't be playing THAT game in the first place. So the parents are REALLY the ones to blame for not paying attention to the ESRB rating. IT'S THERE FOR A REASON PEOPLE!!!
Posted 3 years ago
Totally agree. Man, if getting a videogame taken away from me as a kid was the worst punishment that happened, I would have been a lucky duck indeed. I don't know how his home environment was -- maybe it was really bad, and the father was lying so he wouldn't look as bad as if it had been because he was beating him or something, but if this is all true, it's just... pathetic. :-/
Anonymous
Posted 3 years ago
Yeah but his parents are responsible for buying a game that's meant for ages 17+ and he's only 15. That's why the ESRB put the rating on the front of a game and then on the back to let you know why it got the rating it did for what's all in the game.
Anonymous
Posted 3 years ago
yeah, right... dude murdered the kid.
Posted 3 years ago
Eek, so creepy! I sure hope not. It's very Law & Order of you. Or Cold Case. Or CSI. Or any one of their dozen spin-offs. ;)
Posted 3 years ago
Obviously, the parents and the child need to see a therapist. Parents should realize by now that taking away a kids entertainment value (or anything worth of value period) is going to make the situation worse, not better. These ignorant fools who blame the game companies need to be shot in the head so the rest of society doesn't have to listen to their garbage and make their brains drain out their ears.
If the parents can't go through a positive way to get the kid to do something they need him to do, then they don't deserve a kid at all.
And I hope the teenager gets back home, and "hopefully" in an environment where the caretakers aren't as dumb as a pencil eraser...well, no, I shouldn't say that, I'd be insulting the pencil eraser...
If the parents can't go through a positive way to get the kid to do something they need him to do, then they don't deserve a kid at all.
And I hope the teenager gets back home, and "hopefully" in an environment where the caretakers aren't as dumb as a pencil eraser...well, no, I shouldn't say that, I'd be insulting the pencil eraser...
Anonymous
Posted 3 years ago
OUCH!!! SuperKat! But you make a very good point. They need to stop blaming our game companies for parents' dumb mistakes
Posted 3 years ago
Well its true. A lot of parents think that taking away stuff from their kids is going to work, when it's obviously not going to.
Take my best friends mother for an example. She had the attitude of "I'm always right." and "I blame other people for my mistakes.". She was a bitch. Period. I'm quite surprised my friend didn't turn out more like her. She would take things away from him to get him to do his homework, but that didn't work. He still didn't do it. If she died right now, I highly doubt he'd feel any sadness over it an probably just piss on her grave or something.
Take my best friends mother for an example. She had the attitude of "I'm always right." and "I blame other people for my mistakes.". She was a bitch. Period. I'm quite surprised my friend didn't turn out more like her. She would take things away from him to get him to do his homework, but that didn't work. He still didn't do it. If she died right now, I highly doubt he'd feel any sadness over it an probably just piss on her grave or something.
Posted 3 years ago
Kat you are jsut plain retarded. You are why this planet is fucked up as it is now. If your parents would have beat you more then YES taking away shit would help, if you kids wern't so damn spoiled these days, it would also help.
Thus in closing, quit spoiling your kids and beat them more.
My son is 8 and he doesn't do this stupid shit, you know why? cause if he does I'll throw his system in the garbage and he knows it. These idle threats you people give your kids, HA of course they don't work. Cause the kids bitch and moan and you give it right back.
Let my kid try and run away, I'll change the fucking locks.
I guarentee he won't try that shit again.
TOUGH LOVE!!!
Thus in closing, quit spoiling your kids and beat them more.
My son is 8 and he doesn't do this stupid shit, you know why? cause if he does I'll throw his system in the garbage and he knows it. These idle threats you people give your kids, HA of course they don't work. Cause the kids bitch and moan and you give it right back.
Let my kid try and run away, I'll change the fucking locks.
I guarentee he won't try that shit again.
TOUGH LOVE!!!
Posted 3 years ago
I don't have any kids.
By the way...depending on where ya live; "beating a kid" will get you thrown in jail for child abuse.
Also, another thing for you to know; if you live in the US (I'm assuming you do), by law, you are supposed to take care of your kid until they are 18. You'll be thrown in jail (or the kid taken away by social servcices) for child neglect. People who do this shit shouldn't even be allowed children. And you wonder why I think you're an idiot?
Kids are very easily swayed in any scenario. Children are influenced by everything around them. Even the simplest of things can change a child's behavior.
There are better ways to do things than taking away their items or punishing them with physical contact. Thought you ought to know, but since you're so narrow-minded, you probably won't read it. Have a nice life. Maybe your kid won't grow up to hate you.
By the way...depending on where ya live; "beating a kid" will get you thrown in jail for child abuse.
Also, another thing for you to know; if you live in the US (I'm assuming you do), by law, you are supposed to take care of your kid until they are 18. You'll be thrown in jail (or the kid taken away by social servcices) for child neglect. People who do this shit shouldn't even be allowed children. And you wonder why I think you're an idiot?
Kids are very easily swayed in any scenario. Children are influenced by everything around them. Even the simplest of things can change a child's behavior.
There are better ways to do things than taking away their items or punishing them with physical contact. Thought you ought to know, but since you're so narrow-minded, you probably won't read it. Have a nice life. Maybe your kid won't grow up to hate you.
Posted 3 years ago
My kids love me and respect me, they call me Sir and say thank you. Name another kid that does that? You can't
Posted 3 years ago
After you said "I don't have any kids" the rest of your post went out the window, cuse you have ZERO idea what you are talking about.
Until you have your own kid stfu and stick to things you know, which isn't much.
Until you have your own kid stfu and stick to things you know, which isn't much.
Posted 3 years ago
I love and respect my mom!
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I am 32 years old though. You were probably talking about kids though. :) My little brother is 14 though, and because our mom set clear boundaries for him and for me & my older siblings when we were growing up, we respected her authority as written in stone.
My mom did do some physical discipline, but that's not why I respect her and love her. It's that she set down hard lines that I couldn't cross, and was not arbitrary about what I got praised for and what I got punished for. She taught me clear morals and values and showed me love every day of her life.
Contrast that to my dad, who was much more free with the beatings, but it was not accompanies by consistency and love, just rage and irrational anger. If beatings == loving and respectful kids, I should worship him. But I don't. He was a lousy dad.
It's not the beatings, in my opinion. It's the consistency and boundaries and constant love that makes your kids love you and respect you, and I do believe what you say about your kids. And THAT, I totally admire. :) Anyone can have a heavy hand, but not everyone can be a good parent. And your children's devotion means that you *are* doing a good job.
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I am 32 years old though. You were probably talking about kids though. :) My little brother is 14 though, and because our mom set clear boundaries for him and for me & my older siblings when we were growing up, we respected her authority as written in stone.
My mom did do some physical discipline, but that's not why I respect her and love her. It's that she set down hard lines that I couldn't cross, and was not arbitrary about what I got praised for and what I got punished for. She taught me clear morals and values and showed me love every day of her life.
Contrast that to my dad, who was much more free with the beatings, but it was not accompanies by consistency and love, just rage and irrational anger. If beatings == loving and respectful kids, I should worship him. But I don't. He was a lousy dad.
It's not the beatings, in my opinion. It's the consistency and boundaries and constant love that makes your kids love you and respect you, and I do believe what you say about your kids. And THAT, I totally admire. :) Anyone can have a heavy hand, but not everyone can be a good parent. And your children's devotion means that you *are* doing a good job.
Posted 3 years ago
Please excuse my typos! 
Posted 3 years ago
*gasps* Oh gee. I was a kid once, I think I'd know what it's like to have been through that, you ignorant fool. I hope you get hit by a bus, then maybe the rest of society won't have to deal with your retardation of your thinking. Have a nice life, child. Until you know how a child works, then stfu, fool. Goodnight.
Posted 3 years ago
Hit by a bus?
LOL ok your just too retarded to understand when adults talk. So go home, fuck your uncle.
I'm done with you.
/ignore
LOL ok your just too retarded to understand when adults talk. So go home, fuck your uncle.
I'm done with you.
/ignore
Posted 3 years ago
Ya ya, little boy. Sorry, but you're not an adult, just someone who thinks he is because he takes care of a child. And yes, go get hit by a fucking bus, you lousy excuse of air.
Posted 3 years ago
*tries to defuse this argument*
I like games. I really like games. And I think all three of us agreed that the family in the story handled this entire situation badly and that each of us would have done something differently.
Any updates on the kid? I do hope he's been found.
I like games. I really like games. And I think all three of us agreed that the family in the story handled this entire situation badly and that each of us would have done something differently.
Any updates on the kid? I do hope he's been found.
Posted 3 years ago
I'll be the bigger person here.
Sorry to ruin your thread ebeast I should not have had a battle of wits with someone unarmed.
Sorry to ruin your thread ebeast I should not have had a battle of wits with someone unarmed.
Posted 3 years ago
You didn't ruin the thread, but I thank you for where your apology is coming from. It is very nice of you.
It's just nicer all around to not fight, that's all. :) I just see that all of us agreed on one aspect of things and prefer to look at that side. :)
It's just nicer all around to not fight, that's all. :) I just see that all of us agreed on one aspect of things and prefer to look at that side. :)
Posted 3 years ago
Oh no.. this is so terrible... http://www.nintendoeverything.
The poor kid was found dead. :'( I feel so bad for everyone, especially him. If it was a crime (and not accidental), I really hope they find the criminal. I can only imagine how this is for the poor parents.
Incidentally, they found no link between his death and anything to do with CoD4, but regardless of how it happened, this is the worst kind of personal tragedy. RIP.
The poor kid was found dead. :'( I feel so bad for everyone, especially him. If it was a crime (and not accidental), I really hope they find the criminal. I can only imagine how this is for the poor parents.
Incidentally, they found no link between his death and anything to do with CoD4, but regardless of how it happened, this is the worst kind of personal tragedy. RIP.
Posted 3 years ago
Hmmm, that's too bad. And he was only 15 as well. Maybe it'll teach other parents not to be so...whats the word? Bullheaded. But for some reason, I'm doubting it. But in any case, it really shouldn't have happened. Teenagers will be teenagers. They'll be hormonol a lot of the time, and let their hormones or their more negative feelings get in the way, and parents have to remember this, seeing how they were teenagers once too.
Posted 3 years ago
Well, we don't know that the problem was parents being bullheaded. We don't know if it was depression, bad friends, abuse, drugs, mental instability, broken heart, domestic violence, kidnapping, or any of a hundred different things.
The media overblew it as usual to exploit the videogame angle because the parent made some comment. But who knows that it was. To blame the parent now before anything is known is to border on being cruel about their (probably) heartbreak over their personal loss.
The media overblew it as usual to exploit the videogame angle because the parent made some comment. But who knows that it was. To blame the parent now before anything is known is to border on being cruel about their (probably) heartbreak over their personal loss.
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