If I were a kid into Call of Duty this cake would make my day.
Personally I see no issue with it.
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I went to a 7-year old's CoD themed b-day party
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If I were a kid into Call of Duty this cake would make my day.
Personally I see no issue with it.
This is such a bad argument to me given how far games have come in terms of violence and realism
Shadow Broker
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I didn't say it was normal or ok. Let's go back to this kid. How is it neglect if the parent is involved?
May I ask something? Do you have kids?
I do. They don't play video games like I do and that's fine. But when they see something on TV from a game I'm playing, you know what I do? I explain what's happening to them and answer their questions. Their view of life doesn't seem ruined from what I've seen.
When I say being involved I don't mean, "hey, what you're playing?" It's the time you spend to make sure they know and understand that's it's just a game and the real life consequences.
I'm apologize if I offended you.
You know, i wish all the time someone had spoken up to my mother from letting me watvh and play whatever i wanted. But nobody did. Because everybody thinks "parents know best and can do no wrong"
Yoshimitsu126
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I judge for the kid's taste in game and therefore the cake, I guess.
JK, I'd be skeptical knowing US gun culture can be too extreme. But maybe his parents are okay with exposing explicit material early for their kid and are monitoring them with care. I personally would wait until their teenagers but different strokes I guess.
JK, I'd be skeptical knowing US gun culture can be too extreme. But maybe his parents are okay with exposing explicit material early for their kid and are monitoring them with care. I personally would wait until their teenagers but different strokes I guess.
My 8 year old son and my 8 year old step son play CoD but supervised and only in mp with their friends with the filter option turned on (can't remember what it's called). We don't let them anywhere near campaign, which I think is a good compromise.
I was sneakily playing games like Duke 3d and doom at their age so I'd rather that they do it supervised than try to sneak about.
I was sneakily playing games like Duke 3d and doom at their age so I'd rather that they do it supervised than try to sneak about.
You are forgettong we are talkong about 5 to 7 year olds. Even if you explained things to them, the likelihood of them understanding is mimimal, plus on explanation youre going to end up showing them how shitty the world actually is, especially when explaining war games.
iRAWRasaurus
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Netherscourge
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My biggest problem is the gun and the bullets on the cake to be honest.
If the cake just said CoD, I could live with it.
Even tanks or fighter jets would be OK.
But guns and bullets bother me.
If the cake just said CoD, I could live with it.
Even tanks or fighter jets would be OK.
But guns and bullets bother me.
mariosbrother
Member
That's pretty much my problem with letting young kids play these games.
Definitely not the kid's fault at all, for sure. I agree with OP though in that the culture is kind of problematic.
Fuck jingoism and fuck America's war fetish. When it comes to my own kids though (when I have them) I don't think I'd have a problem sharing something like Halo with them, but fighting aliens and fighting other humans are two very different things.
When my brother and I were home from college once we rented a GTA to see what all the fuss was about. Found ourselves in the store and there was a kid maybe 9?? trying to sell his (I swear it was) grandmother on getting him GTA. "You drive around and that's it" and we said "You forgot to tell her that you murder pedestrians and police and kill prostitutes and take their money.." That lady's jaw about hit the floor and that kid gave us the death stare. Lol, sorry kiddo.
Why don't people just read the back of the dang box?? You're welcome, ESRB.
CalamityPixel
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PixelatedBookake
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Is it really controversial that a 7 year old shouldn't be having a COD themed b-day party? Or playing the game in the first place? It says 18+ on the box lmao
Usually the sign of an unfit parent.
Psychoward
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Halo has its moments where an M rating is ubderstandable
not the OT really
My son is 5 and i couldnt picture him playing cod in 2 years. My nephew is turning 8 and he wants splatoon 2. His friends are into star wars, marvel and roblox.
Im sure if either of them were exposed to cod and had a parent who was into it though they would latch onto it quickly though.
Im sure if either of them were exposed to cod and had a parent who was into it though they would latch onto it quickly though.
MAX PAYMENT
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Violence in games is very fantasized and unrealistic. I don't think there's anything wrong with people or kids being entertained by it.
There are horror games that I think could really mess a kid up though. Not arcade twitch shooter stuff.
There are horror games that I think could really mess a kid up though. Not arcade twitch shooter stuff.
It seems very obvious to me that our experiences at an early age contribute to shaping us as we grow up.
It should be obvious to everyone on this board as well considering most of us have this hobby because it interested us when we were little.
Killing men seems worse than killing monsters to me. That said I wouldn't want them seeing gore and gratuitous violence.
Shadow Broker
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Dude are you pro big brother programs? Lol...
No matter what I say your responses to me will be the same.
My personal opinion > then any actual parent who's actually involed with their children. There's what you think and feel (personal opinion) and what really happening. 5 or 7 ALL kids are born as individuals. What flows with one kid won't with others.
I currently know a 6 year old who watches all old school and new school horror movies like my 4 year old watches Disney Princess movies and my now 13 year old who can't stomach any of it at her current age and when she was 6 no matter it's horror or Disney Princess.
Are the 6 year old parents wrong for allowing him to watch those horror movie? Fuck no! They watch it with him and they allow the 6 year old to be himself instead of making him feel like he's weirs or not normal.
SenkiDala
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11/12 I'd say ok but yeah 7 is a bit young. Even though kids often play with plastic guns and that stuff but yeah COD games are more realistics than plastic toys.
I started to play games like Resident Evil when I was 13 and I'm ok, I didn't became violent or had weird thinkings/acting with blood/gore stuff etc, but RE looks like "fantasy horror" it doesn't look real, COD is war and was is a real thing, but as a kid do you think about that? I'm not sure.
I started to play games like Resident Evil when I was 13 and I'm ok, I didn't became violent or had weird thinkings/acting with blood/gore stuff etc, but RE looks like "fantasy horror" it doesn't look real, COD is war and was is a real thing, but as a kid do you think about that? I'm not sure.
That boy ain't right, I tell ya what
Dangit Bobby!!!
"This is the type of thing I would enjoy, so I have no problem with it" - common thought process but an illogical one.
PixelatedBookake
Junior Member
Why not just wait until their kid was older? Why show him movies like that now when they could wait for him to actually understand what he's watching?
So would a kid being into Halo be as bad? Those are rated M too.
There's a difference between horror movies and pro-military garbage like CoD.
I agree with you OP.
I have been in a similar situation and had a conversation with a parent about their child playing cod. I didn't tell them that they shouldn't let them play, but just wanted to check that the parent knew the content that was contained in the game.
They didn't know about some of the violence and language in cut scenes and set pieces and weren't really familiar with that content at all. Either way they said that their child and all their friends played and there wasn't anything they could do to stop them.
That same child once said to me, whilst high up on a balcony, that it would be a great place to snipe all the people in the street below. I guess when you play all the time you end up thinking about it everywhere you go. I know that after 100hours playing zelda I wished I had a paraglider so that I could get around places quicker. It just shocked me when those words left his mouth.
I have been in a similar situation and had a conversation with a parent about their child playing cod. I didn't tell them that they shouldn't let them play, but just wanted to check that the parent knew the content that was contained in the game.
They didn't know about some of the violence and language in cut scenes and set pieces and weren't really familiar with that content at all. Either way they said that their child and all their friends played and there wasn't anything they could do to stop them.
That same child once said to me, whilst high up on a balcony, that it would be a great place to snipe all the people in the street below. I guess when you play all the time you end up thinking about it everywhere you go. I know that after 100hours playing zelda I wished I had a paraglider so that I could get around places quicker. It just shocked me when those words left his mouth.
No.
Pantz
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Some kids just like military stuff. Desert Storm trading cards were pretty popular with my friends and I.
I don't think a military themed cake will do a child any harm. If you want to argue that he shouldn't be playing Call of Duty at 7, that's another story. The birthday party though, is harmless.
There's always a little variance one way or the other but it's still a monumentally popular franchise that dwarfs practically everything short of GTA and Minecraft.
They may forget the CoD campaign where you stroll through the airport and kill innocent people.
"Do you want to skip this? It is mature content."
Yeah right, like they skipped it.
Shadow Broker
Banned
It's their child and they feel comfortable with him watching it. I asked the kid why he likes horror movies so much and he said he loves the old ones because they looked gooie and he hasn't been scared yet. He also said he pauses the movie if he's watching it by himself if he knows or sees naked people for his parents to fast foward because naked people are creepy. Lol.. he didn't really answer my question. He's a good kid.
Your post is a perfect example of a opinion and you shared it.
Geno Breaker
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As someone who was a kid growing up during the PS3/360/Wii generation it's normal to be into that when you're 7.
boyshine
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I remember attending a classmate's birthday party when I was probably around 9-10. The dad had different things displayed on a shelf next to the stairs. One of the displayed items was a hand grenade. It was my first time seeing one, and I was scared to death of it. Times have changed when they put them on the actual cake. I'm sure there were kids at that party whos parents doesn't let them play T or M rated games or watch war movies yet. These things create a divide among children, and can cause freeze outs and bullying. No doubt the parents setting up the party are aware of it, and shame on them for giving in to the "who's got the coolest party" competition.
Gnome Scat
Member
Seems inappropriate.
Iorv3th
Member
I remember playing cops and robbers when I was a kid and sticking a piece of glass in a persons mouth and forcing his mouth open and closed.
I also remember all the people I was playing with shouting angrily at me and calling me all kinds of racial slurs.
And not only that my parents promoted it.
Rolodzeo
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I strongly disagree.
ClosingADoor
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Seems a bit strange, considering the games are 17+. I get playing it a bit earlier, but at 7?
But well, people are pretty much aiming for this audience through Youtube and such with COD channels, so I shouldn't be surprised I guess.
But well, people are pretty much aiming for this audience through Youtube and such with COD channels, so I shouldn't be surprised I guess.
Jaguar Victory
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Commando was my favorite movie as a kid. And Highlander. We played cowboys and Indians. We had Nerf guns. 7 is a little early, you're right though.
My son is 7. He's playing Mario, Slime Rancher, Minecraft, Smash, Kirby, etc. I wouldn't let him play a military shooter yet.
My son is 7. He's playing Mario, Slime Rancher, Minecraft, Smash, Kirby, etc. I wouldn't let him play a military shooter yet.
