Originally posted by FuryV
Don't bullshit ffs.

Uh, who are you responding to?

Originally posted by Goll25

Originally posted by NetBlaise
Wow that is a amazing post.. Its really good.. Most people won't get the meaning behind it...I had a similar experience with my niece but with a different game.... I just can't get myself to play WOW. Tthe problem with me is the low lvl zones. They look like crap..I have tried to play the game maybe 8 times over the years and i just can't get over how bad the UI is and how bad the game looks.. Not sure why they would update the higher lvl area's with better graphics but leave the low lvl area's looking so bad... Everything looked chalky.. I've watched a few youtube video's on the game and the high lvl areas are really nice looking....if they were to update the starting zones then they will pull in alot of new players.... So many of my friends have tried to play the game for a hour so but just can't stand it...plus its so out dated... Controls, UI, Graphics, gameplay, feel of the game...I might try it again at some point.. Who know's..

They updated the low level zones less than 2 years ago when Cata came out, redisgned the quests to. Also the UI is insanely easy to MOD using curse, just find a skin/setup you like and have at it! But it's not for everyone especially do to its age now. Even though I think the graphics are sort of time-less do to the stylizing of it. 

Thx alot for the update.. goona try the game again sometime this week.. Thats if i can pull myself away from Borderlands II and Torchlight II....Might make a Warrior or mage...

I will let my daughter play Dark Souls when she turn 7 :). 

Originally posted by khameleon
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And a good parent doesn't judge.

Originally posted by Fendel84M

Originally posted by ace80k
A rogue 1 shotted a paladin? Sounds balanced.

I believe the Paladin was very low level. Father is apparently teaching his kid to gank noobs.

Thats exactly the majority sort of people who currently defend the severly broken, exploitable and bugged "cross realm zone" random sever merge system. Next to the rabid fanbois of course, who regularly go as far as to fabricate reviews or super awesome, exciting and amazing stories about their guild, friends, sons in favor of WoW (or against, in case of competition even if they didnt play the game)

@ OP... Why do you let your son who is 7 play WoW???

Let him play in the real world and socialize!!

Hey good job Blizzard, bad job daddy !!

age rating is 12+, in principle your son should be able to play World of warcraft in 4 or  5 years.

Good message here friend, i will tell my 9 years old son that your son of 7 play WoW.

I remember my dad teaching me to fish and hunt. Passed on a shotgun that has been handed down for generations to first-born sons, all the way back to Europe.

I'm an engineer, so I don't need to use it to put food on my table. But, when I look at it and hold it in my hands, I can't help but think about the farmers, leather-workers, and soldiers that held it before me.

I can't wait to pass it along to my son one day.

Originally posted by NorseGod

I remember my dad teaching me to fish and hunt. Passed on a shotgun that has been handed down for generations to first-born sons, all the way back to Europe.

I'm an engineer, so I don't need to use it to put food on my table. But, when I look at it and hold it in my hands, I can't help but think about the farmers, leather-workers, and soldiers that held it before me.

I can't wait to pass it along to my son one day.

 

^ much better story

Originally posted by Aori

And a good parent doesn't judge.

Yes they do, albeit a bit more passively, bit less aggressively.

Whats wrong with letting your kids play wow, Other then general chat wich has a filter the game isn't exactly dirty, I let my nephews play all the tim,e they started when i did some of them My 15 yr old nephew has been playing since he was 9, hes good at wow also

My 14 yr old since he was 8 and my 12 yr old nephew since he was 8, My 8 yr old nephew has been flying around dong nothing but killing rabbits for a yr, Im teaching him to quest now, And loot, He plays tor also.

I dont see this issue, yea kids should go out play baseball, basketball, be active There is nothing wrong with letting kids play games as long as u have them do stuff outdoors also. 

Originally posted by Deivos

Originally posted by Aori

And a good parent doesn't judge.

Yes they do, albeit a bit more passively, bit less aggressively.

You don't openly judge people, it is rude and in alteast the society i'm familiar with frowned on. Even though it is common place behind closed doors.

Gotta atleast ascertain first.. I mean shit no one knows the situation of the father/son.

Maybe the son is crippled, maybe the father is crippled, maybe the weather wasn't favorable. Atleast in todays society he is spending time with his son, that already is a step up from the majority of fathers in our current society.

For me it is my sister's children because I have none and she has many.  I have a zillion sentimental moments, pics, vids, etc. But our game of choice was Mabinogi not WoW.  Still, I get where you're coming from OP.  Tho I think Family Gaming might have been a better title.  Then let peeps decide if WoW in particular is family friendly.  Think it's any game you and yours can get along in well.

Nice story tho.  I'd tell one but people just yawn and that makes me sad because the moment meant so much to me.

I know when I was little and tried games the first thing I did even then was seek out system settings to turn filters off and tweak game controls/graphics.

Pretty certain I've games the entirety of my life, my brother got a head start on gaming playing Conan on one of those old CPs where you had to swap out the large floppies on while playing the game.

Also had a pretty well tempered variety to our lives though. We'd play some console or PC games as a family. We roam around outside for walks and sports. Our mom was adamant we all took some kind of martial art and weapon training. A large part of this was making sure there was balance in experiences and socialization.

So it may be a bias, but I don't particularly think there should be an age limit on when one starts playing games or otherwise, but it does need to be considered the type of game, the way in which others interact in the game, and the level of educational value and challenge the game provides the user. This will all affect a person, and especially a child.

That and in gaming you need variety too. Grow up using one game as a lynchpin and you are going to have a helluva time migrating to other titles that play differently. WoW is how old now and how many 'similar but not quite' situations are there out there of people spending eight years on WoW, EQ, UO, EVE, DAoC, or even AC. Sure, good games in their own respects, but if the player in question starts the game young and doesn't migrate much to play other games more than a wee bit over the years, they are a great cause for woes we feel as a community. A class of gamer that's familiar with a finite scope and as a result aggressive to gameplay and elements outside that scope.

It's something that happens elsewhere in life too. Very notably in education. When a child is raised playing to their strengths and task isn't given to shoring up shortcomings in their knowledge and skills, you get severely specialized and imbalanced results. What this seems to affect most is common sense and abstract reasoning. The less you are familiar with in a broad spectrum the less you can make correlations to when seeking an answer or understanding to an issue. You will recite the things you know, and won't have the frame of mind necessary to know, or even understand that you don't know, alternative options and reasoning.

So yeah, can't assume he lets his kid just play the game 'all the time'. Does however sound like the kid hasn't had much scope to his life. If for no reasoning other than a lack of description otherwise and a bizarre focus on experiences one could have elsewhere, but in a single title.

Originally posted by snoocky

@ OP... Why do you let your son who is 7 play WoW???

Let him play in the real world and socialize!!

 

 

Playing WoW and socializing in the real world are not, as many people seem to think, mutually exclusive.