GTA V forum and access for children

funt cucker

YbFocus wrote: »

Or watch an hour of gameplay on YouTube or something, just see it for yourself

Thanks for the reply, I will do that now and then update this thread. Good man:)

Will I Amnt

funt cucker wrote: »

It's not moral "high ground" as you call it, I have most disgusting stuff blocked out, I can't sit behind them all day looking at what their looking at, yes I do monitor their online activity. Another GTAV fan is disgusted with me:pac:

You should probably take up your issue elsewhere tbh. You have already said it's the game and not the site that you have a problem with.
You seem to be enjoying being outraged by this.

funt cucker

Deleted User wrote: »

Just because you have a crusade against GTA, especially one that is ill-informed, doesn't mean you can force it on the rest of us.

While boards.ie is seemingly 13+, the majority of it would be concerned 18+.

Yes I do think I must be i'll-informed, YB focus has replied very pleasantly to my posts, so I will look at an hour of gameplay on youtube.

Czarcasm

funt cucker wrote: »

Tonnes of porn, rape, killing etc.. you could compare it to mexican cartel killing videos, it's the same in my opinion. The graphics are so realistic that it is as bad.

The problem there is people who cannot separate reality from fantasy. The graphics aren't realistic, they're shìte, and to try and claim they're as realistic as Mexican cartel killing videos is the same as saying Road Runner was a real bastard to Wiley Coyote, all that anvil dropping, cliff collapsing, bomb blasting, but it was so realistic, right?

I get the felling most of the posters replying are under 18 and GTAV fans:D

I'm 36, no interest in the game, because it's shìte IMO, and even that video you posted, the dialogue was mind numbing, I'd be more worried about my child developing a faux D4 accent after listening to that crap, the same way I've heard children speak with all manner of Texan drawl after being subjected to hours of Barney and Bear in the Big Blue House.

funt cucker wrote: »

Not confused, this thread comes from a thread about somone asking should their 10 year old be allowed play GTAV, the responses were videos of ass rape, killing prostitutes and all that good stuff. And then it was pointed out that young children have access to this forum that, people post videos of all this stuff and talk about doing it.

I'm not surprised at those responses, because it was a dumb question to ask in the first place. If publishers put an 18 rating on the game, how dumb does a parent have to be that they can't tell the difference between 10 and 18? That's junior infant stuff really.

Does that seem right?

People being dicks on the internet? Well I never, I need to sit down for a minute to recover from the shock of that one.

In short, Boards has only so much responsibility towards it's users, and can only do so much to protect them; after that, it's up to parents or people themselves to see that Boards is only a tool, like any other discussion forum / social media site on the internet, and if you can't sit on your kids shoulders while they're on the internet, then Boards shouldn't have to do it for you.

Defaulting to that sort of parenting strategy is taking the responsibility off yourself, the same way as a person might depend on anonymous internet posters to tell them how to parent their child.

It's the height of stupidity tbh.

funt cucker

Just looked at some game play on youtube, definitely not worth privatising a forum over, I'm going to ask for the thread to be closed, thanks for your input:)



Mods close the thread, again feedback has done it's job with input from the posters that make up the site.


Thanks folks.:)

funt cucker

Czarcasm wrote: »

I'm 36, no interest in the game, because it's shìte IMO,

Correct, after looking at it, it's pure drivel.:pac:

hullaballoo

I really don't understand why so many people felt the need to be so aggressive to the OP. It may have been a misinformed query but it wasn't so bad as to deserve the lambasting that has gone on.

I've lost more than a little bit of respect for some of the people who I previously thought were pretty sound of mind.

It was all very school-yard-like.

Overheal

Everyone on boards is either 13 or older, or, lying when they accept the TOS.

Either way..

Dades

I don't think the OP got that much stick, tbh. One thing about feedback is you're going to get feedback.

It was a valid question, which seems has been answered to his satisfaction.

Closing this as per your request, funt. I think your idea to subscribe and change your name is a good one too! It's very hard to take someone serious with a name like that. You've probably realised that.