so a store manager at a gamestop in my district got fired today

[Perant]

14 year old girl walked into his store, lingered around for a bit, went up to the counter, store manager happened to be on register at the time, and she asks for grand theft auto: san andreas. he sells it to her. girl walks out, and walks back in with an ESRB representative and my district manager. guy gets fired on the spot.

ain't no game.

[Talorth]

O.o

[Grog]

owned

[Koto]

Wow, that's gay. Fucking ESRB.

Poor guy. T_T

[Damascus]

That's pretty gay lol. ESRB gonna have some mad shit coming at them yo.

[Perant]

the good news is that my friend got promoted to store manager to take over the guy's spot =D

[Damascus]

He's going to have nightmares every night, tossing and turning, terrified of the ESRB coming for him, of the souls his shaky seat of power sits atop.

[YuriSakazaki]

He should have hit it, maybe then she wouldn't have tattled.

[CharlieM]

Entrapment anyone ?

[Damascus]

With Catherine Zeta-Jones?

[Grog]

and sean connery

[Talorth]

EXTRAORDINARY!

[Perant]

He's going to have nightmares every night, tossing and turning, terrified of the ESRB coming for him, of the souls his shaky seat of power sits atop.

naw, it's really easy to not sell Grand Theft Auto to fourteen year old girls, it's a real mystery to us why the guy did it

[Faenorr]

You never know she could shoot up her school after playing that! Fucking americans.

[Perant]

i fail to see how this reflects poorly on americans, but i'll just go with what you guys say

[Talorth]

well, maybe she could use her right to bare arms.

[Grog]

was it family guy or south park that did the bit about 'bear arms' being misunderstood in the constitution?

[BLACK]

What a little fucking whore. Hopefully she gets raped and is killed upon the delivery of the baby.

[Perant]

wow harsh

blame the parents. where were they when the esrb was turning their child into a whore?

[Craysh]

wow harsh

blame the parents. where were they when the esrb was turning their child into a whore?

They are probably Liberal parents and VERY happy for the chance to bring down yet another evil big business! :P

[Grindrolas]

funny thing is, is that the ESRB isn't a rating system to live or die by. I love these states that are trying to make it that way. The rating system is there for the PARENTS to gauge what is ok for their children, it shouldn't be the responsibility of the store clerk...

[Perant]

funny thing is, is that the ESRB isn't a rating system to live or die by. I love these states that are trying to make it that way. The rating system is there for the PARENTS to gauge what is ok for their children, it shouldn't be the responsibility of the store clerk...

while i agree that it's up to the parents to decide what their children should be playing, i do think that retailers share the responsibility in some way. in the same way someone behind the register at a deli shouldn't be selling alcohol to someone underage, i wouldn't sell grand theft auto to a 15 year old. it's just not for them, and i don't want to put it into their hands without their parents knowing exactly what's going on.

[Azhidaahaka]

While the statement you made is quite true about selling alcohol to minors would be the wrong thing to do, you could also look at this ESRB rating thing as compared to an obese person ordering food at a BBQ joint, should the people want to sell the greasy food to the poor guy? No not really cause in the end that greasy food could very well kill him, but will they sell it to him? Hell yes they will, they may be the people selling said product to the person, but it's not necessarily their duty to control what the person does.

[Grog]

there's a difference between a fully grown fat guy and a little kid. the fat guy's parents aren't gonna be outraged when they find out he's bought another burger

[Labtec]

well....ask him why theres 3 gamestops within 1 mile of eachother where i live....

[Azhidaahaka]

there's a difference between a fully grown fat guy and a little kid. the fat guy's parents aren't gonna be outraged when they find out he's bought another burger
Even so, the ESRB rating system is a freaking joke to begin with and video game violence and such is hardly the end of the world. It's not like the game comes with a loaded gun and directions to mimic the actions done in the game.

[Perant]

well....ask him why theres 3 gamestops within 1 mile of eachother where i live....

'cause gamestop is run by a bunch of greedy retards who hate everyone D:

[Damascus]

Even so, the ESRB rating system is a freaking joke to begin with and video game violence and such is hardly the end of the world. It's not like the game comes with a loaded gun and directions to mimic the actions done in the game.

Idiots ruin everything good though. Not everyone plays a game and is like "Well, that was a fun bit of escapism!". For the thousands of us that know it's a game, there's a dozen jerks that do think they should mimic it. However it shouldn't be the game makers responsiblity when something goes wrong, or even the person selling the game. You're very right in saying they don't supply a gun, ammo, training on how to use firearms.

There always has been and always will be violent people, not much you can do about it.

[Alrus]

while i agree that it's up to the parents to decide what their children should be playing, i do think that retailers share the responsibility in some way. in the same way someone behind the register at a deli shouldn't be selling alcohol to someone underage, i wouldn't sell grand theft auto to a 15 year old. it's just not for them, and i don't want to put it into their hands without their parents knowing exactly what's going on.

Hmm can you explain me how GTA is more suited for 18 year old person than for a 15 year old kid?

[Perant]

Hmm can you explain me how GTA is more suited for 18 year old person than for a 15 year old kid?

dunno. guess i think an 18 year old should be able to think for themselves, while a 15 year old can't.

[Alrus]

dunno. guess i think an 18 year old should be able to think for themselves, while a 15 year old can't.

If you can't think for yourself at 15, I doubt you'll fix that in 3 years. Any 15 years old with a good education (both school and parents) should be able to relativise what he sees on the screen. The problem isn't the game, but the education.

[Digita1]

If you can't think for yourself at 15, I doubt you'll fix that in 3 years. Any 15 years old with a good education (both school and parents) should be able to relativise what he sees on the screen. The problem isn't the game, but the education.


Do you know the amount of changes a person goes through from 15 to 18? 15 you're really just starting to hit the mental aspect of puberty. A TON changes in those three years.

Don't say you didn't, because you know you did.

[Alrus]

You're partly right, but talking about relativisation of what you see on a screen, you should have learned that kind of thing way before you're 15... And you should also be able to think for yourself, you don't become a clever citizen in just 3 years, even tho there's a lot of change that happen during those.

[Damascus]

Do you know the amount of changes a person goes through from 15 to 18? 15 you're really just starting to hit the mental aspect of puberty. A TON changes in those three years.

Don't say you didn't, because you know you did.

lol exactly, we all go through puberty, most of us see violent movies, play violent games, watch porn, drink well before the magical 18, yet we aren't all out mimicking our on screen antics. If someone is that easily influenced by what they see on a screen than it is their parents responibility to monitor that.

Man I been farting all goddam day.

[Grog]

Man I been farting all goddam day.
hate those days

[Damascus]

Meh they're okay if you aren't out in public much, or trying to impress anyone.

[WiGgLr]

Meh they're okay if you aren't out in public much, or trying to impress anyone.

1. Spend day with new girlfriend, don't fart in front of her
2. Drive her home
3. Say good by and start driving home yourself
4. Fart all the way back


ahh yeah, I remember it well

[Grog]

that's all well and good, but it's better if you're walking places that day, means you don't have to smell it yourself

[Digita1]

lol exactly, we all go through puberty, most of us see violent movies, play violent games, watch porn, drink well before the magical 18, yet we aren't all out mimicking our on screen antics. If someone is that easily influenced by what they see on a screen than it is their parents responibility to monitor that.

Man I been farting all goddam day.

I understand that, and I agree. But not every parent cares for their kids, and not every kid thinks like every "normal" person. Maybe they can tell the difference between what is fake on a silver screen and real-life, but then maybe they want to act out that movie scene in real-life. It's impossible to tell why any person would ever want to do something they see in a movie/game/book, let alone if that's what really influenced them.

[Craysh]

1. Spend day with new girlfriend, don't fart in front of her
2. Drive her home
3. Say good by and start driving home yourself
4. Fart all the way back


ahh yeah, I remember it well
Leading cause of spontaneous combustion IMHO :P

[Alrus]

I understand that, and I agree. But not every parent cares for their kids, and not every kid thinks like every "normal" person. Maybe they can tell the difference between what is fake on a silver screen and real-life, but then maybe they want to act out that movie scene in real-life. It's impossible to tell why any person would ever want to do something they see in a movie/game/book, let alone if that's what really influenced them.

I agree, but then a 18 years old whose parents didn't care about that kind of matters could have the same feeling.

[Damascus]

I understand that, and I agree. But not every parent cares for their kids, and not every kid thinks like every "normal" person. Maybe they can tell the difference between what is fake on a silver screen and real-life, but then maybe they want to act out that movie scene in real-life. It's impossible to tell why any person would ever want to do something they see in a movie/game/book, let alone if that's what really influenced them.

Yeah, you're right. Just don't think everyone else should suffer because of the weakest link. I mean whether or not a kid plays this game, if he's prone to violence he's going to snap sooner or later and go shoot some people. And as cold as it is, people die, people kill other people - it is always going to happen. It's ridiculous to blame it on something that has been around for maybe 20 - 30 years, when violence itself is older than recorded history.

1. Spend day with new girlfriend, don't fart in front of her
2. Drive her home
3. Say good by and start driving home yourself
4. Fart all the way back


ahh yeah, I remember it well

lol yeah. It's especially bad if you're girlfriend is like Italian or something. Which mine was...they are raised with different social values to a stock-standard Australian bloke.

[Talorth]

I wanna live in australia :(

[Damascus]

Most people want that but no one ever does do it. So our entire population is like equal to other countries major cities populations.

[Talorth]

Im definetly going there someday though, australia is up quite high on my list of places to see.

[Archaos]

I hear it smells.

[Digita1]

Iowa smells.

[Damascus]

Iowa smells like bad. Australia smells like surf, beer, and fucking awesome aussie chicks. You know you all desire the accent.

[MrStorm]

Well, if teh kid doesnt get the game from a store, the mor eprobably thing is he gets it from a friend that has it since thei parent bought it for him.

[Talorth]

Iowa smells like bad. Australia smells like surf, beer, and fucking awesome aussie chicks. You know you all desire the accent.

beer ftw.

[Damarus]

We probly have 50% citizens, 50% tourists. Everyone wants to visit Australia, and generally does, but no one wants to actually live here because Damascus smells really bad.

[ACB]

im gonna sleep at your house luke = hot circlewank sessions :>

[WiGgLr]

im gonna sleep at your house luke = hot circlewank sessions <IMG class=inlineimg title="Colon >" alt="" src="images/smilies/tardmotes/usedusedused.gif" border=0 smilieid="161">

When did you join Catalyst?

[Grog]

badumtish

[Archaos]

Don't bash Iowa.

Or we will blot out the sun with our arrows and destroy you.

[Grog]

this is blasphemy! this is madness!!

madness?

THIS IS
IOWA!!!!

[Archaos]

:>

[Digita1]

I voted for the Hawkeyes haha

Fuckin' thought they were talkin' about MU.


Shit I'm rambling.

[Talorth]

ramble your face.

[BLACK]

dunno. guess i think an 18 year old should be able to think for themselves, while a 15 year old can't.

It's actually 17 to buy M rated games.


In 3 months, a magical change will happen which allows me to handle the violence of M rated games! Hooray!

[Grog]

i always find it odd that i'm older than black o_O

[Damascus]

It's actually 17 to buy M rated games.


In 3 months, a magical change will happen which allows me to handle the violence of M rated games! Hooray!

It's basic biology - like how all the X-Men were born within years of each other.


...


Yes.

[Talorth]

i always find it odd that i'm older than black o_O

LOL i know, I just turned 18 a few days ago :P

[Grog]

OMG HIGH FIVE

[Archaos]

I'm 19...

I feel old :<

[Grog]

wtf you look 15
not that it matters over there..

[Damascus]

I'm 21, bitches.

[Archaos]

We can't all be as hairy as you Grog.

[Talorth]

I do feel sorry for grog about one thing, that butthair must get really annoying...

James you have the strange ability to look older/younger in diff pics. I can do this too.

Like for instance your avatar screams OMGJAILBAIT.

[LordChowder]

20

[Grog]

I do feel sorry for grog about one thing, that butthair must get really annoying...
its actually quite pleasant when stroked

[Damarus]

20/signed.

[Digita1]

Two to the Zero

[BLACK]

I'm 16 but I can buy M rated games and get into R rated movies.

[Talorth]

I could do that when i was 15.

[BLACK]

I could do that when I was 11. No kidding. I'm 6'0 and haven't grown since I was about 12.

[Digita1]

6'4" lawlawlawlawl

[Grindrolas]

I'm 24, I own you all

[Grog]

oooold man

[Damascus]

Oldest student in my class is 32. I'm the youngest/second youngest at 21. @_@

[Damarus]

Im in the middle in mine. Youngest are 18 and the oldest is probly mid 30's. I was one of only two students to pass a commercial construction technology test today... It was rather sad. They were all bitching that the teacher didnt give them the information that was asked in the test. I felt bad pointing out where the information for each section was in our notes :/

[Digita1]

Make fun of them next time. It's more satisfying.