Although this is an old, already discussed problem, I believe that we can still change. I feel that the majority of players that play Destiny are under the appropriate age for shooters. I think this age should be 18 and over. I'll give you a few reasons.
1)It causes traumatic situations. I for one do not want my child flinching and screaming away every time they see somebody holding a sword.
2) It causes anti-social instincts to grow. When you think about it, the average session a child will play in Destiny is three to four hours. That's three to four hours where the only communication the are getting is with people they have met over the Internet. I don't want children growing older and being scared of every person they see.
3) It teaches them bad words. Every lobby I go into, there is always that person (usually a child) screaming curse words for no good reason. Where did they find out these words? From older players. If there was a minimum age, you would not have this problem. Children are getting angrier because of this game.
4) My final reason is that it causes violence. No 10 year old should be able to make another creatures head explode, or shoot other players virtually. What happens when that transfers to the real world? That anger and frustration would lead to much property being desecrated including
Mailbox Baseball
Laser Tag
TPing Houses
Egging Cars
Multiple holes in the wall from being punched.
ANY PERSON who do not follow these rules should be arrested with a minimum 2 year sentence.
Thank you all for the support you give me. I believe that a change to only 18 year olds and over would make the worlds youth safer and more intelligent than currently.
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1.) You don't want your child to be traumatized because you don't want to see someone holding a sword? Are you petitioning to ban shows kids watch like Power Rangers and TMNT too? (I sure hope those are still somewhat relevant) 2.) If you're so worried about kids developing antisocial tendencies, that doesn't reflect the game. That shows that the parent doesn't know how to tell their kid to turn their console off and do something else. 3.) Destiny does not teach foul language. You cannot blame what kids say over a chat on Destiny. I'm certain a majority did not learn those words from Destiny, since the dialogue very rarely swears. And guess what? Rachet and Clank, [i]a game that came with my PS3[/i] swears in it. This argument is also invalid 4.) You seem to be thinking that Destiny is the only cause of violence. Taking Destiny away from people under the age of 18 would be like removing a blade of grass in a football field. And I'm sure even children can tell the difference between shooting aliens and shooting real life humans. Unless you have no faith in the world's youth. TL;DR your argument is very flawed.