After a long, tiring day of retail work, I usually like to wind down by playing some online Team Death match on Modern Warfare 3 or Black Ops. Or Zombies, whatever I am in the mood for! Unfortunately, it seems that more often than not, once I get connected to a host I end up right in the middle of a big argument between a few of the players. There is cursing between two grown men, one was camping while the other was trying to find him. And then, way in the background of the fighting with their microphone turned down is a little ten year old boy who is cursing at everyone, or he is the one in the middle of the fight!
Shouldn't there at least be some kind of age restriction for online play? Like how the PS2 was for DVDs back in the day. You had to put in a code for parental controls if it was over a certain rating. It is seriously more annoying than anything else to sit and play, then listen to some kid in his microphone scream at the top of his lungs as he starts to throw a fit, "SHUT THE **** UP, MOM. I DON'T WANT A SANDWICH!" And then carry on from there with more complaining and cursing.
It is not even the violence of the game or anything that is the problem, but as soon as kids get online and turn on their microphones, it is another story. Of course there always is an option to "mute" the other players. It is a Godsend. But, once you've migrated to a new host, here comes more of the little kids fighting and trying to act all tough.
In the past, there had always been a lot of controversy over ratings, which is probably where the problem starts. It is not usually a sales clerks’ fault; it's the parent's for being uneducated on what their child is getting. That, or maybe they just don't care; which is sometimes the case. And if they latter is the case, then that is really sad. I would never want my children to be online bothering other people when they're so young and immature. It sounds mean, but it really does get annoying really fast. I think that if you are under a certain age, you should not be trusted with a microphone to play online with.
Sadly enough, parents are more than likely the cause of the influx of 13 year olds annoying shouting in their mics as you try to play a good old game of Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress, etc. Your right though, luckily mute is available. However, as long as parents don't keep tabs on their kids and what they say while their online, then they've got free will to keep their steam. Sigh.
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