Kid share plays Destiny to stranger...
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You never took advantage of any game play mechanics...... Ever?
I think his mom did, she was posting on it yesterday
I doubt he invited strangers to take control of his games to do it. Not to mention he never said he ever ended in tears.
But he's only 11! Won't someone please think of the children?!
Deadpool_X
Banned
We have GPs in place, but unfortunately, kids can play older versions of Minecraft off of a flash drive, going around the policies.
I don't think they'll want to. Or even bother considering they have a warning about this on their site.
Why? You seem very touchy. Any reason why people should be condoning bullying a child? I honestly would have hoped this community would have universally condemned such bullying. We can condemn such behaviour without also supporting what the kid was the dying to do.
PandaShake
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I lost my first playthrough of Pokemon Red save with almost 144-ish pokemon caught. My best friend who had blue traded with me as much as possible. Then, my cousin who didn't know english, saved over my game. I was heart broken, but got over it quick though since I could start the adventure all over again.
I've only played minecraft a few times, so is the world that's being deleted the same world the kid created at home and is connecting to or are they stored pc-side at school? Anyways, I think people are being way too lenient on kids being disrespectful to rules who are also indirectly being disrespectful to their parents by not learning and behaving properly. Backlash on deadpool is unwarranted. I thought some of the messages he's receiving are because of younger gaffers whom are still naive, but I've come to appreciate that there's a lot of older gentlemen on gaf too. I'm only 25, but stories from my parents tell that schools used to be a lot more strict. It's about discipline.
Maybe I can relate to deadpool because I worked part-time IT for a schoolboard for a year. People who haven't dealt with kids in a while may think punishment is bullying. I worked in a multiple of public schools in a low income area and it's maddening how kids go through crazy lengths just to get around rules, misbehave, and not do what they're suppose to do at school. A lot of hard working, low income parents are hoping for their children to get a good education for a better income job, but such kids are just waisting the opportunity given to them.
I've only played minecraft a few times, so is the world that's being deleted the same world the kid created at home and is connecting to or are they stored pc-side at school? Anyways, I think people are being way too lenient on kids being disrespectful to rules who are also indirectly being disrespectful to their parents by not learning and behaving properly. Backlash on deadpool is unwarranted. I thought some of the messages he's receiving are because of younger gaffers whom are still naive, but I've come to appreciate that there's a lot of older gentlemen on gaf too. I'm only 25, but stories from my parents tell that schools used to be a lot more strict. It's about discipline.
Maybe I can relate to deadpool because I worked part-time IT for a schoolboard for a year. People who haven't dealt with kids in a while may think punishment is bullying. I worked in a multiple of public schools in a low income area and it's maddening how kids go through crazy lengths just to get around rules, misbehave, and not do what they're suppose to do at school. A lot of hard working, low income parents are hoping for their children to get a good education for a better income job, but such kids are just waisting the opportunity given to them.
FrontalMonk
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To everyone saying good job, fuck cheaters...like, are you totally heartless or something? Did you never use Game Genie on the NES/SNES/Genesis? Like...I just don't understand the lack of sympathy over someone erasing his progress. You could say he brought it on himself, and maybe you're right, but it's still kind of a shitty attitude to have over something like this, I think.
This. Even if you put aside the cheating part, giving up control of your system/game to a stranger and... walking away is just mad.
Take cheating out of the equation and it's still monumentally stupid.
Sure, though 100% of the time i didnt let a random stranger online take control of my game.
I'm 31 and I'd be devastated if this happened to me!
OK so I feel mildly attached to the gear I've levelled up and earned, I'd be horrified of the 200 hours being wiped out just like that.
But also the loss of being able to play with my friends on a regular basis, I'd miss out on raids and strikes and the time investment to get back to that would be pretty big and probably too dull to do again.
OK so I feel mildly attached to the gear I've levelled up and earned, I'd be horrified of the 200 hours being wiped out just like that.
But also the loss of being able to play with my friends on a regular basis, I'd miss out on raids and strikes and the time investment to get back to that would be pretty big and probably too dull to do again.
Anton Sugar
Member
I'm still not aware of what the attempted cheat or glitch actually is.
GeordieMark
Member
He's just a kid though. I'm sure you did dumb things when you were a kid too. Most, if not all of us, did.
Not all lessons need to be learned the hard way.
Perhaps, but I'm not sure if he broke any actual rules.
Nothing even approaching this.
Alebrije
Member
If Sony does not ban him hope nobody plays with him multiplayer.
flaxknuckles
Member
It's an online game. You cheat in online games and your character gets deleted then you got what you deserve.
Well, yeah, but thats obvious. But still you should be able to take back control instantly which this feature anyway.
From Bungie, sure.
Wondering this too. I've read of farming and other things to get loot like crazy (which I'm too lazy to even try and barely have time to play anyway, so I only play with a friend when we don't have to work early the next day).
But nothing about Share Play. Heck, all Share Play does is pass your controller to another person online. Unless there's an actual glitch caused by the stream, is nothing that couldn't be done by the player per se.
(EDIT: Seems there's no glitch and just a lie to get him to share the game.)
Sucks anyway. Losing all that progress. If anything, lesson learned.
I can't believe how heartless some of you are. Do you not remember being a child? I remember losing my save on the original Legend of Zelda when I was near the end back when I was younger. My sister turned the game off without holding reset. I know it's just a videogame but it was devastating. 6 months of work on something to an 11 year old kid is a lot different than a couple of months to a grown man.
Maybe being a parent, I just have more empathy for him. I know how much my son loves his Minecraft and Disney Infinity and if it was to be taken away from him, he would be crushed.
Maybe being a parent, I just have more empathy for him. I know how much my son loves his Minecraft and Disney Infinity and if it was to be taken away from him, he would be crushed.
Seems too many people are judging this as an adult, and not not from the perspective of an 11 year old. When a lesson needs to be taught you don't need to start with one of the harshest possible in the circumstances. The guy who did this was not doing to teach a lesson - he was doing it to bully and hurt a kid.
The harshest penalty would be to lose the hunter too.
Summary:
There is no glitch
Dude made it up to get the kid to share play
11 year olds are gullible
Anton Sugar
Member
Well, we still don't know what the cheat was. Leveling up a character? Christ, I don't blame him. Getting through the early parts of Destiny is zero fun after you've gone through it the firs time.
He never actually cheated, too, so how about we stop calling him a cheater?
Last, on the wide range of cheating offenses, quickly leveling a character is the equivalent of stealing a cookie. It's not like he was wall-hacking or glitching weapon damage to 999.
You got that I'm touchy by me telling you to give it a rest? #INNERNET
kaiju
Member
Exactly this. The guy is suckering people into share play then deleting their characters. Not the first time he's done this.
Srsly. Better Destiny than a bank account or something.
Anton Sugar
Member
Reeeeeally curious what the overlap is for Destiny players who have cheesed bosses/levels and condemn the hypothetical, non-existing "cheater" in this thread.
Agreed... doesn't matter the intention, it's a kid.
Shit like this is why I had issues with authority in high school
Princess Carl
Member
Right... no.
There are much harsher lessons. He lost time and gained knowledge of the world. That's hardly devastating.
Do people just feel cool being cocks to an eleven year old or something? He's a kid. Jesus.
Within this context it is. Measuring a punishment must take into account the persons age. In this situation since there was no intent other then to bully and hurt the kid is going to get my sympathy.
I'm honestly confused by the simplicity of moral categories people are using. The entire episode would be forgettable if it werent for people saying that they dont feel bad because a cheater got cheated or a lesson needed learning and could be worse. The magnitude of the potential cheat, its impact on others gameplay, and the motivations of Kermit seem to be entirely irrelevant to most people. Its just a blanket statement of someone did something wrong so deserves something wrong.
By that principle, we shouldn't feel sympathy for a distracted pedestrian who was intentionally injured by a driver. Better pay attention, idiot. That head injury is the lesson you deserve.
It's such black and white absolutist weirdness.
By that principle, we shouldn't feel sympathy for a distracted pedestrian who was intentionally injured by a driver. Better pay attention, idiot. That head injury is the lesson you deserve.
It's such black and white absolutist weirdness.
GeordieMark
Member
There are an awful lot of tough love advocates in this thread.
I wonder how many of them just shrug their shoulders and say "hey, thanks for the life lesson" when something shitty happens to them.
I wonder how many of them just shrug their shoulders and say "hey, thanks for the life lesson" when something shitty happens to them.
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