Exr
Member
Lol what a dick. Did you say anything to him after? Flying dropkick to the back of his head?
Kid share plays Destiny to stranger...
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FunkyMunkey
Banned
Irrelevant. You can be mad at the immature asshole for picking on the kid while also laughing at the kid for trying to cheat. Just because you can direct your anger at one person vs a cooperation.
How about sharing your WoW password for free gold? Is that better? And then when they delete their character while logged in I'm sure you would take the person's side who was trying to get free gold yeah?
Flachmatuch
Member
Love the intellectual integrity and discipline here. No, Blizzard banning you because you violate their game policies is not the same as a random stranger causing you harm for their own fun.
There's a disturbing lack of empathy here, although it may just be because many are twenty-somethings.
Eh, not really. I was pretty upset at losing Spider-Man and Kingdom Hearts files as a kid. Kingdom Hearts in particular was like a 50 hour save or something ridiculous like that. I straight up quit playing TWEWY when my dumbass cousin deleted my save file that was literally exactly halfway through the game.
kaiju
Member
People need to understand that the kid was 11, he was being deceived by a 38 yo male. No different than a stranger in a car saying "Hey kid I've got candy". The parents probably were blind to stranger enticements in an online gaming environment, which is understandable to a point.
The problem I have is this 38 yo loser is doing this to people on purpose. It's not the first time. He charms them into share play then deletes their hard-earned characters. He's done it to a girl and an 11 yo kid. That's malicious and borderline psychopath.
The problem I have is this 38 yo loser is doing this to people on purpose. It's not the first time. He charms them into share play then deletes their hard-earned characters. He's done it to a girl and an 11 yo kid. That's malicious and borderline psychopath.
GeordieMark
Member
Who needs enemies huh?
Florida_Man_5000
Member
This kid learned a hard lesson with a relatively good outcome. That guys a dick!
When I was a kid, I beat the hell out of people who messed around like this, I actually ended up making friends with them most of the time. Never did it for revenge, but I did it because sometimes getting your head busted open is the only way to learn to not be an ass.
It's more like a kid losing their instagram account by giving their password to someone promising followers. Frankly it's a fucking stupid thing to do at 11.
Yeah I'm gonna say the guy's seriously sociopathic. Like, how fucked up do you even have to be to get kicks from this?
Preach.
your response is silly. As a 43yr old father I would smack a 38yr old upside the head because he is a fucking predator that has no business picking on god damn children.
At the same time, I would tell my kid he fucked up letting this monster into his game and he should be doing his homework.
Both sides are wrong. However, one side is not only old enough to know better, it's fricking creepy that a man that age is picking on children.
GeordieMark
Member
I think you forget what its like to be 11.
You made the comparison and the issue is about the appropriateness of punishment. Who delivers it and whether it is promulgated standards is relevant.
As for the gold password issue, I'm arguing in favour of both recognising the kid is in the wrong and that something crappy happened. Taking sides doesn't make sense in this situation because the Kermit was unlikely to be motivated by some sense of justice.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Are you just going to keep reiterating the same point over and over again?
ElzarTheBam
Member
Yep.
Yeah, I think I'd cry too. I don't know what it is about some games that heighten the feeling of attachment. I guess it's just that Halo recorded literally nothing except a little badge to show when you've beaten a level at a certain difficulty.
I can't remember doing anything this monumentally stupid.
As long as people equivocate being 11 with being 5.
It's as if.... They were never that 11 year old kid
Prophet Steve
Member
So many assholes here on GAF.
Seriously, everyone saying he deserved this for cheating (in a quite insignificant way) and saying this is a good way to learn about stranger danger while it isn't. Or that he shouldn't be bothered because it is only a save file even when I got hugely frustrated a week ago when I lost an hour of progress at work.
Oh, and the kid is fucking 11.
Seriously, everyone saying he deserved this for cheating (in a quite insignificant way) and saying this is a good way to learn about stranger danger while it isn't. Or that he shouldn't be bothered because it is only a save file even when I got hugely frustrated a week ago when I lost an hour of progress at work.
Oh, and the kid is fucking 11.
In the video you see the kid in party chat with kirmitTHEfrog and telling him he didn't really want that weapon and thanks for deleting it. Kirmit is the one that deleted his accounts.
Pause the video at the 15:13 mark where he joins back up into kirmit's party chat. You can see kirmit's trophy info there.
The kid can have done something stupid while the guy is still a jerk for taking advantage of it. Maybe digging up personal information on the guy and fantasizing about physically harming him aren't the best reactions.
Situations where someone's entertainment is affected are better than their safety or personal information. Maybe that's cold comfort when you've lost dozens of hours of your effort, but it's still worth remembering.
Situations where someone's entertainment is affected are better than their safety or personal information. Maybe that's cold comfort when you've lost dozens of hours of your effort, but it's still worth remembering.
FalsettoVibe
Member
This so much. The kid is just 11.
Flachmatuch
Member
Don't know, in my experience, many people grow out of this idiocy, only the truly disturbed keep it up to middle age.
Exactly.
I feel like this is the 11 year-old equivalent to falling victim to a 417 scam. Instead of losing money hoping to get rich quick he lost a ton of time spent playing the game. It sucks for the victim but hopefully he enjoyed the hours spept getting to level 31 and learned a very important life lesson.
Definitely a lot of good to come out of it if he carries this lesson forward... and as you said, "in a safe way".
Poor dude.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
I agree with you. But I'm sorry for not completely sympathizing with the child (in a rated T game) playing an online game with a stranger and then giving up complete control of his game to that stranger hoping to cheat, and then going AFK for a few minutes. I sympathize up to the "aw he's just a kid" and "the adult is an asshole" point and that's about it. I've had multiple 100-200+ hour game saves get saved over by friends/family alike in my life, sometimes on purpose and sometimes on accident. It's a life lesson not to completely trust others with things like this, especially strangers.
If I was his parent, of course I'd curse the guy who did it, but not to the point of violence. The kid isn't in any real danger and wasn't physically threatened or stalked or anything. I would bestow upon the kid the life lesson he should learn coming away from this.
Agree here too
DidntKnowJack
Member
Well I can't wait to read your next clever line about how this 11 year old should have all the life experience of a much older and wiser being. I bet this kid hasn't even graduated college yet. Geez.
Great, now the poor kid will probably grow up to be a hateful mass murderer. Bravo society, you've done it again.
This will in no way teach him not to glitch or cheat. In fact, he will want to glitch or cheat even more because of how he was abused. He'll always feel like he has to make up for lost time now, through glitching or cheating. All because he had faith in other humans offering to lend a hand with something.
This will in no way teach him not to glitch or cheat. In fact, he will want to glitch or cheat even more because of how he was abused. He'll always feel like he has to make up for lost time now, through glitching or cheating. All because he had faith in other humans offering to lend a hand with something.
The wisdom of an 11 year old probably would've helped.
WhatsintheBox
Member
crushing feeling.
Level 99 Archer in Gauntlet Legends. I feel you.
Pathfinder
Member
Yeah. A feeling I know all too well.
Bangbiscuit
Neo Member
Lack of empathy isn't limited to a certain age group.
A Serious Man
Member
I accidentally saved over my friends RPG Maker file once, he had spent 3 months working on it every day after school. I concocted a brilliant "I didn't do anything, the memory card must be glitchy" defense and then dashed the fuck out of there. He got over it but things were frosty for awhile.
OrbitalBeard
Member
That's really messed up. Poor guy. I'll be completely honest, at 11, I would have cried too. He's just a kid.
DidntKnowJack
Member
See that's whats tripping you up and making you sound silly. 11 year old human beings haven't lived long enough to acquire a lot of wisdom. And wisdom is achieved by an accumulation of years of knowledge gained through life experience. And hey, this kid just learned something.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
Oh come on now, why does someone always have to come in and shit it up.
Khaos_Knight
Banned
It was probably a Bungie employee in disguise.
Omotesando
Member
Why I can't say that I agree with a 11 year old playing an online game rated for +16 it's up to their parents to make that decision, not me. I played Mortal Kombat when I was young and when I take care of my little nephew there are games that I do not allow him to play and others that I do (Mostly the LEGO games is what he likes and I allow). So it's not really my call to judge his education.
I do feel sorry for him because he was naive. Some children are naive when they are 7 others when they are 11 or 15. Some people may say this was a lesson but I really believe there are other ways to learn a lesson without causing such frustration to a child. I almost believe he was not even fully aware of what he was doing and I can see some social pressure between these kids with videogames these days. Same when they all want to be max prestige in a Call of Duty game so they do boosting sessions and try similar things. It's not different for liking to show their brand new shoes/phone in school, these are just new and modern ways to be popular/cool around their own group. "I am level 32 on Destiny, I am max prestige on COD, I have a 2.0 K/D, and you don't" etc.
Violence is never an option in my opinion so I do not agree with some GAFfers in here for wishing any sort of violent punishment to the man who did this to this child. However, I do have to wonder what are you doing with your life if you are a 38 year old man, sitting at home, playing a videogame in order to upset and lie to children online. To be honest, it's even a bit sad and I will never understand these people.
I do feel sorry for him because he was naive. Some children are naive when they are 7 others when they are 11 or 15. Some people may say this was a lesson but I really believe there are other ways to learn a lesson without causing such frustration to a child. I almost believe he was not even fully aware of what he was doing and I can see some social pressure between these kids with videogames these days. Same when they all want to be max prestige in a Call of Duty game so they do boosting sessions and try similar things. It's not different for liking to show their brand new shoes/phone in school, these are just new and modern ways to be popular/cool around their own group. "I am level 32 on Destiny, I am max prestige on COD, I have a 2.0 K/D, and you don't" etc.
Violence is never an option in my opinion so I do not agree with some GAFfers in here for wishing any sort of violent punishment to the man who did this to this child. However, I do have to wonder what are you doing with your life if you are a 38 year old man, sitting at home, playing a videogame in order to upset and lie to children online. To be honest, it's even a bit sad and I will never understand these people.
11 is old enough to know not to let strangers control your fucking system, how are you not able to comprehend this yourself?
I've never read a thread on Gaf that has made me think so little of so many people. There's either more dumb idiots on Gaf than I thought before or just more horrible little cretins. Deadpool in particular. None of you ever become parents please.
And I'd gladly give up all three of my level 32 Destiny characters for one swing at Kirmit's face. 38 years old! The good thing is he must live a truly sad life if this is what he does for fun. The kind of person who does something like this isn't the kind of person who deserves happiness in their lives. At least a bully, at worst a sociopath. Definitely a cunt.
And I'd gladly give up all three of my level 32 Destiny characters for one swing at Kirmit's face. 38 years old! The good thing is he must live a truly sad life if this is what he does for fun. The kind of person who does something like this isn't the kind of person who deserves happiness in their lives. At least a bully, at worst a sociopath. Definitely a cunt.
Well said. In fact, I can bet all of those people sometime used a glitch, an exploit, a code or even a fucking DLC for getting some advantage.
Guy it's just a kid and for what I read from him on YouTube, it's so much mature than the average GAF user...
Ceaseless Discharge
Banned
I can understand camping, some forms of griefing and being a dick in a game to an extent, but to delete a fellow gamer's save file like that is pointlessly spiteful.
We all know how it feels to lose precious data that wasn't backed up, its a horrible, sickening feeling, and if that was done to you deliberately by a stranger you'd be totally mortified.
Hope the boy can be sorted by Bungie somehow.
We all know how it feels to lose precious data that wasn't backed up, its a horrible, sickening feeling, and if that was done to you deliberately by a stranger you'd be totally mortified.
Hope the boy can be sorted by Bungie somehow.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
You say this like he gave the keys to his dads car to a stranger.
Seriously, taking control of your videogame console, how does this sound bad?
in this kids eyes it was no different than giving his mate the pad to try his new game while he made a drink.
as the father of a 12 year old boy, and after spending a good amount of time with him and his friends, you know What? Kids are thick.