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neversickanymore

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My son is eight turning nine and an avid gamer. I'm getting him the x12 earphones for his Bday. As I have never played a game linked up with other random players I was wondering if he will be exposed to anything undesirable with this. Also are those earphones pretty good.. he is nine so he doesn't need the best or anything just something pretty nice. Any answers on this are appreciated, so thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to respond.

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It depends on the games he plays and I can only speak about the XBox Live crowd. It also depends if it is a newly released game or one that has been out awhile as the newer games tend to have the bigger d-bags with potty mouths. I'm not 100% certain, but I think you can set up XBox Live with filters so that he will not have to hear such childish "adult" language when he is online.

About the phones, those look pretty good. The biggest attribute you want with those is comfort. If they are not comfortable, it will be a distraction.
 
Anything Turtle Beach makes is pretty nice, im guessing he plays CoD or some other FPS??

Yes he will be exposed to angry vulgar people if he plays multiplayer online games with voice chat, it really doesnt matter the game. Some games are worse than others, but i've never played a game where the voice chat was anything but crass.
 
he will be exposed to trolls. lots of them. talk to him about what to expect, how certain people think it is funny to act mean or stupid when online because they are anonymous and unsupervised. most importantly, assure him as effectively as possible that no matter what he does he can't mess up so much as to make you not love him. if there is any reluctance to talking with you, his dad, then if he's bullied, you might not realise it.
 
@ DWE do you let him play at all though?

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Anything Turtle Beach makes is pretty nice, im guessing he plays CoD or some other FPS??
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sorry i don't know what this means?

Thanks guys for the responses. I looks like I have made a mistake:( I will have to figure something out here.

@L2R we have a really amazing relationship and he has known his whole life that he can talk to me about anything. I even kinda take it a little father and will answer any question he asks completely honestly (santa and tooth fairy stuff aside) We have also talked about bullying, but I guess not bullying as far as random people on the internet. I guess I'm getting some real reservations and feel that he may be a little to young yet. Thanks for the good response.
 
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^ Turtle beach is the brand of headset in your post.

CoD= Call of Duty, a popular FPS (first person shooter) game.
 
Sorry I new what turtle beach was and shouldn't have included it in the quote. But thanks on the others.. yeah I have played call of duty with him and i think he plays with an uncle and then with a friend of his dads game.. we also have a pact where we always tell the truth to each other and as well as it i cant imagine why anyone lies.. so yes he has interest in this game but doesn't own it. Is there a setting so he can link up in a private game with friends.. or me:)
 
Reality is it is mostly kids on x box live acting like dicks. I'm sure it is no worse than half the shit that gets talked about in the play ground, you can't helicopter parent him at school so its probably easier to monitor. I'm sure there is the potential for sickos to groom or intimidate your son but I have never really come across it. I can't really see how anyone can be bullied over a head set. It might be trash talked or sledge but if he has any balls it might spur him on to being a better gamer.
 
Thanks OTW.. but what about a nine year old.. he still pretty young.. not to worried about the language so much but worse things.. I have been known to cuss like a sailor at times around My son.. never ever at him,, but definitely around him so im not to worried about that. Never a big fan of hiding someone away from the world.. but also I think at certain ages there is something to be said.. yeah when he hits the teenage years then really who is anybody trying to kid.. but nine? So i guess what im saying is a person who is a dick in mine and your mind could trouble a nine year old.. what do you guys think?
 
For me, the only real harmful thing about video games is getting sucked into playing them all the time. As long as youre ok with him hearing bad language and stuff then you dont have anything to worry about. Im not sure about setting up private chats, I dont play console games or FPS's?

What games would he mainly use it for?
 
Just let him play games that are age appropriate. FPS are notorious for punk arse kids running around calling each other fags but they are mostly 12 yr old. I enjoy NBA2K and if I'm high as a kite and you are a ball hog I don't care how old you are, you are copping a verbal barrage.
 
If he has a group of friends/family with the same game, i'm pretty sure most games allow private multiplayer. Have a look at the manuel and the developers' websites. When buying games, prioritise stuff with co-op campaigns. :)

sounds like you have a good situation to deal with whatever the internet brings. kudos, man!
 
Nice, thank you Wyld as i think we found a little break. I and his uncle can warm him up and coach him a bit on the proper way to deal with this. his uncles a good guy.. Good stuff and likely to make a difference in this young guy life..and as that young guys my own. I am indebted to you all:)
 
^ No problem at all, man. I remember my first foray into XBox Live and I was in my late 20s (because that is when it came out over a decade ago) and got to playing Halo with much younger guys. The funny thing is they never talked trash to me but just among themselves because most of them knew each other already. But, when some random d-bag decided to talk smack to any of us it was on.
 
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