Originally Posted by
Daxx
There are many things that can harm or cause addiction in children yet are available to them legally such as junk food and television. Parenting is a subjective matter and the decision to allow a child to play certain games should be at a parent's discretion.
Oh come on are we going to start fining or punishing parents because we don't like playing games with kids on our team? Sure it sucks but say one nation does start doing that, you'll still have to deal with the other nation's kids.
I think I didn't get my argument across very well. Yes, you are completely right about that, but as example let's take movies.
If you want to see a horror movie in the cinema you have to show your ID to prove that you're 18+ or whatever. It's still parents' decision if they want to allow their kid to see the movie at home, but publically they can't really do that.
I think it should be the same with video games. Of course it's up to parents to some extent, but in tournaments, schools, game stores and other public places there should be a stricter control than there is at the moment.
The fact that in most countries a 10 year old kid can walk into a shop and buy Outlast or The Witcher is ridiculous considering how much control there is on other potentially harmful media and substances.