Dad Beats Son for Having Poor Gaming Skills
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Jack Thompson has been disbareed.OT: this guy should go away and the game has nothing to do with it this man is just clearly a child abuser.Trivun said:
I know he's been disbarred, but it doesn't mean he's going to give up his crusade, is he? As for the opinion on the child abuser dad, I agree, since his hitting the child wasn't any sort of discipline (which I agree with provided it's ONLY used as a disciplinary measure. And only smacking the arm or leg or backside.).Shadowlolz said:
Thanks Max that is actually more accurate than what I initially said and yes fire should be applied to anything.MaxTheReaper said:
Well now we have better defense from him so he is not much a threat. "listen to what the crazy old man who USED to be crazy old lawyer says."Trivun said:
Wait...what?! Whaaat?!?!
No matter how many times I read that, the only reaction I get from my brain is a big error message saying "DOES NOT COMPUTE".
No matter how many times I read that, the only reaction I get from my brain is a big error message saying "DOES NOT COMPUTE".
Rofl.
I beat myself up for having poor gaming skills at times (Xan on Godlike before I became Godlike and could 15-0 him)...
And it's never a good thing. It doesn't help you learn, progress, or anything. It just makes you get stuck in your defeats.
If you're being punished for your failures, it makes incentive to try worse, because no one starts out good at anything. If the father really wanted the kid to be good, he wouldn't have done it. Actually, nevermind. That would require logic. Disregard everything I said.
This man is stupid.
I beat myself up for having poor gaming skills at times (Xan on Godlike before I became Godlike and could 15-0 him)...
And it's never a good thing. It doesn't help you learn, progress, or anything. It just makes you get stuck in your defeats.
If you're being punished for your failures, it makes incentive to try worse, because no one starts out good at anything. If the father really wanted the kid to be good, he wouldn't have done it. Actually, nevermind. That would require logic. Disregard everything I said.
This man is stupid.
What?
He simply missed a hadouken, he's trying to train his kid to destroy Daigo.
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Anyway, a joke this man is. Much to learn he still has. >.>
He simply missed a hadouken, he's trying to train his kid to destroy Daigo.
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Anyway, a joke this man is. Much to learn he still has. >.>
This is actually kind of weird. When a kid does poorly in sports it's a public thing that reflects poorly on the child and by association on the parent, so the father takes out his embarrassment on the kid. With video games, even more competitively focused ones, there usually isn't any kind of social pressure to perform. So what you've gotta wonder is, why does the dad care enough about this to resort to physical violence. It's unlikely that anyone outside the home was even aware of the failing (ironic since now it's a matter of public record) and it's not like there's much opportunity for awards or a career in gaming like there is in sports.kawligia said:
Basically this has me curious what the rest of the story is. There are big gaps here.
Because your brother wasn't supposed to be a mature adult at the time (I'm assuming) and he wasn't responsible for your growth and well-being (again, an assumption). Also, the kid wasn't beaten as retaliation for winning, he was beaten for performing poorly.Lusperus said:
You've heard of this before? Parents punishing their kids for failing to excell in a purely leisure activity? One that is usually stigmatized as a waste of time? My parents treated video games as a privilege contingent on good behavior. They didn't care if I was any good at them.
Wait, wait, I just figured it out. This is genius. I'm totally going to use it when I have kids. They can play video games as much as they want. In fact they are required to play at least an hour a day. But there will be punishments if they slack off and don't pwn enough noobs. No physical punishment mind you. I'll just withhold desert, send them to bed early, that sort of thing. The result is that these kids are going to hate and resent video games and will "escape" to reading books, playing the piano, and developing valuable skills to rebel against my cruel parenting. Of course I'll have the tools available for these things but I won't ever force any of it. They'll hate me, but they'll achieve great things. I suppose I need to enact similar policies for drugs and any music I don't like to hear.
I think I've been misunderstood here: I was saying that it's a good thing for parents to moniter how much their kids game and what they play(as in, time limits and keeping M-rated stuff away from 12-year-olds). I was in no way saying that what this guy did was right. Beating up your kids for doing badly in a game is silly and stupid.MaxTheReaper said:
Well if he's not punished, how is he going to get better? HIT HIM HARDER!
...Ok, bad taste, sorry
...Ok, bad taste, sorry