I'm 13. Is that a problem?

[Tdc2182]

Ive developed some kind of imaginary line for XBL. If you are under 13, chances are that you are gonna do something of great annoyance. Its almost could be considered a fact. Dont take it to personally, I would rather deal with loudmouth 13 year olds then 20 year olds who spend their lives playing on XBL and insulting everyone else.

Just make it so you can only talk to your friends, and Xbox would be such an amazing community.

Edit: Not you as in 13 year olds, you as in everybody on XBL.

 

[D_987]

okay you have me at one point I have not been watching grammar layout or spelling whatsoever
But anyways I told you GTFO before this all so your last point doesn't make much sense

It makes perfect sense, you asked me to show more respect, and I stated I wouldn't respect someone whom posts as you have - I didn't say I wouldn't reply; you have been loosing this debate since your first reply.

 

[Le_Lisra]

It'll pass. Nothing more can be said.

 

[Broady Brio]

"As a matter of fact, it isn't."

As long as your not what most under 14's are like. Then no, it's not a problem.

 

[Tdc2182]

Every person below the age of 15 I've heard using a mic online has been either been whiny, loudmouthed, racist or just plain retarded. Although it's a rather sad state of affairs I find that my bias is well founded, strangely enough they're also mostly American.
I'd like to think this is because British parents have the guts to tell little Timmy that he's not allowed to play games with an 18 rating but that'd be expecting too much.

Its because XBL is mostly made up of Americans. We own the vast majority.

 

[JIst00]

Because of this =

"A stereotype is a commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions. Generally speaking, stereotypes are not based on objective truth but rather subjective and sometimes unverifiable content-matter."

For the record, it doesnt matter whether you are 13 or 31, pricks are pricks because they can be, and in an online envrioment, there are very few consequences for being a prick. In fact the only reason the younger crowd get the majority of the blame is down to the fact that it is relatively easy, if not entirely accurate, to tell age from the voice, most of these kiddies are yet to have their testicles descend, and so have a higher pitch to their voice.

Unfortunately there is always a "bad" minority that influence the opinion on the majority, but most people with more than 3 brain cells understand this, so dont worry about it too much.

 

[Mischiviktus]

Majority of 11-15 year old's are annoying for several reasons, majority are irritatingly impressionable and try to pull the "I'm older than I really am" thing, this happens when met with adversity or people in general, usually resulting to a No-U sort of thing. Adults pull the No-U too, but it's not as irritatingly, prepubescent screeching or foul mouthed as it is for the younger kids.

Also, you grow out of it, there's no point of well, pointing out your age, as at some point you will leave this bracket and no point of defending it (be moot because you'll exit the bracket in a few years time). It's not like you're female/male or of a certain ethnic background. I can understand trying to change the way people view girl/gay gamers (not gurl gamerz, as in I'M A CHICK, AND I HAVE RIGHTS IN VIDEO GAMES AND BAAAAAAAAAW crap), video games in general or something, but the tween bracket, leave it be.

Next you'll be asking how do we fix /b/, oh ho ho, what a hilarious thing that would be.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

All I got from OP is "Wah wah, I'm 13 and get picked on by others due to my age." We all go through it OP, think of it as a right of passage?

 

[viking97]

well your on the wii, nut if you got on xbl i gurantee in about a week you would turn into the the 13 yearolds we hate.

 

[Xojins]

Here are a list of common attributes of 13-year-olds that many people find annoying:

1) Voice - 13-year-olds, more often than not, have high pitched squeaky voices. Keep in mind that the voice sounds much more irritating on the microphone than in real life.

2) Maturity - or rather, the lack thereof. I'm not saying that all 13-year-olds in the world are completely immature. However, when I hear someone on the microphone screaming, spamming, fighting, or shouting racial slurs/obscenities, it seems to be a 13-year-old (give or take a year or two) much more often than an adult.

3) Knowledge - 13-year-olds generally don't know as much as say a 20-year-old. Therefore they are less likely to be able to hold an intelligent conversation about many subjects.

4) Language - swearing a lot doesn't make you cool. Many younger kids like to swear just for its own sake. It just comes off as trying to be tough or mature, but in reality does the opposite.

You asked for an explanation, here you go.

 

[FlameUnquenchable]

I'm a 13-year-old boy who likes video games. No Halo or MW2, but Mario and Zelda. But, according to some, we are a race of loud-mouthed-XBox-loving-curse-flinging-homo-phobia-ing(?) idiots with no taste. I'm a little tired of this segregation between the two age groups.
In a wider sense, 13-year-olds on the internet are a problem too. All our videos on youtube apparently suck and we should GTFO because we are a waste of space.
Why?

Take this from someone more than twice your age, this is a life lesson. You're going to run into this stuff all of your life, a vast portion of the population will act stupid if allowed to. Whether it's to get their kicks, or to laugh at someone else, or to just sate that need to be a complete ass, they'll do it; given they have the environment that allows it.

This being said, XBOX live has a pretty horrendous community. I've played it but I eventually had to stop because I couldn't stand all of the morons. You may not be one of those whom we label as idiots, but you're going to get lumped in with the crowd. As someone who was once 13 and had the same kind of stereotypes attached to me, I give you this adivce. Prove to people you are different. Some may not give you a chance, but some will. The one's who do give you a chance are the ones you to whom you can show that you are different.

That said, it's all on you to prove your own worth. Nobody is going to hand it to you, it's not something people deserve, it's something people work for and earn. And I don't mean that in a sense of earning it from others, you earn your own validity by making yourself better, even if it has to be in spite of those who put you down.

 

[Helimocopter]

i started playing on live at 14
most people thought i was like 35 listening to my voice
playing ffa on COD 4 would suprise people when i told them my age

 

[Aesir23]

It's because most are exactly as you describe. Every now and then, you will find a diamond in the rough, but a large portion of the population are kids that really need a good smack upside the head.

A lot of people are like that in their 20s as well which is just sad. -_-

 

[silasbufu]

I don't care how old you are , just act normal and I won't even ask.
Plus , retarded people are of all ages , they're all around us.

 

[sasuke2490]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4dfaylxz1A this is why im 14 but ive seen this b4 its unbearable when you see this you want to scream. Just dont be an idiot and people wont apply this stereotype to you.

 

[Rahnzan]

It's called life, every single god damned one of us had to deal with it at one point in our life and the previous generation will always be way to damn bitter to let it go long enough for two consecutive generations to exist without having encountered segregation by puberty.

It's mostly biology's fault. There's no real transitional phase for puberty. We're either squeeky disrespectful and unruly as all hell, or we're poised but bitter and irritated.

Personally before and after, its just a different kind of annoying. People generally hate squeekers because 50 to 99% of the time stereotypes are self-fullfilling profecies, prejudices are justified, racism has forgotten legitimate roots in culling up responsive hate (boy do the PCs hate this) and no one is going to take the time out of their busy day WITH ALL OF THAT GOING ON to give 1 kid out of 100 who isn't a squeeky arrogant bafoon a chance because it's just easier to tell them all to 'shut the **** up' or mute them.

Don't sweat it. You've only got 1 or 2 more years of this and we're all going to die anyway. Stop treating the hardships of life like they're a permanent condition.

 

[johnman]

I know a 13 year old who constantly makes videos of him playing call of duty and posting them on youtube then shows them too me. I couldn't care less, I dont like to talk about gaming that much,

 

[sunpop]

It has a lot do to with the majority, we were all once 13 year old gamers but you see we were gaming before online gaming was big and voip services were practically mandatory in gaming. Sure not all 13 year old kids are annoying but most of them are. However to be fair most people are annoying as hell online but it's easier to blame one group.

It's like racism for age groups.

 

[Irridium]

Because most 13 year olds on the internet go out of their way to piss everyone off.

Not all are like that, this I know, but it seems a lot are. 5 minutes on Halo 3 or Modern Warfare 2 will prove this.

Closer to 2 minutes... after the first shot is fired is usually enough time to figure it out, because the first to die always seems to be someone with a mic.

And the first one to quite always seems to be the host...

 

[Rahnzan]

Every person below the age of 15 I've heard using a mic online has been either been whiny, loudmouthed, racist or just plain retarded. Although it's a rather sad state of affairs I find that my bias is well founded, strangely enough they're also mostly American.
I'd like to think this is because British parents have the guts to tell little Timmy that he's not allowed to play games with an 18 rating but that'd be expecting too much.

For me, the worst screechers are the british by far. Stumpy lil Americans can be retarded just as much as the next kid, but the lil brits almost feel entitled to swear up left and right. As well, Americans dont have nearly as many references to male anatomy as any foggy.

And that accent....urgh. A british accent suffering through puberty is earbleedingly painful.

Either way...I kept my little brother and sister off the mics until after their voices jumped. They didn't have to deal with the hardship at all.