Teenager Runs Away From Home Over Call Of Duty 4
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I just hope he looks out for the Grenade Indicators.paulgruberman post=7.74636.841103 said:
Whats odd is that while the parents believe that he has run from home they found his bike. Now if you where on the run you wouldn't drop your fastest mode of transport and one of your most favourite things (the bike not CoD). It seems to me something else has happened here. Whether snatched by someone has Anton said or maybe involved in a hit and run or perhaps something worse. The bike doesn't add up. If it would be anywhere it would be with the kid. Not in a ditch.
I think something else is happening here. They said CoD4 over the past few years but it isn't one year old yet. Either he has been playing games for years, the parents didn't pay attention to the games he plays and looked at the game on top of his pile after he ran away or the parents are just trying to blame a game, any game, for their sons disappearance and decided to pick CoD4.
The whole bike missing thing is a pretty good indicator of something nasty.
On the other hand if it turns out the kid's parents accidently killed him and tried to cover it up by saying he ran away...
Either way it sounds like the "modern family, primitive parent" problem...
On the other hand if it turns out the kid's parents accidently killed him and tried to cover it up by saying he ran away...
Either way it sounds like the "modern family, primitive parent" problem...
It's pretty damn certain the kid didn't run away because his mother banned him to playing Call of Duty 4+. The real question is, Why did he really run away?Fire Daemon post=7.74636.842844 said:
+ This is, of course, under the assumption the child is not a complete idiot. No sane child would run away because mummy and daddy didn't let him play video games.
Actually it's more than likely the reason he ran away is for his mother banning him from CoD4. Now he didn't run away because he wanted to play the game at a friends house he more than likely ran away to get back at his parents and make them feel upset. Look at this from his perspective. He (according to the parents) loved Call of Duty and played it excessively. Now the Parents didn't like him playing it as much as he did and took it away from him. They took away his favourite thing in the world. This would have made him very angry and very upset. He would have wanted to get back at his parents anyway he could and being a fifteen year old though the best course of action was too run from home. He might have ended up at a friends house and is know playing CoD4 but that isn't the reason why he ran from home. Doesn't excuse the guy from being an idiot though.stompy post=7.74636.842865 said:
I'm certain that there is something happening under the surface here. I think the parents killed the child, threw his bike in a ditch and then told the police he ran away. When questioned as to why he ran away "Videogame did it!" and they get away with it. When people see the bike they will assume that something happened to him. Start a man hunt with no witnesses or possible suspects, child is never found again. It's the perfect crime but they made one vital mistake. They let me here about this incident.
I'm just making assumptions here but they seem to make sense. At least to me. *puffs on pipe*
Fire, your first paragraph is the opposite of your second paragraph... or am I reading this wrong?Fire Daemon post=7.74636.842909 said:
Anyways, if you really think this kid ran away because of Call of Duty 4, then you need to find better 15 year olds to talk to (like me).The average 15 year old doesn't spark a manhunt in order to get back at parents for banning video games... this guy is either really stupid, or psychopathic...
Nope, just a teen with problems. I've followed the story deeper, and it looks like the guy's really competitive; through his junior years he was big in hockey, but as time went by the other players caught their growth spurt and he didn't so the coaches started benching him. Other sports, same problem... but then he discovers online gaming, where bulk doesn't matter.stompy post=7.74636.846484 said:
So he gets a little, no, a lot carried away because he was back in his groove. His parents were trying to ease him off gradually but it didn't work, so on our Thanksgiving weekend they lowered the boom.
Teen rebellion plus a "jones" plus yet another crushed dream? I see why the kid ran away; I don't think it's the smart thing to do, no, but unfortunately impulse overrides smart a lot in adolescence. As to why he hasn't been in touch, dunno; I just hope it's something like being out-of-touch and not knowing about the manhunt, or one of those shame-spirals keeping him in hiding, instead of something more ominous.
-- Steve
This is happening right near where I live. I've even seen posters for him on doors of businesses. I really do hope he is found safe and sound, as I'm sure I can't fathom what it's like for a parent to lose a child in this way.
That being said...
I think it's very strange she even MENTIONED the game. Regardless of what you got in a fight with your kid over, he's gone. Just worry about getting him back! I would think that if you DID get in a fight with your son over a game, you'd be LESS likely to go on national TV and say how 'it's that darn game' in 'hopes' he'll come home.
Besides, we are really only hearing one side of this story. We don't know how these parents really treat their kid behind closed doors, or how they handled the admitted previous arguments over the game. I'm not calling them bad parents, but I wouldn't say they're only victim here.
I really do hope he is found safe, though I can't help but think that this story is only getting the media attention it is because of this supposed 'game obsession'.
...Scratch that, I KNOW that's why it's getting the attention it is.
That being said...
I think it's very strange she even MENTIONED the game. Regardless of what you got in a fight with your kid over, he's gone. Just worry about getting him back! I would think that if you DID get in a fight with your son over a game, you'd be LESS likely to go on national TV and say how 'it's that darn game' in 'hopes' he'll come home.
Besides, we are really only hearing one side of this story. We don't know how these parents really treat their kid behind closed doors, or how they handled the admitted previous arguments over the game. I'm not calling them bad parents, but I wouldn't say they're only victim here.
I really do hope he is found safe, though I can't help but think that this story is only getting the media attention it is because of this supposed 'game obsession'.
...Scratch that, I KNOW that's why it's getting the attention it is.
15?! It's been a while since I've been on Xbox Live, but...15?! That's a lot older than they were 2 years ago when I still had my Xbox (RROD sucks).Dante_Alucard post=7.74636.841520 said:
On topic: They shouldn't blame video games, they should blame what they always used to blame before it became popular to blame the media: bad parenting.
Aside: Dear god, I have murdered that. I apologize for using the word blame 4 times in the same sentence, but I'm tired, and honestly can't think of another way to put it.
*Blinks*Limasol post=7.74636.847861 said:
It's been a while, as I said before, but if I remember correctly, Xbox Live accounts aren't tied into individual consoles, so i'd assume he does it the same way everybody else does...
Is this an issue of not letting kids play video games until they're 15 or so? It's easy to get addicted when you've never played one before until that age, I let a kid play on my DS for the first time ever and she couldn't put it down. That's my theory anyway...
I'm going to pull the 'Blame the parents, not the game' card on this one.
I'm going to pull the 'Blame the parents, not the game' card on this one.
oh well then let's all just get together and BAWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! today.
some little twatty suburbanite fckwit gets mad at his mommy and runs off to his secret hidey-hole, and i'm supposed to care? meh, just call it an ipod and go be "an hero".
some little twatty suburbanite fckwit gets mad at his mommy and runs off to his secret hidey-hole, and i'm supposed to care? meh, just call it an ipod and go be "an hero".
I've never really understood why 13-15 year-olds are considered immature yet once you turn 16-18 you're suddenly considered Mr Maturity 2008...ImmortalItalian post=7.74636.841826 said:
*Remembers the shit-heads in my class*
Forget it. -_-
I was a shithead when I was 11-13, I had a breakthrough though, I'm still a bit offended because I'm 15 now and not in the slightest bit immature. *Huff*
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go laugh at some Youtube Poop.
Well with a name like Brandon Crisp I would have run away from my parents as well.
But wait, he is 15 and he is only 5'2! Im a year younger and I'm 5'9.
Anyway back to the subject. I seriously doubt he ran away because of CoD4. The parents are probably exagarating to draw any blame away from them. Its what parents usually do when something like this happens. They dont want to get blamed so they pass the book and blame video games or TV or something else ridiculous.
But wait, he is 15 and he is only 5'2! Im a year younger and I'm 5'9.
Anyway back to the subject. I seriously doubt he ran away because of CoD4. The parents are probably exagarating to draw any blame away from them. Its what parents usually do when something like this happens. They dont want to get blamed so they pass the book and blame video games or TV or something else ridiculous.