Teenager Runs Away From Home Over Call Of Duty 4

[Dapper Ninja]

I'd know my parents would have alerted the police already. Dumping it in a direction altogether unassociated with where he was holed up ...to keep them off his trail

He's 15, not Solid Snake.

Again, that was speaking from what I remember of being a 15 year old (3 years ago, to reiterate).

Yes, as a 14 year old, I'd say that it would be one of the most obvious ideas of anyone with the intelligence to put any amount of thought into something like running away from home to set up a red herring and then go somewhere completely unrelated to it. However, with that being said, if the kid really did run away from home because his mother took away his game, he is clearly not one of those people. So, most likely...

He's dead.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Yes, as a 14 year old, I'd say that it would be one of the most obvious ideas of anyone with the intelligence to put any amount of thought into something like running away from home to set up a red herring and then go somewhere completely unrelated to it.

An eye-witness has stepped forward reporting that she had seen Crisp working on his bike near that spot; apparently it broke down on the way. Given that, it's likely he abandoned the bike and either walked or hitched a ride from there.

-- Steve

 

[Dapper Ninja]

Yes, as a 14 year old, I'd say that it would be one of the most obvious ideas of anyone with the intelligence to put any amount of thought into something like running away from home to set up a red herring and then go somewhere completely unrelated to it.

An eye-witness has stepped forward reporting that she had seen Crisp working on his bike near that spot; apparently it broke down on the way. Given that, it's likely he abandoned the bike and either walked or hitched a ride from there.

-- Steve

So, that means the red herring theory is unlikely, which therefore means he's probably dead (He sounds too stupid to live, anyway).

 

[mark_n_b]

I don't know why it would matter to them how he spent his time if he stayed or decent shape. Playing sports, playing games, he's having fun without them.

How many times have we heard it's because of bad parents who use the Xbox as a babysitter that we get kids shooting up schools. This happens and we get a post like "what's it matter". This is why people don't listen to gamers.

The concern was because he was so involved with CoD4 he was letting his academics slide and other commitments, this could very easily lead to unhealthy weight gain, social issues, etc. As concerned parents they stepped in, and realize that the taking away of the xbox was after giving the kid the opportunity to manage his play time himself and demonstrate how he didn't need this type of parental support. He dropped the ball (I am guessing it was an academic type challenge along the lines of "if you get higher than a 65% avg. this term)

I have been following this story from the get go. I fear the young man has passed away, when a child from his background has been missing for so long it is highly unlikely that he is alive. If he was a frequent runaway, then maybe. But I can't see any condition by which he wouldn't have been found or returned of his own volition after a few days other than the worst condition.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I feel for the parents. They may be lashing out at the incorrect thing, namely blaming games, but no one should have to go through this. Besides, it's not like they were using the Xbox 360 as a babysitter (sorry for using your phrase, markn_b). In fact, this apparently happened because they were being responsible parents. Can you really say that every single runaway child has irresponsible parents?

 

[stompy]

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Ok, well, I suppose I have jumped the gun. I admit that. In light of the new information, I will say that it's likely that he left the house because his parents didn't allow him to play Call of Duty 4. Still, I'm pretty sure that the regular 15 year wouldn't do such a thing... he needs to learn how to rationalise (which, I suppose, he'll learn later in life).

 

[Asehujiko]

That. The boy's entire school and social life fell apart as soon as he got COD4.
Gee, you know what that sounds like to me? It sounds like the video game is the problem, not the parents. The kid is fifteen for christ sakes. This was obviously something new to him, and he obsessed over it. When the parents saw it ruining him they intervened. And he got pissed off because of it. This sounds like something teenagers do every day.
1: I hope he's dead. He left out any semblance of better judgment just to get back at his parents. He's surely going to grow up to be a great member of society. [/sarcasm]
2: I sympathize for the parents. Chances are they were looking out for his best interests, and yes, 90% of the time, parents do know what's best, unless they're bad parents. And of course the kid spit in their face over it.

In conclusion. Yeah, it sounds like it's the video game that is the problem. It does you no good as a community to see a kid disappear and then shamelessly and heartlessly point at the parents, and then cry whenever a game gets bad PR. Hypocritical is the word.
You know, video games have ruined lives before. Look at Everquest and World of Warcraft.

Read some other articles on this before jumping on the "mmos r evul" bandwagon. The kid was a highly competitive sports person for the majority of his life but because of his late growth spurt he was benched more then anything. So he tuns to online gaming, a place where you don't get discriminated on your phisique. Then he plays cod4 "for years" during which he is staked by pedos, according to his father. At this point the glaring flaws in the "game made him do it" arguments are realy starting to show through the facade of "holier then thou" attitude. As for your completely unrelated attack against mmo's: Severe OCD has always been a problem, mmo's just make these cases more obvious and instead of shunning the victims and blaming the game for turning them into monsters, we should give them some medical treatment.

 

[shadow_pirate22]

Jeez... I hope the parents don't look at this thread.
But anyway, it does sound like another of those Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc things. "Kid has argument with parents over video games, and runs away from home. Therefore (ergo) the argument and more to the point video games caused him to run away." Right...

 

[SteinFaust]

Jeez... I hope the parents don't look at this thread...

i hope they read my post first. just so they can leave the site quicker.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Just sounds like all the usual crap. Kid gets in argument with parents, probably one in a long string of arguments, this becomes a last straw moment, kid runs away, non one questions the parenting skills of his, ummm... parents, and everybody blames a video game.
I mean come on, doesn't anybody wonder why the parents of the columbine shooters never were interviewed, because the whole thing probably stemmed from their crappy parenting. But no... no one ever blames the absent parents... noooo it wasn't their fault, it was those damn video games, just like comic books and rock 'n' roll in their hayday.

 

[TommyGun465]

This is the reason we can't have nice things... or people off of our backs. Everything has to do with video games. Maybe it wasn't CoD that made him run away at all.

"What? I can't play CoD4 anymore today? Fine! Then I'm going to run away and never play it again!"

Yup, sounds logical to me.



I think the media is just trying to blame video games again.

Totally. His parents said "Over the last couple of years, Brandon has become less involved in sports and extremely involved in Call of Duty 4"

Whats the problem in he leaving sports? It sounds like his parents force him to do sports. Stupid people...

 

[Jharry5]

Doesn't sound good if they found his bike abandoned, does it?
It won't help the overall hate videogames get from the media anyway, especially in America. But, kudos to the parents for setting boundries. The kid obviously over-reacted.

 

[Rankao]

The story will end in a twist I tell you!

 

[Anton P. Nym]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/11/05/crisp-body.html

Damn, looks like the kid's dead. No details yet; I heard it on the radio at lunch, and just found this article now. Poor kid; my condolences to the parents.

-- Steve

 

[iain62a]

I can only hope he's found dead and the human race becomes ever so slightly more intelligent as a result.

Amen.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

I can only hope he's found dead and the human race becomes ever so slightly more intelligent as a result.

Amen.

Unlike him, you at least have the chance to grow out of your stupidity. Have you no decency?

-- Steve

 

[Baby Tea]

I can only hope he's found dead and the human race becomes ever so slightly more intelligent as a result.

Amen.

Well I hope you both feel like assholes, since they have found his body.

While I don't agree with how the parents seemed to wrap video games into this story (Since it didn't seem necessary at all), I can only imagine how they could be feeling.

Condolences to them and Brandon's friends.

 

[blood77]

What the hell is going to be next huh? Gamer Rehab?