Adding another bullet point to the pile of reasons why I hate online gaming. Also parents suck.

I hate the before and after open mic crap and usually mute 1-2 people on my team that just don't shut up.

Oh well, they ain't getting my money. I'll buy a used price dropped version.

.. that's kind of like saying Penthouse has no interest in preventing kids from reading their magazine (for the articles of course!). There are purchasing restrictions in place and it's up to the parents...

Ratings on products are not ment to keep kids off of the products, it's so parents can be informed of the content they are buying for thier children.

There is nothing wrong (in terms of child psycology) with kids playing M rated games. Sure you as an adult might not want to play with children which is completely understandable, but nothing is stopping you from finding people to add to your friends lists, muting voice chat, and just generally ignoring them.

Remember why ratings were put in place 17-18 years ago. The whole mortal combat fiasco with SNES. That's the only reason. It spread like wild fire.

p.s. I let my son, who is now 12 play M rated games unsupervised. He's educated and not retarded, so I'm not worried about it. That's the key folks, educate your children.

I think they're right. When it comes right down to it, it's up to the parents to step in and say which games their kids can or can't play. The ratings are for the benefit of parents and their children, but the parents get to make that final yes or no decision.

I can't Blame them...I mean most of the Dbags who bitch and curse out kids when they can simply MUTE them it's funny to see grown men cry about teens and kids when all they have to do is mute them... o.o those same kids are probably better than most older gamer O__O

@LLort don't take this personally but...if you let someone 12-17 ruin your online experience because they are annoying...especially when you have the option to do something about it....then your doing it wrong -.- just saying

Most of the time i'm online they never bother me...and if they do I mute them and continue on with my life xD

Anybody who seriously believes these kids are a problem is a fucking retard. Mute them and they become a blissfully silent person who is just another foe. The worst they can do is teabag your corpse.

And the inverse would be a far bigger PR disaster anyway. Imagine tens of thousands of the little bastards getting banned. Yeah, it's a great thought for US, but looking at it from the company's point of view, that's potentially 10,000 angry parents who spent $70 on a game for their children that now doesn't work. Angry protest much?

Not to mention the fact the ratings board is only for enforcement at the counter. Parents who are concerned about their children playing violent games have already done the work or don't give enough a shit to prevent it. We can't place the blame for poor parenting on the developers of one game.

It is not their job to. Plus, as far as I know, it is perfectly legal for a parent to purchase a Mature rated game for his child.

In other news Treyarch has no interest in the PS3 or PC either.

How about the fucking parents keep them off of Call of Duty.

Can I get an amen?

@Magnalon

AMEN!

Who plays with the mics on? Treyarch isn't in the business of parenting, parents are. It's amazing how few people just don't mute, block and avoid players with all the options PSN and XBL give..

@meteorscrap
Agreed.

Mute is nice and all but I personally would rather if the kids are playing the game, they'd shut themselves up or just play the SP campaign. As the warning states on any online game "online interactions are not rated". Though, they should probably rate it AO. Especially with how many 12yr old kids are only using the dirtiest words possible, which they most likely picked up from their prior matches with foul mouthed adults.

I also like that the company cares to enough to say they don't care about it. Nice of them to take responsibility. I do know the parents are to blame and not the companies releasing the game. I've mentioned this before but the only reason I even got my grubby 9yr old hands on Mortal Kombat was because of my friend and his parents. Them not giving a damn about what I or their own kids were playing happens all the time to plenty of kids. For some kids(like me) it didn't make me go crazy, but it definitely had an impact. This is definitely a tough subject to talk about briefly, but in the end, the ultimate goal should be education and little more control over kids. I think it's ok to let a kid play violent games when they can be smart about it and not turn out to be awful people. Parents just need to actually "parent" and not let entertainment or others do it for them.

I don't know about you, but only about half of the idiots I encounter in the world are idiots. If you don't wanna deal with them, don't put yourself in an open competitive atmosphere.

lmao. that second idiots was supposed to be teenagers. shouldn't comment when I just wake up Xp

@Magnaion

I find the majority of the people that are disruptive are in their late teens/early 20's. Kids are kids. They have more energy and might get more excited then you or I.

Why keep the kids off COD? Why is it only a game for 17 years or older? It is not. There is nothing anywhere that states "you have to be 17 years or older to play this game". The ratings are a recommending guideline by a 3rd party company there to "inform" parents of the contents of the software. It is not a law. It's also not against the law for EBgames or whatever other store to sell M rated games to minors. The reason they dont is purely a choice that was made within, probably to make sure parents dont boycotte their store.

"fucking parents" that let their young ones play COD seem to be causing you distress. Maybe you should find a remedy for that. It'll help with the enjoyment of your future online gaming endeavors.

IMO if you have a 15 year old son that is super excited over the next Mario game instead of the next COD game, you're doing it wrong.

Parents should be parents. Simple.

CoD is the only game that I've ever used the "Friends Only" voice chat filter available on Xbox LIVE, wonderful feature.

Of course that was in the CoD4 days. Now just using the 360's party chat would be equally effective.

Chavs! There, I said it.

If only there was a way to make these kids quiet, mute if you will.

people with a brain still play this game? and those teens are the only ones stupid enough to buy their map packs at their outrageously high prices. So, I can't blame them. Remind me when I should care about Treyarchs games when they can make a game that doesn't suck and doesn't already have a huge fanbase.

I'm a kid and I can stay off CoD for myself -- trust me, you won't see me playing Call of Duty online. Scratch that -- you won't see me playing online.

They don't give a shit as long as they're making money. Hardly a surprise, but really not a good attitude. That's basically admitting that they don't really give a shit about ratings.

It's easy to give parents all responsibility, but if you work all day (e.g. because you have two jobs) I suppose it's impossible to look after your kid.

MS and Sony could both help by adding an Age Filter to their consoles. I'd even be willing to give my license ID number for verification if it meant I could only play with people in my age group. I would also like a standard region filter built in as well. And when I neg rep a person to avoid playing with them ever again I'd like it to actually work.

"It's easy to give parents all responsibility, but if you work all day (e.g. because you have two jobs) I suppose it's impossible to look after your kid."

Oh, so a parent can just let tv and video games babysit for them because they had to go and have a kid they couldn't afford in the first place? Bah, I say! BAH!