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Offline USNA4J

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Re: Young Players
« Reply #120 on: August 12, 2010, 10:50:22 AM »
 On Squad, The "F" bombs are a great way to vent and forget today's worries in the real world, we know our audience, and it is acceptable. I was in a mission recently, and we were tuned to the mission vox and I let one slip...I immediately apologized to the mission group..
as for "squeakers".. there are a lot of people that are annoying on vox.. just squelch them and go on. Sometimes I see or hear public discussion of who is being squelched.. if it is a kid, that's pretty low... it seems we have quite a few "tough" guys in here hiding behind their pc monitors...
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Re: Young Players
« Reply #121 on: August 12, 2010, 11:45:09 AM »
I have allways hated the kid bashers.  My motto has allways been:  "Today's Rookie ...is Tomorrow's Superstar"

Around the Jan of 2001 our squad signed up a 11 year old kid because his father played.  His Father grew bored and quit Aces,  his son  (Die) flew with us  until he went to College.  The young man got his private pilots licence and last i heard was going for his instrument rating.  He was a heck of a great kid and a darn good stick.  Frankly I miss flying with him.  So the next time you think some kid is squeaker, remember he may achieve more in his/her life then you will.  Show some respect ....show some leadership ....set an example for young people to follow.



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Re: Young Players
« Reply #122 on: August 12, 2010, 04:26:51 PM »
So, now after you get your perma-squelch feature, what will be the next "we need whine"? A seperate "warn me buffer" so all the people you perma-squelched have a way to tell you theres a tank hiding in the weeds or theres 10 flights of buffs headed to your base?

Naw, we don't need anymore nanny care features..... I would prefer that there was some way to let the parents know that there little angel needs to go sit in the corner for a while.
I usually never squelch, doesn't really bother me all that much.  Others it does, for many different reasons.  I support this idea for the only reason that you can squelch anyone at anytime anyway. If someone is constantly annoying to you, what's the harm of making it easier to not have to listen to them?
I really don't know why you read into what I posted.  I also find it quite ironic that you call an idea that allows others to decide what content they wish to recieve nanny care.  At the same time, you prefer a way to inform the parents that the children are behaving badly...isn't that nanny care?  What if it's an adult?  Do we contact their parents as well?  What about "it's my $15?" Also, I'm not sure why I would expect someone who is a constant moron to give usefull information.  And if they do, who's fault is it you missed it?  What's the difference between loggin on and squelching the same people over and over again...other than it's a pain?  I don't know, I just don't follow you.

I usually never squelch, doesn't really bother me all that much.  Other people it does, for many different reasons.  I support this idea for the only reason that you can squelch anyone at anytime anyway. If someone is constantly annoying to you, what's the harm of making it easier to not have to listen to them?
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Re: Young Players
« Reply #123 on: August 12, 2010, 09:23:20 PM »
We all have our reasons to squelch if there be someone talking allot or just plan annoying you. Just make sure you make the right choices when using squelch or dealing with a kid. All in all it just a game so don't over do it.
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Re: Young Players
« Reply #124 on: August 12, 2010, 10:44:47 PM »
... I would prefer that there was some way to let the parents know that there little angel needs to go sit in the corner for a while.

I'd love that.  Ask Hitech to record a "check kid" message and instead of "check six," we can hit a button that announces "check kid" to parents who stopped being attentive.





On second thought, maybe not. Just in the time it took to type that out I thought of about 10 people I'd be pinging with that thing.
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Re: Young Players
« Reply #125 on: August 12, 2010, 11:35:34 PM »


Okay I called the coroner and I found the card that said 'no heroic measures should be taken' :)
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Re: Young Players
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Re: Young Players
« Reply #127 on: August 15, 2010, 12:29:24 PM »
Id like to see yet another arena for the kids, call it the Kiddie Pool, I know I know DA lake is called that, but seriously. An actual arena for all kids to hang out with like minded adults capturing bases and blowing stuff up and ordering everyone around. Wait, we have the 2 LW arenas for that dont we? nevermind.
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Re: Young Players
« Reply #128 on: August 15, 2010, 12:44:25 PM »
I agree.

I have a 9 y/o son who likes to play sometimes.

But, I dont let him talk on vox. He wants to. He wants to get into the game. But won't let him talk. For the reasons you stated.

Unfortunatly we dont have an arena wide squelch. We should be able to toggle off all voice comms if we want too.

It is unfortunate that some players treat the young ones with such disrespect.

I will say that many "squeakers" do talk too much and say irrelevant things. When they talk too much that is a problem.

But when you know its a young player we shouldnt treat them like adults who get drunk and mouth off.

Im not sure what to do as this is a mostly an adult game. But I think we should act like adults toward the young players and not treat them like we do adult players who mouth off.





Why cant folks understand this??????  This is an adult environment in general....im fine with a kid playing but why should mostly adults have to play babysitter for your kid???  Do you let him go into AOl chatrooms unsupervised????  You choose for your kid to play this game...there are many fine offline games that are ww2 air combat...why would ANY responsible parent allow their child to game online unsupervised AND have conversations with strangers???  Forget vulgarity...what do YOU really know about most guys in here anyway??? Its the guys who buddy up to the kid i  would worry about the most.... :old:
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Re: Young Players
« Reply #129 on: August 15, 2010, 01:02:14 PM »
After reading the comments on this post. I would have to say that I would rather see my child playing Aces High on the internet than doing some of the other things that kids do on the internet.. There are many young kids who play that are very respectful and well mannered. One  kid comes to mind as one of them. He played on our vox awhile back and conducted himself well.

As for the foul language. There are a few regulars who use that on everybody they disagree with.. Kids these days listen to bad language in their music, on tv, and from other kids.. It is a sad part of today's youth I guess. But playing Aces High is certainly safer for them than surfing the internet, and using Face book.. Maybe a young kid would learn a little about aviation and decide to make it a career.

Nothing wrong with kids playing Aces High IMHO..


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Re: Young Players
« Reply #130 on: August 15, 2010, 02:19:03 PM »