Will you let your kids play wow?

[Alvito]

"pvp based ones" = LoL and Dota? We played wow and it didn't turn us into pricks (loose use of the word we and us ). How bad could it be?

First person shooters with voice enabled by default are probably the worst of them all. It really isn't about which is the worst or coming up with some order. Letting you kids on and interact with trade or different people in game is about the same as letting them sit in a bar all day.

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My 6year old plays WoW, Overwatch, and rarely HotS, I don't see any reason to stop him, He enjoys it and he also learns that some people are tards that need to be ignored:P

Eventually he will be around enough idiots he will start to think that it is okay to act that way, even if it is to a small degree.

[Super Kami Dende]

I'll let them play whatever they want assuming they have fun doing it.

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no way will i put my kids on computers or consoles. Games make people lazy and i know best. i got injured and got hooked like no other. I watch people use computers and consoles like they are baby sitters. It turns into a habit, and should be considered a horrible habit at best. To me it is no different than being a pot head and having weed around your kid. you are a walking billboard for promoting bad habits for a child.

Lazy people are what make people lazy. Blaming your laziness on a Game is just a crutch.

[Echocho]

Depends. If the lines between WoW and D3 keep blurring I might as well buy them D3 instead, it's cheaper.

[Pony Soldier]

If I were a parent, of course. Hell I'd play with him/her. I'd just make sure that it doesn't become the only thing he does for fun though. I look back at the days where I used to play WoW like 8 hrs a day and I made it a priority. While it was very fun times I also wish I did other things besides playing WoW. I was a typical stupid teenager so I couldn't help it. But yeah I'd be fine with it as long as he/she plays it in moderation and doesn't let it rule his life.

My parents never really did anything with me like go out to catch football or shoot some basketball or even ride bikes. They watched the news, reality shows, and slept all day. Exciting right? If we actually did outside activities like that I probably would've grown up a different person. So that's why whenever, if ever, I have a kid(s) I will make sure we do stuff together like a Friday game night (WoW in this case) and Saturdays we'd go out and play and Sundays we'd watch a movie or something. Just like weekend rituals type stuff at least until they become too old and cool for that stuff of course.

[Halicia]

I'd be more concerned about the online "social" aspect than the game itself.

Any sort of online activity by children/minors should be monitored by their parents/adults, a "game" is no different.

This isn't just sitting them in front of a TV to watch a movie, and shouldn't be mistaken as such.

[Queen of Hamsters]

There's no such thing as "most players are teenagers", the statistics put the biggest age group playing between 25 and 35 years of age. And that was years ago.

On the topic itself, I won't ever have kids but if I did, they'd be able to choose for themselves if they wanted to try the game out. It's not as if I'd impose upon them my will like some religious nutter. However, I wouldn't allow my kids to access the internet or any online community freely until they were quite old... and even then, I'd police it heavily.

A British friend of mine asked his 9-year old nephew if he wanted to try WoW, and the nephew answered; "World of Warcraft? That's well gay tho innit?"... LOL! I could've paid to have that response recorded.

[Kaibhan]

Eventually he will be around enough idiots he will start to think that it is okay to act that way, even if it is to a small degree.

That's is where parenting comes in.

[Deleted]

I learned how to manage my chronic disorganization and gained several life long friends through this game. Of course I'll let my kids play it, or whatever popular MMO arises at the time.

The ones who sink into the mire of serious problems with addiction are people who already have some outstanding issues in real life I feel, if it's causing my child harm I'd clearly put a stop to it upon identifying such problems, but really WoW has only ever done me a world of good.

[Deleted]

By the time they're of an age capable of playing such games wow might be shut down already. But if it's still running I won't forbid them, tho I hope they'll want to play better games.

[Adamas102]

I really hope all of the "I'll let them do whatever they want" people here never actually become parents...

[Alopex Major]

If they wanted to, but they don't. No kids play WoW.

[SL1200]

I would let them play but my kids are not interested in wow. There are much better, newer games out there that are more interesting to them.

[Lane]

I won't be having children, but if I did the answer would be no. Both my spouse and I have battled with WoW addiction, so I wouldn't expose my child to that. Not to mention that the community is terrible and not what I'd consider socially suitable for a minor.

I was technically an adult when I started playing. Had I still been in school I can easily see WoW having had more of a negative effect on my life.

[TEHPALLYTANK]

Online gaming is a cesspit in many ways. So sure eventually they might play online games, but I wouldn't let them until they were teenagers. You an already see these awful people in the 18 to 22 range that have grown up playing online games especially the pvp based ones that are just amazingly toxic pricks. When you are surrounded by shitty people doing shitty things daily you start to think it is okay to want to make somebody cry or be horrible to others to be funny. That isn't anything I would ever let anybody in my family become.

Humanity is a cesspit, the internet is just a less filtered aspect of it.

[Bapestar]

Yea but on a vanilla server first.

[Friendlyimmolation]

If I have kids one day I don't see why not. Maybe ill make em get to 60 on a private server for shits and giggles first.

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Yea but on a vanilla server first.

beaten to it.

[AwkwardSquirtle]

WoW won't last until I have kids, certainly not until they're old enough to play it.

[Mad_Murdock]

If there are parent players (weird combination tbh) browsing this thread, are your kids showing any interests in wow? Bliz may be doing everything they can to advertising hearthstone to new generation but it should know wow's like cigarettes, most of us are attached for life!

Yes I let both of them play wow. One never got past level 20 before he was off doing something else, the other stuck with it and plays it when a new Xpac is released for a couple of months and then moves on to other games. Both prefer PS4, since that is where all their friends are.

I understand most players are teenagers but this game is 13 years old now.

I also think you are wrong on that, I'd venture more are adults now and teenagers are more of the minority.

[A dot Ham]

No. Because they'll never be born.

Stay strong!

[MoanaLisa]

edit: If there are parent players (weird combination tbh) browsing this thread

Why is it weird? The average age of who plays World of Warcraft is a lot higher than you seem to think. The game has always skewed older--possibly because of its yearly expense--and that is more true now than ever.