If ur under 18 ,Do have problem with purchasing M Rated Games??

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#1 FFseries_Fan
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Im 17 but i have no problem AT ALL , my parents know nothing about videogames and its content.

what about u??

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#2 Matt-4542
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Not at all. I think the M rating should be lowered to 14 or 15. 1 year lower than AO? Come on!

But no, Ive been playing M rated games for several years now and Im 16. When I have Children, Ill let them play M rated games after theyre 12years old if they want to, as long as they know its just lights on a television screen

Edit- My parents dont neccesarily like the lanquage and violence portayed in my games, but they know they raised me right and I wouldnt do that in real life.

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#3 clayron
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When I was under 18 I had huge problems buying those games. I am 20 know and I look 17ish so I still get carded. But back then I would have just have my girlfriend buy them for me. She has always looked oer 18.
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#4 jmrwacko
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M should be kept at 18 and enforced stringently. I hate playing against 13 year olds on live.
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#5 marcoz92
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:D:D:D:| NO you dont:roll:
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#6 Legendaryscmt
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I had problems at major places such as Best Buy and all, but the Matinee at my mall when they used to sell games I could get anything without them checking.
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#7 harrylily
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nope
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#8 gustavog117
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Im 14 and I almost did not get GTA IV. Well my dad usually buys me games and he only speaks spanish so I just tell him the game has violence and bad language and those are the games I usually get like COD 4 and Gears. So I was getting GTA IV and the cashier, he didnt look like he could speak spanish and my dad comes in and he gives us the game. He then starts saying that the game has drugs and sex and prostitutes but in english so i translated to my dad just drugs and violence and bad laguage. The he starts sayin stuff in spanish but all the thing I already said so he couldnt say prostitutes or sex in spanish so i was like phew? My GTA IV story
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#9 Sharvie
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No. I look old for my age too being so tall so i can usually buy them myself.
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#10 cadiu
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Not at all
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#11 xninjapenguinx
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I hate little kids playing on m rated game on xbox live, they are the most annoying thing ever, they just scream into mics and act stupid.
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#12 Ghost_702
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M rated games are for people 17 and older so I don't know why anyone here that's 17 would have a problem purchasing games. Anyways, I just used to bring my parents when I would buy a game, they're cool with it.

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#13 bfmv2007
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im 15 and almost all my games are m rated. my dad plays m rated games to so i guess thats why my parents have no problem with them. ive played and watched my dad play m rated games sence i was about 5 or 6. my first video game that i played was duke nukem 3d and doom. i was like 5 when i played them
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#14 Port5
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M should be kept at 18 and enforced stringently. I hate playing against 13 year olds on live.jmrwacko

Ha ha word. Especially the ones who b*tch everytime they get killed.

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#15 bigtimegamer413
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Not at all. I'm 16 and I have not encountered any problem purchasing M rated games. I think the main reason why is because of my height. I'm over 6 feet tall, so the cashiers just think I'm some really tall 20 year old or something.
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#16 raylewisnfl52
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dont you have to be 17 for M games, and no my parents dont care they bought me GTA 3 when I was 14
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#17 a_user
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A majority of games with the M rated game should at most be given a "T" for teen rating, I really never found anything too explicit for someone thirteen years or older in games such as Halo 3, Fable 2, Oblivion, or Mass Effect. I'm under eighteen and my parents trust me to decide what games are appropriate for someone my age and I take great pride in this responsibility. Despite my young age I've never hard difficulty purchasing an M rated game, I'm tall for my age so I've never been asked to show I.D.
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#18 Killinchris13
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M should be kept at 18 and enforced stringently. I hate playing against 13 year olds on live.jmrwacko
AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!. hate playing online with those high-pitched little kids that use insults like fartknocker...can't take it...
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#19 TM1
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It's 17 for M rated games, not 18. I don't i'm 19 so i can get them myself now. Even before i was 17 my parents would just take me to get it incase they ask, they didn't have a problem with me playing them though. My mom paid for half of Vice City when it came out, i was only 14 that time. I work at Best Buy, in the video game department, and they tell us to enforce the ESRB laws. We are the ones that get in trouble for selling the game to you, not the customer. I always ask if the person looks underage, some kids get mad and get upset at me or a coworker when they know we can't sell it.
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#20 SkaterM80
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Im 17 but i have no problem AT ALL , my parents know nothing about videogames and its content.

FFseries_Fan
Same, except im 15 years old.
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#21 grunt1096
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No, I've never had a problem getting M rated games. But I'll be 17 in a week so I'll be able to buy them on my own anyway.
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#22 destroyer360
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no i dont im 14 i used to but not anymore i play on live but i dont actlike a nut case and make fun of people im usually quiet even when im woopin everyones @55
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#23 fracot
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Never really had a problem, except convincing my parents about GTA: VC, after that they didn't mind, they realise I'm mature enough to realise that it is not real and they know that if I find something disturbing or think it is effecting me I will not play it...:)
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#24 Ignignokt104
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I didn't have an ID until about a month ago, so before then, I always had to have my mom with me when I wanted to buy an M rated game. I even had to have my mom come with me when I went to buy a Halo 3 controller last November because the CONTROLLER was rated M!
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#25 DrummerDude1010
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I didn't have an ID until about a month ago, so before then, I always had to have my mom with me when I wanted to buy an M rated game. I even had to have my mom come with me when I went to buy a Halo 3 controller last November because the CONTROLLER was rated M!Ignignokt104
okay, that is just taking it a LITTLE too far. I mean come on, rated M for violent buttons and drug referenced analog sticks? I could go by an Xbox magazine and find worse stuff in that than on a controller.

I'm 15, and my parents didn't want me to play any M games until about a year ago (I still did any way at my friends house) but they finally gave in because they realized I was definitely mature enough. Sucky thing though, is that now my 12 year old brother gets to play the games i had to wait to play (at least he isn't the annoying kind of kid on live)

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#26 Toriko42
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I've played M rated games since I was 11, I'm 15 now
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#27 deactivated-57af49c27f4e8
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well my parents would flip if they knew what was happening in games i own or have owned like gta4 or gears of war, but i could talk my way out of it anyways. im 17 and i buy what i want.
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#28 iamshivy
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i've been playing gta games like when i was13/14 i'm 19 now, no problem, when i was young
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#29 Nitro720
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Yeah, well this one time I bought a copy of GTA:LCS with no problem from a Best Buy. Other times they ask me for ID.
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#30 FarmerJohn55
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ummmmmmm, I think that M is 17+, not 18+, that may be why you have no problem, but I have also gone to a store and gotten an M game and they thought I was 17 :D
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#31 Peateargriff1n
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I'm 15, and I play 'M rated games' (18+) over here. I don't see a problem with it, if the child is mature enough to handle the content, I can't see why not. What does tick me off though, is 10 year old 'elitists' with really high pitched voice, hampering others enjoyments by, insulting other people because where their from, calling everyone 'n00bs' constantly.
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#32 HummaKavula
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My parents are fine with it, but then again my dad is a gamer as well. I'm actually 17 now but I did play Quake 2 at several LAN parties against my dad's friends when I was about 10. I was the only kid at the event, and I actually capped a few flags.

ummmmmmm, I think that M is 17+, not 18+FarmerJohn55

I think it depends on what country you live in, different countries have different ratings.

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#33 Not2Nys
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so... how many people dont realize that M is 17+...?
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#34 mohfrontline
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nope. Gears of War is great. Although I can't go into gamestop and get one, they'll check me for sure.
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#35 iam2green
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not realy. i had my mom use her credit card (got specail things using it LL BEAN) i gave her the money when i got home. i'm 20 now i buy my own games.
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#36 westvufootball
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I'm sure if anyone tried hard enough they could buy a game if they were underage. my parents have no problem at all with it...it really is just polygons..i have always wanted to try out gta4 in real life though...
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#37 Timk1931
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I'm 15 and I usually just get my brother to buy them for me. But my parents don't care at all either.
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#38 Superkeved
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M should be kept at 18 and enforced stringently. I hate playing against 13 year olds on live.jmrwacko
jer

jerk im 12 and i could probably own u any time...

But i dont think any1 cares about ratings anymore

and u never see AO games at the store

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#39 John42391
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m=17+ n00b
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#40 craigalan23
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I'm currently 18 but before that i never had problems. My parents never really cared because they know i know the difference between real life and video games.
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#41 naruto7777
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yes i do im 14 and when i buy a m rated game i have to get my parent
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#42 doberman20
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lol even tho im 17 now my dad and mom didnt know what ratings were so i just asked for a game and they got it for me lol
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#43 Ventric
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M should be kept at 18 and enforced stringently. I hate playing against 13 year olds on live.jmrwacko

You do realize that they have parents too? In fact, normally on Live I can hear them screaming at their kids to go to bed.

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#44 SirCokerThe9th
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Nope...not here.
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#45 Dark_Pheonix01
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There's only one place I know of that ID's me, so I just don't go there. However, I now have a miniturized, laminated version of my birth certificate in my wallet, along with school ID so I can get away with now.
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#46 insanewolfninja
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My parents let me make my own choices in life in what I do see and watch, whatever happens is my consequnce.
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#47 Ventric
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My parents let me make my own choices in life in what I do see and watch, whatever happens is my consequnce.insanewolfninja

I'll be sure to check the 8 o'clock news for ya.

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#48 abdu4
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I never did before, until GTA 4, they ask for my ID, was never asked before, but am 20, so its alright.
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#49 OfficialBed
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M should be kept at 18 and enforced stringently. I hate playing against 13 year olds on live.jmrwacko

yeah...i hear ya

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#50 kaycon11
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Im 17 but i have no problem AT ALL , my parents know nothing about videogames and its content.

what about u??

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Not really, just need my ID when I go to the store, Im 17.