please here my story
As of now I'm 11 years old, before you cringe and click away please listen to what I have to say. When I was even younger (6 or 7) I was allowed to play mortal kombat Armageddon, after playing for awhile I started to love hearing all of the character's endings. All of the individual stories intrigued me. I grew up with an appreciation for story as well as gameplay. I started noticing of my generation's stereotype, you know the COD loving, insensitive, and disrespectful maniacs. Whenever I go onto sites or online people immediately assume I'm my generation's stereotype. I try telling them that I'm not (or at least trying to not be) my generation's stereotype, but they never take me seriously because of my age. I don't love cod or destiny, i try not to be disrespectful, and I always look for story and interesting gameplay. I'm revealing my age because I want to say a few things and ask a question. When talking to someone of my generation please, give them a chance and if they are my generation's stereotype then put them in their place. The question I want to ask is this: how do I help mature my generation's game tastes or at least get them to try games such as bioshock, a telltale game, or life is strange? (Btw I'm not not against them playing cod or having their own taste, I just want them to give some other games a chance or at the very least stop insulting them when they haven't even played it). I also want to know how to stop them from being disrespectful.
Comments
Just let them play CoD if they want. What's the big deal? The last 2 generations before yours(at least) have gotten a bad reputation as well.
Don't. Let them enjoy what they want.
You sound refreshingly mature for your age, and you write better than some adults I know lol. On to your questions: I think you should just let people play the games that they enjoy and if they happen to ask for a recommendation or your opinion on a game, try to convince them to try the type of games that you listed if they are willing to hear you out.
The younger generation always gets a bad reputation, it's always been like that and it'll probably always be like that, people have the bad habits of both generalizing and noticing negative things more than positive ones, this always leads to the same thing after all it can't be helped it is human nature to notice patterns and to group them with other patterns in order to understand them better or at the very least give them the illusion that they understand, of course not understanding something generally leads to dislike and considering how older generations never seem to understand younger ones it sadly means most people will see them in a negative light.
Basically try not to worry about what people think after all you are you not your generation, people forget easily but one of the best aspects of humanity is how different everyone is from each other, I've traveled all over my country and met tons of different people and I am amazed at how different everybody is from each other, it is rather unfortunate that people only have the capacity to consciously remember around 300 individuals (That doesn't mean you don't remember the rest, just means you need something to trigger that memory), because I would love to remember everyone I have ever met, I'm pretty sure there are tons of fascinating individuals that I currently can't even picture in my head.
Simple answer you cant, kids will either mature or stay on those games, you cant make someone change to something they dont like. No one I know (adults) would ever want to play any of these games either.
Also I dont tend to insult kids online but they tend to take any game way to seriously, squeakers are not appreciated for the most part
Hear.
There is clever young people in this generation, but they are sadly getting overlooked because some of them are big idiots. So if you want a good gaming experince, just dont reveal your age, because the other ones in your age is blocking your possibilities of being heard.
I know kids act really shitty sometimes, but you can't stop every bad thing
You'll be alright because you're pretty smart for 11.
Hey, I've been stereotyped before. The world would be so much better if would would quit being preoccupied with judging each other. But sadly, we will never be able to put aside our petty differences because someone has to be better than you no matter what. Anyways, don't let it get to you, just don't fall into the stereotype. Be the difference, not the similarity. Wasn't it Gandhi who said "Be the change you wish to see in the world."? The world will never change for you, and that's just a sad fact. You must take it upon yourself to change yourself, you cannot change someone else, for that is their own choice. Good luck in your endeavors.
Children Disrespectful? Nope, NEVER.
Sidenote: You probably shouldn't mention your age on the internet.
You can't force feed people good media. Just do you.
Not like adults are any better, hell, they might be worse.
I consider myself more of a grammar consultant.
Your not gonna stop them your stuck with that shit until you grow up.
As others have said, you should let other kids have their opinions about the games. Just say, yeah, that kind of game is fun when you just want to shoot a lot of things, but here's another kind of game you like when you're in a different kind of mood, and it's fun in a different kind of way, and you recommend it. And if they trash it and say games aren't worth playing unless the screen's coated with blood from the inside, just realize it's OK for them to feel that way, and change the subject.
A lot of your fellow kids have grown up in absolutes. In stories for younger kids, all the characters are either 100% good or 100% evil. Anything in between is considered too confusing. So it's understandable that some think a game can only be good or bad. As they grow up, they'll see things aren't always one way or the other.
Thank you to all who have posted for you advice!
Don't. If they like CoD, big whoop. If they're disrespectful and immature now, it's because they're 11. They'll mature with time.