My son is 7 and plays Halo 3. He is good, or at least I think he is good, but occasionally he gets upset because his team turns on him. I also got a couple messages (not so nice). I watch him while he plays to see if he is stealing kills or killing his team first. None of that, he is always in the top 3 often first, but ticks off his team to the point they start killing him.
He does melee a lot to get the majority of his kills, if that has anything to do with it.
Please help me out, Id like him to keep playing, but at this point it upsets him enough where I dont want him to play Halo anymore. Then it will be back to Lego Indiana Jones.
Thanks!!
There’s really nothing you can do. Some people are just rude. You can block people so they can’t send you any messages but you usually do that after you’ve recieved harassments or anything simular.
People are hypocrites and I’ve experienced what you posted. To tell you the truth it’s just a part of gaming, it’s sad but that’s the reality. I think the game is for 17+ so if you feel that he can’t handle those messages or shouldn’t look at those messages I’d say no more Halo.
You could also try to make him play other gametypes like lonewolf or maby big team battle where he can’t tick of the team so easily.
Hope it works out for you.
Some people are just that way and just ruin the game for others because they find it fun. There is nothing you can do about it. The best choice is to play 7th on the 7th, Lone Wolves, or Rumble Pit. Any gametype that doesn’t have teams.
P.S- Meleeing has nothing to do with it, its just some people
Your son also has the option to rate down other players. If he hits the Guide Button, goes to any of the Community options (Friends, Party, or Messages) and presses right on the D-Pad, you can get to the Players section. Select the player(s) that did the team-killing, go down to “Submit Player Review,” and choose “Avoid This Player.” You’ll have a few options for expressing why you wanted to avoid the player (I think “unsporting” is the best one for team-killing).
Once you do this, Live will do its best to keep your son and any of these players from playing in the same game. It has an added bonus of showing up in that player’s Reputation, potentially warning others. There’s no guarantee they won’t play again, but it’ll at least become less likely.
Please don’t use the “File Complaint” option unless the other players have actually harassed and/or sent threatening messages to your son. That option is for reporting violations of the Code of Conduct or Terms of Service (which they’ve violated if they sent explicit messages; team-killing, while unsportsmanlike, isn’t a violation).
I hope your son has many happy days of playing Halo in front of him.
> My son is 7
This alone is reason enough for your son to stop playing Halo and go back to Lego Indiana Jones. ALL Halo games have an M 17+ rating for blood and violence, and while they don’t always mention it on the ratings plaque, vulgarity is also prevalent in the character dialogue. Now maybe you don’t quite understand ESRB ratings, but when something is rated “M” that means mature ganers only. When they add the “17+” to that, it then becomes mature gamers who are 17 years of age or older. Your boy still has another decade to grow up before he should be playing any of these games. That there should be enough to stop letting him play the offline game modes, but to be irresponsible enough to let the kid play online where absolutely nothing is filtered? That’s just negligence and, in my opinion, bad parenting. People are more than just stupid online, and they are more than just profane: they are outright crude, disgusting, and generally unacceptable. I don’t care to keep count of how many times just absolute filth has been flying out of the mouths of just about everyone with a microphone in these games. Foul language, sexual innuendoes, explicit trash, racism, hate speech, threats of physical and/or sexual abuse, the list goes on and on. And you let your 7 year old be exposed to this? I don’t care if you are in the room watching or playing with him, you cannot filter out all the garbage they can, and will, throw at him. That is ignorant, irresponsible, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
> > My son is 7
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> This alone is reason enough for your son to stop playing Halo and go back to Lego Indiana Jones. ALL Halo games have an M 17+ rating for blood and violence, and while they don’t always mention it on the ratings plaque, vulgarity is also prevalent in the character dialogue. Now maybe you don’t quite understand ESRB ratings, but when something is rated “M” that means mature ganers only. When they add the “17+” to that, it then becomes mature gamers who are 17 years of age or older. Your boy still has another decade to grow up before he should be playing any of these games. That there should be enough to stop letting him play the offline game modes, but to be irresponsible enough to let the kid play online where absolutely nothing is filtered? That’s just negligence and, in my opinion, bad parenting. People are more than just stupid online, and they are more than just profane: they are outright crude, disgusting, and generally unacceptable. I don’t care to keep count of how many times just absolute filth has been flying out of the mouths of just about everyone with a microphone in these games. Foul language, sexual innuendoes, explicit trash, racism, hate speech, threats of physical and/or sexual abuse, the list goes on and on. And you let your 7 year old be exposed to this? I don’t care if you are in the room watching or playing with him, you cannot filter out all the garbage they can, and will, throw at him. That is ignorant, irresponsible, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
I agree 100%. I think around 14 and 15 MAYBE you can start bending the 17+ rule. Anything before that is unhealthy.
if he lets his son play halo, let it be. Dont go off saying “You should be ashamed”. Its the parents choice, not yours or anyone else’s