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    Okay, thanks guys.
    I see what most of you seem to mean...I shouldn't worry about it, it's just a game.
    It came up because he kept talking about how he can't play on school days, then asked what school I go to.
    I should've just said 'you're getting too personal' rather than tell him I graduated and go from there.
    I feel quite a bit better now <is a sensitive girl who gets nervous easily
    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lina View Post
    Okay, thanks guys.
    I see what most of you seem to mean...I shouldn't worry about it, it's just a game.
    It came up because he kept talking about how he can't play on school days, then asked what school I go to.
    I should've just said 'you're getting too personal' rather than tell him I graduated and go from there.
    I feel quite a bit better now <is a sensitive girl who gets nervous easily
    Thanks!

    We do what we can.

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    No problem.If you wanna scare little kiddies off be like CMERE LITTLE BOI LESH CYBAR. lmao jks.

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    Eh, if you hang with an 11 year old, and your 21. Its not creepy? Why would it be? If you werent flirting (Lmfao..) then nothing creepy there. Just forget about what your sister said. I mean atleast he said he was "11" and not "18 year old female"

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    Default I'm 20.

    Even in the most "cutesy" MMORPGS, the average player is usually at least in their mid-teens. I think I read somewhere that someone from Nexon said the average Maplestory player is around 19 or 20. Though Latale looks like it's made for someone pretty young, I think 11 is just too young for the genre so I wouldn't worry what their parents think. There probably are some ill-intentioned older people in the game and if I had an 11 year old I wouldn't be crazy about him/her socializing with older teens either. Personally, when I look for new games, I try to stay away from games that look like they're geared towards younger kids. I don't think it's bad for someone older to play them but I don't know why you would want to deal with people that young, not that all of them are bad. I still play Maplestory on and off but I meet a lot of people around my age still so I don't consider it to be a big deal.

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    It'd be creepy if you were hitting on them, but playing with younger people/older people isn't creepy at all.

    Reminds me when I was playing a Pokemon orpg, I said my age and the kid thought I was a loser and every single other person on the map said their ages, and they were all 18+
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lalynode View Post
    Even in the most "cutesy" MMORPGS, the average player is usually at least in their mid-teens. I think I read somewhere that someone from Nexon said the average Maplestory player is around 19 or 20. Though Latale looks like it's made for someone pretty young, I think 11 is just too young for the genre so I wouldn't worry what their parents think. There probably are some ill-intentioned older people in the game and if I had an 11 year old I wouldn't be crazy about him/her socializing with older teens either. Personally, when I look for new games, I try to stay away from games that look like they're geared towards younger kids. I don't think it's bad for someone older to play them but I don't know why you would want to deal with people that young, not that all of them are bad. I still play Maplestory on and off but I meet a lot of people around my age still so I don't consider it to be a big deal.

    the average age or 19 or 20? ur kidding right?

    i think most ppl above the age of 18 or 21 should be out.you know,living,they can go to clubs,get a freaking job instead of interacting with lil kids over freakin maplestory

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    Should have got some phone numbers.

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    I care more about maturity than age... Age just seems like an unimportant detail, the most important is how the person acts...

    Seriously, knowing the age of a person when playing an online game is just as useless as knowing what he/she looks like, that'not what you should care about, you should just care about : is it fun to play with that person, after all you're playing for fun.... or at least you should be...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkAztaroth View Post
    I care more about maturity than age... Age just seems like an unimportant detail, the most important is how the person acts...
    Sadly,this wont save you from Statutory **** charges.

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    I played with my Best friend's(She's a girl) Mom and she's about 37, I played EQ2 and WoW with her... and we had alot of fun. Infact she's about lv70x2 on WoW and lv50x3 or so on EQ.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SgtGrimmVegas View Post
    thank god to you sir,u showed me who deltron 3030 is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vexicat View Post
    thank god to you sir,u showed me who deltron 3030 is.
    lol post unrelated

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    erm... I am only 16 and i find it extremely hard to find someone my age... all of them are <=14. if there is someone who is on my friends list then they are usually 18+.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SgtGrimmVegas View Post
    lol post unrelated
    i know but most of my life is random...and weird...my life is pretty f**ked up when you think about it..i should go kill a kitten now...im bored..period

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawliet1 View Post
    Sadly,this wont save you from Statutory **** charges.
    Wtf lol just wtf xD. . . I personally think you have more chances to get ***** by some random people in the middle of the street than by people you meet online that you just have not to meet ... (yeah I alway start running if anyone gets closer than 10 meters from me and it's later than 4 PM...)

    Something makes me laugh though... people usually thinks I'm older than 20 ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkAztaroth View Post
    Wtf lol just wtf xD. . . I personally think you have more chances to get ***** by some random people in the middle of the street than by people you meet online that you just have not to meet ... (yeah I alway start running if anyone gets closer than 10 meters from me and it's later than 4 PM...)
    i know

    just poking fun lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lina View Post
    I was playing La Tale with someone, when our age differences came up.
    I found out they were 11 ish, while they found out I was 21.
    At first, I thought "Well, no biggy, it's not like I'm hitting on him or anything creepy like that." but when my sister found out, she thought it was creepy of me just playing an online game with someone so much younger than me.
    Kinda made me think...it probably would sound odd to that person's parents, but at the same time, I haven't done or said anything creepy...
    What do you guys think?
    ....
    And yes, I probably should just play something other than La Tale, as it's cutesy as heck.
    Maybe Atlantica...*ponders*
    well it depends, if you two got along well before you learned each other's ages there should be no problem as long as there arent any realationships going on there. It's not creepy if your just friends and just playing the game together

    i'm 14 and most of the time i'm playing with people ages 18-24

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    no comments on the pedo bear picture? weird, i usually get a lul or two...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SgtGrimmVegas View Post
    no comments on the pedo bear picture? weird, i usually get a lul or two...
    everyone has seen it, and it was never that funny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SgtGrimmVegas View Post
    no comments on the pedo bear picture? weird, i usually get a lul or two...
    The lulz were not worth posting :S ... This thing is getting kinda old...

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    ;/ There's no need for the people you're playing with in an online game to know your age, discrimination could become a factor when you start revealing personal information online. It wouldn't make me uncomfortable knowing an 8-year old resides as the master of my Guild, especially if he's doing a damn good job. For some people though, as seen in this thread, knowing personal information about the person you're playing with could have them decide not to play with you anymore. Let's say for example that you're extremely homophobic, what if your online gaming buddy is gayer than the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show?'

    ;o I think I've proven my point, keep it anonymous.

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    its not creepy cuz u might say something weird or flirting etc.

    its creepy cuz ur playing with 11 year olds...

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