Spyro the Dragon Forums / Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (cooldude22345) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:44:14 +0000

My parents don't care at all

I once watched desperado (An X rated movie) with my dad.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Cooleosis) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:38:13 +0000

I remember getting Thrill Kill unedited the first day it came out. I don't remember when though.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (EclipsedMoon99) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:22:50 +0000

Meh, they don't care much on alot of things. They tolerate minor swearing and they don't want me seeing much sexual stuff, but they don't care about people kissing or any of that crap, or they'll just have me fast-forward and continue. As for violent video games, I'm allowed to play anything, and always have been. My parents know I'm not going to run around blowing up houses or shooting people because of playing a video game.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Purple Chronicler) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:50:30 +0000

Well, if there was ever a pair of leniant parents, it would have to be one of my friends. Think about this: he was playing GTA; he was three. Think on that. Oh, his parents also let him curse. I heard him use the f word when he was four...

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Zephyr the Dragon) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:51:30 +0000

B**ch, I played Halo when I was 7 xD And I've been watching rated R movies for a long time...

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (raven) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:06:49 +0000

My parents didn't really care too much, as long as I watched stuff rated above my age only occaisionally, (not too excessively). I was watching R18+ movies (the Australian system as described by Dragonstar1715) when I was 14-15. Although in addition to that there was a lot of stuff I saw that they didn't know about.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (spyromaster330) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:38:48 +0000

My parents don't care about ratings. I first played Grand theft auto vice city when I was nine and my Dad bought it for me when I was 10. With movies it's pretty much the same, they don't really care about the rating.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Aicebo) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:18:33 +0000

My parents don't care too much...In December I'm going to go to a gig for an artist with very explicit songs that not kids my age would hear...described as "psycho sexual killer"...but I luff his stuff so much and even my parents are excited, lol...
And as for movies I don't really like scary movies too much so it's not a problem...and I'm not a huge gamer lol...

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Swaffy) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:05:24 +0000

I can pretty much say that I saw movies and played games my parents
would NOT have approved of. Heck, even when I was 8-10 years old, my
parents thought water guns were bad. Now they don't care much. I've got
guns from airsoft, dart, paintball, and sometime I will get a pellet and rifle.

As of gore and horror... I think that stuff is a bunch of immature crap
anyways. I disapprove of it just because it's gross and stupid. But then
again, I am a Christian, and live life with the better things, the good things.
Horror and gore isn't entertaining. My parents probaly won't approve of it,
but I can see it anyways because I'm 17 now.

Cool beans?

I played Hunter: The Reckoning with my best friend all the time.
We've been best friends since the day he was born... LITERALLY. There
you have it.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Juneau) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:45:55 +0000

The most lenient my mother's ever been is letting me see Lord of the Rings at age nine. Cx

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Kazoobie64) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:08:42 +0000

Have you guys ever heard of Phantasmagoria? It's a pretty good classic point-and-click horror game, with live action used for both gameplay aspects and cutscenes. It's very infamous for its violent shock value and controversial scenes. There is one scene where the woman you are controlling makes the wrong choice and some monster literally stretches out her face with its fingers and leaves her head a mere mass of red.

Yeah, my mom used to play that game and I would watch... Including all those shock scenes... And I was 7. I even somehow solved things for her when she was stuck.

By the way, since it's an old game, the cheap acting and effects are hilariously bad. There's a walkthrough on youtube with the cutscenes that I can watch for a quick laugh with another friend of mine who coincidentally has an older sister that would play it too and she would watch as a kid.

My cousin also played Conker's Bad Fur Day when she was like 7, and she is perfectly fine.

I guess I'm just not traumatized or influenced by fiction and my mom knew.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (A Guy) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:50:10 +0000

Ah, maybe I should peruse posts before I comment on them.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Fletch_Talon) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:42:33 +0000

A Guy wrote:

When I played Halo for the first time, I sure as hell know that I never had any desire to go murder someone else just because I saw a genetically enhanced supersoldier shoot at aliens.
The first video game I've ever played was Tiberian Sun (Command & Conquer series), a T-rated game,when I was 5. I was smart enough to know that none of it was real and that I shouldn't go around shooting people and all that crap. I doubt that anyone except those who are mentally ill are going to go on a shooting spree just because they saw someone shoot someone else in a video game.

i was actually talking more about the prostitution and pornography industries that are represented in GTA.

but as far as violence goes, halo is very different to GTA in that, in halo youre killing things that are trying to kill you, whereas GTA seems to kindof encourage going on a killing spree or running down as many innocent civillians as possible.

yet again i will repeat, i dont claim that video games make people do stupid things, i thought i covered that in my previous post.

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (Dragonstar1715) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:11:44 +0000

My mom used to care what I played but now she really doesn't, and this was around 3-4 years ago. But now I can play whatever I *bleep* please cause im old enough to make my own decisions XD

Australia's rating system is slightly different to Americas we have:

G
PG
M
MA15+
R18+

G is just for general viewing
PG suggests parental supervision for anyone under 15
M is not recommended for anyone under 15
MA cannot be viewed unless under the supervision of an adult
R is restricted to 18 and over

but meh I've broken this a few times, I was playing doom at the ages of 7 and up and watched an MA movie when I was 9 XD

Edit: Stupid censors...

Re: Who has the most lenient parents when it comes to ratings?

dummy@example.com (A Guy) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:01:47 +0000

When I played Halo for the first time, I sure as hell know that I never had any desire to go murder someone else just because I saw a genetically enhanced supersoldier shoot at aliens.

The first video game I've ever played was Tiberian Sun (Command & Conquer series), a T-rated game,when I was 5. I was smart enough to know that none of it was real and that I shouldn't go around shooting people and all that crap. I doubt that anyone except those who are mentally ill are going to go on a shooting spree just because they saw someone shoot someone else in a video game.