Unbelievable Rudeness!

[Derio]

You should have taken the opportunity to have a parenting moment and teach about cyber bullying as well as how to stand up for yourself. Because if she learns that now it will be a great thing for the future.

[LalaRu]

1: You are letting your 13 year old play a game with 16+ rating....

Lol, fake news even in game forums?

Go buy the game in lodestone, you will see this:



That is, 13+.

@OP: if you witnessed the episode and you believe the behavior of players were outside the allowed rules, you can REPORT them using the in game report feature. You may get better results than just write on a forum.

[SilverObi]

As for the OP... I suggest supervision.I would go as far as to suggest that ANYONE under 25 (yes, twenty five) is supervised by a parent (if possible, else a trusted friend). Even at 28, there are times I find myself clamouring for a friend to run duties with to have my back.

Not everyone has social anxiety that bad or worries that much about what people say to them online, so that stance is a biiiiit extreme. Unless you're having a laugh with us which ok fair. This kid just got a taste of the internet and frankly surprised it took them until 13 to get it. Have you heard the stuff 10 year olds say to each other on Minecraft or Xbox Live? Going off the deep end like this parent has only enforces their daughter's inability to handle jerks which is a skill everyone will need or life will be miserable. It sucks that it happened but its a good chance for good parenting and a lesson about dealing with other people.

[Gallus]

The PVE community of this game is actually pretty good TC, save for a few rotten apples, unlucky your child came across one, if she wants to continue playing you ought to tell her this can happen occasionally and that she shouldn't get frustrated over it because it lacks any importance whatsoever.

Piece of advice too if she's a little sensitive, you might want her to stay away from any PVP mode, including the one from this game. They are sewers. Always. No exception.

[Paladinleeds]

Not everyone has social anxiety that bad or worries that much about what people say to them online, so that stance is a biiiiit extreme. Unless you're having a laugh with us which ok fair. This kid just got a taste of the internet and frankly surprised it took them until 13 to get it. Have you heard the stuff 10 year olds say to each other on Minecraft or Xbox Live? Going off the deep end like this parent has only enforces their daughter's inability to handle jerks which is a skill everyone will need or life will be miserable. It sucks that it happened but its a good chance for good parenting and a lesson about dealing with other people.

Perhaps my stance is considered on the more "extreme" side. However, I feel it matters in the case of this, going off my own experiences. With the rise of things like soxial anxiety and such though, I feel it better to be safe than sorry. If someone can handle iot better than parents before then, then more power to them, and by all means, exceptions can be made. But with the supervision, you also use that time to showcase how to handle the situation better in the future.

[LyraKuroneko]

Lol, fake news even in game forums?

Go buy the game in lodestone, you will see this:



That is, 13+.

@OP: if you witnessed the episode and you believe the behavior of players were outside the allowed rules, you can REPORT them using the in game report feature. You may get better results than just write on a forum.

Are you aware theat other country may have other regulation?

It's 16 in EU.

And Cero C in JP which is 15 yo.

[SilverObi]

In the case of a minor, yes the parent should've been at least in the same room or playing together with them. Video games and TV are not babysitters, especially online games. But instead of kicking up dust on the forums the parent should've used it for a lesson. But ya know honestly in the end this might not even have happened and OP could just be doing a stealth attack on the Great Community btw attitude

[Vahlnir]

Perhaps my stance is considered on the more "extreme" side. However, I feel it matters in the case of this, going off my own experiences. With the rise of things like soxial anxiety and such though, I feel it better to be safe than sorry. If someone can handle iot better than parents before then, then more power to them, and by all means, exceptions can be made. But with the supervision, you also use that time to showcase how to handle the situation better in the future.

I've had social anxiety most of my life...but since the games I play are mostly MMOs I had to learn how to deal with people being jerks. Others should be doing the same and/or teaching others to do the same. The best solution is to simply not give them the reaction they want. Going to extremes doesn't really help anyone. In fact, what you are suggesting wouldn't really solve anything. It would only be delaying the inevitable...which is people needing to learn how to handle themselves on the internet. I've had bad days where a random jerk got under my skin but I didn't really dwell on it. I just walked away, cooled down and got back to it. I won't touch the parenting thing like others have brought up with a ten foot pole though. Not my kid, not my place to say.

[SenorPatty]

Other: Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB (PC, PlayStation 3)

...Because it's genuinely hard to tell when people are trolling and when they are being simple-minded, ESRB and other rating systems for games go by the content of the game and never what players can say or do to each other.

NOTE: Not saying the quoted user is being simple.

Pretty much my facetious way of saying the online experience, as you linked, is unrated. People of all walks of life can turn it into a dream-like experience or an absolute nightmare.

[Angus]

As some people mentioned before

PEGI 16

The fault is on you.

I'm sorry for what your kid experienced, if I had one of course I wouldn't wish mine to go through something like that, but it happened under your permission and responsibility. Should've prevented her before starting to interact with others.

This argument is pointless. This isn't what rating systems are about. If my 11 year old son goes to see Deadpool by himself, the theater has the right to refuse him. But if I take him (which I did), the theater will gladly give us our tickets. I have the right as a parent to decide what my child is capable of handling. Please stop using this rating argument. It doesn't belong here. I have actually had conversations with SE customer support and told them my son plays FFXIV with us. They were very happy to hear it. Ratings are for parents protection.