Friendly reminder to please....

[JowyAtreides]

They're actually killing the planet. :v Like, having a kid is literally the worst thing you can do for the environment. You're responsible for their entire carbon footprint. Don't do it, the ocean temp is continually rising as it is.

If it makes you feel any better, I work for a company that makes plastic so I'm pretty much damning the planet as we speak. I may as well make it into a competition to see who kills the planet the most.

I wonder if I'll get a mount for it.

Or do raids during times when their kids are asleep.

Kid falls out of bed and screams, lose/lose.

[Mavrias]

Push to Talk isn’t very convenient for controller players. Just an FYI.

It just takes a touch of practice, but it should absolutely be done if you have any sort of loud consistent background noise (busy traffic from the nearby road, yelling children, barking dogs, etc). Be considerate to the people youre in voice with.

[SaberMaxwell]

Lacan's back, hm?

[Mavrias]

As someone who marginally understands parenthood: Sometimes kids just cry when they want attention.

Lots of my friends try to balance their kids and their gaming and as their gamer friends we understand this means sometimes they will be called away or have sudden and loud interruptions. Generally they are considerate enough to limit our exposure but kids have a knack for circumventing any sort of counter tactics to their attention getting.

Crying kids aren't always actually in distress and parents generally have a good idea of which is which. ...

I appreciate the effort of those who do have kids to not expose me to wailing and screeching but understand it's gonna happen sometimes.

Just play with the kid in the same room as you. Its literally that simple. When i baby sat my cousins and they started screaming while i was playing a game, i just let them sit on my lap or next to me on the couch and let them watch or otherwise interacted with them while i was playing. Boom. No more screaming toddler. Sometimes kids just want to be acknowledged. Thats not the worst thing ever.

[JowyAtreides]

Just play with the kid in the same room as you. Its literally that simple. When i baby sat my cousins and they started screaming while i was playing a game, i just let them sit on my lap or next to me on the couch and let them watch or otherwise interacted with them while i was playing. Boom. No more screaming toddler. Sometimes kids just want to be acknowledged. Thats not the worst thing ever.

To be fair, 9 out of 10 parents will do this already.

Sadly there are people contained within this thread who are telling people that they shouldn't be raiding or even playing games because they have a child.

[HyoMinPark]

You know what else is inconvenient for any person in any location or situation and everyone else in their vicinity? Incessant ear-shattering screeching because someone either can't or won't control their children in public. It's rude. The person with kids needs to have some respect of the other members of the group and either stay muted or deal with using push-to-talk regardless of controller or not.

Honestly, it's not a question of "parenting" or anything else, it's common courtesy to not disturb people around you. It's the same thing as people coughing in public without covering their mouths, spitting gum out on sidewalks, or not putting toilet seats/lids down before flushing.

If this is the case, kindly ask them to Mute themselves. Or have a Discord admin mute them: members of a server with privileges to mute members can do this. Controller users have to remove their hands from a controller to active Push to Talk, so muting oneself is preferable.

If I have noise on my end, I mute myself. That’s simply easier for me during a fight. Especially since I don’t do any sort of call outs.

[Rasikko]

Lacan's back, hm?

I just hope I'm not the only one who has this guy figured out and you're all just feeding his ego for the sake of a little entertainment around here.

[Lambdafish]

Sadly there are people contained within this thread who are telling people that they shouldn't be raiding or even playing games because they have a child.

I think you are reading the absolute worst comments as the general consensus. Just have some respect. You and your kids aren't the center of the world and if you are being noisy and disruptive then it doesn't matter if it is caused by kids, pets, loud music, or traffic, it's on you to either stop the noise, turn on push to talk, or leave the call/content.

[SerLuke]

This seems like a post created to get players without kids to argue with people with kids and vice versa.

That’s exactly what it was, then the OP followed it up with multiple off topic posts telling people not to have children.

[Noitems]

Lacan's back, hm?

It's always a treat when Lacan posts.