I don't think this kid is getting his Xbox 360 back

[Queasy]

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A juvenile fan of the video game Halo 3 is accused of punching his mother after she forced him to end his game Sunday night and fighting with sheriff?s deputies as they tried to restrain him, according to reports released Wednesday.

Indian River County Sheriff?s Deputy Sean Harnage reported responding to the family?s home at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday in reference to an ?out-of-control child.?

The parents told deputies their son was playing Halo 3, and it was getting late and he needed to shut it off. When the son refused to turn off the game, the parents reportedly took the air card out of his machine so he couldn?t play anymore.

Reports show the son became enraged, went through the house looking for the air card, and then punched his mother, prompting the parents to call the Sheriff?s Office.

After the boy retreated to his bedroom and locked it, the mother knocked on the door and told him he needed to come out and talk to the deputies, the report stated. But the juvenile allegedly responded with profanity.

Harnage and another deputy entered the room using a key from the parents to arrest the son, according to the report. The son fought the deputies - at one time punching Harnage on the lip - until they handcuffed him.

He was later turned over to state juvenile authorities on charges of battery-domestic violence and battery on a law-enforcement officer.

The son?s and parents? names are being withheld because of the juvenile?s age.

I'm sure the kid called the cops faggots and dropped a couple of n-bombs in true Xbox Live fashion.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Just wow.. That kid needs his ass kicked.

 

[Kadarin]

It's a shame they can't just euthanize him. He sounds like a waste of oxygen...

 

[Ctrackstar126]

*waits for someone to link a video of angry german kid*

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
Just wow.. That kid needs his ass kicked.

Dad should have been the one to do it.

 

[jdoggg12]

Its too bad society requires that the parents do this... what the kid needed was the same thing that worked for the last 20,000 years... a good old beat down by dad. You know, the kind of spankings that hurt for hours.

Going through the juvenile system will just make the kid pissed off at the world.

He's probably only pissed b/c he sucks at Halo and thiught with only a few more rounds he wouldnt totally blow at the game haa

 

[Greyd]

Feel bad for the parents, but he can only be this way because they allowed him to become like this. Kid needs a good beating.

 

[Jeff7]

Sounds like it's time to sell his Xbox 360 to someone who can handle it. Then this guy needs some serious psychotherapy, or maybe just send him to a trusty boot camp.

 

[warmodder]

Just out of curiosity, were there ever any outbursts like this over toys before video games came about? Is it just my generations sense of entitlement that creates this behavior or has it always happened? It just seems like there are so many more kids getting addicted to gaming and going totally out of control.

 

[dquan97]

Keep an eye on CL for a used 360 w/ Halo 3

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: warmodd
Just out of curiosity, were there ever any outbursts like this over toys before video games came about? Is it just my generations sense of entitlement that creates this behavior or has it always happened? It just seems like there are so many more kids getting addicted to gaming and going totally out of control.

wasn't there a case last year when some kid robbed and killed another kid for a PS2/XBOX or something?

 

[zig3695]

if that was my kid the wife wouldnt be calling the cops. it would be the proctologist to recover my precious boot from that kids rear end. oh my god the kid would be BEGGING for law enforcement to stop me. locked his door??!?!!!??!!! WHAT!? id go right through the drywall. the little bitch's fear would make him shit all over the floor. oh god what i would do to a kid like that.....

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: warmodd
Just out of curiosity, were there ever any outbursts like this over toys before video games came about? Is it just my generations sense of entitlement that creates this behavior or has it always happened? It just seems like there are so many more kids getting addicted to gaming and going totally out of control.

Back then you could generally beat the shit out of them for even thinking of acting like that. Unfortunately, it is not like that any more.

To quote maddox - if you child isn't cowering in a corner when you come home, then you have failed as a parent. Truer words were never spoken.

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: zig3695
if that was my kid the wife wouldnt be calling the cops. it would be the proctologist to recover my precious boot from that kids rear end. oh my god the kid would be BEGGING for law enforcement to stop me. locked his door??!?!!!??!!! WHAT!? id go right through the drywall. the little bitch's fear would make him shit all over the floor. oh god what i would do to a kid like that.....

:thumbsup:

This.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: Ctrackstar126
*waits for someone to link a video of angry german kid*

That was Unreal Tournament, not XBOX Live. Totally different.

 

[Juno]

don't tase me, bro.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: warmodd
Just out of curiosity, were there ever any outbursts like this over toys before video games came about? Is it just my generations sense of entitlement that creates this behavior or has it always happened? It just seems like there are so many more kids getting addicted to gaming and going totally out of control.

No, there haven't been.

The brain's reward system isn't so easily dismissed and given how real this sensory experience can be playing games it's not surprising. It's not a sense of entitlement because by taking away the game you are literally ripping instinct out of the brain. Taking away a kids toy is a whole lot different then trying to separate the conscious from the subconscious. Protective defenses go into overdrive in the latter.

All this psychobabble means the a video game is not just a toy, but an immersive experience the subconscious brain perceives as real.

And of course I'm not anti-video game, I love them. But to deny my own reactions from my autonomous nervous system and what drives it and shrug it off as "just a game" would be intellectually dishonest. It is just a game, but the mind isn't so quick to adapt, especially if it isn't well developed yet.

 

[TXHokie]

Definitely the dad failed to established authority here. Dang, if that was my kid, he just opened the motherlode of unending can of whoopa$$.

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: warmodd
Just out of curiosity, were there ever any outbursts like this over toys before video games came about? Is it just my generations sense of entitlement that creates this behavior or has it always happened? It just seems like there are so many more kids getting addicted to gaming and going totally out of control.

I'm not really and expert, and I never flipped out like this..

But I didn't really start playing video games until I was mid teens and I'll tell you I never got emotional about being told to go to bed and stop playing with Legos and I never stayed up all night to play with Legos.

Video games I did...

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: TXHokie
Definitely the dad failed to established authority here. Dang, if that was my kid, he just opened the motherlode of unending can of whoopa$$.

Yep, my Dad was able to make me feel lower than dirt just for doing something that hurt my mother's feelings without ever touching me. I'm glad I never had to find out what would happen if I laid a finger on her.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: TXHokie
Definitely the dad failed to established authority here. Dang, if that was my kid, he just opened the motherlode of unending can of whoopa$$.

Yep, my Dad was able to make me feel lower than dirt just for doing something that hurt my mother's feelings without ever touching me. I'm glad I never had to find out what would happen if I laid a finger on her.

I called my incredible mother a bitch to her face. Once.

Once.

 

[warmodder]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: warmodd
Just out of curiosity, were there ever any outbursts like this over toys before video games came about? Is it just my generations sense of entitlement that creates this behavior or has it always happened? It just seems like there are so many more kids getting addicted to gaming and going totally out of control.

No, there haven't been.

The brain's reward system isn't so easily dismissed and given how real this sensory experience can be playing games it's not surprising. It's not a sense of entitlement because by taking away the game you are literally ripping instinct out of the brain. Taking away a kids toy is a whole lot different then trying to separate the conscious from the subconscious. Protective defenses go into overdrive in the latter.

All this psychobabble means the a video game is not just a toy, but an immersive experience the subconscious brain perceives as real.

And of course I'm not anti-video game, I love them. But to deny my own reactions from my autonomous nervous system and what drives it and shrug it off as "just a game" would be intellectually dishonest. It is just a game, but the mind isn't so quick to adapt, especially if it isn't well developed yet.

Yea this makes sense. You do tend to get lost in games more so than in anything else. Even when you stop playing on your own accord, it feels strange--like you're losing something almost. I guess anything that creates an environment and detaches you from reality could have this type of effect when it is quickly removed.

 

[StageLeft]

Haha, owned by the cops, too. Little sockcucker!

Yea this makes sense. You do tend to get lost in games more so than in anything else. Even when you stop playing on your own accord, it feels strange--like you're losing something almost. I guess anything that creates an environment and removes you from reality could have this type of effect when it is quickly removed.

True. I spend my free time snorting and drinking now, but back when I was into games in a big bad way, I did not some unusual tendencies. The least comforting of them was after a long session of gaming I'd feel lonely, almost depressed like I needed not just a break from the game but some human company. They are uniquely sole-sucking, in fact.

 

[RESmonkey]

It's probably a ranked game and the little turd didn't want to ruin his rank.

Haha, they should cancel his Live acc. THAT would probably get to him more than a beating.

 

[BoomerD]

I don't know if the kid would get to see me put my foot through the X-Box or just know it got sold on Craigslist. (Part of me would realize the monetary value...as I stomped it into little bits)

For certain, the kid wouldn't sit comfortably for several days.

I told mine..."go ahead and call the cops. you won't be alive when they get here..."

I think they must have believed me...they always took the ass-whippin when it came to that...just as I did when I was a kid.