My son's birthday wishlist. . . at 12. .*update*

[episodic]

He wants a 6 month subscription to WOW.
He wants an Nvidia Midrange Card to upgrade his 5200fx.
He wants a wacom graphire 4 for his newfound graphics hobby. . .
He wants more ram.


Sigh. . . I'm raising a little me.


*update*
just ordered the Wacom and found a Radeon 9600 pro used that should be a decent increase for him from the 5200. The ram will have to wait. I talked to him more about the game, and he said that it wasn't a big deal, and asked if he could get Europa Universalis II instead (an old school war game that he read a review on). He is getting into strategy games and has been playing Sid Meir's Alpha Centauri for a while. . .

http://www.napoleonguide.com/wargames_eu2.htm

This is actually really cool cause there is lots of strategy there. I found one cheap on Ebay (a copy). . .

So it all turned out ok

 

[meltdown75]

funny how our wishlists remain the same for about... oh... forever?

 

[tami]

give him the RAM, don't give him the WOW.

 

[iamtrout]

I would personally buy my kid a gun.

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: tami
give him the RAM, don't give him the WOW.

I'm not a mmorpg gamer.

Are there things in WOW really bad?

He pawns on Enemy Territory. I'm not what you call an uptight parent about games. I won't let him play 'Manhunt' or GTA or anything like that, but have no problems with titles like Doom, Enemy Territory, or Halo. . .

 

[episodic]

mistake

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: episodic
He wants a 6 month subscription to WOW.
He wants an Nvidia Midrange Card to upgrade his 5200fx.
He wants a wacom graphire 4 for his newfound graphics hobby. . .
He wants more ram.


Sigh. . . I'm raising a little me.

Get him a RAM upgrade, and an ATI X700 256 MB I have just bought one for $ 76 off newegg (Refurb though ) , if his mobo is AGP a nice $ 99 9800pro will make him thank you forever.

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: iamtrout
I would personally buy my kid a gun.

I know my kid, he isn't ready. We go hunting. He has no access to a gun unless I'm standing 2 feet away.

 

[CocoGdog]

Waht's WOW? Women of Wrestling?

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: CocoGdog
Waht's WOW? Women of Wrestling?

World of Warcraft - online mmorpg game.

 

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: tami
give him the RAM, don't give him the WOW.

I'm not a mmorpg gamer.

Are there things in WOW really bad?

He pawns on Enemy Territory. I'm not what you call an uptight parent about games. I won't let him play 'Manhunt' or GTA or anything like that, but have no problems with titles like Doom, Enemy Territory, or Halo. . .

i think its mainly the addiction factor

you don't want the game consuming his life

i'd go for the RAM upgrade and/or vid card

 

[oogabooga]

It's about how mature he is. I think WoW is ruining my life to be honest. the rest of the stuff would make me proud as a father.

 

[UncleWai]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: tami
give him the RAM, don't give him the WOW.

I'm not a mmorpg gamer.

Are there things in WOW really bad?

He pawns on Enemy Territory. I'm not what you call an uptight parent about games. I won't let him play 'Manhunt' or GTA or anything like that, but have no problems with titles like Doom, Enemy Territory, or Halo. . .

I would rather give my son crack than WOW if I have to choose.
mmorpg is just too addicitive. I can easily spend 24+ hours playing ultima online instead of doing my school work. For a 12 yo kid, I seriously don't think he has enough restrain to play mmorpg yet.

 

[LordSnailz]

Originally posted by: oogabooga
It's about how mature he is. I think ATOT is ruining my life to be honest. the rest of the stuff would make me proud as a father.

fixed

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: BriGy86

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: tami
give him the RAM, don't give him the WOW.

I'm not a mmorpg gamer.

Are there things in WOW really bad?

He pawns on Enemy Territory. I'm not what you call an uptight parent about games. I won't let him play 'Manhunt' or GTA or anything like that, but have no problems with titles like Doom, Enemy Territory, or Halo. . .

i think its mainly the addiction factor

you don't want the game consuming his life

i'd go for the RAM upgrade and/or vid card

O we have a proportion worked out. His grades determine how much computer time he gets. As his grades go up, his time increases slightly - as they go down his time decreases exponentially.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Don't let him play MMORPGs if you have one good parenting bone in your body.

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Don't let him play MMORPGs if you have one good parenting bone in your body.

Elaborate so that I know whats going on. As I said, I've never played them.

 

[Celstar]

wow will steal his childhood away. you've been warned!

 

[PandaBear]

let him pick one of them, but not the WOW subscription.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Sounds like me at 12. Except it was wanting a 386

 

[Kelvrick]

I'd get him the ram, and the tablet, if I really had money. Otherwise, I'd just try to get him a tablet. It all depends on your financial situation. I probably wouldn't give him the WoW, but the tablet definitely may help his future, and ram, that'll help him do any rendering or anything like that with the tablet.

If he gets a little serious about it though, get him in some art classes.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: CocoGdog
Waht's WOW? Women of Wrestling?

You're thinking of GLOW.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Don't let him play MMORPGs if you have one good parenting bone in your body.

Elaborate so that I know whats going on. As I said, I've never played them.

Its a tough game to just pick up and play for a short while. Instances (quests) usually take a few hours on minimum and more than likely he will make friends. The problem becomes when the rest of your new friends want to do an instance and you're needed. I don't know how much self control he has, but he'll most likely never want to stop playing until he finishes an instance he started, no matter how long its taking. He also might not want to stop playing in the fear that he's going to miss something.

 

[Cattlegod]

save him a life of teasing and buy him his first nudie magazine.

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
I'd get him the ram, and the tablet, if I really had money. Otherwise, I'd just try to get him a tablet. It all depends on your financial situation. I probably wouldn't give him the WoW, but the tablet definitely may help his future, and ram, that'll help him do any rendering or anything like that with the tablet.

If he gets a little serious about it though, get him in some art classes.

He did a graphics design class for kids this summer at a local university. They taught him photoshop elements and a program called pixia that is excellent freeware.

He has been hobbling along with a mouse. He likes to draw anime type things and really enjoys manipulating pictures (and is decent at it). He read the entire book PhotoShop Elements 3 for Photographers, and is asking for more books on that, too.

This kid build his own computer (under my direction) and can reformat his harddrive and do a full reinstall on demand. . . So he is definatly a computer kid.