Evolve is, by its nature, repetitive.

Somebody needs to go outside once in a while.

"Ha, Ha, Ha... I was really just pushing your buttons, because I like trolling."

Edited for clarity:
"So instead of simply being confused about what parental responsibilities are and where video games fit in, you're a "LoL player" who likes getting a rise out of people by saying insulting and idiotic things."

Sounds like LoL players to me.

Excellent posts by the way. Reasonable and real. I am in agreement.

Or you could step away from the computer long enough that you regain hold of your senses and stop thinking that you should give parenting advice to others based upon a fear of your statistics being messed up.

"Dear parents, please tell your kids that video games are more important than real life".

I think this is much more sensible reading

Jesus christ this makes me ashamed to be a gamer. How fucking dumb are we as a demographic?

Spend some time with your goddamn parents - take it from a gamer:

I'm sorry, but Penny Arcade replied far better than anyone else here with, "First off, you're totes adorbs. But Tyndamyre isn't real." Your parents, however, who own the damn computer and gave you life are.

Counter argument:

I love how the assumption here is that parents aren't monitoring their kid closely enough. There are tons of reasons that I need my kid off the computer right now, and much of them have absolutely nothing to do with scheduling. This is a game, plain and simple. I play League and Dota and I'm a father, and I see both…

> If a game is in progress, do not interrupt it unless it is an emergency. You are affecting up to 10 people, not just your child.

FUCK YOU.

My kid. My computer. My house. My god damn rules.

I don't think this should be an issue the parent should and will give a f*ck about. They should pen a letter to the dev instead requesting some kind of indicator for players that tend to AFK. So they lose or get some kind of rating. Once the kid has been downgraded for going MIA repeatedly s/he will soon learn how to…

Except that, in most cases, politely waiting for the game to end also teaches the kid to prioritize the feelings of 9 random individuals over more immediate relations/responsibilities.

Here's a fun little thought exercise: pretend this was written about racist/sexist/homophobic trash-talk instead of time management. "Now look son, you really shouldn't repeatedly call your opponent a 'fag', and in 20 minutes we're going to have a serious talk about it because we don't want to waste other people's time…

What you suggest is fine for the first or second offense. But at some point, if the rule keeps getting broken, then the more important problem is that the kid places WAY too much importance on games, and at that point, saying "I'm going to wait 20 minutes for there to be consequences because finishing the game is…

I don't play League or hardly anything online, but I'm old enough to be a grizzled internet veteran and have a (hypothetical) kid that is a big online gamer.

I see both sides of the argument on this one. (Perspective: father of a current 10-year-old, and also have a college-age kid who now makes her own choices about this stuff.) My son doesn't play League specifically, but he does play some other online games, so I have some general perspective.

On one hand, if I'm letting…

List of things that parents probably don't care about as much as their child taking personal responsibility: