Clash of Clans article in NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/fa...s-digital.html

This is no laughing matter, but this made me laugh

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It has all the juicy stuff you’d imagine would pique the interest of 10-year-olds, including goblins, destruction and in-game chat.

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I'm 33.

Lol, I loved the article. The thought of a clan full of 10 year old boys is stuff of nightmares though. Thank God I missed that one when I was looking for a clan.

I stopped reading when I got to this:

"For those of you (like me) who have never played Clash of Clans"

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Originally Posted by cmrb56

I stopped reading when I got to this:

"For those of you (like me) who have never played Clash of Clans"

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That's a shame. You missed this :D

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My sister tried this, too. After the controversy over Clash of Clans faded at my nephew’s school, he and his friends turned off their video games and went camping over the Memorial Day weekend. As the parents sat around discussing the chaos of the last month, new trouble had set in.

The boys were playing with water guns, and someone had the bright idea to fill them with urine instead of water. Which, my sister said, reminded everyone that mayhem comes naturally to 10-year-old boys, whether online or in the real world.

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Originally Posted by Stitch

That's a shame. You missed this :D

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Lol, I enjoyed that part :p

It seems kids will still use anything to act as kids :smirk:

At least I am not those type of kids that demote people and beg to join a clan.

"On Monday morning, word of the online revolt had become such a heated topic at school that teachers had to address the entire class and explain why it was wrong to exclude others from their clans."
Holy cow I couldnt stop laughing
Just the thought of this having to be brought up at school

I stopped reading at my 10 year old son, TOS States you need to be 13, therefore it's their own fault.

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Originally Posted by paddy1888

I stopped reading at my 10 year old son, TOS States you need to be 13, therefore it's their own fault.

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lol... I'm wondering how many times you have read the full ToS of an online game before starting playing it. Same with those websites asking you to agree with their terms and conditions before you go on, are you reading it all everytime ? Reality and theory are 2 different things, and even CoC knows very well lots of under aged childs are playing their game, even tough it's supposed to be against ToS.