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Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">School Project</div> I need 50 answers by tommorow. Just state your answer to each question, and whether you are 18+ years old or under 18. Enjoy! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
1. Do you believe that video games make people violent and/or affect their behavior?
Y/N
2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
Y/N
3. Do you think that the violence in video games is addictive?
Y/N
4. Do you think that the media fairly covers video games (i.e. when they were blaming Columbine and the sniper shootings and 9/11 on games)
Y/N
5. Do you think video games are more violent then movies?
Y/N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)
7. Do you drink tea
A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
D. Never
Remember, over 18 or under 18 with your replies! Thanks a ton, and if I fail, at least I have someone to blame (glares at, uh, Comprox).
1. Do you believe that video games make people violent and/or affect their behavior?
Y/N
2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
Y/N
3. Do you think that the violence in video games is addictive?
Y/N
4. Do you think that the media fairly covers video games (i.e. when they were blaming Columbine and the sniper shootings and 9/11 on games)
Y/N
5. Do you think video games are more violent then movies?
Y/N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)
7. Do you drink tea
A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
D. Never
Remember, over 18 or under 18 with your replies! Thanks a ton, and if I fail, at least I have someone to blame (glares at, uh, Comprox).
Comments
1. Do you believe that video games make people violent and/or affect their behavior?
Y/N
2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
Y/N
3. Do you think that the violence in video games is addictive?
Y/N
4. Do you think that the media fairly covers video games (i.e. when they were blaming Columbine and the sniper shootings and 9/11 on games)
Y/N
5. Do you think video games are more violent then movies?
Y/N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)
7. Do you drink tea
A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
D. Never <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Easy-Peasy:
1. NO
2. NO (I live in Canada, anyways <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> )
3. NO
4. NO
5. NO
6. A.
7. A.
Under 18.
1. Do you believe that video games make people violent and/or affect their behavior?
Y/N
2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
Y/N
3. Do you think that the violence in video games is addictive?
Y/N
4. Do you think that the media fairly covers video games (i.e. when they were blaming Columbine and the sniper shootings and 9/11 on games)
Y/N
5. Do you think video games are more violent then movies?
Y/N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)
7. Do you drink tea
A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
D. Never
Remember, over 18 or under 18 with your replies! Thanks a ton, and if I fail, at least I have someone to blame (glares at, uh, Comprox). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. A
7. D
I'm 15, under 18 no doubt.
^_^ That's why we're here, to help!
2. N
3. N
4. Y
5. Y
6. B
7. D
Under 18.
Just wondering, what's this for?
1. No (If you can put sometimes, that is what I really think)
2. No
3. No (again, to a select few, yes, but mainly no)
4. God no
5. Lol, NO
6. A
7. C (go coffee)
And im still under 18... barely <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
(P.S. - I tried to heard the flock from IRC to this)
School project, current issues. Guess what I chose?
Required to have a 50+ person poll. Our teacher decided to tell us the due date today. The due date is tommorrow.
1. Do you believe that video games make people violent and/or affect their behavior?
Y/N
2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
Y/N
3. Do you think that the violence in video games is addictive?
Y/N
4. Do you think that the media fairly covers video games (i.e. when they were blaming Columbine and the sniper shootings and 9/11 on games)
Y/N
5. Do you think video games are more violent then movies?
Y/N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)
7. Do you drink tea
A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
D. Never
Remember, over 18 or under 18 with your replies! Thanks a ton, and if I fail, at least I have someone to blame (glares at, uh, Comprox). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ah, a survey on Video Game violence eh? I did a few college papers on this subject too heh.
1. Yes, BUT no more than movies, television, books, music, speeches, or ideas
2. No
3. Yes, but so is TV, music, reading, etc
4. No, hell no. They are trying to pass the blame.
5. Yes, much more so (in most cases)
6. B (that's a fact too, look up statistics on it. the avg video game player is 19-23 or something like that)
7. Tea sucks, gimmie caffiene. D. Never!
You guys are all young hoolagins, I'm the only one so far over 18! :O
2. N
3. N
4. N (Beltway sniper - God mode my ****!)
5. Y
6. A
7. D
Over 18!
2- No
3- Yes, unfortunately
4- NO
5- NO
6- B
7- C
And i'm over 18, though to telemarketers i'm still 17.
Legally, 12-10-1984 DOB
2.N
3.N
4.N
5.N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
7. Do you drink tea
B. Sometimes
18+
2.n
3.n
4.n
5.y
6.A
7.D
under 18
but I usually claim I lived through the 80s
No to make people violent, yes to affect their behavior. Watch a LAN game of CS. "OK WHO TK'ed ME, you're gonna get it, you #$%@"
2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
N, censorship in any form or fashion=bad.
3. Do you think that the violence in video games is addictive?
N, but videogames are.
4. Do you think that the media fairly covers video games (i.e. when they were blaming Columbine and the sniper shootings and 9/11 on games)
N, media doesn't do anything fairly.
5. Do you think video games are more violent then movies?
N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
B. Adult Males
Adult males do not have curfews or any other restrictions that other game playing audiences might
7. Do you drink tea
D. Never
I used to drink tea regularly (4-5 times weekly) but stopped when I stopped using products that contained caffeine. I sleep a lot better now, but can't pull all-nighters anymore.
I'm 19 years old.
2)N
3)N
4)N
5)N (SoF may be bad, but there are some REALLY nasty movies out there)
6)A (some other poll said the average PC gamer age is 16, but that may be skewed from all of the CS kiddies)
7)A (java chai - tea AND coffee at the same time!)
And I am 16, making me the average gamer (in terms of age at least; the average gamer doesn't have enough sense to play NS).
Also, I think you should post on other forums, perhaps forums that have nothing to do with gaming. You're gonna get a pretty one-sided response asking in a game forum, after all.
1. No. [edit]After reading Windelkron's and other posts that say "does affect behavior, does not make more violent", I think that's a more accurate answer[/edit]
It is more dependent on if that person is more inclined to that behavior before exposure to the accused form of multimedia. Easiest comparison is to TV, internet, or print advertisements: if you don't intend on buying a car, soap, alcoholic beverage, etc. in the near future, the advertisement will have less of an effect on you; if you do have intentions of purchasing such a class of product, then the advertisement is that much more likely to push you towards the specific action of buying that particular product.
2. No.
Specification between federal and state would make this question easier to give a specific explanation for my answer, but either way I say no.
3. No.
Games such as the Sims series, Everquest, other MMORPG's, etc. are the ones most often documented as "addictive" by the same definition that gambling, drugs, alcohol, etc. are often defined as addictive. A recurring theme among these is that you have an avatar who represents you, gains skills according to what you attribute points to, etc; in short, it simulates <b>life</b> (on a smaller scale and/or in a different universe/world setting), not necessarily violence. (The only violence in the Sims requires that the player actively intend on inflicting sadistic injury on characters; thus, in that game, in-game violence is the effect of the player's intentions, rather than a cause for real-life violent effects -- it's an interesting inversion considering the addictiveness of the game).
Also important to note is that many of these are played by both males and females (look at The Sims, it's almost a 50/50 ratio), so the fact that game violence is not addictive applies to both males and females.
4. No.
If you define "The Media" in this sentence in forms similar to computer magazines or computer/videogame magazines, they are biased towards the "videogames can never cause violence" side of the argument; they do this for the purpose of continued profit through continued readership, because they know the majority of their existing readers will be on this side.
If you define "The Media" as any other, non-computer-affiliated news/media form, they will be biased towards the beleif that "videogames do cause violence" for the exact same reasons: continued readership. The word "always" may or may not be inserted depending on whether they want to appear moderate or extremist to their readers.
Either way, the media does not fairly cover videogames, simply because by wanting to continue gaining a profit, they can't afford to do so.
5. No, movies are more violent than videogames.
Because I assume the intention of this question falls into the category of "which has a greater effect", we may compare equally "popular" (and thus, hopefully, equally influencing), forms of each. Compare the top selling games to the top selling movie in terms of sales over a given time period.
5 minutes of searching gave me the info that in 2001 the top selling games were The Sims, Roller Coaster Tycoon, and a Harry Potter game (ranked from 1 to 3, respectively). I'd venture to say that the top selling movies in the same time period were more violent, and thus say that (at least recently) movies are more violent than videogames.
6. By sheer # of hours, without doing any research, I'd guess A, young adult males. It should be noted that each age group plays a distinctly different genre. Small children are far more likely to understand the mechanics of a game like Super Monkey Ball than Civilization III, and have corresponding lengths of their "gaming sessions." On the other hand, adults may play no games at all, or hours and hours of games that have nostalgic value; it is a wide range that depends on their upbringing.
7. C. Other than Iced tea on occasion (avg. once a month or once every 2 months) I do not usually find myself drinking tea. I do not drink coffee either, decaf or regular, nor do I have more than 1 can worth of caffienated [sp?] soda every 2 weeks. (for assorted health reasons, and general paranoia)
I am male, currently 17 years old.
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that's 2 questions, I say N then Y. But if you need overall, N.
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2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
Y/N<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
N
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Y/N<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
N
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Y/N<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
N
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Quantitatively, no. Qualitatively, yes.
(more killing in comp games, but these killings are less violent)
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A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
A
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A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
D. Never<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
B
Under 18.
2 No US federal goverment dosent need anymore power.
3 No It is fun though
4 No, Wait who blamed 911 on a game?
5 No, Have yet to see a game where somebody tenerises i live child then eats em.
a
b only if i can buy it and rember to buy.
Thank you for your in depth response. I might end up using part of that, but the IDSA is a much more convincing source for most people.
2. NO (I live in Canada, anyways too <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> )
3. NO
4. NO
5. NO
6. A.
7. B.
Wouldent this be VERY Bias considering we are all gamers....
2) No
3) No
4) No
5) They're less gory but more of them. Overall No
6) A
7) D
I'm under 18
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. No
6. A
7. A
Over 18.
[Edit]I don't see how tea relates though.. I like tea.
1. Do you believe that video games make people violent and/or affect their behavior?
Y/N
2. Do you think that the United States Government shuld be able to censor violent video games?
Y/N
3. Do you think that the violence in video games is addictive?
Y/N
4. Do you think that the media fairly covers video games (i.e. when they were blaming Columbine and the sniper shootings and 9/11 on games)
Y/N
5. Do you think video games are more violent then movies?
Y/N
6. Who do you think plays the most videogames?
A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)
7. Do you drink tea
A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
D. Never
Remember, over 18 or under 18 with your replies! Thanks a ton, and if I fail, at least I have someone to blame (glares at, uh, Comprox). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
1: Y
2: N
3: N
4: Y
5: Y
6: B For sure, has been research on that.
7: A
Over 18
1. Make them violent? No. Affect their behavior? Yes.
2. No.
3. No.
4. No.
5. No.
6. B.
7. C.
Over 18.
2.No (I live in scotland <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> )
3.Yes ( Yes it is , its more aditcive riping some1s head of that planting a garden isnt it?)
4. No
5. Yes ( The diffrence is that U are killing the people in games)
6. B ( but might be A cause thats the avrage CS player)
7. A ( hmmmmm tea, i would have a cup now but its 50p for a cup <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> )
oh im under 18
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Yes.
6. A.
7. B.
Age: 36
2) No, but a rating system similar to film certificates might be ok, which is basically what we have in the UK..
3) No
4) No, games get blamed unfairly. Back in the day, it used to be movies, then music, now it's games.
5) Hell no, unless you mean Disney movies..
6) Hmm Dunno, males definitely.." A" and "B" I s'pose
7) A lot.
Over 18
Way over 18...
Video games have the <i>potential</i> to make people violent, but this is very rare. My answer to this part is, for the most part, no.
As for affecting behaviour, yes. It's actually somewhat common, and I've personally seen it happen. A friend of mine (age 22) was playing GTA: Vice City for about 6 hours straight, and we left his place to drive somewhere. All was good (no accidents), but he was driving a bit reckless until I pointed it out to him. He wasn't even aware he was driving like that!!
Overall, I'd have to say <b>yes</b> to this question.
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This one's iffy; it could go either way. Taking my first answer into account, I'd probably say yes. However, the game designers made the game that way on purpose. Altering their work for the sole purpose of "protecting the minds of our youth" (or however they try to word it) is wrong.
However, the current game ratings system does its job quite well. Remember that friend I mentioned above? His mother bought the game for him for Christmas, and the store clerk was <i>required</i> to ask "is this game going to be played by someone under 18 years of age?".
After that, IMO, it's basically up to the parents to keep excessively violent games from their children <i>if they believe it will affect them</i>.
My short answer to this is <b>no</b>. The parents would know better if a game would affect their child/children.
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I just spent the past 15 minutes typing answers for this question that end up supporting both answers, and then deleting them. I personally can't seem to come to a certain answer, but ultimately, my answer leans more towards <b>no</b>.
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<b>No</b>, they don't. Just about any time a violent act is committed by a youth, the media immediately puts a few seconds of Doom footage on the screen. It's almost like that footage is in a quickdraw holster on the director's belt.
I guess violent video games are something the media can identify with. They know they exist, they know they're violent. Rather than place the blame on the child's parents, who are <i>responsible</i> for their children, it's easier to point a finger at something that makes billions of dollars.
[sarcasm]
After all.... in this day and age, money is more valuable than anything, isn't it?
[/sarcasm]
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Depending on the game and genre, <b>yes</b>.
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A. Young Adult Males (12-13+)
B. Adult Males
C. Adult Females
D. Young Adult Females
E. Small Children (11 and down)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Many people who grew up with Nintendo and Sega are now in their 20's or later. My answer is <b>B</b>.
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A. Alot
B. Sometimes
C. Once or Twice
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You simply needed 7 questions, didn't you Tycho? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
<b>B</b>. Sometimes.
I'm over 18, and my name is Chris in case you want/need to quote some of my above reponse on your report.