Are immature kids hurting the game?

As an adult who plays GW, I find that the graphic comments that I hear in many locations is really uncalled for. I am not a prude by any means, but have learned there is no place in a public area for some of the things I see. I don't really see how it can be controlled short of constant screen shots and reporting to ANET.
Now I am assuming that most of this is coming from kids as I hope any adults would have a little more common sense. I know that this is not all young people for we have in our guild many very nice kids, but does anyone have any ideas on how to control the problem children?

I apologize, I may have mis-stated. I should said are immature people hurting the game. At my age (59) most all of you who play are kids, but noone should condone the type of conduct that some people think is cute or funny. I ask all of you who may be an offender or a condoner, would you talk like that in front of your family? In most cases I think not, if if you do shame on you and your family.

You've never been young, have you?

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In short, NO.

Just turn off Local Chat.

I don't like having which chats I can use dictated to me by some bored attention-starved little kid. I just ignore the bull**** being yelled in towns, and occasionally ask the person to stop via whisper.

Not much you can do when people bring their own personal issues into a virtual world.

Kids will be kids, its just that simple.

Look at any online game and you'll see immaturity. Guild Wars just has more of it because there are no monthly fees.

my solution is to stop being so sensitive and play the damn game you paid 49.99 for.

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I've run into a lot of kids and people my age that are immature that I just ignore however it's REALLY hard to tell someone that's older then you to grow up. Trust me there are people with overally large egos that make then act immature no matter their age.

Do I have a problem with Local Chat? Somewhat. I hate seeing racist, sexist and discriminitory comments in nearly every outpost I'm in. It's worse than trade spam.

Keep in mind that chat isn't the only thing the kiddies can ruin. And also keep in mind that it's not only the kids that are immature.

I'm 18, by the way.

Whining is hurting the game more, IMO.

<----17

Agreed. I don't care how old people are.

Believe me it's not just kids that are immature, I've had 20 year olds act like they were 12 year olds before. I am 17 but I've been told by guildies that they thought I was a couple years older than them and they are in their 20's. Well I just wanted to point out that it's not just kids that are immature.

Don't like the immaturity? There is a reason you can turn off certain chat channels and there is also this thing called the ignore list. It's the same advice Anet would give you if you sent in a report.

True, but by their very nature aren't kids immature? It's the idiotic behaviour of various nut jobs that bugs me more than immaturity!

Kids have a right to immature I guess, and it's nothing new, we see it all the time in real life nearly as much as online games. As Azagoth said, the real problem comes from none kid nut jobs, mainly invloving e-peen etc.

I'm 17, so I get to drag my teenage issues in with me.

Guild Wars is just as much for the naive as it is for the "mature". And while we all see things we don't like in chat, simply finding something offensive is not a basis in itself for having it banned or punished in some fashion. I think part of being truly mature is to accept that other people can do things we don't appreciate, and that this is a personal problem on our part that we ourselves have to overcome.

Yes it is not only the language it is their playstlye as well let them go back to Runescape.

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Welcome to the internet, enjoy your stay.

I've had a problem with the "you only won because..." mentality ever since I first took quake 1 online. Online games would definately be heaps more fun if it wasn't for people who take it so seriously, but there's not much you can do about it and in the end, it's only a big of a deal as you make it.

My favourite pvp playstyle is interrupting and disruption, and I get a ton of grief for it. Sometimes it just gets under my skin. It's unbelievable what people come up with sometimes.

Hmmm complaining about kids? That's not very mature. Let me tell you this. Kids will be kids, and in this day and age they tend to be a bit more "advanced" than I was. That being said these same kids exist in the real world. What do you do when you hear them carrying on like that at say your local mall? Do you confront them? Do you put on your Spartacus costume and attempt to rally your fellow adults into putting them down? I should hope not. I should hope that you simply ignore them and carry on with your life. The same principle should apply here. That being said I think that you should grow up a bit yourself and find something more worthwhile to focus your attention on.