Does Fortnite turn your kid into an arsehole too?

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Just banned DS12 off it for life and put the Xbox in the bottom of my wardrobe. He is generally a lovely kid but holy fuck does this game turn him into a monster. And no matter how many times I shout (yes I know) STOP SHOUTING he still continues to bellow at his mates about twatting Spooky Towers or whatever the fuck it is called.

Fucking hell fire.

kelper
Ali A gets right on my nerves, he is a spectacular Fortnight player though!
DS and DH play this game together and it has really bonded them (as sad as that sounds). I just watch. Some kids love me gaming, some don’t. I could force my DS to play with cars or toys, they really aren’t his thing though and never have been even when he was littl. He does like to draw, he watches YouTube videos on drawing and he copy’s them, it’s a good compromise on TV and doing something crafty.

Yep, I'm another one saying "Stop shouting". I'm not very keen on the way DS orders everyone else on the game around either. I find myself saying "Play nice. Don't be so bossy!"

Fortunately most of us mums seem to be on the same page about getting off the game and having a run around every so often. Then the whole squad get their bikes and go off somewhere which is nice.

Ds boots up YouTube on the tv every morning before school to check Ali-A’s newest fortnight video. It’s become the routine now god know what we shall watch when his over fortnight. Least it’s no longer bloody stampycat or dantdm voices in my house

croprotation are you saying that parents should automatically just let their kids do what all their friends are doing, and it's mean and petty to say no?? Surely that's just saying that peer pressure is fine?

My kids (10 and 7) both love games, but Fortnite - no way. I'm fed up of watching the kids at school walking around the corridors pretending to be fucking snipers all the time, or telling little kids in Reception they're going to kill them or 'take them out' if they annoy them. This kind of behaviour has definitely increased massively since the Fortnite craze.

tinkly "play nice. Stop being Bossy" Yes, yes, yes!!!

You don't think children have ever played games like that before?

Yes. I cannot stand the constant bellowing at the screen and the fits of rage he has when he loses.

Yes, this. A thousand times over. A mum who'd invited 12 year old ds over for tea told me that for 6 months ds has been known as 'Don't Die Dave' * at their house for ages because that's what her ds shouts on a loop while playing.

• Not ds's real name.

My DS age 11 sees it as having a remote play date...headphone and mike, screaming at all his DF for doing something wrong. Its not just playing it, the shouting at the screen and general agitated state its also after its gone off I find him on the internet watching the youtube videos about the game! He was told tonight if he continues with his bad moods, not responding to us when called and trying to stay up all night the xbox is coming out of his room. He has one more chance and then its gone..

Eile- that's why I restrict Xbox to living room, I don't want them to be potentially accessing it and playing it after they've gone to bed.
Set hours downstairs, then to bed and sleep.

CadyHeron it used to be downstairs but my OH was sorting out his room and stuck it up there. Worst thing we ever did. Told him its coming back downstairs and will be time limited. If he continues with not following that and pushing boundaries it is being removed altogether. He is on his final warning.

Fortnite.
F is for....fuck, it's the word that fits.
O is for.... off but don't swear at your kids.
R is for....reflexes you need 'em to play.
T is for....tranquilise to get through the day.
N is for....nightmare, you live in this.
I is for....the idiot. Who bought them this?
T is for...teenager who is taking the piss.
E is for....echo, 'cause the same things are said.
Oh, fuck he's on fortnite, and been filled full of lead.

Fortnite isn't a game btw....it's a cash machine.

Google Fortnite scam. It's about mobile billing and can be done without you knowing.

Lol, voici, your post re peer pressure resonated then.
Just the other day youngest said "everyone else in my class has a headset! I'm the only one who doesn't!" Blah Blah stays up until midnight! Me - chinny reckon aside, if little Tommy jumped off a cliff, would you?! it's times like this I realise I've morphed into my parents lol. Totally sensible and nice at the time, but boy that doesn't half go over your head at the time

Voici - I could have written your exact post!
Mine have never actually asked to play (DS loves FIFA and they both play Disney Infinity). Not sure why I’d want them playing a game that people are saying turns their kids into arseholes?

See, FIFA I have no problem with. That's their other favourite game. With that they're fine. The games are timed, easy to see where they're at unlike Fortnite.

DoNotGoSoftly - Wtf are you on about?

And this is what I mean - far too many people spouting off about Fortnite, reading crap in the papers and on Facebook without actually taking the time to look at it themselves, have a go, watch others play and then make an informed decision.

It's really not surprising that so many children are victims of online grooming etc, judging by the amount of parents on here that just haven't got a clue.

At least it's good for their hand eye
co-ordination - allegedly

The only unreasonable thing is those watching Ali A. Muselk, Crayator and Loserfruit are the Fortnite players to watch

YES!!! So glad someone else is in the same boat my DS is obsessed and my god he is a bloody nightmare at the moment. Have also had to ban to game from everywhere he goes as his dad has it too!! Xx

After Overwatch and other games, I'm meh about it.

DS only tends to get shout and stroppy when it gets late or he's been playing for a long time.

I play it with my ds who's 14 and I think I get the rage more than he does. It's a good game though and I would be upset if my dh banned me from playing it 😂

We have tried everything to rein in the amount of time on Fortnite. It honestly does turn your kids into a mess. They're hyper and all over the place waiting for it, then when it's on they're edgy and snap at anyone who talks/ moves (and we have two younger little guys so it's horrible for them). They curse, have tantrums, so we ban, they're back to being nice kiddies again and then when they're back on it it all goes back to normal. I didn't want to get rid of the Xbox because I don't want to isolate them in school (in the age we live in, they all talk about it, I asked them but what about the kids that don't play it and they said I don't know what they talk about, which I find to be really sad(I told him to make sure to chat to them About it and other things and make them feel included)) and I don't want to be the parent that bans instead of limits but god I'm close!! Very jealous of families who don't have it. DH said someone had said to him never to get an Xbox and now he understands (although tbf he has a bit of an addiction too!)

Well. I am a gamer. The PS4 is mine. He has to ask to use it, and as a teenager DS is 14, Fortnite has been the trigger for more moaning and moods than any other game.

I think it is frustrating to teenagers and other kids because the 100 to one formula is so unforgiving plus at that age (14) everything seems such a big deal when you can't win.

I have had a go at it and I have explained how he is to him during the game and after. I have also explained why I think the game is rubbish. He has slowly realised the truth of both things. However, it is not the only game to be cobby about and he proves this to himself.

Yep my 12 year old is normally a right softie, loves playing with his his baby sister etc. But on that game he sounds like a right dickhead! He can't control his shouting so we have a 7.30pm curfew for it.