A COD4 clan kidnapped my son!

[Sephora]

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/521731

I have to say I feel pretty bad for these parents. I think they did the right thing, in trying to limit the amount of video-game playing the son was doing. I'm sure alot of parents are struggling with WOW addictions, etc.

That said, I think it's a been of a stretch to presume a COD clan would be involved in the kidnapping. I think calling it a 'clan' doesn't help matters, and people will misconstrue this article a bit.

Here's hoping they find the kid.

[mariokarter]

its seems completely speculative. Maybe he ran away from home for some completely unrelated reason?

[appleb]

"I'm worried he has met someone online through this game. It could be organized crime or someone involved in Internet gambling. Pedophiles can stalk kids through these games," the tormented father said in an interview last night.

Yeah, that's it. It was organized crime that instigated the child to run away from home.

It says right in the article the reason he ran away from home was because the parents took away his xbox.

[Impossibles]

Nothing says "please don't go, I love you" like helping pack your kid's bags when they threaten to run away.

That said, 9 days without contact...thats very concerning.

[skeletor]

lol stupid kid.. I don't get how these parents would allow this kid to play games for unhealthy lengths on end consistently for as long as 18 months. Especially when his grades start to slip, he should have been confronted then...

*removed*

[numnum]

This sounds like a pathetic attempt to grab media's attention if you ask me.

Who helps their kid pack and then expects them not to leave?

And blaming the internet for brainwashing their kid to believe that it would be better out there then at home just goes to show there was something wrong at home. They should be blaming themselves first. For not teaching their son to know better.

Then again, nine days is a really long and there's no follow up story on whether the kid's come home by now.

[Setz]

man if i could play cod4 all day... i'd do some crazy ****

[Impossibles]

lol stupid kid.. I don't get how these parents would allow this kid to play games for unhealthy lengths on end consistently for as long as 18 months. Especially when his grades start to slip, he should have been confronted then...
[/IMG]

I once rented a room in a basement, the son of a family also lived in the basement. The mother warned me that I couldn't get high speed internet because the son had an online gaming addiction. I didn't really believe it until I saw this kid play Diablo straight through the night day after day. He would play until 6 or 7 then sleep until 3 or 4.

Its a little difficult for parents to monitor a kid 24 hours a day, especially at night when they have computers in bedrooms.

[mariokarter]

I once rented a room in a basement, the son of a family also lived in the basement. The mother warned me that I couldn't get high speed internet because the son had an online gaming addiction. I didn't really believe it until I saw this kid play Diablo straight through the night day after day. He would play until 6 or 7 then sleep until 3 or 4.

Its a little difficult for parents to monitor a kid 24 hours a day, especially at night when they have computers in bedrooms.

Well if the computer was in the family room it would be easier to monitor right?

[warren_s12888]

Kid must be using UAV Jammer

[ericssonboi]

Kid must be using UAV Jammer

UAV Jammer!!!

[edgedamage]

I once rented a room in a basement, the son of a family also lived in the basement. The mother warned me that I couldn't get high speed internet because the son had an online gaming addiction. I didn't really believe it until I saw this kid play Diablo straight through the night day after day. He would play until 6 or 7 then sleep until 3 or 4.

Its a little difficult for parents to monitor a kid 24 hours a day, especially at night when they have computers in bedrooms.

Most routers can set time limits to connected computers. But if someone really needs to get online they can find ways.

[Impossibles]

Well if the computer was in the family room it would be easier to monitor right?

The guy was 19 years old, and he paid for his computer. Its not uncommon at all for kids to have computers in their rooms.

[goJays]

^^ the original YOU ARE GOING TO GET RAPED picture is better. u know, the guy who REALLY owns that brown leather coat.

[mariokarter]

The guy was 19 years old, and he paid for his computer. Its not uncommon at all for kids to have computers in their rooms.

But you wouldn't ley your 19 year old child ruin their lives with drugs even if he paid for them all himself, so why let him do it with games?