I will never support the murder of a video game console, or heaven forbid, a PC. Just thinking about what is was like back in the day before cloud saves were a thing…
Side note: I got an OLED Switch last year, and yesterday I decided to hop back in to Animal Crossing when I realized I never did an island transfer before formatting and giving away my previous switch. Yes, I cried.
When you put a lot of time/effort into something, it hurts to lose it. My condolences, @Charlie_Bear!
@DaringSprinter thank you 🥲
@Mike403 Yeah, exactly. You’re only hearing one side of the story. If any kids post stuff on the internet about their parents, they all are going to look like the worst parents in the World. How can any of us know what happened to his gaming equipment? That’s what I mean by personal matter. I don’t know why anyone would post that kind of thing on the internet for millions of strangers to look at. That’s probably worse than breaking your sons stuff. You can buy new stuff. You can’t buy a new reputation.
Pro Fortnite player’s PC completely destroyed by father during FNCS tournament
A Fortnite player competing in the Fortnite Champion Series has had their PC completely destroyed, as their father decided they had played enough.
Fortnite is an extremely competitive game, and for those who like to take the game seriously, the FNCS tournament is one of the best ways to show your skills and also win some money. This is an annual tournament held by Epic Games, with a prize pool of $3 million USD. Unfortunately, the opportunity to play in this tournament has been ruined for one player, as their father decided to completely destroy their PC setup.
The FNCS tournament began on July 8 with the Qualifiers, drawing in competitive Fortnite players across various countries and platforms.
Fortnite Player Rem was in the middle of competing when his PC was completely destroyed by his Father on July 9. According to Jake Lucky‘s report, the player “had to go to a family member’s house mid tournament, his dad gave him a couple of minutes to get off, when Rem refused, he smashed everything.”
In the video that the player posted, you can see that their whole PC setup was destroyed, including their monitors and headset....
[Read the full story on CharlieIntel.com.]
Imagine being a passenger in that car ride 😬
FATHER DESTROYS PROFESSIONAL’S PC IN THE MIDDLE OF A 3 MILLION TOURNAMENT
Fort Worth, Texas – Despite the brightly colored facade and the often-meme-fan culture surrounding Fortnite, the battle royale has become a serious esports title. Especially in the Champion Series, there are often large sums of money at stake. No wonder, then, that this tournament is extremely important for many players. The tournament was now fatal for a young Fortnite professional when his father destroyed an entire PC because of it.
[Read the full story at LatestGameStories.com.]
Fortnite player gifted a new PC after parent destroys set-up mid tournament
The popularity of the competitive esports segment has given gaming fans several tourneys where professionals lock horns to emerge as the best. While the world of gaming is known for having unity among each other, intense rivalries are also not uncommon. Brawls and battles of words are also regular. The world of Fortnite also features such gamers. However, these remain confined online and rarely do we see face-to-face altercations. However, a gamer called Rem had to go through this situation against his own parent. Ultimately his setup was destroyed. But luckily he has been gifted a new PC by some good samaritans.
Even though the world of gaming is evolving day by day, there are still several spaces where work needs to be done. In today’s world, gaming is considered a definite career choice by many youngsters. However, people belonging to the previous generation are still skeptical about its prospect. Toxic parenthood also plays an integral part in such incidents. But to understand what is the cause of such ruthless behavior, the entire situation needs to be addressed....
[Read the full story at InsideSport.in.]
This wasn't a private affair. What this man did affected more than his son: everyone watching the tournament saw the effects, even if they didn't know the cause. He probably thought his abuse could be hidden, that no one would know he was the reason a competitor vanished mid-game.
He was wrong.
"You can buy new stuff. You can't buy a new reputation."
"Bruises heal. Reputations don't recover so easily."
"You know what's worse than abuse? Outing the abuser."
"The crying child is probably a liar anyway."
...I gotta take a break.
@DaringSprinter & @SunsetSnuggles - it has been painful to read some of your posts in this thread, especially the quotes from that book. I am sorry you (or anyone) had to endure that type of abuse.
I have 2 grown kids, both in their 20s. I viewed my role as they were growing up to be the “bowling alley bumpers” to keep them from rolling into a gutter but other than that, they were free to use as much of the lane as they wanted. That means I had a lot of conversations with them about critical thinking and decision making. I would try my best to explain likely outcomes of different options but I usually ended the conversation with “but it is your choice.” I only had a VERY small number of rules and my kids knew they had a lot of freedom. They also knew if dad says no, there must be a good reason because I simply did not make arbitrary rules and the few rules I had were for their protection. I never had any significant pushback from either of them because there wasn’t much to push back against.
They made a few mistakes but in the greater scheme of things, their mistakes were trivial. They learned from their occasional bad choices. My oldest is married and now lives in another state but we talk regularly and she often seeks my input on big decisions. She knows I will help her see the pros and cons of different options but that I won’t push her to make the choice I would make because I respect her as an individual to make her own choices even when they differ from my own.
@dave31415 - The identity of the father wasn't revealed, so nobody's reputation has been ruined. The intent of this thread was to start a discussion about the subject.
He also apparently did it during the tournament so everyone who was watching the stream saw it happen live.
Thank you, @JohnR1972. It means a lot to know that there are parents like you in the world. As a friend of mine put it:
The job of a parent is to help kids learn how to be adults. That includes a healthy environment and preparing to be an adult with adult rights. Extreme control and abuse does not prepare kids to be adults. It causes harm and teaches them the wrong things. Teenagers need to be treated with some of the same respect as an adult in order to gain the capability of adults.
The job of a parent is to help kids learn how to be adults. That includes a healthy environment and preparing to be an adult with adult rights. Extreme control and abuse does not prepare kids to be adults. It causes harm and teaches them the wrong things.
Teenagers need to be treated with some of the same respect as an adult in order to gain the capability of adults.
It sounds to me like you understand that perfectly! If only my father were like you.
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@Mike403 Even if he did it, you don’t know why. You don’t know anything about their relationship or family life or problems. I don’t know why people are so concerned with expressing their uninformed opinions about the lives of strangers. Don’t we all have enough problems in our own lives to sort out? These are private family matters. People shouldn’t be airing their dirty laundry on the internet.
90s child here. I've seen how times changed and how electronics evolved from mere property to connections with the larger world. Sort of the first generation of kids to experience that side of things. If I got my phone taken away as a kid, my first concern wasn't "crap, I'm going to be bored now" but instead "crap, what is my girlfriend going to say to me at school tomorrow if I can't answer texts?"
When it comes to kids & their technology, taking away game consoles or phones can have unforeseen ripple effects as others have pointed out already. You're not just affecting your kid, your could be affecting their connections, fans, relationships, and in some cases how they make money. Maybe another kid will give them a hard time at school the next day for feeling ignored, or yes maybe they're able to make money off their games. Some of which is ofcourse going to depend on their age too.
I guess what it all boils down to is what is the extent of the punishment you want your kid to suffer? I'd like to think if I were a parent, I'd give 'em a little time limit 1st. Like "ok, say your goodbyes. Text whoever you gotta text because here in a few you're not going to be saying anything at all. Tell 'em you'll get your stuff back when I say it's ok." That's just my thoughts though.
@dave31415 - Is there ever a valid reason to destroy your child's property? ...and him doing it over a live stream makes it no longer a private matter. The entire world could have been watching.
@Mike403 Probably not. Still, it’s a private matter. Would you want your kids posting information about you on the internet where there is some family dispute? People deserve their privacy.
@dave31415 - I wouldn't act like a douche. This father deserves criminal charges.
@Mike403 Fortunately, we live in a country with a legal system where those disputes can be decided. We let both sides make arguments and a jury who is fully aware of the facts can make an objective decision. We don’t resort to mob rule where uniformed people on the internet can make a knee jerk reaction to emotional videos posted by one of the parties.
@dave31415 - There was another case where a live streamer was caught assaulting his pregnant wife live on stream. Should that be put under wraps because it's a private family matter? Some people deserve to be exposed.
Here's the mentioned video.
@dave31415 I see your point, but if it happened during a livestream, then that doesn't fall entirely on the kid. The kid chose to put themselves out there by recording live, so if a parent walks into the room while that's going on, they're running the risk of putting something private out into the aether the second they walk into the room depending on what they do or say. It's like when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, it's impossible to edit that out live because it's happened in real time. Everyone already saw it.
Now the aftermath we just saw where the kid is venting about it in the video, I don't know if that was his reaction during the stream or something he recorded after the fact, but that's a whole other thing if that's the case ofcourse.
Edit: Just now seeing the messages in between where I was typing. While it sucks how easily private matters can be made public while live, they sure do make for good pieces of evidence sometimes.
@Mike403 Put under wraps? No, it could become evidence in a court of law. It it could be shown to their family therapist. But either way, random people on the internet don’t need to be commenting on it.
@Mike403 For example, what if you learned that the kid bought all the stuff by stealing the money from his grandma. Or what if the father feels that this video game thing has ruined the life of the kid or the family. You can’t know any of that stuff by watching a one sided video. If you did know that stuff, you might have a different opinion. Or maybe none of that happened and the dad is completely unjustified. But that’s why a just society mediates disputes in private in either a therapy situation or through legal means. That way both sides get to put forth their point of view and a just decision can be made. We shouldn’t seek to air private matters on the internet where mob rule is the custom. And we likewise should not become part of the mob by spreading it or commenting on it.
@dave31415 - Destruction of property is never justifiable....period. if the father simply took the computer away from him, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
@Mike403 Ok. Well, that a fine opinion to have. Still, I don’t see why anyone needs to comment on family situations in the lives of random people that you don’t know.
@dave31415 - Because it gives us a break from just talking about cuddling. You seem to be the only one who has a problem with this post.
@Mike403 It’s just a good example of why people need to unplug. The internet is not your life. You have a real life. You have problems of your own that need addressing. There are real people in your life that need help. People use the internet to distract themselves from their real lives and it’s not healthy. People need to take a break from YouTube, Twitter and social media in general. We are becoming a distracted culture where mob rule and misinformation is becoming common and it is hurting families and hurting ourselves.
@Mike403 I’m fine with anyone talking about their own personal experiences. If someone wanted to complain about their own parents, I’d probably just ignore it. But when we devolve into discussing our opinions on some click bait video, that could be fake for all we know, we are degenerating into a mob which is depressing. And so that’s worth speaking up about.
@dave31415 - Maybe there's a plot twist that you're the dad who did this and are trying to defend your actions.
"Is there ever a valid reason to destroy your child's property?" If that property is causing that child or another person serious harm, then yes. Did he trade his bike for a rifle? Did he fire his slingshot at the lawnmower guy? Did he pimp out his sister for a box of M-80s? Did he become seriously addicted to video games and does nothing else but play them?
@JohnfromVienna - Then you take it away. Used PCs still gave value in the market place. He could sell it. Destroying it is just a waste of money and a douchey thing to do. He wanted it to be way more dramatic for the kid.