8-year-old daughter whooping my butt

half the sky · 2003-01-03, 09:00 PM

ok, I've been playing Harry Potter on Playstation 2. Should I fear my daughter whooping my butt in broom flying? I mean, I'm an adult. Is she going to be owning me in Planetside? She's awsome as a pilot with standard joystick controls for flying. :|

Is flying a vehicle in Planetside going to be like the way one would handle flight simulator? Because if so, I'm afraid of my kid!!

�io · 2003-01-03, 09:01 PM

I'd be more afraid that i'm actually playing Harry porter.

half the sky · 2003-01-03, 09:03 PM

Yeah, yeah....My daugter read the whole series by the age of 6. She's a big fan and it's family time for us. We all sit around in front of the game as other families might watch a movie or TV together. When you have kids of your own, you'll understand.

�io · 2003-01-03, 09:38 PM

Wow, now i get the "She's a Delicate Flower. Dammit!" thing. I was just teasing, no need to scald me.

Sandtaco · 2003-01-03, 09:50 PM

Your cool with me if you can make Dio feel bad

But anyways, the flight controls are a really big issue with most people right now.

Hamma · 2003-01-03, 10:29 PM

Sorry sky, must move this thread

Nohimn · 2003-01-03, 10:38 PM

I have a friend who has a 7-year-old daughter. She plays CS and TSO(yes... there are seven year-olds playing TSO. Be VERY afraid). She's pretty good at CS, and if your 8-year-old is good, then be proud you are raising a meat puppet who sits in front of the TV playing videogames who is better at being a meat puppet than you! ALL HAIL THE MEAT PUPPETS!! Now I must go meat puppeteering(play videogames). In the end, what I am trying to say is that it's a videogame, it's nothing scary. But if you want to beat her (and prove that you ARE superior), then train at it.

half the sky · 2003-01-03, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by Sandtaco
Your cool with me if you can make Dio feel bad But anyways, the flight controls are a really big issue with most people right now.

Big issue? Are they different? Please elaborate.

Navaron · 2003-01-03, 10:42 PM

You could do that (

) ................ or you could just use the next punishment as an oppurtunity. Take away her game. Then play it obsessively during the duration, while she gets rusty - you get UBER! Parenting 203 is now closed.

half the sky · 2003-01-03, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by Hamma
Sorry sky, must move this thread

Love the stealth mode I snuck this on-topic thread in under? You didn't even notice I was actually asking about the vehicle controls, huh?

WooooHoooooooo!!!

Hamma · 2003-01-03, 11:51 PM

Mtx · 2003-01-04, 01:22 AM

I don't really know what to tell you. Maybe she is just able to learn faster than you. Rootbeer could be what is killing your competative edge.

Try flying a helicopter in Vice City. If you can't complete the Helicopter course within 2:30.... well.

(Best time is 1:58)

Bighoss · 2003-01-04, 02:29 AM

damn you have a good family my parents are obsessed with cards and board games LAZY TOO they never go anywhere I ski competivly and they hate snow and make me shovel it ! like tommorow god damnit were getting like a foot.

If she beet's you to many times just ground her mostly because you can but partly because your angry... (I just realized I should probauly never have kids)

Toimu · 2003-01-04, 06:00 AM

Originally posted by Nohimn
[B]...But if you want to beat her (and prove that you ARE superior),

I started laughing so hard when I read this. Then I read this.

Originally posted by Nohimn
...then train at it...

Totally misunderstood you Nohimn.

half the sky · 2003-01-04, 11:11 AM

She's very humble about it and tells me I'm doing great. She honestly doesn't realise how amazing she is.

This is a child who spoke her first word at 3 mos and was speaking in long, elaborate sentences at 10 months. I first noticed her reading words at one year.

She's destined for greatness. Eating her dust is ok with me because its HER dust and I love her. I was just hoping to be able to hold her off till she was in high school or something.

ok, so can anyone answer my question about flying vehicle controls in planetside? Are they like standard joystick controls you would use for flight simulator???