In Call of Duty: Warzone, a young boy talks about how he is bullied. When he meets a nice teammate, it warms the hearts of many players. However, some see a big problem in this topic and are angry at the parents of the underage soldier.
In the hardcore battle royale “Call of Duty: Warzone”, you have to fight against over 100 enemies. A young boy recently told a seasoned soldier that he also has to deal with nasty bullies in his own team.
The 11-year-old and his new friend are the shooting stars in the CoD community. Despite all the love, the situation also receives justified criticism.
On reddit, the post about the mini-soldier with the squeaky voice went viral. The big protector is called Quzga and has captured the situation on video, asking in his post: “How hard can it be not to be mean to children?”
“You are the first one who is not mean to me”
After not even a day (as of July 20, 3 PM), the post has over 13,700 upvotes and in 1,400 comments, players discuss the situation. Here’s a sneak peek:
What happened? In the clip, we see or rather hear the boy talking about how his teammates made fun of him in the shooter.
The “team” forced the little one to use gray weapons and took away his actually good ones. If he hadn’t gone along with the deal, there would have been multiple reports, which the boy apparently has great respect for. On top of that, the naughty ones took all his money and didn’t even buy him back into the game.
On reddit, there’s more information about the situation:
- Here we learn that the boy is very happy that someone is supporting him while playing Warzone.
- Quzga is actually the first teammate who hasn’t been mean to the 11-year-old.
- As a reward for listening and not being mean, he even got a performance where he sounds like a Russian. Well, the good intentions count.
Much love but also harsh criticism from the community
What soldiers appreciate: Especially Quzga receives a lot of praise for taking the boy under his wing. People commend him for breaking the toxic cycle that the public chat is known for.
According to his own statement, the entire situation reminded the creator of the reddit post of his youth: He took his first shooter steps in Halo 3 at the age of 11.
Quzga also reports that the other two random team members scolded the boy directly and told him to shut up. Only he listened to the sufferings of the little soldier and played with him as a team.
User djsmarshall honors this with:
As a father of an 8-year-old boy, thank you. I hope there are more people like you who will play games when my son starts playing adult games. He is currently playing Fortnite, but is only allowed to chat when I’m in the room with him or he’s with real-life friends.
via reddit
Other users write that they categorically get upset about young children as teammates. But many have a serious problem with the boy’s age.
Is Warzone too brutal for kids?
This causes trouble: The fact that the 11-year-old is even allowed to play Warzone upsets some users. Even though the story is heartwarming, it shouldn’t be okay. Especially the parents of the anonymous boy are being blamed:
“This is a nice thing, but children of this age should not be in this game [Warzone]. Blame the parents.” Says, for example, jackwmc4 (via reddit) and receives a lot of support.
Due to the high popularity of the free-to-play game, there are also numerous guides for parents of underage Warzone players (via safeinternet.org). Here, the issues, the in-game shop, and the language are warned about, and tips for dealing with it are provided if the child absolutely wants to play the trendy shooter.
What do you think? Do you support the little boy and are glad he finally met a nice teammate? Or do you find it reprehensible that such a little one is even playing Warzone and see parents as having a stronger responsibility to watch over their children? Let us know in the comments.
A similar story about a minor who was taken under the wing of an adult in a shooter sparked a lot of discussion on MeinMMO: 2 Twitch streamers take a 9-year-old to the highest PvP rank in Destiny 2.
