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To: 2ndDivisionVet
My twin 10-year old boys and their friends are doing quite well without Fortnite tutors. That said, they know how to search for YouTube videos to learn how to use new features. They win lots of their rounds.

I have misgivings about the game. They play it in my home office or nearby, so I hear the interaction. On plus side, they are learning teamwork. Very valuable. On the negative side, they are killing opponents. In the latter I figure it is no different than when I was young and we played Cowboys & Indians or Allies & Germans. I have though, on the Nintendo switch, limited their daily play to two hours. Great feature to keep tabs on and limit their play. Further, those two hours are conditions on doing something academic of equal time.

3 posted on 08/01/2018 10:49:32 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Reno89519

That’s good parenting. On a side note, I apologize for my actions and attitude vis a vis Cruz and the last election. Things got heated and emotion took over at times.


4 posted on 08/01/2018 10:52:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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would you allow your 10 yr old girls, if you had them, to spend 2 hrs a day on trash?...even if the girls are learning "teamwork"??

no you would not....

two hrs a day...TWO HOURS A DAY!

5 posted on 08/01/2018 10:53:04 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: Reno89519

I don’t know very much about it but two of my kids, very far apart in age, have spoken of it. One is 21 and he plays it in teams with his far flung friends. the other is 6 and she only Is interested in the fortnite dance moves. So I dont have a real idea how this shooter game you play in teams, has all theses dance moves. Feeling old!


8 posted on 08/01/2018 11:10:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Reno89519

As the next war (or the latest one) is going to be fought by remote control battling swarms of drones, its probably not bad training. The flip side is that while playing cowboys and indians we spent hours rushing, creeping, climbing and stalking through the woods which kept us fit while burning off spare energy, and sometimes even we let the girls be squaws.


10 posted on 08/02/2018 1:05:19 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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