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A facebook post by Tiffany Pitts
The text reads:
An Argument In Favor of Video Games
From a Quarantined Mother
#Quaranteens #WTFparenting
My 15 yo son has spent every second of
his free time during this pandemic hanging
out online, playing video games with his
friends. He started by ranking up to the
elite tiers of Apex Legends.
I am told this is quite a feat. Honestly, I
believe it because it took him and his
friend 6 hours a day for a week to rank that
high.
After that came Sea of Thieves. He joined
up with more friends and sailed the digital
oceans until piracy lost it’s shine. Also,
when two friends started arguing in game.
2 nights ago they made a plan to meet up
as a big group on Fortnight. None of them
really play Fortnight much anymore
because the crowd is a little younger. But
they didn’t want to work too hard at
playing, they just wanted to hang out.
Last night, six of them met up again on
Fortnight to hang out and play. They were
goofing off, doing stupid teenager stuff,
when they met a solo player named
JamMaster.
Sometimes if they meet solo players that
are pretty chill, they’ll join forces.
JamMaster seemed pretty young but he
was by himself and they were having fun
showing him what they knew about the
game. They invited him to join their crew.
Pretty soon they discovered that their first
impressions were correct. JamMaster
WAS much younger than they were - only
10 years old. They also discovered that it
was his birthday in the morning.
The boys realized that JamMaster had
been hanging out by himself all night, on
the eve of his 1 Ith birthday- which he
would be spending by himself in
quarantine.
CLEARLY SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE.
Y'ALL, THEY THREW HIM AN 11TH
BIRTHDAY PARTY
They took him on a bunch of adventures,
gave him all the loot they could, helped
him win a few battles, and made his stay
up until midnight so they could all sing
happy birthday to him.
This morning, as my son told me about
their adventures and all the fun they had, I
started to cry. I was trying to say
something like “Oh that’s so nice” but tears
just started spilling down my cheeks. He
could not understand why.
But…but…
CAN YOU IMAGINE? The disappointment
of being quarantined for your 1 Ith birthday
only to be met by a random six-pack of
teenage gamers who decide you’re
awesome and want to throw you a birthday
party?
What a roller coaster. What an experience.
What an incredible thing to do for a young
gamer.
In conclusion: video games, hell yeah.
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