Www.mavav.org

[Mark]

Read the site-then how angry do you get?

They are obvouisly sad people. Yet, as it goes, so am I.

That's why I wrote them this Email. Enjoy.

Hello there.

Having recently visited your website and taking into account many of your points, I can honestly say that I have never read so much rubbish in my life. Do not stop reading; I have more to say.

Video games are an art form; as such are Television programs and Movies. The violence, sex and drug use seen in OUR form of art is nothing compared to the other two. You may be surprised to hear that sex has been in video games for around 20 years, by which I draw your attention to an Atari 2600 game called Custer's Revenge.

http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/atari26/q4-03/r.htm

It is, however, with the more realistic graphics of today that you have problems. But think about it-just because something looks more realistic doesn't make it any more real.

The number of violent acts caused by video games are few. The games do not provide a training ground for murderer's; they stop murderer's from killing for real.

Overall I think you will agree that you are being narrowminded and depriving your children of a wonderful and exciting experience. I have been playing video games all my life; and they are a rewarding and rich entity.

And maybe blame yourself instead of the video games for the children you have raised.

Your's Very Sincerely,
Mark

 

[unlucky]

very sharp + 2 the point.... that atari game is the stupidest thing i have seen .. i think

 

[Daz_Genetic]

I sent them an Email

Hi,

I think you need a hobby. I recommend videogames as they are very therapeutic. I know it's frustrating trying to play them when you don't have any technical skills or hand/eye coordination, but getting jealous and trying to ruin it for everyone isn't helping now, is it?

Yours

Darren Tilley

 

[Mark]

Maybe we could set up a GAMAVAV (Gamer's Aganist..)

 

[rcx21000]

Hmmm..... (notice, that time it was on purpose. <-- if you don't understand that, look at my sig)

I've sent them a letter, too

Here it is (sorry if it sounds like bragging, but I had to tell them about how good I am at everything ):

Dear MAVAV,

I disagree with your opinion (not fact) that video games decrease all grades except for comptuer education. When I started using video games, I found them so interesting, and fun that I decided to learn how to make some. I looked on the internet, and found some tutorials how to program, and I started that. Of course, I was/am not able to program as well as programmers that are working for a games company, but I am only 12.

Since most games/AI algorithms need math, I started asking my dad about complicated math concepts (for example moving a point around another point in a circle, which invloves trigonometry). My math skills suddenly went up. In 2nd-3rd grade I was average. 4-6th (I'm in now) I was ahead of my whole class.

Now I am in a program called EPGY (Education Program for Gifted Youth - www.epgy.org) in both Math, and Computer programming.

All my other grades have been praticly unaffected, even upped, becuase now I am almost always above the class average in every class.

I do admit that I have all the symptoms of "over gaming", but (1) I hardly game any more and (2) I have moved from city to city a lot (losing good firends/ect, actually playing multiplayer games with my old friends even helps me feel more with them), and recently I have moved to Germany, where everyone speaks a strange language, and I am even farther away from my friends.

I hope that this e-mail has been worth your time and you might reply to it (you could even convince me that gamimg is bad, who knows?),
Daniel (my real name is Marc, but if I put that, then they might think that me and you are the same person or something )

EDIT: GAMAVAV.tk Status: Place holder site done
Steps:
1. Register
2. Set up small placeholder site with a bit of info
3. Wait until someone either offers me to host on a better connection, or someone justs wants to take the whole project

 

[Delsabre]

I read about this awhile ago.

MAVAV is a spoof by college students.

 

[rcx21000]

Whatever, I'm still doing GAMAVAV

It's going to be a spoof by homeschool student

EDIT: Or mabye not.... I'm too lazy

 

[ThndrShk2k]

http://a.parsons.edu/~dyoo/2002-3/interactivity/mavav/

it's actually amusing, i might buy a shirt or sticker and put it around my school XD

That will piss off people, once you know it's a fraud it becomes more of an inside joke XD

 

[finty]

Marc your only twelve? shit when i was twelve i was a dumbass only interested in girls, though i was always ahead of my class .

 

[rcx21000]

Marc your only twelve? shit when i was twelve i was a dumbass only interested in girls, though i was always ahead of my class .

Yes 12+19 days

 

[diablo2]

i am 14

they do have real things like that
people against gta

i hate people like that
they make things less fun

 

[Rico]

Hahahahahahaha!

This was on Penny Arcade roughly 15 months ago, yes it's retarded, it's also fake. Oh well, at least you vented out some rage, which is always good. Thx to Delsabre & ThundrShk who pointed it out before me.

 

[Rico]

Maybe we could set up a GAMAVAV (Gamer's Aganist..)

It's been done

 

[diablo2]

lol :lol:

 

[*Dc*hardcoregamez]

i played tahta atari game too when i was like 8 HAHAHAHHAHA good times.


Ya i ahte these people whon think games cause violence.

its not supid violent games its stupid violent kids or just stupid kids


AND THEY AHVE A DAMN RATING idiot parents that dont want them playionn GAT check the damn mark. M is MATURE NOT MAGICAL FFUN!

 

[Efompor]

I should put that picture on the main site in my signature
EDIT: done

 

[ThndrShk2k]

M is MATURE NOT MAGICAL FFUN!

Yeah, but if it was wouldn't it be MF? of coruse mothers would say "Wha!?" at the MF due to it looks like mutha F'er

 

[Ringo]

I once saw a similar spoof-page that was about hating Marylin Manson and his fans... He recieved several hate-mail and death-treats.

I don't really se the point, or understand what it prooves to make pages like this. Seriously I would'nt run the risk... You won't know who will take offence.

 

[Rico]

Erm... did you click the link? It was for a school assignment, he was actually asked to dupe people. Even if it wasn't ... people get a lot of fun out of trolling, they enjoy the hate mails.

What was that quote... "Video games don't influence people. If video games influenced us guys who played Pacman back in high school, we'd grow up swallowing pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."

 

[divadsci]

wish i'd read the rest of the thread before sending them this:

I would like to ask how you believe that these children and young teenagers get these games?

Any game that contains explicit content will have a warning on the front and also have an age limit on it. Now if these games can't be sold to the children themselves then how are they getting the games? Either the parents will be buying these games for them or the shopkeeper will be being leanient. Either way this does not involve the companies that produce the games, they are doing all they can to stop "immature" audiences from buying their games but what can they do if the shops are willing to break the rules or a parent (who is against their child observing the explicit content) who does not take notice of the warnings on the packaging?

yours sincerly David Entwistle