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I've lost many a time with the family due to immersive Rpg's, or a nice winning streak on Cod. | |
I like this idea. | |
You'll make people resent you for imposing rules on them like that, better not to make an issue about whatever. | |
NNNNNOOOOO we have to spend time with our families? | |
Besides the mass riots and murders in the streets. | |
yes, it's like when my dad took away my ps3 >.<" (i'm nineteen - stop making fun of me.) although i was pretty annoyed for a while, i did get a lot more reading done, and spoke to my parents and brothers a lot more. so, i like this idea. games are good, but only in moderation. i think that 40+ hr a week gamers will agree it might have been the best idea when asked 30 years into the future if they spent the time wisely. | |
Yeah...What right do they have to do that? That is REALLY stupid. | |
How could they!? Taking away video games for Christmas! All they're giving them in exchange is archery, laser tag, quad biking... I wanna go! :( | |
Who actually wants quality family time besides grandparents? Bah. | |
I am a game addict, but I think that this is actually quite reasonable, and the outdoor laser tag sounds fun. | |
Summer holidays, maybe. But my video games are the only things that get me through Xmas holidays. | |
I can't imagine any kid playing video games whilst having a quad bike waiting for him outside. Especially if you're there with friends/people of your own age. | |
Thats a clever marketing stunt | |
A hotel banning what their customers do? I mean, the activities they're providing are nice, but that's just an incredibly poor decision on their part. Are they really naive enough to think that the parents of these kids don't know their own children as well as the hotel staff? That's ridiculous. | |
I agree 100% with you, Andy. I'm 19 now and during the summer holidays this year, while I was home from university, I went to Cornwall (UK) for a week with my family. I used the internet once in that week, and that was only because I needed to check up on part-time job interviews. Gaming is a good hobby, and for me, hopefully a potential career. But when you're on holiday, you're better off doing something outdoors or being social. In Cornwall, I went to the Eden Project, the Tate St. Ives art gallery, various beaches and attractions, and so on. Gaming is good for spare time, but the Crieff Hydro has a great idea here by essentially making sure kids get the most out of their holiday. You can play games plenty at home. On holiday, it's a time to enjoy yourself, see the sights and attractions, and have fun that doesn't revolve around a virtual world, after all :) | |
I doubt that's going to be enforced but whatever | |
Hm. Well, thats one way to handle the situation. Kids should take advantage of the unique enviroment they're in. I would. History rules! | |
here here! families should spend more time with each other. Sometimes, a little rule here or there may go a long way to a better society. | |
At least they're offering activities that sound quite interesting to do. I wouldn't mind giving up my games temporarily if those choices were offered. | |
Or what about paintball? | |
Places never to travel to as a gamer: China Honourable Mention: United States of America Feel free to improve my list and add to it. | |
This is dumb. Seriously? What's the point? Banning Video Games for a few days? You gonna ban TV too because people just sit in front of those too? | |
That's stupid, I play games and my dad will sometimes walk in and watch, he has a blast just watching. | |
That's one hotel I'll never go to. | |
Somebody seems to not have noticed games are a highly social medium. What a boatload of bullshit. | |
I think it's a good idea. It makes sense for them to make alternative activities, but the ban isn't necessary. It would definitely help, but it seems like it could be a ploy to get people to use the other "attractions" that probably put more money in the hotel's pocket. I'm more inclined to agree because the guy doesn't seem to be attacking videogames, and he isn't a reactionary trying to make things back into the "good ol' days". He genuinely wants people to spend time with each other for the holidays, and he's being cool about it. On a side note to anybody strongly opposed to this: Your likely the ones this program is aimed at. | |
It's one hotel in Scotland. And they're offering quad biking and laser tag as an alternative. It's not quite on Australia's level of attempting to ban independant thought just yet... For what it's worth, for a few days, I'd give up gaming to go quad biking around Perthshire. It's a great part of the world. Not quite on the level of Snowdonia, but it's close... | |
WOAH, LASER TAG? They just got off the HM. And I assumed the mindset of the hotel manager was commonplace. You know what assuming does. | |
If you're playing video games while you're on vacation, you're a fucking idiot. Why not just stay home? | |
Hell yeah! Look at this list! (I BELIEVE that Ceilidh is that sword dance thing - even that's fairly awesome). Also, I just realised it's not Laser Tag, it's Laser Quest. If they get an official franchised set of Laser Quest gear... Those things look like assault rifle-sized miniguns!
With all this in mind... Would you give up video games for a bit, if it meant you got to do the things that happen in video games in real life? Hell, that sounds like a business venture, right there! EDIT! | |
Nice avatar. While I would normally agree...wait...hm... I just think it's a bit authoritarian of them. I like traditional family values, but what if you're not getting along with your family and just need some time away? But whatever, I can see the good intentions here. | |
I think you can see how hard this whole plan fails when they still offer things that families can do apart from each other. Why pay (considerable) money to not do something with your family, when you could do that for free at home? Surely just limit the time spent on videogames over the holidays (because playing games to the exclusion of all others is kind of a depressing trend. I received Condemned: Criminal Origins for christmas a while back and finished it in one sitting. I kinda wish I'd spent Christmas Day with the others a little more.) | |
In all seriousness, though, since I know how stupid and obsessive I was when I was younger, this is a pretty good idea. Even though I think I had more fun playing Metroid Prime, I remember certain vacations much more vividly, and I'd rather have holiday memories I can go back to for the rest of my life than have spent the holidays doing something I could do, well, any day of the week if I felt like it. I just think that there's times where "Hell, I could play this game every other day for the next year...Maybe I should take advantage of the opportunity of me being here in Florida, due to the fact that I'm only here for a week and a half..." | |
I would say that if they had simply taken away the games, I would have been annoyed. I wish I were Scottish... | |
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Scottish Hotel Bans Videogames Over the Holidays
One of the oldest hotels in Scotland is imposing a ban on videogames over the holidays in order to help "restore traditional family values," even if only for a few days.
The Crieff Hydro hotel in Perthshire, Scotland, was founded in 1868 and is believed to be the country's oldest family-run hotel. Managing Director Stephen Leckie, the fifth generation of his family to run the hotel, said earlier this week that he's hoping the ban on gaming will encourage families to spend quality time together over the holidays.
"As a father-of-four, I'm well aware of the role that computer games play in youngsters' lives and they undoubtedly have a place," Leckie told STV. "However with Christmas holidays being the ideal opportunity to spend quality time with our families, we're asking our younger guests to set their consoles and games aside for just a few days of the year and, instead, sample some new activities which they may never have tried before."
The hotel is offering a number of activities for the holiday season ranging from Highland games and ceilidhs to quad biking, archery, "outdoor laser quest" and more. "We're realistic, acknowledging that teenagers may want some time away from their parents, and vice-versa, and there are plenty activities to break free and be independent with family friends or others in their peer group," Leckie said.
I'm obviously not one to be too critical of kids who want to blow their holidays playing videogames (I've done it myself a few times) and obviously this isn't for everyone, but all in all I think it's a pretty cool idea. It's good to put the controller down every now and then and do something else for awhile, and a holiday stay at the Crieff Hydro should certainly qualify as one of those times.
via: GameCulture
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