Video games are detrimental to the modern day society.

My opponent says that I have been misleading the readers and comprehending his argument. I confess I did fail to comprehend his argument because it was not concise and did not follow, overall, a readable, at least to me, format. I will now spend the next few lines to explain as best as I could as to why I plea not guilty to his accusation of me misleading the reader. I. Accuracy of information: I try to find the most recent article or statistics relating to my argument and I double check most of the links that I post for correctness. II. Wording of phrases and spelling/grammar: I try to reread everything that I write, but because of time constraints, and because I'm only human, I can not possibly find every single error there is or every inconsistency. Therefore, I beseech the reader to overlook the occasional mistakes. III. Since this is my first argument, I do not know much about the preferred format of the debates although I have analyzed the structure of other debates and read the rules and terms. Please leave a comment about anything I might have missed and I would be very grateful. I am sorry if anything seems misleading and I will try and remember to not let it happen again if the reader could comment on what was misleading. I "In a debate, both points of perspective are both opinions, not facts… Then what's the difference between the debate and just copy and pasting words from sources?" Certainly debates are about opinions, but the opinions have to be justified by facts. I do not give exact numbers because they are indeed changing; I only give the rounded figure. The difference is that a debate is, by definition a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal. Copy and paste is just as the name suggest, copy and paste things. II "'I am sure that 25% of the world to somewhat degree, is glued to some technology that interferes with their life' This I did not state. Stop forcing words down my throat." Are you sure, after all, I did copy and pasted that statement from Round 3. III "You obviously cannot comprehend my statement because you did not read it thoroughly enough. …Did you ever see chess games for consoles in videogame stores?" Okay, let me revise my statement, you say game play of games that seem educational are 99% not educational, right? But doesn't a game like COD 3 help you more than just by telling the brief history of WWII? It helps: - social skills- you have to communicate efficiently - teamwork- you need to work together - tactic work- you have to strategize your plan for the mission - reflexes- you have to react fast in such games - concentration- you need to focus on the task at hand - management skills- you have to travel and battle efficiently and it also helps you to prepare for war etc. Its seems that you are also "forcing words down my throat." Do you think you know me that well from the things that I told you in school? I don't seem to remember; perhaps you can juggle my memory, when I have ever said I don't play video games. I know I said I don't own consoles, but that's because I'm poor. Yes, in fact, I saw several chess games when I went to Game Stop on Thursday with my friends when we wanted to buy controllers for his Xbox. IV "Really, I never said that I had 1st hand perspective and nor do you since the only games you play are online. I have actually played similar football games before so I have a slight idea of it. You, on the other hand, can't have anything to say because you didn't even own any consoles before." Of course you didn't, or otherwise I would be quoting you. In round 3, what you mean when you said "1st hand perspective is always most obvious?" If you did not have 1st hand perspective, then what perspective did you have to back up your statements? Everything other than 1st hand perspective is research because you have to inquire the information from others. Wow, where did you learn your deductive skills? Obviously you don't know me that well. Just because I don't own any consoles doesn't mean I don't play video games. As I have said, just last Saturday, I went to my friend's house to play Dragon Age: Origins for the whole day. Almost every Sunday afternoon, my family would go visit my dad's friend and I would play on his Wii. I don't play video games on the weekdays because of the HW and reading that I have to complete. V "You're funny. So you think people sit on the chair in the bar and just stare quietly at the screen the whole freaking day? …I seriously doubt that they would fix their eyes intently at their screen eh?" Where did I say they just sit and not move? Did I say they didn't need to go to the bathroom? I don't think I did. Beside, they just stay in the bar getting drunk and watching the Superbowl for 4 hours, then what? Celebrate their teams winning by getting more intoxicated or lug home defeated. They can, however, go home with friend and continue the excitement by playing the video game of their favorite sport. VI "Your statistics are not reliable. 9 out of 10 kids have viewed porn at least once. http://www.temptationseries.com...... So you're saying that video games tempting people with sexual ads so that they will spend money and play the game is good?" I believe I said in 2006, note the year, 42% of youths age 10-17 had constantly seen Internet porn, and note the word constantly. Your source dates back to January of 2002, in London. When did I say that video games that tempt people with sexual ads so they will spend money and play the game are good? But we are not debating about the nature of the advertisement of video games, just whether or not the games themselves are detrimental to society. VII "How is it different from dealing drugs? You were saying how the company was not at fault for creating inappropriate games so that the teens can play it. So drug dealers are not at fault for selling drugs because the teens apparently should be able to judge their actions?" Is playing Scribblenauts or Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter or Wii Sports Resort or dozens of other children rated games really going to mess up a 3-7 year olds brain like drugs? People play violent games because they choose to play, don't you agree? You can't force someone to play violent games if they don't want to right? Freedom of choice. I did not say the company is not entirely at fault, after all, humans are corruptible. And most secular people aim for materialistic things, right? What better way to gain ownership of such things then to buy it with money? Now how can a CEO of a gaming company get more money? By getting more customers. How can he/she get more customers? By targeting the most vulnerable age groups: children. But since we are not arguing about how the gaming industry is detrimental to society, I see no use in pursuing this angle further. Same argument goes for the drug industry. http://games.venturebeat.com... VIII "I would advise you to not force words down my throat anymore. …The most popular game of the ps3 is Metal Gear Solid 4." How can you advice me on such matters that you your self have implied? Observe: Directly from round 2 "You think that every kid doesn't watch porn behind their parent's backs or do illegal things?" Let us take out the words every kid (e + k) and since the synonym for every is all (e = a), so by the substitution postulate, every kid equal all kid (e + k = a + k). (Sorry about the parentheses, but we just learned geometry last term and the definitions and theorems are still in my head.) Why would I say parents should watch their kids all day? The influence of peer pressure not only trace back to video games, it is also influenced by TV and the people older than them. When I did my research, I did not look solely on the games for PS3, but the rank of all console based games. After all, not every one who plays video games