Yeah, the title says it all, my little sister of 7 [YES 7] plays WoW, and is in fact playing a blood elf hunter as we speak.
I'm worried about her, not only is she playing on the internet, but on WoW, or should I say Warcrack. I've told my parents I don't want her playing, but they don't seem to care.

No, I will not give you her player details.

What do I do D:

If your parents don't seem to care, then you should probably convince her yourself. Don't necessarily coerce her to stop playing, just offer her more fun things to do. Like, have her hang out with her friends, or you yourself can do stuff with her that does not involve internet gaming. Have her decide for herself that she'd rather do "better" things than play WoW.

Haha, I'm at my friend's house... she plays WoW, along with two of her friends. They created a character for me... but how do people play this game? I need to introduce them to FPSes d:

As for your sister, she's probably a lost cause. She's hooked at SEVEN. It's getting worse D=

Hmm, I'm so torn, leave it as it is, or turn it into a gigantic weapon for the Anti-WoW peepz..

Well your sister is only 7. At that age, anything she does will shape who she becomes later on. Imagine what she'd be like 5-10 years later if she continues gaming like this... As her caring older brother, you decide how you want to shape her and the consequences for everything she does.

Electronic entertainment: Natural selection for humanity back in action!

Just kidding. If you confront her over it ('negative' solution), chances are she'll just be repelled away from you (unless she really respects you; difficult to achieve with siblings). If you leave her alone ('neutral' solution), she'll just grow more accustomed and comfortable with the game, and it'll just get worse (Blizzard wouldn't be making so much fucking money if people stopped playing, now would they?). If you venture to offer or suggest something else fun to do or do with her ('positive' solution), she may not respond to it (at least at first), but that's really the only reliable method you can count on to get an in-road to persuade her.


Ultimately, you can only change people with positive "force"; negative "force" just repels them (over the long term). Until humans decide to act with logic, that's just the way things work with people. Especially females.

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Hm.
She has nil respect for me, or my parents, I'm an asshole, I'll admit, and I don't doubt it has something to do with being a gamer, anyway, she's already a rotten brat, and I highly doubt that this will help her become a nicer person with greater respect for her family.

We'll just see what happens when WoW gets cut off.

Depending on how big of a deal it is to you, you could sabotage her computer. That sounds like a pretty serious situation, honestly. I like the life I've chosen as a gamer, but it's not something I'd wish on someone if they weren't aware of the consequences, which I'm sure she's not. At my school, all the girls who do some sort of masculine type activity (gaming, ROTC, etc.) are either not popular at all, or on the very lowest rung of the social ladder. GL.

It's kind of, my gaming rig, and if I sabotage it, I highly doubt my parents would believe the computer did it, they are gamers too, they know how this shit works.

What's so wrong about her playing WoW?
Get her to play SCII instead whenever it gets released

I don't support nor go against her gaming, but playing online in an MMO at 7 years old, seriously, there's something fucking wrong man.

I used to watch my dad surfing internet with netscape when I was a kid... Didn't have a computer of course but meh
But I started programming at about 8 years old with a computer PC that had some BASIC isntructions.
I don't think there's anything wrong with her playing WoW...

She's 7. Talking to 15+ year olds...

Your sister is obviously male, seeing as how she is using the intertubes.

Reminds me of the old SEN with RuneScape... but a few years older in which I was never involved. She isn't the only one, I've once played Wolfenstein 3D at an age of seven when it came out. And my god how boring it was.

Maybe WoW's tedious monotony and lack of serious gameplay will cause her to tire of it.

Couldn't of said it better.

Suggest playing a musical instrument - if she's the right type of person, it can be quite addicting and time-consuming.
Or introduce her to some sports, maybe something connected with dancing.

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Make a trial account, level past her, camp her.

Let her do what she wants to.