Gearheads of War

Johann Nishiki
and
Timothy Arashi.

Many of you have already added them to your friends list.  Thank you.  They use "Friends Only" settings, and that will not change for a long time.  I am not asking anyone to change their style of play.  If people can try to watch their language a little, I think that is really cool. Really, the four letter words don't bother me, it is more the Full Metal Jacket type lengthy references to skulls and other parts of the body that I would rather they not hear (though that kind of talk rarely happens). If things get pretty rough, they will take it upon themselves to just mute individuals from the dashboard for a while. Ultimately, as tyrus pointed out in another thread, this is a mature rated game, and were there laws, my boys wouldn't even be able to play.  Yet, as Kenai pointed out in that same thread, when you can't wrestle bulls, sometimes you just need to blow stuff up.  We don't live on a ranch, so we blow stuff up in the virtual world.  

Actually, the main reason for going ahead and letting them jump into Gears, is because I hate playing separately from them.  This should be an excellent opportunity for father/son bonding, and instead, we each take turns on the machine, and next thing we know, the weekend is gone and we haven't spent much time together.  In anticipation of Gears 2 and multiple 360s in the house, I am getting them all "practiced up".

Thank you to those who have already made them feel welcome, and to those who invite them in in the future.  As I said, when Gears 2 comes out, we will be getting at least one more box, and will be able to make up 3/5ths of a team - or 3/10th of a room!  I can't wait.