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How do you convince your parents to let you buy an MMORPG?

Im 17, I have enough money to cover the monthly fee, I can purchise the game myself, I have the time to do it, but my dad is caught up on the whole $15 monthly fee. How should I get him to understand its my money, not his?

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1. say that im old enough to pay for my own stuff and i can afford it, and ( just say that u wont get addicted to it but really u can ) and just a question wat game is it?
2. Tell him it's either 15 bucks a month on video games, or 15 bucks a day on drugs. But seriously, I look at it this way: It cost $15 for my happiness. I play Dark Age of Camelot, one of the best games ever, and all the goodness of that game makes $15 look like a good deal. And even better, if you ever get sick of a game you play monthly, just sell your account on eBay for a good price. I've seen accounts for DAOC go for hundreds of dollars.
3. Just walk up to him and say, " hey bitch i'm buying this game whether you like it or not" then go buy the stupid thing.
4. Buy guild wars its a fantastic game and is the only good rpg game that dosnt charge a monthly fee
5. You should buy Guild Wars. There is no monthly fee, so your dad won't have to worry about that. All there is is the buying the actual game and that's it!
6. Here's one way you might be able to explain it. At $15 a month, that's around $0.50 a day. Typically a MMORPG game will have a useful playing life of at least one year I'd say, unless the game was really bad. So theoretically, in the end the $15 a month is a lot cheaper than if you were to spend money on buying regular games, which depending on the game may only be played a month or two. And as for the non-monthly fee games, the non-monthly fee part might be nice at first, but I think from a new content perspective, I have doubts about the game maker's commitment to adding new content to increase the longevity of the game. There is no incentive for these companies to continue additional development since they've already made their money when people initially purchase the game. While in the case of monthly fee MMORPGs, it's in the best interest of the company to add new content to keep their customers. Good example, WoW (World of Warcraft). It's been out for a little over one and a half years. They just released their 1.11 patch. Every patch has added new content that was previously not in the game.
7. I understand where you are coming from. Your Dad probably has 2 concerns: what he seens on the news about these kind of games (the guy who died in that cafe for playing for 60 hours straight) AND the money. Not only that...but you are at an important time in your life: soon you will graduate and have to make a choice that will impact what you do for the rest of your life: work, military or college? I would make sure that those plans are set in stone first and that your dad knows this. If I was in his shoes and my son was saying he wanted to spend $15 per month to play a videogame, I would be worried that I would be supporting him for the next 10 years while he lives in my basement....UNLESS he had a plan for the future. There is no bad choice in those 3...you just have to have a plan that works for you. The other thing is are YOU truly paying by going out and having a job or is this coming out of an allowance? Do you have a tendency to not follow through with commitments even though you've promised to do so? I ask these because MANY people in your generation are given things and expect it: like cars, allowances, etc. And then when they don't get something, they scratch their head and wonder why. I am not saying this is your situation, but if it is...THAT has a big part on why your dad doesn't want to invest his own money to help you sit on your butt all day and play games. If that isn't the case...tell him that this is a very minor decision and that you hope he will let you make it. Sign a document stating that if you stop paying, he can cancel it immediately and not have to start it up again in the future. Honor that agreement. Lastly, if your dad has a credit card balance and it's getting charged to a card...I can understand why he doesn't want to throw that on the heap. That $15 per month could end up costing him much more if he doesn't pay the balance off.