Things to know parents whose children are enthusiastic mobile game Clash of Clans
Games / / December 19, 2019
Clash of Clans was released in 2012 and immediately gained immense popularity, especially among children aged 7 to 14 years. She's colorful, bright, easy to learn and very addictive.
However, like many other mobile games, Clash of Clans is created in order to form a player relationship and gently force him to spend real money for in-game items. Children can easily fall under this influence. Layfhaker gathered all the necessary information that will help prevent this from happening.
What is the game
Clash of Clans - it is a strategy. The player builds his base, saves resources, trains fighters to repel the attacks of enemies and he attacks. The first few battles take place in the single-player mode, but the user gets quite quickly in multiplayer, come into clan and starts to attack foreign bases.
In Clash of Clans are four basic types of resources: gold, elixir, elixir and black crystals. Gold and both types of elixir extracted by special buildings on the basis of, or during attacks on other players. The crystals are awarded for certain actions during a game or bought for real money.
In the App Store and Google Play the game exposed rated "9+" and "7+", respectively. Developers themselves say that Clash of Clans is designed for children aged 13 years and older. But in fact, no age verification in the game there. Set it can be anyone who has a Google account or iTunes.
Price: Free
Price: Free
Than it can be dangerous
Addictive gameplay
Like many other mobile game, Clash of Clans literally created to players performed in it as much as possible. It is always something happens: it finishes building under construction, the base attack enemies. And every event is accompanied by the notification that the user will not miss anything.
Because of this, the game can seriously carried away human with unstable or not fully formed psyche, such as the child. Without outside control it can become a problem.
What to do
To avoid this, you can still at an early stage agree on how much time a day the child will dedicate the game. You can also configure exactly what you'll receive notifications from the app. To do this in the game go to "Settings" - "Advanced settings".
nedetskiy chat
The game has two types of chat: global and clan chat. Global chat is moderated by developers clan - the players themselves. Despite this, both in chat rooms can be found direct and veiled profanity, threats, and other little use for children's things. Also, there can live fraudsters, hunting for a user's personal information.
What to do
To protect the child, it is necessary first of all to explain to him that you can not communicate with strangers home address, email, your full name, parents' names, card numbers and generally any personal information. It is also necessary to include a chat filter in the "Advanced settings". It does not work perfectly (especially Russian), but it works.
In addition, it makes sense to periodically verify personally what is going on in the chat games where the child she is busy. Any suspicious player can hide the chat by clicking on its message, and then on "Mute."
in-game purchases
In Clash of Clans has in-game purchases. Their cost ranges from 75 to 7490 rubles. Basically for real money game offers to buy crystals - a resource that is spent mostly on the immediate completion of the action.
The fact that many of the steps in the strategy carried out after some time. For example, to teach a barbarian, you need a few seconds, but train them usually just dozens. On the improvement of the building may require 15-20 minutes. This system is designed so that the player encountering obstacles on the way to his next battle, spent crystals on the completion of instant action.
All compounded by the fact that sometimes the button "Spend crystals" look like "Next" button. mobile games unfamiliar people may not realize that he has a choice: to wait or spend valuable resource.
What to do
Solve this problem shutdown in-game purchases through the system settings. Better yet, do not tie your card to the account, which is used by a child.
unsafe applications
On Android there are modified versions of Clash of Clans - those that have been removed or timers players from the outset given the almost infinite supply of resources. The sense in which there is little, because they do not have access to the servers, created by developers, and they can not take on other players. Nevertheless, they are popular. Especially among children, because they allow to get all of the buildings, fighters and improvements to the database immediately.
On the Internet you can find thousands of links to download these versions. You can not trust them: any of them may bring on a smartphone or tablet virusWho give personal data to the attacker.
What to do
To avoid this, disable the installation of apps from unknown sources. The eighth version of Android older than this option is in the settings tab "Security". In the eighth and ninth Android you need to go to the tab "Applications and notifications", to open the menu "Advanced Settings", click on "Special Access" and "The installation of unknown applications."
Than it can be useful
Due to the above-mentioned dangers may seem that children do not should fend for Clash of Clans. it not this way: The probability that you will be faced with one of these problems is very small (but it is, so it's best to be prepared). Moreover, the game certainly will benefit your child: help develop important skills and pleasure.
communication
Basis Clash of Clans - interaction with other players, mainly within the clan. The child will constantly communicate with people, discuss with friends, characters, different bases of construction strategy and so on. The game can become a common topic of conversation with many peers that will help your child to pump social skills.
The development of strategic thinking
In Clash of Clans you need to constantly make choices. Some fighters to train, build a building, exactly where to place their soldiers at the time of the attack on the enemy base, to minimize losses. All this helps the child to develop a tactical thinking and deepen the understanding of the cause-and-effect relationships.
Fun
In the end, playing Clash of Clans, the child enjoys. This is a simple-to-learn game with colorful cartoon graphics. Each button is pressed nice, every action causes a feeling of progress. The child has a good time. Especially if you play with friends.
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