You wanna know what I think... I think that the ESRB should rate Runescape. This would help parents decide if their kid should be playing the game. But just answering the question, beer and ale and gnome cocktales do play a role in this game, but i dont thing it will TOTALLY change a kid into a murderer. Update: I just sent a souport query to the ESRB for a rating to runescape. Hate me if you will, but i just thought it should be done!