Re: Too young

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

FGN wrote in message <3581CAC9.48AB@FGN.com>...
>The Federation Gaming Network has an age limit of 14 & over due to
>problems we have had in the past with inmature players swearing,
>spamming, & playing out unacceptable sexual acts. Some younger players
>tend to be unreliable with their posting frequency (a minimum of 2 posts
>per week is required) and a lot of work goes into getting a player into
>a game so we can not afford to waste time on players that drop out after
>only a few turns.
>
>The age limit has NOTHING to do with anything sexual. At no stage has
>ANY FGN member written a post detailing sexual acts, yes relationships
>develop between characters but the relationship is left to players
>imaginations!

I'm intrigued here. You apply a 14yr-old limit to people before they can
play your games. You says that this is to prevent certain problems caused
by "immature" players. How do you judge this? Everyone knows people who
are childishly immature right through to their thirties while the inverse
could be said for some youngsters. Do you not have any control over the
players in your games with regards to weeding out the chaff?

Yoni is being almost branded as immature simply by your restrictions. As
for drop-outs, well, that is a fact of life in PBM. To suggest that you
need to be over 14 before you stop being such a type of player is clearly
ludicrous.

References

Re: Too young
Ben <Anthrax@homeway.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Too young
rdh206@aol.com (RDH206)
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Too young
Ben <Anthrax@homeway.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Too young
FGN <FGN@FGN.com>
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Too young
Ben <Anthrax@homeway.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Too young
rdh206@aol.com (RDH206)
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Too young
Ben <Anthrax@homeway.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Too young
FGN <FGN@FGN.com>
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000