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AbareMax March 28th, 2005 10:30 AM

Age Limit on members
 
I think I have been patient about this long enough. I believe, that there are too many members under the age of 13. They don't follow the rules, they double post, they spam, and simply they are annoying. I'm not sure if there is an age limit on these forums, but it might be a good idea.

If this can't be done, then maybe the mods should just keep an eye out to keep things in-line. I understand that the mods can't do everything, but it would be nice to enforce the rules a little bit more.

Anyone else who agrees with me, please post your reasons here for an age limit.

Grazie,

AbareMax

BTW, in no way am I disrespecting the mods, I just felt a little more could be done to make the forums a happier place :D

Bay-kun March 28th, 2005 10:32 AM

I don't think that's a good idea at all. =/ Alot of members here are under 13, love Pokemon, and follow rule just as good as any other member. And although some spammer and n00bs may be young, alot of them aren't. Setting an age limit would just decrease the amount of members here, without solving much at all.

Kurosaki March 28th, 2005 10:33 AM

A lot of the Pokemon fans are younger kids, so what would be the point? Oo
There isnt a need for an age limit, since age doesnt really reflect anything. You could be 15 and be a spammy, member, or 9 and a good member, it doesnt really depend on age, oo

Koriaku March 28th, 2005 10:34 AM

me too. it would be much better

Shadowfaith March 28th, 2005 10:34 AM

Well dont think it is possible to set an age limit, there are questions that ask if you are 13 or over, but then they could lie just to gain access.

Truth be told, there are way to many N00bs here to keep track of and then again, some of the ones under the age of 13 can be very mature posters, be they 8 or 13.

But I dont think there are too many N00bs here, there may be a few, but there arent as many as you may find on otehr forums.

Ryoutarou March 28th, 2005 10:39 AM

Yeah...Well, for starters...Like RD said, you can always lie about your age. And like David said...Age has jack to do with maturity.

Flaming Torchic March 28th, 2005 10:44 AM

Indeed. There are some younger kids who are more mature than the 17 year olds, so that wouldn't exactly work. Besides, I believe we have a couple of mods who are under the age of 13, so.. yeah. oO Just proves that not all little kids are bad.

Forgotten_hope March 28th, 2005 10:45 AM

hey this is very ofencive.just because we are younger than 13 doesn't mean we are spammers.i have never spammed on this site once.please don't be rude like this.-walks away angrily-

AbareMax March 28th, 2005 10:50 AM

Example A....Forgotten_Hope...

Anyway, I understand that age can't be kept track of. Then maybe the mods should keep an eye out for rule breakers. I feel that it is getting a little out of hand...But, I don't expect everyone to agree with me. That's fine. Still I stand by what I say

AbareMax

Kira March 28th, 2005 10:51 AM

It's not a very bright idea, why everybody already said >.>

Ryoutarou March 28th, 2005 10:54 AM

And I stand by what I say, we do keep track of rule breakers and age plays little to no part in anything. Maturity is a state of mind, not state of body.

Flygon trainer March 28th, 2005 10:56 AM

I am infuriated at the very proposition. This is a Pokemon site, and as such, there should be no age limit. It's all right no matter how young somebody is, we can't deny entrance to our forums jsut because someone is "too young" I remember being banned from a forum because I was 12, but sure as heck I was just as mature as they were, if not more so. If we were to prevent certain ages, we could be preventing a great addition to our community, and I'm not willing to take that risk, and I'm sure the admins wouldn't be either.

Besides, PSB was/is 12, and was/is a mod >_>

Shadowfaith March 28th, 2005 10:58 AM

Forgotten Hopes post was not spam or anything like that. He was only stating his oppinion on the matter and some dont use capitals, it's just the way they type their reply, the post itself was not Spam. And you could hurt smeones feelings by saying something like that.

Mods do their best to keep this place spam free, and it is on the verge impossible to keep track of all the spammers, expecially with Diffrent Time Zones and such.

But as I said, there is nothing available on the board (That I know of anyway) that can stop under aged members from accecing the forums.

Also, as someone Dai said before me, alot of the memebrs who come here are young because it is a Pokemon forum.

Kyogre-chan March 28th, 2005 11:02 AM

1. Would you happen to know what SPAM stands for? Stupid, pointless, annoying messages. I've yet to see any of this so-called "SPAM" from our younger audience.
2. If you were under 13, would you be making this suggestion? I doubt it.
3. As others have said, age != maturity.
4. A fair portion of our moderators are (or were, until recently) under the age of 13.
5. This is a Pokémon forum, like Rachel said. The majority of Pokémon fans are preteens.

Personally, I find you to be a hypocrite. You jump to the conclusion that kids aged 12 and under aren't mature, yet you're arguing a point with absolutely no evidence to support it. I'd hardly call that mature.

DragonTrainer March 28th, 2005 11:02 AM

Take me for example, I am 14 years of age, so many days old, so many hours spent learning and maturing, and alas, I still have the mind of a newborn. I misbehave frequently on an everyday basis and pay no heed to the very words my own mother tells me. Every day I am barked at to behave better and be smarter because I am 14 (Mind you, age is but a number), and am always compared to someone 5 years younger than me who acts twice as old as they are. Thus, age means nothing to do with maturity

Allstories March 28th, 2005 11:04 AM

Newbie who is under 13: Oh, yes! I absolutely cannot wait to join this Pokémon board! How fun it will be to talk to other Pokémon-loving intellects such as myself! Ok, let's see...name...age...10....Alright, then. Everything seems in order!

Sorry, but you must be at least 13 years old to join PC.

Newbie: ...Darn! I guess there's no way to get around this.

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husk1442 March 28th, 2005 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AbareMax
but it would be nice to enforce the rules a little bit more.


Flygon trainer March 28th, 2005 11:15 AM

Okay, time to bring your attention (again) to a nice little function. On the little cute user name thing, at the bottom, there's a nice little button next to the Reputation option, t's called the REPORT. if you think there's a violation of the rules, you click it, type in why you think it violates the rules, and it sends a PM to all moderators of the forum and above. Then, a mod will come check it out, and take action depending on if it's a actual violation. Wow, try using it people.

Miyu-chan March 28th, 2005 11:15 AM

Errr... but no. There's no need for an age limit. x.o; I've seen highly immature teens and highly mature kids. o.o; Age is just a number, like many of those said before me. -_-;

B-Baller March 28th, 2005 11:21 AM

AbareMax, that post was just plain offensive. I am 10 years old, and have never spammed, double posted, or broken any rules after all this time I've been on this forum. Well, maybe a sig rule or two, but I edited that anyway.

Maturity is not judged by age, but rather by mind, ao. XD

Arcanine March 28th, 2005 11:24 AM

Why can you brand 13 year olds as "Spammers" or "n00bs" and you can't do it for members that is like 15, 16, 17 and older?

I mean I have seen members 13 and under go by the rules better then some of the older members (I might add that someone posted in this thread that is over the age of 13 but has broken rules, and had posts deleted because of flaming, I won't point him out but I'll just say he he dosen't like people under 13 on PC).

We have had Mods under 13 and they made good Mods.
There isn't an age limit on the members and if it was up to me then there wouldn't be.

Lily March 28th, 2005 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanine
We have had Mods under 13 and they made good Mods.

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Age doesn't necessarily reflect upon how you behave, although many will stereotype. Don't judge people who're younger, cuz they may appear maturer than you think.

Shadowfaith March 28th, 2005 11:34 AM

Take Lily for example, when she was 12, she was one of the most mature posters I knew...yes a tad hyper (XP) but I really thought she was something like 15 or 16 by the mature posts.

Anyways, I think I have done my fair share of ranting in this thread. Ill stop now XD I mean, some people thought I was younger than what I was because of my very bad spelling (It's gotten better now mind you) but It was horrible, I had mature posts, but not the spelling to back it up. Thats not classified as SPAM.

Newten5 March 28th, 2005 11:42 AM

My mature point of view:
That is in-doutably the worst suggestion I have ever heard! The number of years a person has lived on this planet has nothing to do with how much they, if you like: "SPAM" or how mature they are!

My less mature point of veiw:
OMG, crap idea dude! Iv been a pokemon fan for as long as I can remember :P
If I tried to join PC a year ago and got rejected because of my age I could have cried! Think how u would feel! I tink I made ma point :D

Arcanine March 28th, 2005 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LilyPichu
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Age doesn't necessarily reflect upon how you behave, although many will stereotype. Don't judge people who're younger, cuz they may appear maturer than you think.

I know what you mean. If one day I said I was really 12 (no don't think I'm 12 XD) then everyone wouldn't look at it as right because for some reason lots of people dosen't like Staff that is 13 and under. I've seen members in their late teens and they were worse spammers then some of our younger members.
I'm not saying the
younger members are better or the older members are better. But no one should look at a person's age and think they don't know anything just because they are 13 or under.


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