Are Children Mature Enough to RP? Why worry about "for all family"?

[Idoru]

Plus they may "role-play" a character being immature but may not necessarily be that way in real life.

Personally I have what I consider to be two main chars, one is Idoru, I consider this to be most lke me in RL, relatively mature, kind, helpful and friendly (I hope others can see me as such). My other Char is pretty much the opposite, immature, manipulative, aggressive (in certain situations), and unfriendly to the majority of good (allignment) players that he is trying to exploit.

Neither one of these characters fully embodies who I am. Idoru is far more patient than myself in RL, my other Char is not like me at all.

Just because I may RP an immature char doesnt mean I am in RL.

[Jackdaw]

Idoru makes a good point. I have several characters and some may be like me to some extent and some may be unlike me so that I can learn to stretch my roleplay.

There are some adults who can roleplay younger characters well and some younger players who can roleplay mature adults. But unless I know the individual personally, I treat every child or childlike character as possibly being played by someone who is not an adult. It not only helps me in my rp but means I am less likely to say something inappropriate to someone who is not an adult. If I suspect that the "adult" character I am dealing with is not an adult then I also take that in account in deciding how to rp.

I think the real issue is that if you feel somehow protected by some sort of disclaimer or that it is somebody else's responsibilty if a child ends up in an inappropriate situation then you can be making a major mistake.

[Gyerfry Stoemsaber]

This may come as a shock, but Im only 11, and I'm not even supervised. I personally don't consider myself a back RPer, but I guess thats your oppinion. I would be pretty bad if Hi hadn't been playing Furcadia before. In Furcadia, there are no items, gold, quests, ect, which makes both social OOC stuff and RP important. It's also why people have desided to make these HUGE posts, and try to describe everything. Also, down with R-rated, up with violence (I'v been playing Age of Empires 2 since I was 3).

[lordraleigh]

There are "bad" roleplayers and bad roleplayers

Bad RPers: Dislikes roleplaying, but that may change once they grow older(or not)

"Bad" RPers: Lacks experience on roleplaying, but are willing to learn it

For the second type... I think the newbie helping guilds should be willing to teach them about roleplaying so they can improve their skills(If they don't do it already).

Also... Akaye said that I made a bad comparation with acting... Well, it worked when I explained it to another player apparently young(a "bad" roleplayer). I think it is a pretext to justify the side effects of bad roleplayers.

Movies and acting are more known than roleplaying... Comparisons are easier ways to explain things that are somewhat similar. Using the acting example(common knowledge) is a nice way to give a basic explanation on RP for those new to the concept, even if acting and roleplaying aren't the same thing. Also I would like to remind what he said about roleplaying, that shows the regard he had for RP. So it is a obvious example of the bad roleplayer or leet. And convincing someone to do something that he actually dislikes is almost impossible, if not impossible.

Leet says: thats gay i dont wanna

P.S. : I will congratulate you Akaye, if you convince this guy to learn, practice and develop roleplaying right now(I can PM you the name of his character if you wish to give a try)

P.S 2: No really convincing explanation on why to keep it for all ages. Why doesn't someone just assume the only "explanation" is
"We did it this way and that is it! No one will change it because we want it like this!" (all I got here is that it will stay this way... nothing can change it... and so on). Also, if one shows me an 1 year old capable of playing this game... then I will take out the utopian criticism on the "for all ages".  I don't mind if the devs wish to keep it this way for purely personal reasons and don't have a rational explanation for it.

[Karyuu]

Why should we limit this fun place based on age? You are the one that hasn't provided a single good reason.. :] In fact many people have explained why this would be a bad idea - such as limiting future devs, cutting out a lot of young talent, missing the chance to nurture good RP in new generations.

We want people to have fun - yes, that sometimes means that you'll have people being immature. But in this community, immaturity has very little to do with age ;} We're not interested in adult content, in adding more violence, etc. So part of the reason is definitely personal. This is the type of game we want to build, so we're building it.

[Eublepharis]

Why should we limit this fun place based on age? You are the one that hasn't provided a single good reason.. :] In fact many people have explained why this would be a bad idea - such as limiting future devs, cutting out a lot of young talent, missing the chance to nurture good RP in new generations.

Then next time when someone whines about "buggers", you should apologize for not seeing it before hand and immediately remove it from the game code (kill the server and only restart it when it's fixed), because the current rating says this game is for ages 10 and up.

If someone rps a thief, or some other form of bad guy, ban him (or her) because it would be a bad influence on the children.

Please don't forget when someone makes a texture (or model) that shows a tiny bit of the chars body (aside from the face), kick the guy from the dev group, and curse his name!

[Under the moon]

Hold up there. Nothing wrong with showing skin. That's the prude in society talking.

As to restricting by age due to the content of the game.... for one, it will never work. Kids are much smarter than you think when they have their mind set on something, and you could not keep them out. Second, the morning news and Saturday cartoons are filled with more of just about everything that has been talked about here. I am sure all of this ahs been said in other posts.

Now, restricting access due to intelligence...... *evil grin* That in itself would make the game more child friendly. Stupid comes in all ages.

[Induane]

Now, restricting access due to intelligence...... *evil grin* That in itself would make the game more child friendly. Stupid comes in all ages.

I havn't really read the full thread and I'm sure all the good points have been taken.  But I had to say I love that line UtM

[Akaye]

If someone rps a thief, or some other form of bad guy, ban him (or her) because it would be a bad influence on the children.

You have got to be kidding me!!!! Is this some kind of joke???

Eublepharis have you seen what the television teaches kids, even the cartoons? Or magazines? Or everyday life and what they hear in school? How about the movie Robinhood? Disney made it, kids watch it, and the fox (robinhood) is a thief! Do we ban that too?

I think planeshift is childs play compared.

[Xordan]

The guy's being sarcastic (I hope)

[Lambchop]

Hey I have an idea. If someone starts up a sock puppet account on the forums to make outrageous posts they should be banned. Oh ... Wait ...  ... That's what I am.

Fudge.

[Kalika]

hmmm...theres always the options of 18 = games if thats what you want so badly...

[Eublepharis]

The guy's being sarcastic (I hope)

LOL, amazing, out of six replies, you were the only to get it, my bad, I should learn to keep my posts really short ...

[Lambchop]

You mean you're not a sock puppet Eubl?
My bad. I really thought you were and was replying in kind.
Time to go back into hibernation.

[bilbous]

LOL, amazing, out of six replies, you were the only to get it, my bad, I should learn to keep my posts really short ...

Nah just use a  , a  , a  , or some such thing to give a clue.