Why I Think Age Limits Should Be Removed.

[Levah]

Still, 12 year old mods. I wouldn't want that. just no..

Hmm. I see, Maybe the people who look over the players shouldkeep more attention to them.

 

[ImTheNarwhal]

I think its the safer option to have an age limit, purely to filter the applications. It's true that there are many mature 12-13 year olds (I skipped a grade, so I know it firsthand (13 in grade 9 and born in April)), but imagine having to filter through all of the results of the 13 year old players (in my experience, the average age of MCSGers). It would be a nightmare.

So just because it would take longer, they don't want anyone under 14 applying? That sounds very unfair.

 

[RC_4777]

So just because it would take longer, they don't want anyone under 14 applying? That sounds very unfair.

No, it works. They would be swamped in bad applications and finding good ones would take too long. Truly worthy applicants can get an age exception.

 

[smashmaster]

12 or 13 would be good no lower..... I also wish they would give people with spam bans like me a chance after awhile of maturing :/

 

[RC_4777]

12 or 13 would be good no lower..... I also wish they would give people with spam bans like me a chance after awhile of maturing :/

I can explain the reasoning for that, or at least my interpretation. Let's call your maturity level "1" when you spammed. Now you have grown to a "2". However, people with no prior bans had a "1.5" maturity level; they have grown at the same rate you have, so now they are at a "2.5". While you may have gotten better, those who already were better maturity wise are even better.

 

[smashmaster]

I can explain the reasoning for that, or at least my interpretation. Let's call your maturity level "1" when you spammed. Now you have grown to a "2". However, people with no prior bans had a "1.5" maturity level; they have grown at the same rate you have, so now they are at a "2.5". While you may have gotten better, those who already were better maturity wise are even better.

Maybe but when it comes to that u learn by your mistakes

 

[Cameron]

I think this has already been said but whatever.

There is obviously more to being a mod than banning hackers and telling people to stop flooding the chat and flying around the HUB. Most of the time, these moderators are meant to represent the staff in certain situations for example when people are starting to make flame over other players or maybe the mod included. 11 year old mods or even 10 year old mods will be highly unlikely to solve any kind of situation because his skills in communication may not be to the standard of a 16 year old moderator. Especially on TeamSpeak, if the 11 year old mod is trying to stop people from arguing or swearing or even just listening to him, no one will listen to a squeaker and they will just talk over him/her. Whilst a matured Male/Female will be respected and listened to and minimal flame will be caused. Plus I really don't like the feeling of 10 year olds having the ability to ban and kick players. I don't want to absolutely gg 13 heart a kid that is a mod and then has a little rage and then I get perma banned for it. Youger mods are also not really interested in their duties as a mod and just want the extra commands rather than 16 year olds who actually want the job.

 

[Cubes]

My opinion :B
I believe that there should be an age requirement to be a moderator. Here is my reasoning:

While there are certainly exceptions, the fact of the matter is that maturity and public relation skills develop with time. These are key qualities with becoming a staff member. This is one of the major reasons as to why we have a requirement. The decision has been made based off the logical thinking that older people generally act more maturely in comparison with younger people.

As stated above, there are age exceptions. Now the particular reason as to why these are so hard to get is because of the aforementioned topic. The boundary between the maturity of younger versus older people is quite tremendous according to what we've seen in the community. This is often why you need to really prove yourself in an age exception. You need to prove that you are 100% as mature as the requirement. You will be held to a higher standard of judgement when reviewing your application.

Just remember, we have the age requirement to ensure the quality of our staff team. It's a precautionary measure if anything. Nonetheless, it is necessary.

One final thing to mention is that if there were no age requirement, the Sr. Staff would receive hundreds added to the numerous amount of staff applications that they already have from age appropriate candidates. Obviously, not all of the staff applications make it past the first stage of review. Decreasing the age requirement, or getting rid of it all together, would greatly increase the number of nonsensical applications released. Therefore, it would increase the overall amount of applications denied due to the reasoning stated in the first paragraph.

Thanks for reading

 

[Harris|DareDevilMan1]

In my opinion , a 9 year old could be easily led to banning people randomly cause other people told him stuff or did something to him and they "cyber bullied" him ( I just want to use this "term" , because if it was to explain , it would be real long. In my opinion , cyber bullying is kids chatting on the internet and the way to end it is to close the computer ). It is just more reasonable and safe to give mod to a 15 year old.

 

[ImTheNarwhal]

My opinion :B
I believe that there should be an age requirement to be a moderator. Here is my reasoning:

While there are certainly exceptions, the fact of the matter is that maturity and public relation skills develop with time. These are key qualities with becoming a staff member. This is one of the major reasons as to why we have a requirement. The decision has been made based off the logical thinking that older people generally act more maturely in comparison with younger people.

As stated above, there are age exceptions. Now the particular reason as to why these are so hard to get is because of the aforementioned topic. The boundary between the maturity of younger versus older people is quite tremendous according to what we've seen in the community. This is often why you need to really prove yourself in an age exception. You need to prove that you are 100% as mature as the requirement. You will be held to a higher standard of judgement when reviewing your application.

Just remember, we have the age requirement to ensure the quality of our staff team. It's a precautionary measure if anything. Nonetheless, it is necessary.

One final thing to mention is that if there were no age requirement, the Sr. Staff would receive hundreds added to the numerous amount of staff applications that they already have from age appropriate candidates. Obviously, not all of the staff applications make it past the first stage of review. Decreasing the age requirement, or getting rid of it all together, would greatly increase the number of nonsensical applications released. Therefore, it would increase the overall amount of applications denied due to the reasoning stated in the first paragraph.

Thanks for reading

Keyword there is "generally". Also, Because of the age limit and saying there would be more applications, They are losing people perfect for the job. I think that even if they have to read more applications, they may get more staff that will benefit the server!

 

[reven86]

I'm not going to sit here and say that every kid under the age limit is immature by any means.. but more often than not.. they are.

One of the main issues i have with not having an age limit is simply.. the age difference there would be between the mods. We have mods who are in their early 20's and it would be kind of awkward having them talking to 10 year olds on a game on teamspeak and whatnot. I can see a lot of issues coming from that. I know of someone who was demoted simply because he was talking to someone much younger than him and someone found it inappropriate. Lowering the age would just make it worse. We need to keep all mods at the same sort of age level and maturity level.

 

[Hunger_Gamer]

We need moderators experienced, I am not saying your not, but many people under age are not mature and act like a kid. And please don't complain, moderator is always patient, and first step for you, is to wait until your the correct age. Okay? Good, this discussion should close now.