Why I Think Age Limits Should Be Removed.

[Zietra]

I think it shouldnt be a age limit, because not every 13-14 years old boys and girls are immature. It should atleast be at 12-13 years old.

 

[ImTheNarwhal]

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.

No need to get angry, I am just asking on why there is an age limit.

 

[Raythr]

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.

This is more or less what I was talking about in my post earlier. The age limit is set to regulate the number of applications - however the age limit is essentially a guideline, not an absolute (if it were an absolute, then there would be no age exceptions).

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.

This, on the other hand, is what I was trying to explain is incorrect thinking. The improvement of maturity in an individual is not linear.

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.

This is probably most often true, however there could be the odd 9-year-old that defies these odds (then the odds would be ever in their favor, no? =P)

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.

Age may be correlated with 'experience', but again I mention that it is not proportional.

 

[Toast]

The age limit is there to keep our community a safe place. Its like any age-restricting law in the real world (some examples being you have to be 16-17 years old to drive, you having to be at least 21 to drink alcohol in the US, ect.), which are in place to keep the world generally safe from accidents caused by younger people.

The commands that Moderators are given can be dangerous when used incorrectly and can be used to purposely harm others, just like a car can be used to cause accidents and potentially hurt others if used incorrectly. Because of this, we must go with the averages on how mature one is at any certain age to prevent potential problems that have been encountered in the past.

Now there are always exceptions, as people can be more mature at a younger age and may be able to become staff here at MCGamer (One example is me, as I revived my promotion before I turned 15), which is where the age exception process comes into play.

TL;DR:
Even though you may be mature at a young age, would you trust any other kid your age driving a car?

 

[Raythr]

The age limit is there to keep our community a safe place. Its like any age-restricting law in the real world (some examples being you have to be 16-17 years old to drive, you having to be at least 21 to drink alcohol in the US, ect.), which are in place to keep the world generally safe from accidents caused by younger people.

The commands that Moderators are given can be dangerous when used incorrectly and can be used to purposely harm others, just like a car can be used to cause accidents and potentially hurt others if used incorrectly. Because of this, we must go with the averages on how mature one is at any certain age to prevent potential problems that have been encountered in the past.

Now there are always exceptions, as people can be more mature at a younger age and may be able to become staff here at MCGamer (One example is me, as I revived my promotion before I turned 15), which is where the age exception process comes into play.

TL;DR:
Even though you may be mature at a young age, would you trust any other kid your age driving a car?

This is nearly exactly what I was describing earlier, however I was doing my best to also point out that these are regulatory and are not placed because such-and-such is viewed as morally incorrect.

Anyway exception age should be abolished, required age should not.

I agree with this. I assume you mean the age requirement involved in actually getting an exception. Honestly though, unless the Staff is closed to the idea of hearing out a really determined person that does not meet the exception age req., this really determined person can probably prove their worth if they are indeed worthy.

 

[Frigid]

I agree sooooortof, say your 9-11 years old and wanting to be mod, the 9-11 year old applies, writes a very good app then submits. They do not meet the age but pass the interview and app is accepted. Would you want a young 9-11 on your staff team or no?

 

[Raythr]

I agree sooooortof, say your 9-11 years old and wanting to be mod, the 9-11 year old applies, writes a very good app then submits. They do not meet the age but pass the interview and app is accepted. Would you want a young 9-11 on your staff team or no?

If this person was impressive enough that their app was accepted and they passed their interview with flying colors even though they are that young? I have incredible respect for such a person, who wouldn't want to know or play with someone that is clearly such a good candidate for the job that they made it over other candidates of age?

 

[Lululioness]

H0nestly, you have to understand that rules are rules.

If you really want to help out the community, you can and you don't need that red rank that makes people feel like you are authority. You can help new members find there way around, you can ask people to stop spamming (but don't impersonate a moderator!), report them in report abuse and perhaps not make another one of these threads and use the search bar to find your answers.

Being a moderator isn't always about how mature you are. It is about being able to uphold the rules, help people out, attend moderator meetings, better the community and be able to drop anything you're doing to help MCGamer players out. And do you know what the downsides of being moderator are?

• You have to be nice and helpful to everyone, even hackers, rude people or people you don't like.
• You have to drop what you're doing to help players out, even if you're about to win a game of MCSG.
• You have to keep level-headed and your temper has to stay calm, and you rage a lot probably when you're moods are triggered off, which are ALL THE SAME with children. They are mature most of the time, but things can set them off very easily.
• You have to spend a significant amount of time on MCGamer to help out properly.

It's not just banning and kicking people for rule breaking and sitting on TS and the in the Hub.

 

[ImGAME_OLOGY]

If the age limit was removed that means that a six year old would try to apply for mod the reason the age limit is in place is to make that mature people can apply I know some younger kids can be mature but if your like 11 you wont really understand everything 18+ year olds are saying and you will feel left out and plus If we had immature staff you would get kicked for something like killing his friend or killing him ( the mod) so that would be HORRIBLE!

 

[Harris|DareDevilMan1]

H0nestly, you have to understand that rules are rules.

If you really want to help out the community, you can and you don't need that red rank that makes people feel like you are authority. You can help new members find there way around, you can ask people to stop spamming (but don't impersonate a moderator!), report them in report abuse and perhaps not make another one of these threads and use the search bar to find your answers.

Being a moderator isn't always about how mature you are. It is about being able to uphold the rules, help people out, attend moderator meetings, better the community and be able to drop anything you're doing to help MCGamer players out. And do you know what the downsides of being moderator are?

• You have to be nice and helpful to everyone, even hackers, rude people or people you don't like.
• You have to drop what you're doing to help players out, even if you're about to win a game of MCSG.
• You have to keep level-headed and your temper has to stay calm, and you rage a lot probably when you're moods are triggered off, which are ALL THE SAME with children. They are mature most of the time, but things can set them off very easily.
• You have to spend a significant amount of time on MCGamer to help out properly.

It's not just banning and kicking people for rule breaking and sitting on TS and the in the Hub.

And there are TONS of other downsides. But thanks for the post Lululioness !
You have to think about all these stuff when you apply for mod.

 

[TheRealBoomyay]

I believe the driving age is because of the ability to multi- task later on in life these abilities would be enhanced. Alcohol is to do with brain development. Anyway, the age limit is in my opinion, needed. There are exceptions to maturity but the VAST MAJORITY of 15 year old children are more emotionally and physically mature to handle the situations posed by being a mod on MCSG. There is also the fact of memory, for example remembering the rules (and there are quite a lot for mods), reasons for bans etc. Your hippo campus does develop more during puberty and thus would be more effective then during the start of puberty. Older children also have better abilities to think logically, and this may be needed in these circumstance. To the question of their application, it could be written by their older siblings or parents.

I agree sooooortof, say your 9-11 years old and wanting to be mod, the 9-11 year old applies, writes a very good app then submits. They do not meet the age but pass the interview and app is accepted. Would you want a young 9-11 on your staff team or no?

Edit: Why is it 9/11....

 

[Levah]

I think. 13 lowest age. Seeing as we have some mods which are 13. They will still need to apply for a age exception. This should still be a limit. Also stating from
CaptButterToast said. Would you let a 11 year old drive a car.
No. Because it can go wrong.
If we had 11 year old mods or even younger. Say someone says "Idiot" The mod will be like. /ban blah blah blah.
That's a ban for saying "Idiot"

Age exceptions should still be there. But lowered by a year. That's it. A year