MIN age for Dinks

**pluto** · 08-09-2021, 12:43 PM

(08-09-2021, 12:24 PM)Agent Barton Wrote:
(08-09-2021, 12:05 PM)matt_st3 (Strongrule) Wrote: Surely I’m not the only one who’s mind is boggled on why we are asking ages in server, kicking for the age despite no ruling or steam guideline to do so, and the whole basis is because the community (not the players in question) is too toxic? Much less how to actually implement this? The community jumps on anyone who says a 14-15 year old can’t be staff but 13, nope that’s the line can’t even play.

Wholly agree here on this. There's absolutely no way this could be implemented, short of asking for proof of age of every player that wants to join Dinks.

Surely it'd be a better idea to crack down on the people who are acting inappropriately in front of minors? You can't control who comes and goes from server, but can control how people act when here.

(08-09-2021, 12:27 PM)Battons Wrote: This is one of the few times I will ever say this outright this sounds stupid. How do I prove their parents didn't buy it for them? If you wanna go by legalities then technically any kid can play any rated game with parents supervision. Now I can enforce not saying inappropriate things around children but online interactions aren't rated by the US standard ESRB where dinks server is hosted.

Short answer no. I won't make any rule regarding age and it will be handled on a case by case and we shouldn't be kicking people based on their age.

from my own views i meant in more in a view of those who sound extremely under 13. we should totally handle those who bother and brass the younger players (and just players in general), but if someone sounds extremely young; i dont think playing online with people who could be much older than them is honestly safe for them. this used to be a serious issue on an old gmod server i used to play on; which led to it being shut down due to the number of minors on it being abused, and such for simply being extremely young.

plus; steams ToS does state players should be at least 13, or older to use the platform and buy games on it. I think just simply checking in with players that might sound extremely young, via private messages, or have a rule that says to avoid using voice chat if you're under a certain age to protect the younger players vs just outright limiting them could help relieve the harassment against them, and the people who treat them poorly.