Age brackets

InsaneSamurai·2/15/2015, 5:19:42 AM·2 votes·527 views

A friend of mine brought this up the other day, and given the massive size of the player base, I think something like this would work. Allow us to seperate into smaller groups based on age ranges, and a huge amount of the trolling and rage will not be an issue anymore. His point was that most of these kids probably just want to play with other kids, and most adults want to play with other adults. Mixing us together only creates extreme frustration as the age gap seems to make it almost impossible to see things on the same page more often than not. I wouldn't hard limit it either, just make it an honor system type of thing. If there's an extra mature teenager who is reasonable(and they do exist, I have a few youngins on my list that are quite pleasant and perfectly easy to communicate with), then let him choose to play with the adults. Sure some random spoiled kids will click the adult range anyway(and the adults who are trolls will still be trolls), but they will probably get reported more effectively considering the general population will want a different experience.

Have you ever considered something like this and how much it could help the dreadful state of the community?

Edit: Since you're spamming me with downvotes, care to share why?

16 Comments

SlytherMinn2/15/2015, 5:20:55 AM2 votes

HA!

Trolls come in all ages, especially in the gamer community.

Ever been to a convention?

AJStarhiker2/15/2015, 11:45:21 PM2 votes

And how do you enforce it? A little survey asking an age that a player can easily lie about?

Ariaflux2/16/2015, 2:42:17 AM1 votes

I would love it but this will fracture the community too much. I can already see the discrimination that this will bring.