Okay this is going too far and there is no ending of it. I really think you should make this game 18+ strictly. Way way way way too many kids raging, insutling, talking stuff that they even dont know what it means, ruining games and most of all joy of playing a game. Either that, either start doing your job and review Reports and take some measures against it.
Imperial Pandaa8 votesYour argument really doesn't hold any ground. How exactly do you know how old the people you are playing with are? Did they type it? Are you really going to believe it just because they typed it? How would Riot monitor and make sure it was only 18+? Just slap the label on it? It is already rated T for teen based on game things (online interactions not rated by the esrb).
ModKnightsKemplar5 votesTo me, everything here can be summed up in one word:
Enforcement?
Imperial Pandaa2 votesNicely put. I just enjoy asking questions. Feed me knowledge!
[sg-poppy]
Lyndris2 voteshands a cookie with the word knowledge in icing on it
Imperial Pandaa2 votes[zombie-nunu-hearts]
CheapKill3 votesSetting an age limit doesn't do anything, unless you plan on forcing a player when signing up to include a birth certificate or something just as silly.
People will easily lie about their age or get their parents to buy/make it for them. Companies will slap a mature label on their game but that doesn't stop little kids getting online and playing it.
Jo0o2 votesRiot already cracks down on flaming and trolling, both by administering escalating penalties for infractions AND restricting access to honor rewards for punished players. There are consistency issues with the actual implementation of these penalties, but the framework exists. Ultimately, you can't fix stupid people who have no idea how to conduct themselves in public and are ignorant of the cost of failing to change, which describes most banned individuals.
I don't think 18+ fixes this. Plenty of adults are idiots. Plenty of kids are respectful.
Honestly, the best thing Riot could do for the community is to adjust their F2P model, requiring an investment of something like $10-20 whenever a new account is created, to be paid back doubly or triply in RP. This would actually cause accounts to be something that the individuals are interested in protecting, and would force assholes to reconsider their conduct. But it'll never happen, because it would thoroughly fuck up Riot's bottom line.
Idiots being idiots is a reality of any online game, especially a free-to-play game. I don't think an age restriction changes that.
Imperial Pandaa1 votesI like the concept of invest now and get rp later, but I do have one big issue with it. What if it is a new person trying and it turns out they don't like the game? What happens to that 10-20$?
I suppose a solution would be free until like level 10 and then a "deal" would pop up: "Enjoying the game? Invest 10 dollars now and when you hut level 30 we will give you 30$ worth of RP!"
To encourage taking the deal they could gimp exp like MMOs do.
For those who may not play many MMOs. Many that are f2p but offer subscriptions use this model. You get regular exp until a certain level and after that you exp gain is usually cut in half. Some even offer an in between of "preferred player" which usually has you spending some amount of money one time. You don't get all the benefits of subscribers but don't suffer the penalties of f2p.
Back to Jo0o's idea. An additional effect is it might slightly impact bot business too. Potentially raising the prices and/or simply reducing the speed overall. I do realize the speed part would be minimally effected.
ModThe Djinn2 votesWay way way way too many kids raging, insutling, talking stuff that they even dont know what it means, ruining games and most of all joy of playing a game.
This is far from a trend that is limited (or even necessarily more prominent) in the 17-and-under age range. A quick look at some streamers shows that this sort of behavior can be see across all age ranges and all MMRs, so all this suggestion would do is severely cut the playerbase without actually doing much to curb the issue.
TheEvilQueen1351 votestrust me I know plenty of toxic players over the age of 18. Also how do you expect to enforce 18+? when I was 10 I def signed up for sites that required "parental permission" without them knowing... do you want them to have to scan some sort of photo id? a birth certificate? otherwise there is no way to enforce an 18+ environment.
CheapKill1 votesI forget which country it is but they require you to use your SSN(Social Security Number) when signing up on games I believe. I think its Korea.
Telephone Booth1 votesWouldn't matter. I watched a whole lot of porn before I turned 18. I don't see how they could stop kids from making accounts. Furthermore, there are tons of ragey lunatic adults.
