Sounds good to me, though I wonder if a multi-tiered system would be better. E, PG-13 and M? Something to that effect?

Interesting that the ladders will be off-limits to Ms.

As for the forum, I would imagine that it would have tiers similar to the open-games wherein the Ms can only post on certain topics/boards while being able to view all boards/topics. Meanwhile the Es can only view the E-rated boards/topics and post in all of them.

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I love how LAWLZ is okay with this when he is a racist Nazi. How will he spread his "trolls"?

"M" and "E" sound silly, would need an alternative.

I'm like 100% they got this from the ESRB rating system. PEGI sounds even more ridiculous

Oh so this is American, that's why... so you are basing players maturity by age limits for games. Sounds great.

The European rating system (PEGI) use the: U, PG, 12, 15, 18

and all of those sound like a rating system for ikea furniture.

Tournaments, ladders, public forums are rated “E”.

My concern is that being rated M will be viewed as a punishment, since it excludes you from all tournaments, ladders, public forums, and talking to E players. We would basically be splitting the community into two.

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Why make it such a complicated system?

I would simply have a "M" games that can only be accessed by checking a box saying "I am 18 years or older and am willing to see content that is rated mature"

Also I don't see why it is needed to exclude "M" players from the rest of the community, I am sure that they can limit themselves when being in public / "E" places, if they have a place were M content can be expressed.


Specifically, I disagree with

3. “M” players will not be able to join “E” games.

as that is in practice seems to be the same as suspending a player from the site. Even players who don't really mind M content will probably create games "E" as that is the largest player base. Instead I would make it possible to block "M" players from joining your game, using the prerequisites system. (Same way you can have only Members join a game, and prevent Members from joining a game.)

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I like this idea
however you could change it a little instead of M games and E games I would just hide the text of M players automatically using the same mechanism that is used on BL players

but back to the current proposal it is not perfect but any step that can help me avoid unwanted content is a step in the right direction

Good theory - really. I like it.

To be practical, it would need

* to be supported by the creator and time - it probably touches more than just a few things in design
* a council that is active enough to handle the requests coming in, probably with ebbs & flows, etc.

If you can get that - great.

Scotty, mercer works directly with fizzer. He wouldn't have said anything if they weren't considering implementing it.

Ineffable, the problem with just hiding the text is that player names/images are often the problem and not what they say. Unless the game is now going to alter names then I don't see that aspect being resolved.

TBest, age is immaterial. This isn't a matter of limiting mature content to those legally old enough to see it. It is about limiting mature content to those willing to see/abide it. There are plenty of players who are well older than 18 who don't want to see the garbage spewedn by some on here.

why not an option to "mute" content from M players (including somehow censoring a player/clan's name and picture)? that way they don't have to be excluded from games, and their content doesn't have to be viewed by anyone that doesn't want to be exposed to it.

Would "E" players still be able to enter "M" rated games?

@Richard Shape,

My point is that if you don't want to see 18+ content then you don't check the box, regardless of whether you are legally able to or not. Also anyone under a X age, in my opinion, shouldn't be able to view mature content. Currently the only practical way for a webpage to know the age of a person is to ask.

PS. I edited "I am 18 years or older" to "I am 18 years or older and am willing to see content that is rated mature" on my previous post to make it more clear.

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Unless there is a pressing law issue, I sincerely believe that these kind of things re generally dealt by the community itself via exclusion of some players from events etc. IMHO working to make a complicated system that'd regulate things like that is a waste of resources and time considering how many other things demand attention.

Making games off-limits for trolls, assholes and idiots is already easy by blacklisting and putting prerequisites. I don't see an urgent need to improve this.

The forums, however, are currently in urgent need of some sort of clean-up. For the last few months, some people have spammed them with threads that are of no interest to the WL community. I don't mean threads that are off the topic of the game of WL, but threads that are repetitive, have no content in them whatsoever, or are made just to talk BS.

I don't get offended if a player is named Hitler of Stalin, but I don't like to read a forum where 80% of the posts are moronic BS. Please consider making a daily thread/post limit, especially for newer and non-membership accounts.

+1

+2 to Odin and Sze, exact thoughts of mine.

Sounds good to me, though I wonder if a multi-tiered system would be better. E, PG-13 and M?

This way, people can say if they want to listen to people who are G, M, or probably an MA rating for some people. Also, how do you rate a meme?

also, I am not 18, but I am fine with seeing 18+ stuff (sexual at least, the violence is a bit strong)