The Basis of this Thread
There was some discussion a short time ago on the official/unofficial SARP Discord Server regarding the limitations of access for the forums. A simple, unofficial poll showed a 70% voter support for lowering the age to 15 years, and as a result the forums proper should have a discussion-and poll-about this possibility.
What are the advantages?
-Immediately obvious would be the increased availability for people to join. More members in a community is generally quite helpful, giving more life to the community.
-Although not directly beneficial to Star Army itself, if people who like to roleplay found this website earlier on and were able to join it, learning more about how to create characters with detailed personalities and the like, roleplaying as a culture may see a slowly increasing general quality.
Potential Disadvantages
-Obviously with easier access comes the increased likelihood of a troublemaker joining the group, to troll or harass other people or generally cause a bad time.
-With a younger age group being able to access the site, there comes into question if SARP might end up becoming more convoluted and unnecessarily complex as the younger members may have a significant amount of ideas that may or may not work in the setting, many of which will likely be mentioned more than once.
Counter-Arguments
-This site from personal experience has had a minimal problem with people that join only to cause trouble. It is quite likely that persons of this variety would ignore an age limit, regardless of what it is set to.
-As long as the submission moderators/NTSE staff are able to regulate the flow of approved concepts into the setting, there will be less clutter in regards to factions, species, technology, and so on.
Please Remember:
This thread is both a poll and a discussion. Feel free to type why you are for or against an age change, but please keep the discussion civil and on-topic.
There was some discussion a short time ago on the official/unofficial SARP Discord Server regarding the limitations of access for the forums. A simple, unofficial poll showed a 70% voter support for lowering the age to 15 years, and as a result the forums proper should have a discussion-and poll-about this possibility.
What are the advantages?
-Immediately obvious would be the increased availability for people to join. More members in a community is generally quite helpful, giving more life to the community.
-Although not directly beneficial to Star Army itself, if people who like to roleplay found this website earlier on and were able to join it, learning more about how to create characters with detailed personalities and the like, roleplaying as a culture may see a slowly increasing general quality.
Potential Disadvantages
-Obviously with easier access comes the increased likelihood of a troublemaker joining the group, to troll or harass other people or generally cause a bad time.
-With a younger age group being able to access the site, there comes into question if SARP might end up becoming more convoluted and unnecessarily complex as the younger members may have a significant amount of ideas that may or may not work in the setting, many of which will likely be mentioned more than once.
Counter-Arguments
-This site from personal experience has had a minimal problem with people that join only to cause trouble. It is quite likely that persons of this variety would ignore an age limit, regardless of what it is set to.
-As long as the submission moderators/NTSE staff are able to regulate the flow of approved concepts into the setting, there will be less clutter in regards to factions, species, technology, and so on.
Please Remember:
This thread is both a poll and a discussion. Feel free to type why you are for or against an age change, but please keep the discussion civil and on-topic.