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Edit: To add to what had already been said and to express my own viewpoint. I believe that these are things that people should not have to suggest; it is the staff's responsibility to ensure that minors are well protected while playing on this server. Because these are the kinds of things that can and will cause trauma for a person, even on a Minecraft server. I've seen many cases where grown adults never saw this as an issue, and i myself have gone through this some time before, and it's truly disgusting, because a child doesn't know any better, and seeing someone take advantage of that is sick.
I'd also like to draw attention to the ICLY aspect of this suggestion, which is already on the rules and may be considered common sense by some. That is not the case for others, and it pains me to say it, but some people think differently, and they do not follow the rules that have been established, whether it is a high school student who attempts to throw themselves onto a much MUCH older character, or an adult who makes flirtatious remarks to high school students. This had to be stopped because it is not at all pleasant to look at or encounter. Though many may dismiss it as "joking," it is not, this is no where close to funny.
Edit: To add to what had already been said and to express my own viewpoint. I believe that these are things that people should not have to suggest; it is the staff's responsibility to ensure that minors are well protected while playing on this server. Because these are the kinds of things that can and will cause trauma for a person, even on a Minecraft server. I've seen many cases where grown adults never saw this as an issue, and i myself have gone through this some time before, and it's truly disgusting, because a child doesn't know any better, and seeing someone take advantage of that is sick.
I'd also like to draw attention to the ICLY aspect of this suggestion, which is already on the rules and may be considered common sense by some. That is not the case for others, and it pains me to say it, but some people think differently, and they do not follow the rules that have been established, whether it is a high school student who attempts to throw themselves onto a much MUCH older character, or an adult who makes flirtatious remarks to high school students. This had to be stopped because it is not at all pleasant to look at or encounter. Though many may dismiss it as "joking," it is not, this is no where close to funny.
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I turn 18 years old this month (happy birthday me) meaning that I will have become an adult, having been playing on this server since I was barely 12 years old. Even as early as 2015 players have been ******* on this server (including myself). It is not a uncommon circumstance on SchoolRP, a server primarily marketed towards teenagers (originally even leaning heavily towards tweens) to have heard of a situation of this happening. It is so common that I think anyone who has been playing on this server for at least a year probably has heard about an instance or two about some instance of shit happening. It has definitely shaped me developmentally and so many of my friends on this server and I hate that there isn't much of a safeguard protecting our player base, a majority of whom are under the age of 18. This suggestion should have really been a rule since the very beginning, but definitely so since the integration and commonplace of f2b back in 2018. I personally find it a bit weird that adult players even want to RomanceRP with minors -- I would be pretty god damn uncomfortable typing with somebody I knew was a considerable age gap away from me in literally any direction; it's honestly a bit of a red flag in the first place.
It really is not enough to make it a bannable offense, it really isn't. There needs to be more safeguards in place that make it harder to do in the first place. I really, really agree with this rule being implemented. It would stop a lot of future occurrences happening on this server. It is not enough to simply set boundaries as clearly (as judging of what has happened on this server across it's near decade of existance) as not every adult player can be trusted to do so. As for concerns over it being an awkward question (when referring to asking for somebodies age) it should really be something we advertise without needing to be asked (similar to our timezones or discord tags), I for one have my age clearly stated on my pronouns page. Yes, it is a little weird to be showing your age so front on centre on the internet -- but we exist on a roleplay community and we should really just be sharing that anyways.
It is incredibly weird and absurd and this community should not be fostering an environment where an adult is very able to RomanceRP (in a lot of cases, pretty heavily) with a minor. How is this not already a rule?
I turn 18 years old this month (happy birthday me) meaning that I will have become an adult, having been playing on this server since I was barely 12 years old. Even as early as 2015 players have been ******* on this server (including myself). It is not a uncommon circumstance on SchoolRP, a server primarily marketed towards teenagers (originally even leaning heavily towards tweens) to have heard of a situation of this happening. It is so common that I think anyone who has been playing on this server for at least a year probably has heard about an instance or two about some instance of shit happening. It has definitely shaped me developmentally and so many of my friends on this server and I hate that there isn't much of a safeguard protecting our player base, a majority of whom are under the age of 18. This suggestion should have really been a rule since the very beginning, but definitely so since the integration and commonplace of f2b back in 2018. I personally find it a bit weird that adult players even want to RomanceRP with minors -- I would be pretty god damn uncomfortable typing with somebody I knew was a considerable age gap away from me in literally any direction; it's honestly a bit of a red flag in the first place.
It really is not enough to make it a bannable offense, it really isn't. There needs to be more safeguards in place that make it harder to do in the first place. I really, really agree with this rule being implemented. It would stop a lot of future occurrences happening on this server. It is not enough to simply set boundaries as clearly (as judging of what has happened on this server across it's near decade of existance) as not every adult player can be trusted to do so. As for concerns over it being an awkward question (when referring to asking for somebodies age) it should really be something we advertise without needing to be asked (similar to our timezones or discord tags), I for one have my age clearly stated on my pronouns page. Yes, it is a little weird to be showing your age so front on centre on the internet -- but we exist on a roleplay community and we should really just be sharing that anyways.
It is incredibly weird and absurd and this community should not be fostering an environment where an adult is very able to RomanceRP (in a lot of cases, pretty heavily) with a minor. How is this not already a rule?
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Personally its disgusting if an adult character hits on a minor/student. Its nasty and even though it may be acceptable for PHD students to be with a 25 year old adult it is still nasty for someone to do that. It wouldnt be acceptable in any way oocly and it shouldnt be accepted icly.
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im.. mostly confused tbh..
i as a minor would get SERIOUSLY uncomfortable with people asking my age every single time i want to romancerp
i love romancerp but thats would just make everything so super uncomfortable because i hate personal questions
also whats happens if you’re 17 but the person you wanna rp with is 18? or the age gap is so little that you could date irl someone that age..
i do not support grooming at all and speaking from experience it is TERRIBLE.
and i agree with the ic rule
STOP CATCALLING 17 YEAR OLDS IF YOU ARE AN ADULT
just the ooc rule seems to have a lot of loopholes and gaps..
im.. mostly confused tbh..
i as a minor would get SERIOUSLY uncomfortable with people asking my age every single time i want to romancerp
i love romancerp but thats would just make everything so super uncomfortable because i hate personal questions
also whats happens if you’re 17 but the person you wanna rp with is 18? or the age gap is so little that you could date irl someone that age..
i do not support grooming at all and speaking from experience it is TERRIBLE.
and i agree with the ic rule
STOP CATCALLING 17 YEAR OLDS IF YOU ARE AN ADULT
just the ooc rule seems to have a lot of loopholes and gaps..
This is also something that should be considered, because there will be a large number of people who will be uncomfortable with sharing their age. It is your responsibility as an adult to walk away from this; if you are unsure, do not continue the roleplay.
heyyyyyyyy, i don't know if you fully read the suggestion, but i'd be glad to see why you're AGAINST it.
Eyas
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I feel that this should have been a rule already. I personally have not seen many people put much care at all into making sure that the other party is not a minor (ooc) when they are pursuing a relationship (ic). For those that are uncomfortable with sharing their age, simply informing the other party that you are a minor or otherwise is alot more helpful than not saying anything at all.
I feel that this should have been a rule already. I personally have not seen many people put much care at all into making sure that the other party is not a minor (ooc) when they are pursuing a relationship (ic). For those that are uncomfortable with sharing their age, simply informing the other party that you are a minor or otherwise is alot more helpful than not saying anything at all.
I agree, The IC age gap rule should be enforced more, however, we can not do that if only 1 in 4 players (not an actual statistic, mean to refer to the fact staff are not omnipotent) make reports about this.
The OOC confirmation of age will inevitably be denied, it goes against community safeguarding to ask a player of their age, but what we can do is encourage those who are underaged and even of age that are uncomfortable with certain topics to come forwards to staff members more and their parents and ensure the people around them know what they are not comfortable with.
Moderation on this topic is hard but if a relationship is clearly being taken from IC to OOC or the age gap is beyond what's stated in the rules, a report to us can have it handled.
The OOC confirmation of age will inevitably be denied, it goes against community safeguarding to ask a player of their age, but what we can do is encourage those who are underaged and even of age that are uncomfortable with certain topics to come forwards to staff members more and their parents and ensure the people around them know what they are not comfortable with.
Moderation on this topic is hard but if a relationship is clearly being taken from IC to OOC or the age gap is beyond what's stated in the rules, a report to us can have it handled.
I agree with both of these.
The IC part makes sense, but when you're talking about OOC you're just breaking one of the rules of the server. IC relationships / romance Rp are not to be taken OOCly. What happens in character, stays in character. However if what happens Icly makes you uncomfortable you are free to report it to a staff member though maybe just the best solution to your problem is to say to the person you're role-playing with that you are not comfortable with the situation and if this continues you just avoid them, and if abused reported to a staff member, easy as that.
If however, the player who you're RomaceRPing is trying to get to you OOCly through IC interaction, that is a different story, and it happened to me in the past as well. You're better off avoiding those people and reporting them to staff. Hell, I am 19 (almost 20) and I've had other adults approaching me like this. Yes it makes me uncomfortable but what can you do about it? On the Internet you find people like this everyday, and yes it's against law but it's not something you can protect that easily as many said, specially since asking someone's age is again the community guidelines, as Ethan said. You can't control what people are Internet users.
Not all adults are *******s I hope you know that. I am not here to get advantage of anyone, simply to have fun, that's it.
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With all due respect, I absolutely hate this statement.
Regardless if it's IC or not, there is STILL an Adult typing messages to a child in a way no Adult should be speaking to a child. Any Adult should not find any interest at ALL in RomanceRPing with a literal minor.
ahhhhhh12
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As much as I wish ALL the staff would handle it appropriately, they do not. You may care, and others may care, but I've seen so many staff members say that "it's just RP" or "not enough evidence" in these types of situations. My friend had to literally beg staff to warn someone because no one would listen to them. In another situation, after refusing to RP because they were uncomfortable, a staff member told them it was "just RP" and warned them instead of the person making them uncomfortable. These things are not handled appropriately at all.
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lemme edit this real quick, I do NOT believe this rule should be implemented. Different countries have different age restrictions, and it’s easy to lie about where your from.
I hate the idea of this rules as what if someone said they were 18? Would staff ask for their ID? That would completely violate privacy, and have you thought if someone didn’t want to say their age or if they were a minor or adult? You also have to take into consideration it’s a GAME, there is a reason where people are banned for P*dophilia, and grooming whether the player chooses to report it or not, this is all OOC. In an IC relationship none of it is taken OOC, people tend to romancerp with the person ICLY. They aren’t gunna get like butterflies over pixels are they?
Also having this rule would cause many problems as explained, way more than I’ve said. Also people are ‘gr**med’ when a block but is there for a reason, if they continue through RP then report it to staff if it’s LOOC, if it’s IC then report it to the KPD Ingame. Also upon taking something like an adult role you are NOT to romance with grade 12s as the rule has been in place for a while now, however IC shouldn’t be taken OOC, and in these cases this is why we have STAFF.
lemme edit this real quick, I do NOT believe this rule should be implemented. Different countries have different age restrictions, and it’s easy to lie about where your from.
I hate the idea of this rules as what if someone said they were 18? Would staff ask for their ID? That would completely violate privacy, and have you thought if someone didn’t want to say their age or if they were a minor or adult? You also have to take into consideration it’s a GAME, there is a reason where people are banned for P*dophilia, and grooming whether the player chooses to report it or not, this is all OOC. In an IC relationship none of it is taken OOC, people tend to romancerp with the person ICLY. They aren’t gunna get like butterflies over pixels are they?
Also having this rule would cause many problems as explained, way more than I’ve said. Also people are ‘gr**med’ when a block but is there for a reason, if they continue through RP then report it to staff if it’s LOOC, if it’s IC then report it to the KPD Ingame. Also upon taking something like an adult role you are NOT to romance with grade 12s as the rule has been in place for a while now, however IC shouldn’t be taken OOC, and in these cases this is why we have STAFF.
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ahhhhhh12
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Your words, "if abused, report to a staff member, easy as that" are completely wrong. It's not easy to speak up when you're in that situation.
"IC relationships / romance Rp are not to be taken OOCly. What happens in character, stays in character."
You fail to realize that this thread was created because many of these "in character" relationships do not stay in character. The point is an adult should not be roleplaying out romance with a child. You even said it yourself, it can be against the law. It should be enforced regardless if it is "hard."
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