It’s not about knowledge, it’s about maturity.
Minecraft PC IP: play.cubecraft.net
All Networks [Controversial] Set the minimum Staff age to 16-17 OR periodical controls
- Thread starter Stan J.K. Rowling! <3
- Start date
Knowledge and belonging is way important than age when applying for helper IMO
D
Deleted member 347571
Guest
It does in some way, younger people are a lot easier to manipulate than older people, i'm not saying that all the younger people are not good enough to be staff but let's be honest here, you're spending money on a server so you'd expect that people actually deserve to be staff and not see it as a grind.
While I do agree with some points I don’t think increasing the minimum age for helper is gonna help anything. I’ve reported multiple staff members above the age of 18 for immature behaviour. Everyone tries their best to be nice and hide their immaturity when they’re applying but everyone will get they will get exposed once they’re mod.
I'm curious, how many helpers, mods, admins etc. are there? Including all devs + builders with rule-enforcing perms such as mutes, warns, etc.
you'd especially like part 2 of my suggestion, then. the periodical controls
I’ve been here a for a long time and I’ve known staff members of many different ages and maturity.
Not always the oldest are the most mature, and vice versa, as many have already pointed out. However, although it depends on many factors such as education, personality, etc, it‘s innegable that the older one is, the more mature tends to be. And if they were to raise the minimum age, the maturity (if that’s quantifiable) average would increase.
However, age isn’t the other factor they consider. Activity, behaviour… are all factors that are arguably more important than maturity. One can be very mature but extremely incompetent. A fourteen yo willing to learn from past mistakes, etc is a better staff than Mr Granpa.
However, it’s true the younger one is, the more inexperienced one is. An eight year old kid can’t be a good staff member simply because they’re way too young. And while it’s hard to tell where one should ‘draw a line’ of the minimum age, I think 14 is ideal. A year of difference when you’re 12-16 can make a big difference in my experience. (Obviously, this doesn’t apply to cc jobs)
About periodical controls, I’m pretty sure that’s already happening and there’s a Staff Feedback section to report the kind of behaviour you described.
ps pro tip for ma 13-15 yo dudes/dudettes, if you’re going to reply, think what you’re going to say. It’s pretty obvious if you post the same generic quote “but me is verry matoore” just because you’re afraid they won’t prevent you from applying
Not always the oldest are the most mature, and vice versa, as many have already pointed out. However, although it depends on many factors such as education, personality, etc, it‘s innegable that the older one is, the more mature tends to be. And if they were to raise the minimum age, the maturity (if that’s quantifiable) average would increase.
However, age isn’t the other factor they consider. Activity, behaviour… are all factors that are arguably more important than maturity. One can be very mature but extremely incompetent. A fourteen yo willing to learn from past mistakes, etc is a better staff than Mr Granpa.
However, it’s true the younger one is, the more inexperienced one is. An eight year old kid can’t be a good staff member simply because they’re way too young. And while it’s hard to tell where one should ‘draw a line’ of the minimum age, I think 14 is ideal. A year of difference when you’re 12-16 can make a big difference in my experience. (Obviously, this doesn’t apply to cc jobs)
About periodical controls, I’m pretty sure that’s already happening and there’s a Staff Feedback section to report the kind of behaviour you described.
I’m pretty sure builders don’t have those perms (or at least, didn’t use to), and developers can’t perform moderator duties, unless they come across someone who’s cheating etc. Could be wrong, but that’s how it used to be iirc
If you really wanted to help the server and not because you want to show-off your shiny rank, you wouldn’t see this as a barrier/drawback ;)
12 years old is way too young. And by the way, they can’t (legally) use Discord
Pretty sure teenagers/kids have more time to waste than your average uni student or employed adult.
ps pro tip for ma 13-15 yo dudes/dudettes, if you’re going to reply, think what you’re going to say. It’s pretty obvious if you post the same generic quote “but me is verry matoore” just because you’re afraid they won’t prevent you from applying
Only moderators and trained admins are allowed to issue punishments. We currently have 38 moderators of which the majority moderates on Java and I assume max 10-15 admins are trained, although admins barely issue punishments.
I know. I was using it as an example to show age difference.
Right, that's what I mean. There could a a younger person more mature than a person of older age.
I'm a bit confused.
I totally agree. But some younger applicants may be less prone to scams, explicit material, manipulation, etc. than to other players who are of older age.
