(11-10-2014, 07:29 AM)Gwen Wrote: I know it was mentioned in the first couple of pages, but people really need to stop using 18+ as a rule.I think we were mostly using age 18 as a baseline because of the population spreads. Off the top of my head, I don't think there's a country that's got their age of majority/legality over 18, so it's kind of the "safe" age to assume unless confirmed between two partners to be otherwise.
So I suppose this is just aimed at people that have that set age at 18, and think anything lower is bad.
Not all countries use 18 as the age of consent. Gwen is 17, and if she ended up in such a situation, I wouldn't want people looking down on me because of her age.
She's a year older than is allowed here in England, so I think just sticking to an 18+ rule is not going to help the situation. Obviously I think a tiny 10 year old lalafell is off limits(Or any 10 year old), but my point is more that a lot of places have younger ages set so it might just be a nitpicky thing, but the age can vary depending on where you're located, some places have no laws, while others might be as low as puberty.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to justify ERP with the young people, (I don't really enjoy it with any ages) and if they are young out of game, It would still be an issue, but my point is that saying 18+ is only going to cause issues if you yourself dislike anything younger than that age going for a diddle.
(11-10-2014, 10:01 AM)K Wrote: Now on the part of RPing characters that are considered under aged, lore also plays a significant role in how old or how young a character would be. If lore dictates that a certain race is considered an adult at a certain age, and the character meets up with the lore, even though real world laws would consider the character under age, then sorry but I feel lore trumps here. This is an imaginary world where we got giant green/blue/red skinned hulks, elegant long limbed and lock necked elves, youthful looking cat people, and even a race that looks like child elves.Localization teams will change lore to be in-line with the laws of their region. If that sort of lore is ever deemed necessary to be released, it will either a) be hard-set by the devs so that it is legal to ALL regions or b) the localization teams will adjust it for the country/region they're serving. It won't matter if region X has a lower age, in your region the age is different and that's the one you'll be judged upon.
In the end, if you're not in compliance with the laws if your country/region (regardless of where/what your partner is sitting/doing) and if you end up being under investigation, a prosecutor who's out for blood can make your life miserable. And if you're pulling someone else out of compliance with the laws of their country/region, you could get them in trouble.
