News Files - Age Limits

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Players

By typing 'agree', you confirm that you, the player, are 18 years of age, or older. We have set this age limit, not because the game is adult oriented, but rather so the staff and players know that they're protected from wrongfully engaging a minor. The internet is an interactive medium. It's one thing to sit in a cinema or on the couch with friends, watching a show, or chatting about the events of the day. It's quite another thing to actively engage with strangers you've never met in role-played scenes that may involve, or lead to, graphic violence or sexually charged situations. The age of 18 is generally what most age-of-consent statutes determine as the full age of consent, so that's the limit we're using.

Characters

Characters on the game have a minimum age of 16 years old. This allows for characters to be young and innocent if the concept requires it, but it also avoids the awkwardness that comes with trying to deal with characters who aren't yet teenagers. Characters may be, in literal or chronological terms, younger than this, but in terms of their psychology and appearance, they must be functionally at least sixteen years old. The robot that was just built yesterday, or the alien that matures at a rapid rate compared to humans, are completely fine.

Please consider that the younger a character is, the more scrutiny they will draw both In Character and Out of Character. In Character, how are they able to lead a heroic lifestyle and not end up in a group home? Out of Character, greater scrutiny will be applied to any romantic or intimate role-play that they engage in. Innocent hand-holding and such is acceptable, but we hope that it is common sense that underage characters shouldn't be involved in overtly sexual role-play. Additionally, they should never be involved an any sort of intimate relationships of a sexual nature with an adult character.