Best server for younger players?

Silverado · 05-10-2010 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Aggelakis

Not really. Remove Broadcast from chat window and avoid Pocket D, and you're pretty much golden, no matter what server you're on.

Tell a 13 year old to avoid certain place, and that's the first place they'll be going to.

Aggelakis · 05-10-2010 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Silverado

Tell a 13 year old to avoid certain place, and that's the first place they'll be going to.

The OP said he'll be showing her the ropes, which indicates he'll be there with her. I would presume he'd monitor her location ingame.

Additionally, a parent could say, "Gross things happen in Pocket D, up to and including people who want to do bad or naughty stuff to or with you. Go check it out if you absolutely have to, you'll see what I mean; it's not a pretty experience." Warns the child of what can happen, but does not encourage the child to actually GO THERE... you're telling them they can go there but they'll be disappointed, which takes a LOT of the impetus to go there out of the equation.

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lukewarmdog · 05-10-2010 11:22 AM

Just go there and stay there for half an hour or more. Doing nothing. No chatting, no teaming. Nobody wants to repeat a boring experience. Chances of coming home to find child *shudder* dancing in Pocket D with *shudder* other players : slim to none.

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EmperorSteele · 05-10-2010 12:41 PM

While I advocate taking any and all necessary steps to avoid a child being exposed to unsavory material, and even worse people who might say inappropriate things while being ignorant of her age (and worse yet people who would say those things BECAUSE she's a certain age), I have to agree with the main point of Postagulous' post: she's not six, so you needn't be hugely overprotective. She'll probably be older than a few people she meets even, and I doubt they all have older sibling hanging over their shoulders.

I figure, as long as she doesn't reveal that she's a real-life 13 year old girl and start sending personal info to random people she meets (or even SG members until you've both gotten to know them real well, and even then nothing more than say a first name), I don't see a huge issue with wherever you guys decide to set up shop and play. Just remind her that the in-game avatars are just that: Avatars. The girls aren't all really girls, the teenagers aren't all actually teenagers, and along the same vein, if she makes a hero version of herself, everyone's just gonna assume she's an FBI agent, so roll with that =)

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