Why is this age limit set dammit!?

[Raggit]

Wow, I guess I'm lucky.  I'm only now sixteen and all the years I've been on these boards, I never got treated like garbage. 

Kinda funny though, all this talk about a need for moderators to control spamming and stuff, and here we have the administrator himself joining in on the fun of a large picture of naked rollercoaster riders.   

[LimpingFish]

People arguing about people arguing with a twelve year old! A twelve year old!!! Unless people are being ironic, spewing 'witty' put-downs at a twelve year old isn't my idea of constructive criticism. Unless they are twelve themselves.Ã,  If I wanted to make a kid cry, I'd just take away his Gameboy.

[Helm]

When I say banned, I'm not saying forever. A few months is enough. And if someone is under the age limit but thinks they can hang out anyway, they can lie on their test. If they're mature enough, nobody will notice/care.

I don't think an age limit in necessary. Fluke should be banned on the grounds of being annoying and insulting alone, not because of his age. But if CJ wants an age limit, then it should be enforced.

If Flukeblake were to be banned, it would only do good to him, and 3 years from now he'd probably tell you the same thing. Rejection builds character. Being called on your bulshit builds character. Not being treated with kiddie gloves builds character.

This talk about 'taking away his gameboy' is infinitely more insulting to him than the actual snide remarks people posted in this thread. He wants to be treated like an adult? Fine. Ban him.

[LimpingFish]

(Sigh)...The Gameboy comment wasn't directed at anybody in particular. I was just highlighting the fact that many "mature" people are going out of their way to trade insults with a 12 year old. For what purpose? I can't see any, other than to supposedly put this kid "in his place".

Isn't threatening to ban himÃ,  to build character a little like threatening to send him to his room to think about what he's done? If he's a pest, and abusing the forums, then ban him. But it isn't our duty to teach him courtesy and forethought.

Practice your parenting skills elsewhere, people...

[PsychicHeart]

oh, sure. ban me, that'll do it. Ã, : i wasn't even talking about the 'noob' fact. ( anyway it's spelt newb) . I was talking about the age limitations. And for this thread to go 5 pages long, and have over 100 replies is amazing, in it's own way.
Meh, i think we all learnt something in this thread. God, i know i did. Oh, and by the way, that crack about taking away my gameboy or whatever, i wouldn't care. Gameboys are shit.

[Dart]

Gameboys are shit.

Now I'M offended.

[Chicky]

i wasn't even talking about the 'noob' fact. ( anyway it's spelt newb) .

heh ._.

[PsychicHeart]

what, isn't it? oh, and something i forgot to say in my last post, i am not,as you say, an internet "troll", it's just that unlike some people i don't spend 168 hours a week on the internet. I have a life. but, if you look closely, around 95% of my started threads have had at least 2 replies by me.
ps, while the topic of gameboys has been... implemented in this thread, i was wondering how many Game Boys they've forked in front of us over these years. There was GameBoy, then GameBoy Pocket, Then GameBoy Color, the Poke'mon Gameboys, the Game Boy Advance, the Game Boy Advance Poke'mon Edition, the Game Boy Advance Tribal Edition, the Game Boy Advance SP... i think that's all of 'em.

[DCillusion]

Flukeblake?  Gameboys?

This isn't a playground arguement.  You don't have to change the subject because people are making fun of you.

Start a new post, you're not banned, & you'll probably never be.  This post is 6 pages long because:

-People are bored & this is as good a way to spend time as any

-It's fun to be in a mob

Don't think anyone is going to care about this by next week.  By all means, post if you want, but if you're really so worried as to try to make this post shift gears, don't worry about it.

[PsychicHeart]

okay, i don't know if you've realised this yet, but when this thread got to about page 3, it became just fun. So... it's just fun. And for the record, i don't expect this to be going on next week.

[DGMacphee]

I mean, how can you expect someone to give proper criticism when they draw Sonic The Hedgehog with down syndrome? This isn't a finger-painting class. Hell, I'm not the greatest graphic artist in the world (or on my block), but at least the spirtes in my games resemble things.

I'm not saying that it was a good picture or that I'm an expert either in practicing or criticising art, but I find that the critics at the  rennaissance/ impresionists'/ surrealists' / abstract etc  exhibitions must have sounded quite similar to your post...

... except that they're criticising legitimate exhibition art and I'm criticising a crudely-drawn Sonic posted on a forum for adventure game design. There's a big difference.

As Helm said: "I don't see what it has to do with art (or music, or scripts or whatnot) that goes into making games. Not even indirectly. It's not even a sprite."

But I'd like to hear someone explain how Sonic The Retardhog would have been a good sprite for an adventure game. If you can without making me laugh hysterically, I'll buy you a Push Pop. Push it for flavour! Save some for later!

Meh, i think we all learnt something in this thread. God, i know i did.

Good to hear.

[TheYak]

I don't know if Fluebakake (sp?)

FlueBukake? Is that some sort of new chimney-decorating technique?Ã,  Silly spaniard.

... except that they're criticising legitimate exhibition art and I'm criticising a crudely-drawn Sonic posted on a forum for adventure game design. There's a big difference.

You're trying to proffer the idea that surrealism is a legitimate form of exhibiting one's own perceptions? Your juevos surely must have enough mass to have their own gravity wells by now.Ã, 
Edit: Oops.. This was the maturity thread, wasn't it? 

[Oliver]

I don't know if Fluebakake (sp?)

FlueBukake? Is that some sort of new chimney-decorating technique?  Silly spaniard.

I think he added the (sp?) so that noone would pick on him because he doesn't know how the name is spelled correctly.

[passer-by]

... except that they're criticising legitimate exhibition art and I'm criticising a crudely-drawn Sonic posted on a forum for adventure game design. There's a big difference.

I don't disagree with your comments about the picture as such...It's just that we've seen older, experienced people drawing much worse and others paying millions for worse "legitimate exhibition art" paintings. At least he drew more than a black dot on white background, which shows some effort(?)

As far as "adventure game design" is concerned, I agree but I 'll add that worse (in my opinion) sprites and bg exist inÃ,  commercial games.

[PsychicHeart]

man this thread has gone for long. 

[Oliver]

What, you think you're cool now that the thread you started has 6 pages and have to remind after every 5 replies that the thread is long?

[PsychicHeart]

take it easy, if anything i want this thread locked or stickied or whatever you call it. I'm just amazed it got so long.

[Nacho]

Yak, in my mind a "Flukeblake" easily turns into a bukkake thingie... I think I need professional help.  :'(

[PsychicHeart]

yeah i mean, hey flukeblake and bukkake are extremely similar.

[TheYak]

Just the fact that a 12 year-old knows what that is, is disturbing.  I think I was still obsessed with Transformers at that age.  Then again, we didn't have Teh IntorNet(TM). 

And Farl, don't worry about it.  From what I hear, all Spanish males are a bit perverse.. muttering phrases like 'Deseo cogerse para conches en la playa.'