Tiny Discussion – Page 2 – Clan {DOU} Membership Center For Mini's

Tommy · 2008-02-23T09:44:39Z

O.K., we have a rule in the clan about nobody being in the clan who is under 13 years of age. I think it is time that we revisit that rule. Here is why. Some of Dylan's and Ace's kids have been coming around a lot lately. Some are 13 or over, some are not. I was really not to keen on the idea of them being around until I got to know them a bit. Our past experience has been with people like Sting and Tiger Eye, and these experiences have not been so great. But with this newest batch, the experience has been just the opposite. They are well mannered, friendly, and eager to learn our rules and play by them. I thought to myself while playing that I liked the direction that this was taking us in. We have always been more of a social clan, and this has added a new dimension to that. To be honest, the clan just feels a lot more friendly. I am sure a few other clan member that have kids would like to have them come in as members too. So, I gave it some thought and decided that I would pitch the idea. The idea IS NOT to just abandon our old rule. There were some pretty good reasons for having it, and they still apply. So here is what I propose. We create a new section called "The {DOU} Tinies." In order to be considered for membership you must be sponsored by an existing member of {DOU}. The Tiny in question must be somehow associated with the clan member, such as a child of, brother of, etc. The person will still have to go through the recruitment process sponsored by the person they are associated with. The recruit would remain a Tiny until they reach 13 years of age. Until that time, the sponsor would remain their permanent sponsor and would be responsible for the recruit. So if the kid was 9, the sponsor would remain sponsor for 4 years. Would would ask the parents not to sponsor kids so young that they don't even know what a clan is or want to be in a clan. All of the rules of membership would be the same with regard to playing by the rules, being a decent person, not going idle, etc. We would also talk to potential sponsors and make sure that the kids will not be pains in our asses. If the kid is too hyperactive and would not play by the rules, then we would discourage sponsorship. It's not a knock on the kid, but not everybody is ready to be a clan member. Again, I really think this would be a great idea. A few clan members in the past were very disappointed that their kids could not join. This would make them happier. With the sponsor being associated off-line with the recruit, the kids would be kept in check, and they would be happy to be allowed to become a member of our great organization. We would have them wear a tiny tag until 13 years of age. As recruits it would be {dou-tr} for tiny recruit, and once they pass the recruitment phase it would be {DOU-T} as a full member of the Tinies. Although I would really like to go ahead with this, I am going to run this by everybody first and see what everybody has to say on the matter. Please give us your honest opinions on the matter. If you are on the fence, tell us why that is as well. Tommy

Tommy

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Actually, Mini isn't bad. The DOU Minies. Which one is Mini Tommy? LOL.

Tommy

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Topic starter Posted : 24/02/2008 2:39 am

.::/3I§ON::.

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Tommy wrote: Well, the response was a lot more positive than I thought it might be. This is good. 🙂

I am going to start figuring everything out. If someone has a suggestion for something better than Tinies let us know. Maybe I will ask the tinies themselves and see what they come up with?

T

Guess I just kinda wonder why it was a bad idea before, but now is a good idea ❓ Why the change of heart ❓ I remember b4 there wasnt time or patients to deal with it. It was written off as soon as it was brought up.

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Posted : 24/02/2008 3:29 am

{DOU}cHiCkEn

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Just a couple concerns I would point out.

1. What if things go sour with the kid? Parents aren't always objective about their kid (even though they think they will be while times are good). This could end up with some very hurt feelings and pissed off people leaving the clan.

2. What about cursing and freedom of speech on Vent? Will we have to all become rated G and watch everything we say? Will people start to get offended when the kids hear me blurt out "fuck jesus in the ass" when I get headshotted?

3. While the current kids may be well behaved now, will they always be? Then you get back to point number 1.

Just some food for thought that popped into my head when I first read about this idea. I tend to think the 13+ rule should stay in force, but if everyone is for it, then give it a try, but I think if it doesn't work out, things could get really bad around here.

Hermskii

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Posted : 24/02/2008 3:49 am

Tommy

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As for the speech thing, show me a kid that hasn't heard it all before. It's not like when we were kids, they grow up a lot faster now. Also, we will be creating an area in Vent for them

As for the kids getting out of hand, we will discuss this with the parent before hand. I will make sure I am a part of these discussions and let them know that it's nothing personal, but if the kid is ruining it for some 40 odd other people we will take action. TBH though, I think you can tell pretty easily which are the problem children and which won't be.

Of course, if I am wrong and this turns out to be a bad idea, I'll take the blame for it.

Tommy

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Topic starter Posted : 24/02/2008 4:04 am

GRouND ZeRo

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Dylan's and Ace's kids have been coming around a lot lately...

How about a Age group under 18 for the DOU-T tag???

"The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at!!"

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Posted : 24/02/2008 6:34 am

GRouND ZeRo

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Tommy wrote: Actually, Mini isn't bad. The DOU Minies. Which one is Mini Tommy? LOL.

Tommy

Barkly?

"The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at!!"

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Posted : 24/02/2008 6:35 am

{DOU} yO mAmA

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Tommy wrote: Actually, Mini isn't bad. The DOU Minies. Which one is Mini Tommy? LOL.

Tommy

I want a mini mama, 😆

mAmA

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Posted : 24/02/2008 8:18 am

{DOU}Nightwalker

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poorboy wrote: i like the idea alot i have played with dylan and ace's kids and they are really trying hard and doing a great job! really need to be strict with the sponsors or "gaurdians" to make sure possible problems can be handled quickly and effeciently. makes for some great family fun. dont matter if your good or not the way i see it. im here for the fun of it and dou does just that why not let the kids enjoy too.

I dont think its about being good or not but if there is someone on who has not got the skills to camp then it will ruin it no matter how old the person, it has already been proven with rng's now, how many people have left the server because of one. Now imagine if that was your child doing it and people are leaving because of it. Dont get me wrong I am all for it and Minies is better than Tinies but I think there will have to be a minimum age. We all want the fun for us and our kids but this is a potential DOU Bomb if it is not got right from the start. I cant wait for my son (DarkMaster) to start owning Tommy lol. 😈

Get a taste of religion...lick a witch!

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Posted : 24/02/2008 2:10 pm

{DOU}Charger

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{DOU} yO mAmA wrote: [quote=Tommy]Actually, Mini isn't bad. The DOU Minies. Which one is Mini Tommy? LOL.

Tommy

I want a mini mama, 😆

mAmA

Tommy said you have always had a "mini".

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Posted : 24/02/2008 3:20 pm

{DOU}The Jargonaut

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Personally, I am against this. If you ever join a bunch of kids playing X-Box Live, you will understand why. The reason that I like this clan is because it is a group of adults that enjoy playing a game. This will add a certain amount of censorship to the group (or it should add that censorship) that I find unappealing. Although I see this as being a good way to keep UT99 going strong, the simple fact of the matter is that this game is almost 10 years old. Will it keep the kids attentions long enough? Do 9 year olds want to camp or do they want to run?

I have no kids so I may be way off on this one, but that is my opinion.

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Posted : 24/02/2008 7:50 pm

{DOU} yO mAmA

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{DOU}Charger wrote: [quote={DOU} yO mAmA][quote=Tommy]Actually, Mini isn't bad. The DOU Minies. Which one is Mini Tommy? LOL.

Tommy

I want a mini mama, 😆

mAmA

Tommy said you have always had a "mini".

He would be correct, my wife is 5'3", she's my real life mini mama 😉

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Posted : 24/02/2008 10:06 pm

{DOU}cHiCkEn

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{DOU} yO mAmA wrote: [quote={DOU}Charger][quote={DOU} yO mAmA]

I want a mini mama, 😆

mAmA

Tommy said you have always had a "mini".

He would be correct, my wife is 5'3", she's my real life mini mama 😉

Yeah, baby ... when it comes to females, Cosmo ain't got nothin'

to do with my selection. 36-24-36? Ha ha, only if she's 5'3".

Baby got back!

Hermskii

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Posted : 24/02/2008 11:28 pm

{DOU} yO mAmA

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I saw a tag on the server today, dou-m.

I think it was "The One", no "r" after it though.

Did you decide against the "r" for some reason Tommy ?

mAmA

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Posted : 27/02/2008 6:38 am

Tommy

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I figured lower case for recruitment, and uppercase for full mini. This way we will all know they are the mini's.

T

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Topic starter Posted : 27/02/2008 7:20 am

{DOU}Cygnus

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{DOU}The Jargonaut wrote: Personally, I am against this. If you ever join a bunch of kids playing X-Box Live, you will understand why. The reason that I like this clan is because it is a group of adults that enjoy playing a game. This will add a certain amount of censorship to the group (or it should add that censorship) that I find unappealing. Although I see this as being a good way to keep UT99 going strong, the simple fact of the matter is that this game is almost 10 years old. Will it keep the kids attentions long enough? Do 9 year olds want to camp or do they want to run?

I have no kids so I may be way off on this one, but that is my opinion.

I don't know if you can really compare the Xbox live to this situation.

Here, the kid's parents must be involved with the clan and the kids, like anyone else here, can be held accountable for their actions. They are made to know that they can lose their priveleges at DOU if they don't abide by the rules. They also become part of this community which, IMO, is something they don't wish to lose either.

So far the kids have been great. The worst thing I see happening is that they might lose interest and drift away but that's another part of being a kid.

Give 'em a chance to change your opinion.

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Posted : 31/03/2008 11:37 am