Tiny Discussion – Page 3 – 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

{DOU}The Jargonaut

(@douthe-jargonaut)

Noble Member

{DOU}_Cygnus_X_1 wrote:
Give 'em a chance to change your opinion.

Too late. They already have. The Minis are very well behaved and not what I expected at all. Consider my opinion changed on this issue. It is so nice to not have kids screaming obscenities in your ear while playing... Well, Tommy does not count 😛

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Posted : 31/03/2008 12:37 pm

{DOU}Cygnus

(@doucygnus)

Illustrious Member

{DOU}The Jargonaut wrote: [quote={DOU}_Cygnus_X_1]
Give 'em a chance to change your opinion.

Too late. They already have. The Minis are very well behaved and not what I expected at all. Consider my opinion changed on this issue. It is so nice to not have kids screaming obscenities in your ear while playing... Well, Tommy does not count 😛

Tommy's working hard to convert them.... 😈 😈 😈

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Posted : 31/03/2008 5:02 pm

{DOU} yO mAmA

(@dou-yo-mama)

Member Admin

Cyg,

We have enough adults here that drift away. not much difference there to me. Some will stay, some will go. I agree with you on the fact that so far the kids have been very little troouble at all.

mAmA

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Posted : 31/03/2008 6:34 pm

§h¤®tï£

(@hti)

Reputable Member

The only problem I have with them is constantly going in and out of the room. If there was a way to turn the "X" left/join the channel I would be good.

Only the dead see the end of war.

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Posted : 31/03/2008 7:25 pm

{DOU}Charger

(@doucharger)

Member

§h¤®tï£ wrote: The only problem I have with them is constantly going in and out of the room. If there was a way to turn the "X" left/join the channel I would be good.

I have to agree.

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Posted : 31/03/2008 7:30 pm

{DOU} yO mAmA

(@dou-yo-mama)

Member Admin

§h¤®tï£ wrote: The only problem I have with them is constantly going in and out of the room. If there was a way to turn the "X" left/join the channel I would be good.

Forgot about that, drove me buggy during my last 2v2 match 😆

Is there a way to just turn the announce down ?

mAmA

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Posted : 31/03/2008 7:31 pm

Tommy

(@tommy)

Member Admin

{DOU} yO mAmA wrote: [quote=§h¤®tï£]The only problem I have with them is constantly going in and out of the room. If there was a way to turn the "X" left/join the channel I would be good.

Forgot about that, drove me buggy during my last 2v2 match 😆

Is there a way to just turn the announce down ?

mAmA

I turned that off last night. Now, while in the color named channels you will not hear any join / leave messages.

T

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Topic starter Posted : 31/03/2008 8:37 pm

Dylan

(@dylan)

Member Admin

Some of that problem is due to shortage of computers. And there all trying to log in from one. I'm working on getting computers for all the minies. So that issue should be resolve in due time.

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Posted : 31/03/2008 9:13 pm

*DARKMATTER*

(@darkmatter)

Member Admin

§h¤®tï£ wrote: The only problem I have with them is constantly going in and out of the room. If there was a way to turn the "X" left/join the channel I would be good.

If you want it turned off go to setup, events, highlight users connect to server, in the box just next to this headed 'type' click the radial nothing and you should not hear any one come in same sequence for disconnecting..

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Posted : 31/03/2008 9:38 pm