Request for a "Mature Debate/Discussion Group"

[AndyB]

It's not new though, that's what you are missing. It's been tried and tested before.

How so?

Similar things like this have been done before, with boards and general threads.

Similar things. But was there ever a regulated Joinable Group like this?

The whole Sage rank was based off this, it's all there really.

 

[Tyeforce]

What I don't understand is that the staff won't even give it a chance, even though the poll clearly shows that there is a lot of demand for it. What could be lost from just trying it out? Absolutely nothing. And it'd actually be doing something new around here for once.

Because unlike you, the staff can spot a failure before it happens.

Not only would it cause aggression on the forum because of the people complaining about not being in the group but the people that are in it would think they're better than all the others. Oh and then there's the fact that the people in the group wouldn't be able to keep "mature", especially if you was in it, Mr. Tye.

Not to mention the fact there would have to be people to decide who's "mature" and who's not, mature can mean a lot of different things depending on your views.

The staff aren't psychic, they can't tell the future. It could very well be a success, but we'll never know if we don't try. And you have no idea whether people will stay mature in the board or not. I don't know why you pick me out, because I'm very capable of being mature. While I don't always act mature 100% of the time (you gotta have some fun sometimes), that's what the public forums are for. You're acting as if, if we make this group, then the rest of the forums won't exist. No, this group will only be for more touchy, controversial topics to be discussed in a mature manner. And it would be very easy to regulate. We could let anyone in the group, so long as they're not a flat out troublemaker or clearly immature, and let them prove themselves in the group. If they can't handle it, then out they go. Simple as that.

 

[Ciaran]

This thread is a testament as to why the group wouldn't work...

 

[Tyeforce]

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Similar things like this have been done before, with boards and general threads.

Similar things. But was there ever a regulated Joinable Group like this?

The whole Sage rank was based off this, it's all there really.

I wasn't around when we had the Sage rank, but if I understand correctly, they were based on the Sage rank of NSider, were they not? And NSider Sages were just members that have been around for a long time or had many posts, right? Obviously, the majority of them would tend to be more mature, but there was no exclusive board for the discussion of more serious topics, was there? Point is, this may be similar to Sages, but it in no way is Sages. There's no reason why we can't give it a shot and see how it goes, and it may end up being a big success.

 

[Tyeforce]

This thread is a testament as to why the group wouldn't work...

If anything, it's just more proof why it's needed. We're having a debate, and debates happen quite a lot here. And we should have a place where we can debate more controversial topics, too.

 

[EpicGamer12]

This thread is a testament as to why the group wouldn't work...

If anything, it's just more proof why it's needed. We're having a debate, and debates happen quite a lot here. And we should have a place where we can debate more controversial topics, too.

Yea, it's the mature, and immature here in this topic. So you can't use this topic to say.

 

[Tyeforce]

This thread is a testament as to why the group wouldn't work...

If anything, it's just more proof why it's needed. We're having a debate, and debates happen quite a lot here. And we should have a place where we can debate more controversial topics, too.

Yea, it's the mature, and immature here in this topic. So you can't use this topic to say.

But the group wouldn't have immature members in it, or at least they wouldn't act immature in the group, even if they have an immature side to them (but also a mature side), because if they're being immature in the group, they'll be removed from it.

 

[Prof Gallows]

I can see how a lot of people are thinking this won't work, but you never know until you try.

All this is, ALL it is, is a place where people can post serious topics and not have some immature kid come in and completely derail the topic or worse, cause an unneeded fight. There is no exclusive benefits to it other than if you can't prove you're mature enough then you can't join. Simple as that.
I can see a lot of potential in serious topics on this board, but with all the little kids on here they can't go anywhere because they can't handle it, and a private section where we could post these topics out of the eyes of these kids would be great.

 

[Tyeforce]

I can see how a lot of people are thinking this won't work, but you never know until you try.

All this is, ALL it is, is a place where people can post serious topics and not have some immature kid come in and completely derail the topic or worse, cause an unneeded fight. There is no exclusive benefits to it other than if you can't prove you're mature enough then you can't join. Simple as that.
I can see a lot of potential in serious topics on this board, but with all the little kids on here they can't go anywhere because they can't handle it, and a private section where we could post these topics out of the eyes of these kids would be great.

Exactly. We're not allowed to talk about a lot of topics because they may not be appropriate for the many younger members here, and then there are the immature members who ruin the discussion of mature topics that are allowed. This group will be isolated from both, so there wouldn't be any problems. No special titles or perks like Sages, just a place for mature discussion to be held.

 

[Prof Gallows]

Also, I'm not sure who said it but someone mentioned that this would be pointless and we should just report the bad stuff.

So by that logic, we should just report something bad and then wait for it to be dealt with instead of having a place where it would already prevent such a thing from happening. Furthermore, there are far more than 5-10 people who are mature enough to handle this sort of thing.

 

[Jrrj15]

No I think this is a really bad idea...
This forum was specifically made for animal crossing and now people are posting lots of stuff thats not animal crossing and thats fine but the topic should at least be about video games becuase it is like 1 of the top nintendo forums right??? (Or something like that) Anyways we should not be getting off in to stuff like (Just an example) "What do you think people should do about the guns" (Lol idk) the point is this forum was made for video games not random debates or stuff....

 

[Tyeforce]

No I think this is a really bad idea...
This forum was specifically made for animal crossing and now people are posting lots of stuff thats not animal crossing and thats fine but the topic should at least be about video games becuase it is like 1 of the top nintendo forums right??? (Or something like that) Anyways we should not be getting off in to stuff like (Just an example) "What do you think people should do about the guns" (Lol idk) the point is this forum was made for video games not random debates or stuff....

But the whole point of it is that it would be separate from the rest of the forum. Besides, people are going to talk about topics other than Animal Crossing regardless. We should at least have a place where they can discuss more serious topics.

 

[Prof Gallows]

No I think this is a really bad idea...
This forum was specifically made for animal crossing and now people are posting lots of stuff thats not animal crossing and thats fine but the topic should at least be about video games becuase it is like 1 of the top nintendo forums right??? (Or something like that) Anyways we should not be getting off in to stuff like (Just an example) "What do you think people should do about the guns" (Lol idk) the point is this forum was made for video games not random debates or stuff....

Which is exactly the reason why we should separate the more mature topics from the ones involving AC and other video games. It's a fantastic idea, and not everyone still plays AC on this board.

 

[Mino]

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Similar things. But was there ever a regulated Joinable Group like this?

The whole Sage rank was based off this, it's all there really.

I wasn't around when we had the Sage rank, but if I understand correctly, they were based on the Sage rank of NSider, were they not? And NSider Sages were just members that have been around for a long time or had many posts, right? Obviously, the majority of them would tend to be more mature, but there was no exclusive board for the discussion of more serious topics, was there? Point is, this may be similar to Sages, but it in no way is Sages. There's no reason why we can't give it a shot and see how it goes, and it may end up being a big success.

NSider Sage candidates were chosen by the administration, and they had to write a review of a game and were then accepted, if I remember correctly. By the end of NSider I'm pretty sure quite a few of us were Sages (I was not among them, but I believe Bulerias and Jeremy both were.)

I don't necessarily reject to this idea, I just don't think it can be fairly implemented on this site.

 

[Tyeforce]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepSimilar things. But was there ever a regulated Joinable Group like this?

The whole Sage rank was based off this, it's all there really.

I wasn't around when we had the Sage rank, but if I understand correctly, they were based on the Sage rank of NSider, were they not? And NSider Sages were just members that have been around for a long time or had many posts, right? Obviously, the majority of them would tend to be more mature, but there was no exclusive board for the discussion of more serious topics, was there? Point is, this may be similar to Sages, but it in no way is Sages. There's no reason why we can't give it a shot and see how it goes, and it may end up being a big success.

NSider Sage candidates were chosen by the administration, and they had to write a review of a game and were then accepted, if I remember correctly. By the end of NSider I'm pretty sure quite a few of us were Sages (I was not among them, but I believe Bulerias and Jeremy both were.)

I don't necessarily reject to this idea, I just don't think it can be fairly implemented on this site.

We could at least try, can't we? Don't be so negative about it, be optimistic that it might be a success.

 

[Josh]

No I think this is a really bad idea...
This forum was specifically made for animal crossing and now people are posting lots of stuff thats not animal crossing and thats fine but the topic should at least be about video games becuase it is like 1 of the top nintendo forums right??? (Or something like that) Anyways we should not be getting off in to stuff like (Just an example) "What do you think people should do about the guns" (Lol idk) the point is this forum was made for video games not random debates or stuff....

If this was 100% ACCF/Nintendo this forums would be empty.

 

[Jas0n]

I don't necessarily reject to this idea, I just don't think it can be fairly implemented on this site.

This is my point exactly. The idea is good, but there is no possible way it would work on TBT.

 

[Tyeforce]

I don't necessarily reject to this idea, I just don't think it can be fairly implemented on this site.

This is my point exactly. The idea is good, but there is no possible way it would work on TBT.

You can't possibly know that until the idea is tried. >_>

 

[Smugleaf]

I support this as long as anyone can join (within reason, ex. trolls wouldn't be allowed) but they just get kicked if they aren't mature. Therefore I could join. >_>

 

[Tyeforce]

I support this as long as anyone can join (within reason, ex. trolls wouldn't be allowed) but they just get kicked if they aren't mature. Therefore I could join. >_>

That's probably the best way to go about it.