Just Putting this Out There.

[✌ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Just a thought, what if we had an M-rated board? I don't know if it's possible, but it could have a password on it, and to get the pass code one would have to apply, or it could be like a staff board, and only certain members could see it? It could be for members seventeen and up (and I'm not only saying that only because I am seventeen, that was the way it was on a previous site I was on.)

I just know that I would really enjoy rping out some of the things that we have to shy around because of younger audiences. Just food for thought :)

[cameron]

I have supported this for over a year. xD Something about it's too much to keep up with or something, idk. Wait until an older staff replies xP

[chaseee]

Sorry I'm responding and I'm not staff or anything, but I do know something about this! I was on a site that had an M-Rated board a while back and Proboards threatened to shut them down if they didn't get rid of it. So, yeah. D:

[Gamemaker Lauren Kinkade]

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[Wolfy Molly Trigger Iggy]

it would be nice to have that board. i know a place that has an r rated subboard that they have a password for

[Jack Lexington]

I'ds like a board like that, too but my other rpg on proboards had one like that...with password but we had to remove it otherwise we would have lost our site.

[Wolfy Molly Trigger Iggy]

wonder why the one site still has it then?

[ᕙʕ•ᴥ•ʔᕗ]

Another factor is how will we know if the member is really 18+ and thus can legally access the board?

[Wolfy Molly Trigger Iggy]

true it can not be possible really then unless they can show us proof which images can be manipulated on the internet to easily so id pics are not good.

[chaseee]

Well, on the site I was on, the M board was password protected too. You had to PM the staff and they'd give you the password if you were 18+. It didn't matter though. Once Proboards found out they asked them to remove it and all posts immediately.

[∂αмєη]

I remember when a group of people wanted this a while back, and while I was a huge supporter of it then, I kind of see no point to it now. It is a lot more work right? for staff members to keep track of the people who are posting and to make sure that passwords are being handed out, etc etc. And really, the only thing that we can't post about is sex. And even then, people get away with hints at it and the wonderful fadetoblack. Blurbing or email RPing are just as useful when you want to do anything sexual...but is there really a point to having a board just so people can write out sexual encounters in detail? Violence is obviously accepted, as seen when people are getting their limbs severed and then Aesop beats people with them in the Games.

I guess what I'm trying to say, although my opinion obviously means nothing, is that there is really no point because the only thing that would really go in there would be sex and people do a fine job with hinting or writing that out in PMs/blurbs/emails.

Yeah, I just felt like saying something xD

[Axium]

Nicely said, Damen.

[cameron]

...when Damen doesn't preach sex, everyone should know it isn't happening.

[Lulu]

The main issue with an M-rated board, guys, is that it would look awful for our image. We're trying to be a nice, age-friendly RPG for a book read not only by teenagers and adults, but by younger adolescents, too. How bad would it look for us if we had an M-rated board here? It would scare younger members away, it would cause controversy, look unprofessional, like some of our members are just obsessed with sex -coughcameroncough- and it just wouldn't be conducive to maintaining an age-friendly image. Bad for our reputation, bad all around.

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[cinder]

I know oodles of people have responded to this, but I'm just saying that Lulu is so right about younger people being scared off by M-rated boards. I've never actually stayed on a site with one for more than a month or two, because awkward things like members in the C-Box talking about how excited they were to RP some M-board scene would totally freak me out. Then we'd need a rule about no M-Board details on the C-Box, yes? And what about the tricky situation of people who have their age set as over 18 when they register, but then claim they're 14 on the C-box - do admins ban them from the M-board because they know they're 14 in RL, or do they allow them on because they registered as over 18? If people really really want to RP shmut and get into it, they can take it to 4chan PM.

And if this idea ever actually happened, I'd like to propose that there be a pregnancy/std/die roll. Like in Mean Girls with the PE coach. Also, to prevent your character from catching an STD or dying, you have to purchase a gardasil shot for $2,000 site dollars, and a condom would be $5,000 site dollars. The chances of of the pregnancy/std/die roll would be 2:1, and if you get pregnant, you have a 30% chance that it's already raining.. ehem a 30% chance of having triplets or moar, and then having to murder your significant other to feed said children. Da end <3

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