Posted on 27 December 2015 - 01:46 PM
Whenever I log on Badlion, I always see a bunch of douchbags in the chat bullying other people about their age. This is called ageism. This is really unfair because everybody has been young at one point in their life, and shouldn't pick on players just because they're young. Its our job as an older player to treat younger players the way they want to be treated. Since Badlion is an extremely competitive server, the amount of ageist are increasing greatly. How would you like it if you were a younger player, and you were cyber-bullied by older players just because of your age? If you're a member of the staff and you're reading this, please share this with other staff members. Spread the message! Supporting Ageism should never be a thing!Posted on 27 December 2015 - 02:58 PM
if your being bullied get screenshots and report it. this isn't ageism…ageism is prejudice of your age, like for example if someone is ageist and thinks you shouldn't have a job and fires you for no other reason but your age (which isn't allowed).
what you describe is just plain bullying.
but how do we know it happens if you dont show proof/screenshots (how do i know your not making it up?)
this post is very vague because of this ^
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Posted on 27 December 2015 - 03:08 PM
Go to here: https://imgur.com/gallery/1g2ELQs/newPosted on 27 December 2015 - 03:44 PM
Usually there's a maturity difference between older and younger people and some people might not want to put it with itPosted on 27 December 2015 - 03:44 PM
^ Not saying for everybodyPosted on 27 December 2015 - 03:47 PM
BloodSentinel wrote
thats not bullying or ageism.
the fact you made this whole thread because of this…
Posted on 27 December 2015 - 03:48 PM
LogBot4 wrote
true!
Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:11 PM
Basically, no one wants to team with a 11 year old kid who has such a high pitched voice that it could break glasses.People just find it immature and annoying I guessPosted on 27 December 2015 - 04:22 PM
BloodSentinel wrote
BloodSentinel wrote
BloodSentinel wrote
Wat.
Wat.
So since it's competitive, people bully each other because of their age? Because for all I see, the competitiveness drives people to bully each other over their ELO and internet rather than their age.
Sums it up really.
Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:28 PM
There's a clear connection between age and maturity and it's not our place to tell players they have to deal with it so that younger players don't feel left out. It's a competitive network, not a daycare, and we can't force anybody to hang out with anybody else.Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:36 PM
So basically what your saying is that you want this server to be competitive as possible? Are you saying you're allowing cyber bullying to occur? You do know that theirs obviously going to be a toxic community in a extremely competitive network. And also when I talk about ageism, I'm not talking about how young people can't play with old people, I'm talking about how older people are criticizing and harassing other players because of their age.Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:37 PM
BloodSentinel wrote
Nobody said this, and to my knowledge this very rarely happens, especially rarely on places we moderate such as our own in game chat or our forum.
Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:38 PM
When there is a competitive server, there is obviously going to be players being mean to others. They can be mean for many things such as ageism.Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:42 PM
Weather it rarely happens or not, we should still develop rules to prevent this because frankly, its very wrong to harass somebody because of their age.Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:44 PM
BloodSentinel wrote
Harassment of any sort is against the rules of course, but I don't see any reason to develop a separate rule specifically to combat "ageism"
Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:44 PM
I didn't make this whole thread because of that one piece of evidence. I made this thread to convince badlion to develop rules for people who choose to be ageist.Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:51 PM
ItsioZ wrote
ageism is prejudice of your age, like for example if someone is ageist and thinks you shouldn't have a job and fires you for no other reason but your age (which isn't allowed).
what you describe is just plain bullying.
but how do we know it happens if you dont show proof/screenshots (how do i know your not making it up?)
this post is very vague because of this ^
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http://i.giphy.com/U1XhGr8CWqvVC.gif
Posted on 27 December 2015 - 04:53 PM
I'm talking about how players are physically harassing other players because of their age.Last edited on 27 December 2015 - 04:57 PM by HAPPYBDAYFRANKA
Why should Badlion raise people? If people want to be "ageist" (Something that probably is made up by tumblr), let them! Badlion is for entertainment, not for education. We can't make rules on what people are like….Posted on 27 December 2015 - 05:12 PM
BloodSentinel wrote
physical harassment is not only against our own rules, but is illegal in the United States, no matter if it's because of age or race or the grade you got on your last math test.