Age Restriction

In order to provide a seemingly fair excuse to ban the least intelligent of members, a restriction against registrants under 11 years of age was placed. Any registrants who were found to be in violation of this restriction were banned until they reached the appropriate age.

"Please read fully and check the 'I agree' ONLY if you agree to the terms of service and you claim to be at or over the age of 11. All registrants found under this age may be suspended until they are of age."

Because some promising members were being forced off the board as soon as they had signed up and posted a topic to introduce themselves, a suggestion topic was posted and it protested against the bans. It was concluded that the restriction be removed since a rule against "stupidity" already exists and the restriction is not actually a part of the terms of service. As a result, one of the members banned until they were of age had their ban removed and may now post freely on the boards. Not for long, however.

This age restriction was put back into place by moderator, Joey, later that morning and the age restriction was bumped up to 13 and over because there had been confusion with COPPA. Joey's only advice to those who have already been allowed on the forums is to change their ages. Effectively defeating the purpose of putting such a policy into place.

Shortly after, still, it was discovered that the information from COPPA was misinterpreted and the restriction was withdrawn once again.