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245: Tone Death Rapture: Championship Edition : Tournament Edition

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Yeah it's probably one of the strangest game closures I've ever witnessed because it was entirely self-inflicted. Nobody asked to remove the underaged characters (partially because that includes the players already in the game of course, but I never saw anyone complaining about the teenager characters before the wank) and nobody demanded for the game to be shut down, just two totally bewildering decisions.

i remember the teen characters in game doing pretty well? like what I remember was the game actively tagged around without any real divide inside so it was even more bizarre to suddenly have the caps thrown on over a completely manufactured issue yeah.

As someone who was vaguely involved, the impression I personally got was that the teenager restriction was a thinly veiled "no more homestucks/voltrons/anime teens" restriction. I just straight up don't think the mod team was thrilled with the canons that were becoming popular in game but didn't want to say so outright.

It's a shame because most of the players affected were really fun and enthusiastic. As someone who played an adult from a canon that was more likely in the mods' wheelhouse, I wouldn't have wanted to stay anyway if those players felt pressured out.

Yeah it's hard to shake the feeling that it was medium divide wank in disguise, which is why even in the contemporary wankgate posts linked anons are making jokes about the Yuri On Ice boys getting away scott free.

It makes the mods seem even dumber for not implementing an age limit though because Voltron/Dangan Ronpa/etc. were all popular canons at the time and they were going to show up in any game that allowed them.

especially dumb because if you start OUT with an age cap it would be fine. plenty of games have age caps. there might be some grumbling but most people just find a different game or pick a character they can apply for.

instituting an age cap after you're running because you actually were never okay with younger characters being there is just shooting yourself in the foot. once you lose the faith of your player base you're fucked.

tbf shunning homestucks is and always has been a smart idea

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