Greetings.

I wanted to run an idea I've been flirting with by the community of Warlight because many of you will be affected if I go through with it. I have roughly 660 grade-level students, all pre-puberty, that take my master-level Chess curriculum. They are some of the most advanced child-minds (or of any age) in the country... and I am thinking of inviting ALL of them into Warlight as part of their training. I already have them play Risk and Scrabble to keep them sharp.

I wanted to address a few concerns I have. Firstly, chat is not filtered here (nor should it be). Their average age is 8 and even though they have college-level IQ, some of us have language too 'colorful' for an army of kids. Sadly, there's always a safety risk involved when combining minors and the internet. I don't want to turn the place into a playpen without taking a poll first.

Secondly, I would be pouring several hundred players into the system using a series of clans that represent promotions/graduations (named after chess pieces). Do not be insulted, but I think because my stock of students regenerates every semester, they will take over a huge portion of Warlight. They also likely have friends that are not into chess but will find their way into this game. Are people okay with this degree of immigration?

Compromise: I could simply require them to defeat the single-player games and only the dedicated ones would enter MultiPlayer on their own. This minimizes the impact on the game.

Anyway, I'm only opening the topic to get some feedback on the whole idea. Please be constructive. Thanks for listening.

Cheers.

you must be 13 to join warlight... so unfortunately that would not work. but it would be cool if you could

I didn't see that 13 thing when I joined. Even if it were in place, people would lie. More players is ALWAYS better. they bring fresh blood. "Staleness in people's migration to a nation is akin to rigor mortis." Maybe if you're concerned about what they may be exposed to you should have them play only with certain players you know would be respectful? e.g. me! Or have them or they're parents sign a disclaimer that this IS the internet, and a war game to boot. Things are said.

I dunno. Just a few ideas.

"" By signing up, you agree to the WarLight Terms of Service and are certifying that you are 13 years old or older ""

haha. I signed up far too long ago to remember that dislaimer, if was even there at the time. I wonder if it matters that they would be an organized / monitored surge of accounts.

Well, I think I have my answer there in the fine print. It was more of a curiosity than a plan anyway.

Thanks Ninja.

-G

well i joined before i was 13 because i did not see it and that flared on the forums... on warlight it does not really seem to be to tough on it but because of the laws and such it is illegal...

Whoa, that seems like a HUGE impact on the game. (if you don't follow the age limit)

whatevs, lets talk about the REAL question. how in the mother of the Gods did you get five million points in just a month. and how are you only on 55 if you got that many. and when are you joining RAJA clan rofl

lol

Fizzer I believe onnly added the 13+ disclaimer like <2 years ago, because i joined when i was 12 and i distinctly remember it not saying that

he is a membre they earn twice then you from agame he would earn only 2 million if he is not membre

i am similar with miyagi but i totally think more is better and that the 13 under rule cant enforce much to a determined person
but you could as u said only single player or you could allow them multiplayer but only with people they know

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Considering the amount of interest you'd be pushing into Warlight, perhaps he would be willing to facilitate your program (disabling chat or adding filters) - You could try contacting him via email, as this post could easily be missed.

why don't you just create accounts and setup the games yourself, inviting them to play on a secure environment so they only play against themselves? on a realtime or round robin tournament for example. you can always talk with a few of the not so "colorful speaking" (or not speaking at all) veteran folks here and invite them to join if you want your kids to learn a bit faster getting their asses kicked.

+1 to PS's idea..

As for somebody who said that more is always better - theoretically yes, but in real life - for the community it's better if there are less people, but of higher "quality".. We can see what happened when the site was flooded by lottery games all over the open_games menu.. From the new player's point of view - especially if he is that young, playing this game may be a great way to excersise the brain, however as you can clearly see, some people even when talking "not so colorful language" may seriously damage the kid's self confidence ie by simple insults and aggressive talk.. It may be even worse if they would have point in their arguments (based on a noobish play etc - kinds not necessarily have that distance to themselves and are way to vulnerable for authorital suggestions about themselves)IMHO The disclaimer of 13yo+ is there for a reason.

Firstly, chat is not filtered here (nor should it be). Their average age is 8 and even though they have college-level IQ, some of us have language too 'colorful' for an army of kids.

If you're worried about that, let me assure you, it won't stop. We have some great intellects and a larger number of trolls and few of them worry about their language; dropping colorful hyperbolas is half the fun.

Do not be insulted, but I think because my stock of students regenerates every semester, they will take over a huge portion of Warlight.

There's actually thousands of WarLight players, Fizzer knows exactly how many regular accounts play here, it's just the forums that are dominated by several dozen regular players. Maybe the minors should stay off the forums? Other than that if these kids really are that good then maybe we have some new competition for the ladder?

Gargamel you seem like a bit of a tool, but this game seriously needs some strong strategic minds to take competative play to the next level.

Please please get them to play some games.

How do you plan to train them? if theyre chess players then they arent used to thinking creatively to solve problems, theyre used to memorising openings and understand pawn structure to win games. They read chess books and internalise the lessons in them and have totally internalised tactical motifs. WL isnt based on tactics like chess is.

You are a mediocre WL player and there is no "theory" for them to read up on. I suspect that they will play a handful of games, lose some of them, get mad when they dont understand why and noone can tell them and then ragequit.

You are a mediocre WL player

i suspect you are a mediocre chess player :P

challenge accepted ;)

Hahahahaha.....dead piggy.....you do realize that your comment was quite unnecessary, uncalled for, unwanted, rude, insensitive, unprovoked, unstained, nonconstructive, unsupported and may I just state in my personal opinion IDIOTIC (that is just the comment I do not mean in any way to imply that you are an idiot). Gargamel if the kids want to play warlight and if the site rules allow there's no need to ask permission in the forum, just go for it. But if the site rules do not permit, just mail Fizzer maybe you can come to some agreement.

Cheers :D