*shrugs*

To the original question, no on several counts.
Is he in charge? No.

Was he given the position? No. As said, PlaneShift absorbed the channel that had already been created.

His age was answered in another post, so I'll not bother.

He is another op in the channel. Big deal? No. I have never once seem him abuse the commands.
He is young. Big deal? No. I actually thought he was almost as old as I was for the first year, and knowing his age only increased my respect for him.

He was even a GM in the game for a short time. Big deal? No. GMs are testers and mods in the game, and he was more than capable of doing both, as he has a better understanding of code than many others.

Is this common? No. The person you speak of is an extraordinary individual, and would not be in such a position if it were not merited. It is IRC. It is not going to change anyone's life to have a 14 year old as an op. Anyone who has issues with this case simply has issues.

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Really now? My points were more than valid, factual, and not flamy in the least. Just the honest truth. Perhaps I'll post them on the PS forum... where the moding is a bit lighter.

Now, I am going to question why this was posted here, where few actual players visit, instead of simply going into the #planeshift channel and asking the person in question himself. It is not a big secret, and by your own words you have been in the channel many times before. What is your game here?

Originally posted by pstruth

Is it really true that the guy in charge of PlaneShift's irc channel was 14 years old when he was given his position?

You make it sound as it would be a bad thing? As long he/she makes the job, the age dont matter.

Well, that post sums up nicely what was edited out in mine. I am obviouly not the only one who understands tone of words and phrasing.

Alright, listen please.

It is acceptable to have debates here. The OP asked questions. Those questions have been given different answers by different people. If a child having moderation power is a good idea or not; That is not an unreasonable topic of discussion.

But guys, please don't get personal. If you have issue with something a person has said, report their post, and it'll be dealt with by one of the moderators. A chain of personal attacks usually just ends up with a fight between a bunch of people over which one of them is the biggest prick, and as much as I enjoy spectator sports, all it really does is disrupt the forum.

Please don't attack a person, no matter what you think of their argument or their attitudes. If you have issues with their opinions, or if you think they've posted false information, then go ahead, question that opinion, correct that information. That's fine. That's good. You can't have a solid discussion without a solid base. But please don't talk smack about each other. It's against the rules, and it'll probably get deleted.

Thanks.

You are totally making it sound like his age has something to do with him being immature.

Ive had 12year old Gm's with better english and manners than 80% of  these forums.

So yeah.. I don't really find this place to be the most giving place to talk about his manners :/

Guys, he's not even 14 in the first place! :D He's more like 17 now if I remember. I invite you all to go into the fan channel on Freenode and use the /mode #planeshift +b command to see who exactly has been banning people recently (unless you're already listed there).

Age =/ maturity

I can tell you that one of the most respected lead administrators of wikipedia.org was 14 at the time he received his position.  This was, of course, downplayed to avoid just this sort of reaction.

If the OP feels that this individual has abused his powers, I would suggest he make his case.  I would hazard a guess that every moderator on every board has abused his powers in one form or another, either of their own volition or under orders.  Age would have nothing to do with that.

In my experience, however, the abuse of power generally amounts to a moderator not letting someone indulge in their god given right to talk crap.  That too, is not age related, just maturity related.

Originally posted by pstruth

Whether or not he has abused his powers seems contentious at the least.  And neither of your well-informed replies answered my question with regards to his age.

so because he is younger you expect him to abuse his powers?  i think that is a little harsh.  at 14 i would be more worried about how much work load he is undertaking for that position rather than what he is doing with it.

Originally posted by Tuxide

pstruth: I see no factual information here, there is no 14 year old running the fan channel and there is no GM younger than 21.

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What do you mean there's no factual information?  I asked a question.  You and Nurahk posted answers.  Are you saying that the answer you gave isn't factual?

Originally posted by UtMoon

He is another op in the channel. Big deal? No. I have never once seem him abuse the commands.

Originally posted by UtMoon

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Really now? My points were more than valid, factual, and not flamy in the least. Just the honest truth. Perhaps I'll post them on the PS forum... where the moding is a bit lighter.

I'm sorry, but I haven't seen the mods here edit out stuff that wasn't a flame.  Perhaps that's just my opinion, but your post was probably editted for a reason.  The PS forum is more tolerant of flaming, especially when the person being flamed is disliked by the moderators for giving truthful reviews of the game and its community.

Originally posted by UtMoon

Now, I am going to question why this was posted here, where few actual players visit, instead of simply going into the #planeshift channel and asking the person in question himself.

Perhaps because the #planeshift channel is a big giant flame pit, perhaps because it's run by 14 year olds. ;)

Originally posted by Tyrian

If the OP feels that this individual has abused his powers, I would suggest he make his case. 

That doesn't fly over there.  I don't think I've ever seen someone ever lose their position as GM or moderator after being accused of abusing his position.  Bad GMs and moderators have left the game before on their own, but whenever that happens it's made very clear that they simply decided to leave and no one "fired" them.

Originally posted by Death1942

Originally posted by pstruth

Whether or not he has abused his powers seems contentious at the least.  And neither of your well-informed replies answered my question with regards to his age.

so because he is younger you expect him to abuse his powers? 

No, I'm saying that some people think he has abused his powers on occassion.

hm... a smart kid that know how to do the job... that is fine...

On the other hand i had seen people in the 50s that never had a work before.. they just do a bit of work over here and there.. nothing real ever in their lives... lol.

know what I mean.

Originally posted by pstruth

 

 

Originally posted by UtMoon

He is another op in the channel. Big deal? No. I have never once seem him abuse the commands.

That's just your opinion, and it is contentious.

 

 

 

Originally posted by UtMoon

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Really now? My points were more than valid, factual, and not flamy in the least. Just the honest truth. Perhaps I'll post them on the PS forum... where the moding is a bit lighter.

I'm sorry, but I haven't seen the mods here edit out stuff that wasn't a flame.  Perhaps that's just my opinion, but your post was probably editted for a reason.  The PS forum is more tolerant of flaming, especially when the person being flamed is disliked by the moderators for giving truthful reviews of the game and its community.

 

Originally posted by UtMoon

Now, I am going to question why this was posted here, where few actual players visit, instead of simply going into the #planeshift channel and asking the person in question himself.

Perhaps because the #planeshift channel is a big giant flame pit, perhaps because it's run by 14 year olds. ;)

 

This is all just your opinion.  In fact, everything you post here has just been your opinion.  You say Jose has abused power but, you have no proof.  You say the PlaneShift mods have favorites but, again, you have no proof.

And he is no longer 14, pstruth, he has aged.

Now... Is there any point to this thread?

"Perhaps because the #planeshift channel is a big giant flame pit, perhaps because it's run by 14 year olds. ;)" -pstruth

'Perhaps' is a good way of saying nothing and implying much. The channel is not a 'big giant flame pit' as defined by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming (Internet).  Interestingly enough, the deleted section of my post is not defined as flaming either, by this section of the article: "Similarly, a normal, non-flame message may have elements of a flame -- it may be hostile, for example -- but it is not a flame if its author seriously intends to advance the discussion." What I wrote was nothing more than a breakdown of the phasing of the original post, and why people took offence to it. There was no name calling, goading, or insulting aside from giving my opinion at the end that I am sad that you feel the need to be so petty, which was valid by your above statement and the following.

As said many times, it is not run by a 14 year old -now-. Three years ago, it was modded by a 14 year old, along with others who were not. Even by saying this is 'perhaps' the cause is showing that you are bias, judgemental, and yes, petty.

Try to answer the question without using slippery words. I think the honest motivation of the original poster is a more than valid discusion topic for any thread.

I concur, this thread has no point to it because it is clearly a personal attack thread.

VPellen: With all due respect, I have no idea why the hell you claim this is not an attack thread because this obviously is one. This is not a discussion about 14 year old GMs in general, this thread is clearly about a particular person. I would be happier if we could hold this discussion WITHOUT disparaging individuals.

Originally posted by Tuxide

I concur, this thread has no point to it because it is clearly a personal attack thread.

You already tried that one.

VPellen: With all due respect, I have no idea why the hell you claim this is not an attack thread because this obviously is one. This is not a discussion about 14 year old GMs in general, this thread is clearly about a particular person. I would be happier if we could hold this discussion WITHOUT disparaging individuals.

Then I guess you need to stop posting, eh? Or do you quickly forget things you write?

VPellen: I'd suggest locking the thread, my self. pstruth has made his point, { Mod Edit }, case closed.

I'd consider that a flame.  The only real reason he posted it was to attack us "fanbois" isn't exactly a compliment.

Either way, no, pstruth has yet to make any point, Zorvan.  This thread has been

"14 year old GM?"

"No, not GM and no longer 14"

"14 year old GM?"

"No... not GM and no longer 14"

"But... but... 14 year old GM?"

And so on and so forth.  I've yet to see a point.

Originally posted by Nurahk

I'd consider that a flame.  The only real reason he posted it was to attack us "fanbois" isn't exactly a compliment.

 

Either way, no, pstruth has yet to make any point, Zorvan.  This thread has been

 

"14 year old GM?"

"No, not GM and no longer 14"

"14 year old GM?"

"No... not GM and no longer 14"

"But... but... 14 year old GM?"

 

And so on and so forth.  I've yet to see a point.

You guys ( especially Tuxide ) consider anything you don't agree with ( which means anything said against anything to do with Planeshift ) a flame. Kinda funny, in a sad way.

Originally posted by pstruth

 

Perhaps because the #planeshift channel is a big giant flame pit, perhaps because it's run by 14 year olds. ;)

 

Since this seems to be a blatant attack on Jose, i would like to call myself as a witness ;) Personally, it took me several months before i realized he was even younger then me. He is an incredibly mature, intelligent individual, fully capable of handling the position of op on the planeshift irc channel. I would also like to point out that there are several others with op status, including Talad himself much of the time. So any claims of mod abuse, are completely unwarranted in my opinion.

As for the claims that the channel is one big flamefest, thats also quite untrue. I am pretty much there most of the time, and there are RARELY any instances of flaming. 99.9% of the time it is a pleasant discussion..Of course there are a few individuals who take pride in causing trouble, { Mod Edit }

Sincerely yours,

Anumesa

Interesting how you deride others for stating thier opinions about someone else's posts, yet rarely comment on the actual topic of the thread, and actually don't seem to have a clue as to what is going on.

Would I have a problem with a minor having full control of an official game channel (which is not even close tot he case here)? No. As long as was done well. I gave a far greater issue with people in charge who are older, yet act like children, or think that their age makes them superior.

As I said before in the mod edit, you are not a mod, Zorvan, and it is not your job to police the thread. I have attacked no one in this thread, have given honest answers, asked honest questions, and wish to be given an honest reason as to the intention of this thread. I honestly doubt the real reason is to find out the answer to the question, as there are far easier ways to accomplish this. pstruth has claimed several times to know Devs and GMs in the game, so it would have been as simple as asking one of them.

So I ask again, why post this thread on a forum full of strangers who barely even know what PlaneShift is, let alone who a single op in the IRC channel is. We all know pstruth is not a stupid person, and is very good at manipulating people. So ask yourself, what is his game here?