[tomorrow's sunshine]

If minors want to get into +18 spaces, they'll find a way. Putting any sort of age restriction is going to make it so every minor will lie about their age to get in. It already happens without a restriction; it'll be worse with one. If they're vocal about their age, then at least it's likely that people will avoid being weird to them or around them... as has happened with me (thank you guys)

Your argument about "heavy themes" doesn't make much sense at all either. I'm not going to get into the topic of actual children because yes, get them out of here, what the fuck. But any adolescent aged 14-17 has more than the necessary maturity to handle these topics. The Walking Dead has a minimum age of 16+. That show has scenes of people being eaten alive by zombies. I myself watched it when I was 14.

...honestly, as I grow older I do realize how weird it was to have a 14 year old (me) in the middle of a bunch of adults but that doesn't mean we should lock the entire game behind an age barrier. What I said in paragraph 1 is just going to happen. Let these little shits say they're 14 so everyone knows. If there's no pressure to lie about their age they probably won't. It's better that way. Trust me