Originally Posted by econ21
It's naive to think only 16+ will play M2TW. We had a salient example of that recently, with Tibilicus winning the M2TW preview event competition and then being denied access because he was under age.
And my Euro MTW (the original) is 11+.
My 10 year old occasionally reads these forums over my shoulders and I don't particularly like telling him what a particular lewd initialisation means, for example. It's not a big deal, but it is rather ugly.
But I agree with Kralizec, the swearing band is not just to "protect the kids" but also to create a pleasant, courteous atmosphere. Swearing is fine between friends who know each other and are happy with such language. But the Org is a very different setting - a world community, in which complete strangers meet, sometimes lock horns and ideally become friends. I think the swearing ban makes that ideal outcome more likely.