Tactical Gamer is based upon several principles, but two of the most important are teamwork and maturity. Teamwork should be easy enough, working together to achieve a common goal. Everyone participates in that in game and is the core reason why many of us started playing or continue playing 2142 (as well as many other games). Maturity is a very different matter though, so I thought it might be a good idea for people to share their ideas on what maturity is. After understanding what others think maturity is, I feel the community as a whole can benefit from the insight of its members.

To get things started I'll provided a dictionary entry and a few of my thoughts.

Main Entry:
ma·tu·ri·ty
1: the quality or state of being mature ; especially : full development
2: termination of the period that an obligation has to run

Main Entry:
ma·tu·re
1: based on slow careful consideration <a mature judgment>
2 a (1): having completed natural growth and development : ripe (2): having undergone maturation b: having attained a final or desired state <mature wine> c: having achieved a low but stable growth rate <paper is a mature industry> d: of, relating to, or being an older adult : elderly <airline discounts for mature travelers>
3 a: of or relating to a condition of full development b: characteristic of or suitable to a mature individual <mature outlook> <a show with mature content>

While most of the entries are not very applicable to the given context, "based on slow careful consideration" is the most fitting. Making a careful decision seems like a good summary of the dictionary explanation.

Personally, maturity is more of an ability to make an publicly acceptable decisions in the face of other, less desirable, options. A lot of that comes from undterstanding and experience. I will say that some people are naturally better at understanding other people, whether based on their up bringing or a natural skill from birth. Experience is seemingly just a function of times but I feel that it is also the quality of the events that occurred (ex: two 17 year-old boys are going to feel differently about drinking alcohol if the father of one was an alcoholic and abusive to the family while the other boy has had no bad experience). I have a feeling that a lot of this is going to come to "taking the high road" which can often be the case as a more mature decision is often of a higher moral quality. I also think that being civil and polite is going to come into play often in this discussion.

So please share and hopefully we all can have a nice chat.