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I know how everyone feels, I play a male character ( because I am male) and I get women characters all the time asking me to go out with them... This is really getting irritating... I mean I am an adult who plays this who has a husband and I have to delete people off my friendlist because the few people who i thought appreciated the company, only turned around to act so childish.

I know this game is meant for ages 10+ but in honesty some of these teenagers are taking it a bit too far. I feel that if it persists I am just going to solo until I can find a group of other adults who I can enjoy my time with... I am usually hanging around the first server that the game puts me on... I would like to have other adults on my friend list to play with but its very hard to know who is.

So I sympathize with everyone and want a solution to this issue as well

i am 14 and i for one dont like the swearing at all so i do my best to ignore them (with the actual option) and report them but complaining doesnt do any good its just irritating if you are a upset parent with a little kid that is reading this horrible language then you should take action to help your child report, ignore , or change realms if the problem continues because the people at KI are doing all they can to stop those players who like to ruin everyone's fun.

WillowDawn wrote:

My family is on a Text Chat, and so my Kids can see all being said. I don't feel I need to restrict them
because there are those that choose to violate the rules.
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Parents that don't want our kids around that type of filthy language!

You contradicted yourself. KI did provide a mechanism for you to keep your child away from that type of language, but you opted to not use it.

KI's implementation is the most effective way as it is proactive rather than reactive, which is what you are suggesting.

crazyqeen321 wrote:

HE WOULDN'T STOP ASKING TILL SHE REPLIED TO HIS QUESTION!!!!

MissNat wrote:

I think the word "marry" needs to be removed from the text chat.
I reported numerous people a few nights back because they were running around Ravenwood asking people to marry them.
I've been tempted to turn off my text chat because I'm tired of listening to these obnoxious little kids that are wanting to date someone via an online computer came.

Albeit, annoying, but that's not against the policy; you've abused the report function and taken time away from actual policy violations. This is what the ignore function is for. You can't expect KI to hire a staff to 'deal' with people we think are annoying.

LariceCat wrote:

I agree, BUT i sort of dissagree. I am a kid, so that clears things up.
Only a couple of kids "curse" on W101, and those who do use subs for words. W101 would be a lot duller with words like bench, fun, sit, and witch removed. A person who used those words innapropriatly should be reported and converted to dull dull dull menu chat.
By the way, you can't report someone in a battle or pvp, and in a pvp match, you usually can't find a person afterwards, and pvps are where most cursing occurs.

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me to I just tornd off text chat

Just want to say a quick comment:

I touch type, so occasionally i say what i am thinking and this envitably leads to me accidentally saying something that might be deemed offensive.

For instance, say 'weird' would be a bad thing to say, i might say that because its what i am actually thinking, although after i say it, i realize that i shouldn't have said it.

i don't look at the letters i type so i occasionally also press the wrong one and then press 'Enter'.

So its also annoying for me, I once said something which i really shouldn't have said, only because it was what i was saying to someone right next to me near the PC, now that was embarresing. Luckily i was on group chat so only my friends heard. :P

-Swift

Shadowtribal wrote:

susume wrote:

I always ask players to stop when I see cursing or abusive speech in the game, and I report them if they continue. Some stop or go elsewhere as soon as they realize an adult is watching them, which encourages me to continue calling out bad behavior. I hope others reading this will also remind players using bad language that they are being watched (not only by adults but also by younger kids) and report them if they continue.

Some of the specific words people have been using recently to sound like bad words have now been removed and can't be said any more. People may think of new ways to sound like bad words, but it does show that the KI staff are looking at the chat logs, and listening to the emails complaining about language, and making changes based on that information.

I think that text chat should be completely open. But that the chat logs should be moderated by Moderators in-game and offline. Like In Club Penguin, a game me and brothers enjoy, they have mods in game and off.They ban anyone who uses a bad word, for a day to forever. Even though their chat is already limited.

But seriously, think about it. These are games. Never were games intended for adults. Now an Online game is not only about the playing together but about the social. I play with my brothers and friends, and we cant even tell each other a simple sentence without three dots in the middle of it.
I cant spell Im, because you guys think it means Instant message, you have to think of this game for what it is... for the youth... parents can try to control it but you guys never will. Kids are forever trying to be defiant and a parent's influence over their little release of daily stress, being this game or any other game, just makes them mad.

I am 15 , I play this game without cursing.
But i do have a problem with parents including my own, trying to control every little thing that is related to me.
If your child's 5 and knows curses... i think you should be pointing the finger at yourself.

You do know that the first games ever made or played were NOT for kids right?

You do point out a good point that if the kids curse the parents are partially to blame but not solely. They hear things from other kids and other sources and we have the same fun time as KI in getting them to stop.

It is all about respect and they will not respect others until they get some respect for themselves.

First things first, I am a kid, to clear things up, and don't swear in-game. Luckily my 6-year-old brother can't read a whole lot yet (just common words like the subject of this thread) and can barely put together sentences. None of my family needs him saying that jank.

A good idea if someone asks you to be his/her 'boy'/'girl' is to just, well, if you can't/don't want to port out, is to tell him/her you're a wrinkly old grandpa/ma. (Might sound confusing with all the /'s so take as much time as you need working it out. XD) It's worked for me numerous times- I get about 10 people asking me to go out with them a month! (And my character isn't even pretty. Also, some GIRLS have even asked me out, but I don't blame them for that. My character looks like a boy XD)

If someone swears, I just do the most AMAZING, MOST BESTEST THING TO DO ABOUT THIS SITUATION in the ENTIRE WORLD!-

-I Report them and then click Ignore.

Doesn't matter if they're my friend or just some random person!

The other best thing to do is take action until KI does. These options have ups and downs but will help you somehow.

The first thing you can do is use Menu Chat. Simple, huh? You can't hear ANY players that don't use it, and your kids can't swear themselves. But the BAD thing this is, is that you're limited to some words. Also you can't hear anyone around you, if you're stepping on a puzzle and trying to figure things out, someone might try to stop you but can't. That's bad. Plus, you can't report bad players, which is bad because KI needs your help to catch these people, too!

Second, you can use Text Chat which is the best, believe it or not, thing you can do. You can report and ignore these players (when you report them, be sure you include the combinations so KI can ban the word.) and still have a free chat. I highly recommend this mode, but if you have a child under the age of 13 I highly recommend Text Chat, as well.

Hope I helped :D

I guess the only way to fix this for me is to remove everyone from my friends list. This has happen to me a whole lot since they found out I'm a grandma who plays the game.

I'll just delete everyone and start over.

I'm sorry but what kind of water are all of you guys drinking? I've played this game for a week now and have yet to discover a way to curse or say anything vulgar or profane. As for "pipe down!" a Disney Channel family show called That's So Raven has a teacher saying that same comment. Granted, he's a teacher however, if Disney had any incling of it sounding vulgor or profane they would not have allowed it in the script. Personally I think that theres too much moderation. I end up saying a sentece that would have come out more adult like but had to modify it and made me talk like a 2 yr old and I'm 30! I like this game just not the heavy moderation of the words that are comming out! I would like to see a list of what you guys call "cursing,vulger,or profane" because I've played alot of other online games and have tried everything word combos and the like and only found 2 she it ( say the words together) and crack. Crack I'll agree doesn't need to be allowed but she it can be used mostly in a good way not sure if kids picked up on that or not but nothing else I tried worked to say profanities and I didn't say them out loud by the way I erased them but was trying to figure out how these words could be said after veiwing your posts and frankly all I can come up with is that you guys aren't parents but little kids yourselves or the words you think you hear as bad aren't bad at all! Or you have a really dirty mind! Personally I have yet to see anyone in game that would be a little bad except for the kids that beg for stuff all the time if they are even kids! Now as for kids venting about thier parents let them! If they don't get to vent then it builds up inside and then it's a ticking time bomb! And if a kid needs to vent about thier parents don't blame the kids obviosly it's the parents that are the cause of the kids wanting to vent in the first place. Now I don't know if you know what I mean by building a time bomb but it's a phsycological thing if you don't understand then go ask a phsyciatrist. The reason I blame parents for making kids want to vent is just this. My kids love me and their dad, they never get mad at us enough to have to vent! Granted they get frusterated sometimes when we want them to do somthing when they are busy doing something else, but thats kids for you! Obviosly some of these kids have a hard time with their parents and relating to their parents in a calm environment. Or those kids were brought up to swear "still confused about these so called swear words!" and don't know any better or was told by thier parents that if someone was to correct them to tell them to bug off or somthing. You see it all comes back to the parents and not the kids themselvs. If you were a good parent you would know this allready!

I understand what you mean but its a unwinnable battle people are always going to find a way around it its like godzilla and mothim. mothim will never win either will KI they will always find away. so i mean patching up stuff my stop it for a while but it wont stop it forever.