The taken/daycare issue

[Tandrew]

VMK has gotten totally out-of-hand. Espicially the taken issue. I'm absoulutely against it because you are a boy friend/girl friend to a complete stranger. See what taken could do to people! I think VMK should delete more words from the dictionary that have to do with taken to make VMK a safer and better place. The only thing they deleted that has to do with taken is the word baby. They are trying to get some words that have to do with taken and baby also can be used with a daycare issue which takes us to our next topic.

The daycare issue is ridiculous. People also ask random people to be their Mom or Dad. That is just crazy, I think people should report daycare rooms and the owner would get banned but I see none of that happening. Now everybody who agrees with me post your feeling to this issue!

 

[jazstar87]

i do too, i think it is silly. i was ask to be a mom a couple of time and when i was a cl too. i tell them i can't and get in trouble. When i am in my room, when people start asking if you are taken i ask them to stop and if the don't i boot them. Now even people are acting it is there real beaux and girlfriends. It is really rediculous! i can't step on to main street, either they are fightting or asking. it is getting quite frustration!

 

[RicksCafe]

...my friend told me a person was on VMK doing the taken thing and the persons girl friend went on a different site and told her boy where she lived and all of that, and guess what happened? The girl was kidnapped! See what taken could do to people!

As much as I might agree with your position on the "taken" issue, unless you can provide more substance to this story (e.g., a news link), I fear you are fueling (or creating) an urban legend.

Urban legends serve their social purpose (i.e., look in the back seat of your car before getting in, don't get drunk with a stranger if you want to keep your kidney, etc), but they remain legends.

Your friendly neighborhood...
RicksCafe

 

[bashfulwishes]

VMK has gotten totally out-of-hand. Espicially the taken issue. I'm absoulutely against it because you are a boy friend/girl friend to a complete stranger. Also my friend told me a person was on VMK doing the taken thing and the persons girl friend went on a different site and told her boy where she lived and all of that, and guess what happened? The girl was kidnapped! See what taken could do to people! I think VMK should delete more words from the dictionary that have to do with taken to make VMK a safer and better place. The only thing they deleted that has to do with taken is the word baby. They are trying to get some words that have to do with taken and baby also can be used with a daycare issue which takes us to our next topic.

The daycare issue is ridiculous. People also ask random people to be their Mom or Dad. That is just crazy, I think people should report daycare rooms and the owner would get banned but I see none of that happening. Now everybody who agrees with me post your feeling to this issue!

I agree that the asking people about the taken stuff can get annoying. My theory on that is just ignore them. We go threw life every day and have to deal with stuff that we don't like...do we just delete the words out of their mouth NO we ignore them. Ignore and enjoy VMK while its here and free. About the daycare and "house playing" Sometimes I believe it goes to extreme but vmk is for children of all ages and unfortunatly a lot of little girls like to play house even in "real life". So u can't say...ban all the rooms with day care without saying there should no be any imagination in VMK at all. If that were the case....bye to the night clubs..bye to the cafe's...bye to the hotels....and so on. If you don't agree with what you see there is always the option of leaving to another room...or the lovely feature ignore SOOO that is my opinion.....well have to go play haunted lol I AM A HAUNTED ADDICT

 

[Adventuredaz]

Also my friend told me a person was on VMK doing the taken thing and the persons girl friend went on a different site and told her boy where she lived and all of that, and guess what happened? The girl was kidnapped! See what taken could do to people!

I think it is very important to not post unsubstantiated claims here in the forum. This is how very uglly rumors get started. Starting rumors can cause a lot to happen but not solve the problem you are aiming at. Two points Internet security and safty is a valid point and can't stress enough kids not sharing info out of the VMK environment. Second while both the boy friend girl friend and daycare things are ridiculous and I don't like them we have to leave this to VMK. If you want to send complaints or discus the dislike that is fine. But without fact to back up a claim like that. It is likely to have unintended effcets.

 

[u2aggie99]

This reminds me of another thread that I also posted on. The taken thing does annoy me, and I dont really want to be "taken". What's the point if ur not even going to meet them in rl anyway? All I do is ignore it, and for some reason if the VMK staff does not ban, or take away, words or rooms relating to the subject, then I guess they dont have a problem with it...

 

[Loves Disney]

I must say that I too stand strong against the whole "taken" talk I hear. What happened to good ol' Disney chat? I am so happy the Dis Boards is here. It reminds me that there are decent Disney fans alive lol.

 

[deepshadow]

Yes you are correct and i hate that stuff.At first,when ever i saw anybody who had not taken in their signature or said who wants to be my girl/boy i would warn them about the vmk values and tell them to change their signatures.some ppl listened but some called me innapropiate names.I began to do this where ever i went and it soon became difficult,beacuse alot of ppl in vmk dont read the vmk values or just dont choose to listen to them.I am starting to think that more and more ppl enter in to the girlfriend/boyfriend team every day.A.K.A.,THE DARK SIDE.


and for the mummy duh duh stuff,it STINKS period.It doesnt make any sense why some ppl want to play "house" when they can suck up ghosts,meet a dragon and blast away pirate ships.Some ppl used to have bothers and sys but now that you can say brother and sister i dont know why you can say those words anyway.I have also seen alot of houses and daycares and also "bay bes."I have seen two babies with an innapropiate word in their signature or innapropiate word they said.(This word isnt actually allowed to be said on vmk,but like most of the time,these "dictionary dancers"as they are called combine to words to form something they are not allowed to say.


For this whole thing i think these ppl are just downright crazy

Thank You.

 

[Dis-Wiz]

I am having a hard time believing that someone was kidnapped from playing VMK. I think it would have been somewhere on the news......

However, I agree about the taken issue, I HATE it!!!! It is sending the wrong message to all those little kids who play VMK.

I do not think they should remove ANY more words from the VMK dictionary. There is enough taken out already. I think we should be able to say whatever we want in VMK, and I think when people say things they shouldn't, they should be boot or banned. Yes, this means more work for the staff, but it's their JOB!!!!! There should be more staff, and they should monitor things more closely. If they did this, then we can say anything we want. I don't think those who are doing nothing bad should get punished for what the bad people on VMK are doing.

 

[JeanJoe]

I'd like to question and clarify. I see nothing in the VMK values (included below) that specifically speaks against the whole "taken" girlfriend / boyfriend thing, unless the people involved start getting graphic or explicit.

VMK staff tolerate the "usual" fairly harmless boyfriend / girlfriend behavior. They do NOT condone it, or encourage it, but it is NOT against the rules. You should not be going around telling people it is against the rules.

Personally, I agree with you, and think the BF/GF thing is ridiculous and annoying, but I will NOT try to fool people into thinking it's against the rules, unless they take it too far.

My 2 cents, with change.

At first,when ever i saw anybody who had not taken in their signature or said who wants to be my girl/boy i would warn them about the vmk values and tell them to change their signatures.some ppl listened but some called me innapropiate names.I began to do this where ever i went and it soon became difficult,beacuse alot of ppl in vmk dont read the vmk values or just dont choose to listen to them.

VMK Values

Virtual Magic Kingdom is a free multi-Player game, where you can have a Disney Theme Park experience and hang out with your friends. While it is designed to be enjoyed by Guests of all ages, many VMK Players are between the ages of 8-14, so VMK needs to be a safe, non-threatening environment.

The rules are very simple. Stick to them and everyone will have fun; break them and you'll get yourself banned from the game.

You Must NOT:
Use ANY hacking, scripting or editing program with the game.
Steal other Players' credits or in-game belongings.
Describe sexual acts to other Players.
Pester people who don't want to talk to you.
Swear or use sexually graphic or racist terms.
Ask other Players for their passwords, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers or other personal information.
Type your password anywhere except in the Disney registration and log-in pages, or in the Contact Us section.
Give away, trade or sell your VMK Character.
Break the law in the game or talk others into breaking it.

You Should:
Have fun!
Hang out with your friends.
Chat with new people.
Respect other people's views and beliefs.

 

[Dis-Wiz]

but people have asked staff about these issues, and they said to tell those people who are doing the boy/girlfriend stuff that it is against VMK values. It came straight from the staff member's mouth. Staff said this when someone started a room where people would talk about this issue, and find ways to stop it. They invited a staff to the room, and that's when they said it was against vmk values, and to discourage it whenever you see it around.

 

[sonchynne]

I understand where you're coming from with the "taken" issue. Yes, I do have "taken" in my profile on VMK. But the person on VMK that I am taken by is also my real life boyfriend. He lives in another state at the moment so sometimes we'll get on VMK and play some of the games together and just have fun. But he and I are adults and we know how to act on there, never saying or doing anything innappropriate or explicit in any way. But I've seen a couple people on there act totally different then we do and I start to worry about them, wondering if they really do know the person they are saying these things to. Or if they don't, do they realize how dangerous it might get. I personally wouldn't mind if someday VMK had a problem with having "taken" in your profile and people had to remove it.

 

[DementedRiku]

I totally agree with JeanJoe that it is not actually in the VMK Values! It depends on the situation whether it's against rules or not! Staff, i'm sure, is as annoyed of it as we all are but as long as ppl aren't giving away info on their age, location or meeting each other in real life, then they aren't going to ban these NEW guests till 2015!

I always discourage it wherever i go but it's not going away anytime soon! So get used to it!

Besides it's the ppl's own fault if they want "vmk" relationships. For example: My cousin just started VMK and me and my sisters were so excited so we showed her everything and even hooked her up with some spare golden ears we had! Well she is like 10 and wants to have a b/f in vmk. So she hooks up with this guy and gives him her ears because they are together. Then like an hour later she breaks up with him. She doesn't even care about the ears and says she felt "generous"!

 

[Jennie81994]

VMK has gotten totally out-of-hand. Espicially the taken issue. I'm absoulutely against it because you are a boy friend/girl friend to a complete stranger. Also my friend told me a person was on VMK doing the taken thing and the persons girl friend went on a different site and told her boy where she lived and all of that, and guess what happened? The girl was kidnapped! See what taken could do to people! I think VMK should delete more words from the dictionary that have to do with taken to make VMK a safer and better place. The only thing they deleted that has to do with taken is the word baby. They are trying to get some words that have to do with taken and baby also can be used with a daycare issue which takes us to our next topic.

The daycare issue is ridiculous. People also ask random people to be their Mom or Dad. That is just crazy, I think people should report daycare rooms and the owner would get banned but I see none of that happening. Now everybody who agrees with me post your feeling to this issue!

I agree they should take out the word taken!

 

[Tandrew]

Yeah on the kidnap debate I had a hard time believing what she said too. As of some people said "It would be on the news" I said that exact thing to her. And she was hesitent about it and I wanted to post it here to see what some people say about but now I will delete that from my post and everybody can keep on talking about the other debates