PLEASE READ THIS!!!! Especially KHSora_VMK_Love and other kids who do the taken thing; I know it's long, sorry!
Loves Disney said:
I think the whole taken thing is disgusting and there really is nothing good about it. It fills this kingdom with junk and there is NO excuse for doing it. VMK is not an online dating service and if that is what people want they should try another website. People say it is okay to do the taken stuff when they do it because they "know" and "like" the other person. Has it ever passed through anyone's mind that the people they "know" could be saying all this stuff without meaning it? NO ONE can ever "know" someone in vmk. These people could be putting on acts and the worse part is, some people fall for it. It doesn't matter whether the other kid said he/she was such an age or has such a personality because overall, they could just be really good actors (not even that). It makes me sick to see all these people participating in such a horrific event in vmk. It also makes me sick to see vmk just sit around and watch as many people do this. I can't stress enough that there is NO excuse whatsoever for doing this just awful thing. I am sorry if this sounds harsh, but I really needed to say that because it also scares me to know that dis'ers even participate in this childish and idiotic act.
The whole "taken" issue, I feel, is the true junk of vmk and I think we need a really good clean up crew.
While that may be a little harsh, you know I agree. And I will even admit that when I first started playing, I had a little "fun" playing a boy character and getting a "girlfriend". I acted very polite and asked if I could "take her out" and we went to a vmk cafe and had dinner. I tried to have a conversation like a date, asked her what music she likes, blah blah. I told her I wanted to get to know her before I became her boyfriend (I know this is messed up but it was an experiment. Just to see what goes on past the "taken" part...) She would not talk to me about that kind of stuff, just kept asking "will you be my boi or not (btw, I cannot stand "boi", it's spelled B-O-Y people, I hate that second most to "WOOT" which is supposed to stand for "we owned other team" in online games like Quake). Back on topic:
She just kept ignoring my attempts to talk and saying "plz plz be my boi lets go to my room" etc etc. that to me is equal to people who just met going on a date, the guy trying to get to know the girl like normal, and the girl just saying "whatever, I don't care about who you are or what you like just come home with me and lets do..."...whatever. Sick.
I was not going to tell her I was really a girl, but she was so forward and irritating that I finally went to her room and said, "guess what...." She "cried" and said I was "gross" (btw, when I have boy mules getting credits now and get hit on, I usually say "i'm really a girl using a boy character to get credits" and I always hear the same exact response: "gross!" Same thing when I go to get the ghost credits and jokingly say "ghost, are you taken? LOL". Someone 99 % of the time (always a girl) says "gross". I reply with, "well, at least I know who the ghost
really is".
Try that sometime, girls, see how many "gross"es you get. Its fun. (talking about the ghost thing).
And the -cries- when a 'boi' won't say yes thing bugs the mess outta me. I understand that it's easier to be anonymous and not be nervous when you are a cartoon character chatting online, unlike approaching boys in real life (I know I was so shy as a young teen, I would never do that, could hardly talk to boys at all, and therefore never had a boyfriend. If vmk were around when I was that age, I might have actually done that just to have a 'boyfriend'). But I certainly would talk to them first, not just see a cute little cartoon character who's sig says they play drums in a band, like my boy I mentioned earlier with the girlfriend, and say "hi u taken"? Some of them don't even say "hi", just "u taken?". My boy mules have seriously gotten swarmed so I could not move before by girls. And they fight over me and call each other "beach" or other mean names. If the girls weren't so desperate to have a fake boyfriend that they could actually get to know someone first (or at least their online persona), then the boyfriend/girlfriend thing would be ok with me. I just can't stand seeing "u taken? u are cute" everywhere I go. I hope everyone else writes to vmk like I did and maybe they will put a stop to it.
And Suzy, you are right about fake personalities, I mean, I did it! I was a drummer in a band and very chivalrous to the girl ("let me pull out your chair for you"). Not me or my personality in real life, cause I'm certainly not a boi, I mean boy!
BTW, isn't vmk aimed at ages 8-14? I know many adults are on there (duh....most of us are here!) but if it is intended for those ages, then why is vmk allowing this to go on? No 8 year old daughter of mine is going to have a boyfriend! So why should they be allowed to have them in the virtual world?
And one more thing, this taken thing
could potentially be dangerous, I know I said it's harmless before but if you think about it....we have DIS and other forums. Imagine this: AvastCuteCheerleader and RockBoyAye become taken. They get to know each other and really like each other, like pen pals as, I think KHSora_VMK_Love, said. RockBoy says he is on the fan site. Cheerleader joins the fan site b/c rockboy tells her where it is, and they can speak more freely via PM's. He has access to her email, so they begin to email. Then they want to meet. Let's say Cheerleader is 16 and old enough to drive and go out without her parents. RockBoy says he is coming to visit her area and wants to meet. Cheerleader agrees to meet him.
RockBoy shows up, is a 45-year old child predator, and....well you can imagine the rest. Cheerleader is unsuspecting because she imagines him as how he looks in the game (and maybe he tells her on the forum that he is 17). she likes him because of their conversations on vmk and pm's and emails, so she has no clue who he really is. He may even send her photos of a young boy and say it's him.
vmk WILL ban for asking someone's message forum title (I got a 2 hour ban for that), but they don't always catch it. So even though they have security measures to prevent info from being given, they can still find each other. Heck, some of us have met people in real life that we know from vmk and dis! I have! So it's NOT safe. Also you could give a phone number easily (if you don't get caught): "eat on tree, fix on too, tree ive fine oh".
Ok I have rambled on long enough. so KHSora_VMK_Love and anyone else young that does the taken thing, please consider all of this. Thanks for reading and sorry so long!
~Mia~
P.S. DanMedix: all I have to say about your post is
LOL!
I have seen it ! my friend's bff (best ive seen just being friends) has a girl friend but they like the inside it is soooo cute !
(friend)
I don't know). And VirtuallyMe, I have actually thought the same thing about going up to people in WDW and asking if they are taken! Honestly if I saw a young boy and somehow knew that he was a vmk player who did that...I would do it (unless his parents looked mean LOL). I'm just that crazy. It would make a point, at least for one kid....
I felt so bad that everyone mistakened him for a girl. He was yelling and angry and trying to explain he has longish hair but is really a boy. *sigh*
