Dollwar

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Common Sense Media says

Sexed-up dolls, open chat rooms, and fashion wars.
greenON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
yellowPAUSE: Know your child; some content
may not be right for some kids.
redOFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age.
not for kidsNOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age.

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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this popular doll dress-up site is not suitable for young kids, despite the creators' assurances that it is meant for kids, with parental permission. (Kids under 18 are supposed to have parental permission to join, but all you really needs is a valid email address.) The guidelines and moderator warnings to adult members against posting inappropriate content aren't heeded. But that's no surprise, considering the sexed-up doll and fashion choices aren't kid-appropriate either and "role play forums" exist on the site. Offensive words get bleeped out in chat rooms, but stuff often gets through. Kids can also send private messages to other members. Profiles include personal information, including location. Kids have to earn online Dollbucks to buy clothes, and ads are everywhere -- even embedded into contests and content.

  • The prototype doll on this site does not supply young girls with anything similar to a realistic body image (think: Barbie post-breast implants and collagen lip injections). Players win points to spend on the site via "battles" against other players for best-dressed doll, "hot or not" events, and by getting "fame" for the number of people who visit their profile.
  • Not applicable.
  • The site has "role play" and other forums where rules are ignored and sexual content gets posted. The female dress-up doll image and most of her fashion options are hyper-sexualized versions of women with big boobs, small waists, and plump lips. Players can shoot a water balloon at odd jumping images of a bikini-clad girl with her legs spread to win a "hot ringtone."
  • None observed.
  • While the site is free, you have to pay to upgrade with "mojo." (4 mojo for $1.96, sold in groups of up to 500). Pages are littered with ads for products ranging from cell phones, laptops, and SUVs to "Find Sexy Girls" and other adult-oriented Web sites.

What's it about?

Playing computerized doll dress-up games, shopping for clothes, entering fashion competitions, and joining a "clan" is the name of the game at DOLLWAR.COM.


Is it any good?

 

Sure, the premise of DollWar.com sound like child's play, but the site's activities have the potential to quickly become inappropriate for kids when adults play on the same site. On Dollwar.com, there's also an iffy option to create a profile with spots for personal information like name, age, gender, and location, for which players get "fame" points whenever someone visits their profile. Bottom line: There are images, content, and ads that many parents will not want their kids exposed to on Dollwar.com. Does this top Internet doll dress-up gaming site really want to be for children or adults? While they figure that out, kids who love fashion should find somewhere else to play.


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What families can talk about

Families can talk about Internet safety for sites where kids and adults hang out together. Does that pose unique safety problems? When an adult male on a doll dress-up site offers "fatherly advice" to kids that should raise a red flag. What information should you give out? Also, discuss sexualized images of women. Do you think your body should look like a doll on Dollwar.com?


This review was written by Dana Villamagna
Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
For Children
The youngest Child I know on dollwar is 4 and she is just fine she is related to me and there is no problem.Its not sexed up dolls or anything.I don't know what website you've been viewing but its not dollwar.Plus you must of been viewing a Porn website !BURN!

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
I love Dollwar
Dollwar is a wonderful website and it is so much fun. I visit it every single day. They do have things showing half naked girls and the girl that you dressup has a small "model body" making it seem that like is the perfect body. Also, there are clans and battles and in order to ugrade your account you can either pay with real money or use a dollwar form of money. I love dollwar and I think it is a great website!

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Kid, 13 years old
April 9, 2008
 
that was crazy
my older sis made account and it is sick and crazy!

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Oh dear...
Dollwar is pretty much a sex den for pedophiles to pray on young children.... Also there was a lot of rumors of the admin of the site inappropriately chatting with a young girl. i'd watch it if i was you! but hey, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. This is just my thoughts and opinion. There is no proof that the rumour was true... But from what i heard the police were very nearly involved.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
From a dollwar admin
First, I am an admin on dollwar* and just wanted to say that although you are entitled to your opinion you don't know the whole site and how hard we as admin work to keep things safe and suitable for everyone! No site is 100% safe for kids but we strive to do the best that we can! We don't allow cursing, talk about using drugs, etc. and will clean that up as soon as we see it! The bottom line is we can't be everywhere on the site at once so things do slip by at times! And above all, parents should be monitoring their children's website searches and decide for themselves whether it is appropriate! We have many, many children and adults that have joined together - and love it there! We have members of all races, religions and from countries all over the world - and we love that! The ads are an ongoing problem that we are addressing - we are aware and trying to correct the problem! It isn't that we WANT those ads there - sometimes our ad carriers don't listen to our requirements for the site! Our role-play area, chat, forums, etc. are heavily monitored and anyone caught contributing to anything sexually explicit or using foul language is warned and punished or banned from our site! Most of this type thing is done by the younger players - what does that say? It isn't our site but some of the children that choose to play and converse there! And we deal with the situations that come up immediately! We respect your opinion and just wanted to let you know that our site is a great place for kids - and adults, too! Our dolls DO look like barbies but that is nothing new - some of our clothes are sexy - and some aren't! But we are a fashion playing site and we all personally love the differences in style that we see!

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Use with a grain of salt.
Kids and their parents should always use websites with caution. This is no different. And btw, I heard those creepy rumors a few posts up are not true.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Perfectly Appropriate
After reading the Common Sense review I have to say that I completely disagree. I am 14 years old and have been on Dollwar since the very beginning of the first site. I was probably 11 or 12 when I joined. The site is not at all inappropriate for young viewers. When Common Sense reviewed the site, they seemed to completely leave out all of the good stuff and focus on the things that could be considered bad. The site has many many mods and admins who are always working to make the site better for members. There is an area on the site in which users can report bad ads, inappropriate acts by members, and more and it will immediately be fixed. I have seen inappropriate ads on the site, but if they are reported they will immediately be taken down. As for the private messages, Dollwar is not the only site in which this is offered. Almost all websites have this. Yes, it is private from other members, but if any member is having trouble with someone private messaging them something inappropriate, it can be reported and the member who was causing the trouble will immediately be banned. Dollwar is full of a responsible staff that is always available to help all members. If anything inappropriate takes place, just as on any good quality site, the staff takes immediate action. Cheating, naked dolls, bad language, and sexual content, or any other inappropriate behavior is never tolerated on the site. The staff is very very good about taking control of this. In the roleplay section, it is true that in the past there was an incident in which the older members around my age, 14, were posting things that they should not have been, but since then all of the moderators and admins are very very careful about that now as well as the members. As for the profiles, you are never ever ordered to put these things down. Dollwar tells you to never give out your address or any personal information to other members and if someone chooses to go against that rule, that is their own fault. If you ask someone for that, you will be reported and proper action will be taken. The administrators make the site very safe for the members and make it a fun place for us to be. To sum it all up, this site is very appropriate for young members and a very fun and entertaining place to be.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
smilemiley..member of the site..
Okay. Now all of us have our opinion to the site. I have been a member to the site for 3 years. And it is great. There are MODS in the chat rooms that make sure everyone is in line. They also have forum mods that make sure everything on their forums is inline. They are always watching us in chat and on the forums to make sure all the members are behaving. One of their rules is No dating or date talk. Which means if they are caught dating they are reported and actions are taken immediently. That doesnt mean nothing happens. SOMETHING DOES. It is alright for most people. But if you dont want your kids on their then so be it. If they want one its their life not yours. Okay. Seriously. It isn't that bad. They have no control in the bad ads on the site. They can't block them. And most people that do something that is AGAINST the rules either gets IP banned which means they will never get onto the site every again or they are kicked off. So it is SAFE depending on how your kids act on the site.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Dollwar*
I think dollwar is a very mature, nice site. For we have amazing Admins and Mods that watch us 24/7 in chat, on forums, and stopping bad mannerly behavior. I don't agree with this site on dollwar. We've changed from V.1- through on. We're a good site, and there's NO WAY we'll be shut down.

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This review was written by Dana Villamagna
This review was written by Dana Villamagna

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