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All parent reviews for SmallWorlds
Average rating based on 19 parent reviews:
- 37% say it's educational
- 26% say sexual content is an issue
- 26% say language is an issue
- 26% say there are positive messages
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SmallWorlds NOT for Kids
Who are we kidding? If you want a safe web site for your child to play games on, go to Disney. Smallworlds is not a safe website for children of any age. I've been on the website with more than one avatar and if I am not being bombarded by some 14 year old asking if I want to be their girlfriend of boyfriend (depending on what avatar I'm playing) someone else walks in the room with an Avatar whose name is Sexy Panther.
SmallWorlds moderators are usually 14 year olds in my experience and are not all that helpful. Their response to being harassed by anyone is to block them and or lock your room.
There are many adults on SmallWorlds, most of the people I've run across are between the ages of 17-45.
I won't allow my 12 year old play this game and I wouldn't allow him to play it if he was 15 years old unless I was sitting right next to him.
Some rooms might not allow the use of swear words or any other type of inappropriate language but there is NO sensorship of email whatsoever.
I've repeatedly asked Smallworlds to make a over 18 portion and an under 18 portion but I am sure they won't. I've even come across men posing as teens trying to pick up young girls, reported them and seen them banned for a day or two, but nothing prevents them from creating another Avatar or 10.
This site scares me in regards to SmallWorlds attitude about harassment especially when it comes to sexual harassment. There is no way to prove or disprove your age on SmallWorlds and until they come out with a way to enfore AGE proof and be able to recognize it on the avatar itself, my child won't play.
For the person who wrote the clothes are sexless, I've seen avatars that look like whores or worse with mid-driff tops and mini-skirts and more make up than a clown. I've seen avatars that look better than people, who cares if they aren't anatomical...ask anyone on there and they'll tell you that there are some sexy avatars on SmallWorlds. This place IS NOT suitable for CHILDREN or UNSUPERVISED.
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To address parental concerns
I am an avid user of this game. Honestly, I think it's just fine for most teens to use. I do not agree with parents that say this site is not safe for any teen to use. If that is the case then they should be banning their child from all internet and cell phone privliges! The internet and most other technology has made things that you would normally want to keep from children readily available. I have been playing this game for a little over 1 year now and I think it's great! They have wonderful missions that teach users how to avoid scammers and teach how to report someone that is harrassing them. If the child/teen decides not to use these methods of protection then that is their choice. There are also many missions with positive, educational, and even moral issues addressed. So aside from the ocasional bad apple (in my experience, for anyone who is being lude or harrasing, usually there are many regular members who will come to help a person in need of help to get a moderator or help them block that user. Most people in the game are pleasant and want to keep the game that way.) the game is a wonderful outlet for children ages 13 and older. I think it is a great way to help children deal with real world situations as you are dealing with people from around the world. So as long as you take measures to protect yourself (as you would need to do on ANY social website) this can be a great game for anyone!
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WOOT!
Smallworlds has an age requirement, 11 and 12 do not meet that requirement. If you don't have enough maturity at that age to respect rules..........any rules well it's no wonder why kids are ruining the reputation of the game. I'm an adult player and I've played for a year and I have never witnessed an adult that I know of approach a younger player for indecent online activity. But who can really say with certainty what the age of any player is?. None of us can. I have seen avatars who say they are 14 approach others and not care how old they are. But I've never seen one say "hey I'm 25, I don't care if you are 11 I just want to have some fun with ya". Smallworlds is a creative game, where players create spaces and missions to earn virtual currency and until last Summer when school let out, there was not a strip club, dating/adoption spaces, makeout rooms or kissing booths until these younger players discovered it. And those that behave this way are reported to a moderation team and warned withing minutes or banned entirely from playing the game. I've reported hundreds for cyber sexing in Smallworlds created public spaces and it's always teens/tweens doing it. As far as any online activity for younger people, it is the responsibility of the parent to insure their child is playing safely. It is the responsibility of the developers to insure they obey the Terms of Service and Smallworlds does this swiftly. In the past year, there have been four upgrades to make this game more easy to understand, chat filters are updated, report functions upgraded and new features are being added constantly to keep your interest in the game. Why? because they listen, the developers and staff interact with players and listen to wants and concerns. I've yet to find this anywhere else in the virtual worlds.
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good for 12 years and up
my daughter plays it. it seems very edcucational but on the other hand there sre some bad words that people say that i have seen. so i suggest for people 12 and up. its a fun game but it can also influence the kids and can put out some personal information
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Small worlds.. on Trading economy
Smallworlds is a 3D world yes more used as a game than a technology, however I attempted to build a real educational facility there, smallworlds can be used as a technology that is nowadays available for free to use.. the VIP system is awesome it CAN be earned if a person well enough understand economy,
Since it's humans who trade and play the game, pretty much the economy and socialistic layer in the game are ( real ) not fake...
Scams are alot..
One thing I noticed is my idea of the trade system WAS eventually applied as a Trade Post. this sucked up the game, the idea was to allow trading features in the IN-Game Menu where people can trade without re-loading entire spaces..
The trade post is now so crowded that every merchant in SW ( over 2000 at the same time ) are trying to use the trade post and fail.. eventually instances don't help either...
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Smallworlds is large on fun, learning and creativity to being yourself :)
i adore Smallworlds, and enjoy it with my 15 year old granddaughter...i find the monitoring exelent as it is around the clock....the choice of security preference is very good as well...i love the ability to create and the educational aspects are limitless...its all around a very cool and family friendly website!
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Why it is really bad True Story
Well i was on my daughters account since she got a VIP for her birthday.I was paying and I checked her messages (she is 14) and it was from this guy Mater McQueen it said..." what's up babe last night was good I loved ur puzzy and u sucked my ddiicck of good and hard...how bout more tonite?..." So I know you can't really do these actions but you can say some but spell them wrong to actually say what u wana say.She never before talked to me about sex so I was upset she was learning this online.She now is only to use the computer to do homework we blocked smallworlds you should to.they also can buy bad clothing like only bikini tops and short shorts.Don't let your kids play it
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more for 20-100 than for kids
Far more involved that it appears, more violent content that it should have, more sexual exploits than one would expect, lots of ninny-gossips, lots of name-saying, lots of "who can we dog if they ain't VIP" etc. etc.
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I play this game, and I am 24 years old. I find that it is good for people over the age of 18 (where drinking and sex become legal). Many times you go into Clubs and bars. and even though it doesn't say (rum and coke) the drinks do say (fizzy drink) fruity drink (root beer pint) (speed) (bubbley) and they are all in glasses that can be compared to the adult drinks. not only this but users and get into a bath tub together. surly not something we want our children to be doing. There is alot of talk about sex and people even alert for sex. And there is not nearly enough information about how kids can be safe. not giving out their personal info etc. Also Smallworlds automatically links to people's networking sites (facebook, myspace) This feature cannot be shut off. you have to go to your account daily and remove the site. with all of that being said. I find this game great for adults, it has good communication, and good skills for teaching self worth, money things etc. it is much better tahn if ur kid is out on the street. personally I would not let my kid on the site if she was under age 16. but I am on it.
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My Smallworlds Review :)
I Think Smallworlds is great! In matter of fact one thing you gotta becareful of is [HACKERS] these individuals can do a lot of things like;
Hack into there account,find information,etc
all those sorts of thing's thats all that matters and being scammed is worst smallworlds is a safety environmental because there's no need to worry it matter if the Child Or Teen Either and Adult is mature enough to take immaturity from other Teens or other's who can't control there selves. The one thing I judge about parents about is called blocking avatars on smallworlds which they always forget to do it's always to keep it that way if they have a bad name or such kind of potential just ignore them parents should teach there kids how to do that, because parents should not just get mad.
Well thats all i have for today thanks for reading this folks :).
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Useful info.
Well, there are people on this website that swear and once, tried to get personal info about me. I don't think it's a good website for children, but I guess okay for teens and adults. And you should supervise while your child is playing. I personally love this website, but it's NOT good for kids. Thanks and I hope I helped!!! :)
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Question
Just curious, there was a faith based chat room that was from the Mormons. Is this normal for this site?
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Watch out for bad language.
I used to play this game, until the beta ended and all I could hear was words and suggestive statements coming from other players, the website itself isn't that bad, it just has some very strange players. That's all. I think their chat filters should become much stronger.
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Awesome Experiance
I have found this site to be a great place to meet people from all over the world. Game staff is on live to help with in game problems. Missions, Pets your own house, furniture and much more. More people should join. Awesome experiance.
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Perfect for kids 12 and up!
The site does not allow bad language abd exchange of personal information. They are vert strict and banning an IP address that does so. The langauge filters are just as good as anyone else's. I liked the way the site offered missions and games that are safe for children. Teen's will like the site because it allowes for chat and youtube* video uploads.
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No suitable for young teens...
Dont bother with Smallworlds. My daughter played avidly and i helped her by doing the 'factory' surveys to save up gold tokens to become a VIP member (i wouldn't let her spend her hard earned real money). What a waste of time! No sooner had she secured some gold tokens, then a avatar she didn't know approached her and asked to be her friend, and her account was HACKED! all gold stolen, clothes stolen... VERY upset. We even found out the name of the person and approached them on Smallworlds, but they denied it. We reported them but as they are a VIP member Smallworlds didn't block. I asked my daughter to delete her account as we were worried her email address would be made public. She will not play Smallworlds now. Don't bother to put your kids through the pain unless they are really really savvy...play moshi monsters or bin weavils instead!
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