Parent reviews for Marapets

The site is in overall, completely unsafe. It was hacked at least five times in less than a week by a hacker who was never even caught. The Staff in this game informed me that the hacker was only able to infiltrate Marapets' security because their site had NO security at all--according to them, it wasn't even necessary because they have never had an issue with hackers up until now. What kind of logic is that? It's like leaving your doors open and just waiting for the burglars to come charging in before considering those locks.

Because of their incompetence, explicit material such as pornography and much more were posted for hours in a CHILDREN'S FORUM. Not only is their practice incompetent, but it's also extraordinarily unethical and I would not advise any parent to allow their children to visit this site--it's just not safe.

Their ads are also constantly riddled with malware and my anti-virus has blocked dozens of attempts at a security breach while browsing its pages.

Apart from the safety and ethical concerns, this site is also not worth investing in. Updates are typically delayed for months at a time, and this is because this site only has one game coder -- a man named "Ian." This man is not qualified for the job and has permitted countless bugs to exist in the game at the expense of players' good experience. It is no wonder why when I visited this site years ago, there used to be at least 5,000+ active players... but nowadays you'll hardly find it reaches as little as 600. This game is dying, and quickly.

Its Staff Team is also extremely rude and will ban you without an explanation... you literally just get a ban notice with no explanation! They've banned me personally five times, and I had to spend hours arguing with them that their reasoning for doing such doesn't stick before they unbanned me. They exonerated me from everything, but after each unbanning, I never got so much as an apology and they ALWAYS acted as if I was to blame. They're evidently too prideful to admit they made a mistake.

This game has provided me with what I can bluntly say the WORST consumer experience I have ever experienced and I would not recommend anyone to join this game unless they're a sucker for disappointment and abuse.

The staff'moderators are extremely rude, and won't hesitate from chat banning you or other punishments for literally what they ADMIT are assumptions about intentions. They can be wrong every time they warn you, but they will not admit it, and trash talk you as if it's your fault that they're 30-40 years old trying to poorly moderate a kid's site. If they wrongly assume 2-3 times then you get chat banned for 1 hour - 2 days. If you explain to them they're wrong, you'll get further warned.
All they do is assume, they won't ask you what you meant by something or what you're trying to do, they anonymous send you a warning (where they will usually admit what they're warning you about is based of of what they can assume without actually asking or researching a topic, literally punishing you for their poor guesswork) which you can't directly respond to, because they don't -want- you to explain yourself, and they especially don't like being made to feel stupid by being corrected with basic logic or -being told the truth, instead of having the situation based off of assumption.-
If you correct them, they will talk down on you as if it's your fault they're wrong about something, (or in honesty's case, wrong about something, all the time.) I mean, they're literally trash talking kids because they THEMSELVES are wrong about something.
Staff do not care about individuals. Only themselves. And they act like unsympathetic idiot hypocrites for the remainder of the game.

Used to be a great game, but it's gone to trash for all the trashy, useless moderators.

Also, the Adult forum isn't NSFW, it's just for chatting amongst those who aren't 13-14 y-o kids.

There are some species that are limited edition and restricted. One limited edition species I want so bad is the Rusty. It can be only obtained by completing the Rubbish Dump mission thirty times. If you fail to complete a mission, it will send you back to level 1. Also, If I got a Rusty, I would put the Baby Costume on him/her although it seems to cost around 35,000,000 MP. It was from an account upgrade from June 2005. It cannot be found on shop search or auctions. The reason why I wanted a Rusty is because it reminds me of the name of one of my future dogs. This site frustrates me so much!!! :(

This site was neat years ago when it was newer they had cool give aways for real life items like a Nintendo ds then the owners greed took over, the events used to be new and exciting then they just start having the same events with no interesting new ones. they used to add new games every week or few weeks down to never adding new games they took away daily high scores which was the only thing that made the games any fun. SOME not all staff are lame they judge too fast and punish people without communication including the owner then hardly say sorry when they one who are wrong. just try and undue the punishment they wrongfully gave you all while still treating YOU THE CUTSOMER crappy... the site sometimes has no staff online ive seen lots of hacking scammers and trolls

-really fun
-well run
-nothing in particular is inappropriate or anything (as far as I've seen) but 11 seems like the right age?

I look at the other reviews and think that we are not talking about the same website! There is cartoon violence and some mild expliciatives are used but you can set your child an underage account up so they don't have access to the social features of the site. The content is good and there is always something to work towards whether it is a collection or a mission etc.

I use this site. I was converted from the almighty Neopets. I disagree with a lot of these posts on how horrid Marapets is. The forums are aimed at an audience of 13 and up, and when kids sign up they are supposed to put their real age (sure that doesn't always work, but that is not Mara's fault). Second, pets do NOT die unless a very expensive item is purchased. They do not die from inactivity or not feeding your pet. The only bad things I have to say about Mara is that there are some not so child friendly 'cute' images. Such as the Trash fairy (portraying drunkenness), Fat and Skinny costumes/Obese fairy (prejudice against certain weights), and some minor cursing and innuendo. Oh, and Marapets forum users in RC and SC are primarily liberal and democrat. There is a discussion forum open for all users 13 and up where people can debate real life issues (homophobia, abortion, and legalizing marijuana among the topics)

Its alright if you don't go on forums. If you say one thing wrong in forums that someone doesn't agree with. The whole forum goes absolutely nuts at you. They will cuss you and call you names. When you are new people all the time call you "Newbie" basically implying you know nothing about the site. For a pet site you get a load of tough asses on it. I don't like it really.

I have been in Marapets since August 2007. Like I mentioned in my rating, I suggest Marapets for individuals over 13 years of age. The gameplay and activities in the site are a lot of fun. And it is easier to play than Neopets. Marapets has a lot of cutesy stuff (true) but the fairies are either all evil, gruesome or lazy, so they don't set good examples for children. I honestly think you need to like dark humor to love this site. With headless pets and mummy pets due to being sacrificed by fairies this is definitely not for kids. It is extremely addictive, specially to adults.