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Apr 28, 2004, 9:54pm

Many ignorant people don't understand why joining someone in Alpha World
won't work, and they don't realize that it's because the world exceeds their
maximum rating. Since Alpha World *is* the main world in Active Worlds, it
would be logical that the default maximum rating in the browser upon
installation should be set to "PG-13." That's the hard way, so I just
suggest lowering Alpha World's rating back to PG. Do you agree?

Apr 28, 2004, 10:11pm

I thought it was silly of them to raise the rating up to PG-13...

Ryan
Citizen #323279

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Apr 28, 2004, 11:55pm

Complete stupidity....PG is perfect...

Jaguar Hahn


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Apr 29, 2004, 10:31am

If AW is PG-13, then it would follow that ALL public building worlds
should be made PG-13 and they have not been.

So it's inconsistent. Unless there is an exception in the case of
AlphaWorld (I can't see one) it should be rated the same as AWTeen,
Yellow, COFMeta, Mars...

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Apr 29, 2004, 2:48pm

Isn't the AW Browsers default allowed rating R?

~John

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Apr 29, 2004, 2:55pm

[View Quote] No I think it is PG. At least you have to explain the raising to PG-13 thing
to zillions of newbie tourists or returning citizens pining for AlphaWorld.

If you see another default rating when you install a new instance of AW,
then it is because AW digs up your previous rating from Windows registry.

--
Mauz
http://mauz.info

Apr 29, 2004, 4:40pm

I'm pretty sure AW doesn't make any modifications to the registry. I was
under the impression that it was all done in the ini file... correct me
if I'm wrong though.

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Apr 29, 2004, 5:12pm

It's in the registry.

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Apr 29, 2004, 7:53pm

I have always found this PG this and that somehow amusing.
We seem to live in a sociaty where every little thing has to be classified
into something. While doing this one often miss the big picture.

One can hurt another person by using only the lowest rated words, and one
can praise the other by using only x-rated words.
A clothed person can do/ be as offensive one can be and a nude person can be
the most humble person.
Yet we resufe to look at the result, and rather stare at meaningless
details.

One person once said, the ratings are so we adults would not have to listen
to the kids cussing.

Drac
"rossyboy" <rossyboy at vwtv.org> kirjoitti viestiss
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> If AW is PG-13, then it would follow that ALL public building worlds
> should be made PG-13 and they have not been.
>
> So it's inconsistent. Unless there is an exception in the case of
> AlphaWorld (I can't see one) it should be rated the same as AWTeen,
> Yellow, COFMeta, Mars...
>
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Apr 29, 2004, 9:51pm

Graf Dracul,

these ratings set by AW are only due to commercial needs. Parents in
USA and some other countries think they need this, so AW implements it
to be able to sell and to comply to laws and expectations. It has
little to do with reality, kids bypass all these adult expectations
anyway :)

Alex

On 29 Apr 2004 17:53:22 -0400, "count dracula" <dracula at netsonic.fi>
[View Quote] >I have always found this PG this and that somehow amusing.
>We seem to live in a sociaty where every little thing has to be classified
>into something. While doing this one often miss the big picture.
>
>One can hurt another person by using only the lowest rated words, and one
>can praise the other by using only x-rated words.
>A clothed person can do/ be as offensive one can be and a nude person can be
>the most humble person.
>Yet we resufe to look at the result, and rather stare at meaningless
>details.
>
>One person once said, the ratings are so we adults would not have to listen
>to the kids cussing.
>

Apr 29, 2004, 11:52pm

Yes I know,
I just think it is amusing that reality has been commercialised. Common
sense and uppbringing of children has been categorized.
I guess things like this only can happen in a time when the uppbringing of
children has been pushed away from the parents and is considered to be the
duty of school and society. It is so much more easy to blame the sociaty if
ones child grows up to be a crook, than blaming oneself or the child.

As we all know ( or atleast should) children develop in a different pace.
One cannot say that today you are 12 and cannot go to a place where someone
might say poop, but tomorrow is your birthday, then you are that much more
mature that you can understand the meaning of poop.


Drac

"xelag" <xelag at digitalspace.com> kirjoitti viestiss
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> Graf Dracul,
>
> these ratings set by AW are only due to commercial needs. Parents in
> USA and some other countries think they need this, so AW implements it
> to be able to sell and to comply to laws and expectations. It has
> little to do with reality, kids bypass all these adult expectations
> anyway :)
>
> Alex
>
> On 29 Apr 2004 17:53:22 -0400, "count dracula" <dracula at netsonic.fi>
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Apr 30, 2004, 2:22am

Many throughout the ages have pondered the meaning of poop.

May 11, 2004, 6:32pm

i agree! everyone should walk around nakid! ^_^ let me be the first!
*becomes the first*

-SWE

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May 11, 2004, 7:47pm

heh and naked female you were haha (darn camera was not working)
sweets

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