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Jun 1, 2006, 1:12am

It has come to my attention that the AWTeen management has set v4 object
rights to be available to everyone. I consider this a very very bad idea
until some 4.1 issues have been sorted out.

Did anyone around AWTeen GZ recently see any of these?
-a giant Cy/Butch strolling around.
-a blinding white light.
-a picture flying around (with an arbitrary URL displayed)

These were my doing (except for the picture, which was Ima), and can be
done by anyone else who has v4 rights in AWTeen (everybody).
I know you all want these features, but there's just too much room for
abuse right now.

Jun 1, 2006, 2:00am

Doesn't seem much worse than what people could do previously. Heck,
just following someone around with your av and getting up in their grill
is about on par with those listed.

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Jun 1, 2006, 2:01am

Just a note... You could have posted this on the AWTeen Forums (
http://www.awteen.com/forums/ ).

To answer the question though... I personally enabled the rights for
everyone. As these version 4 objects are 95% of what's new in the 4.1
browser, and they're not really enabled in any other public building
world that I know of... I decided to go ahead and enable them for now.

While I realize(d) the potential for abuse, I hope that everyone can be
mature enough about using them without abusing them. However, if the
version 4 objects become a problem, we can just as easily restrict the
rights, and I will not hesitate to do so if it becomes necessary.

So, as long as everyone can behave, let the creativity and laughter
continue. :-)

Regards,
JerMe



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Jun 1, 2006, 2:29am

You can already do some pretty unacceptable abuse with or without V4 object
types. This is just another variety. Like before it'll be up to a mixture of
community responsible and PK and CT enforcing the rules.

Though they reaaally should have put "visual muting" in...

- Com

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Jun 1, 2006, 11:31pm

I noticed the rights are now disabled in AWTeen... Can they please be
reenabled? If you see anyone using movers inappropiatly in AWTeen gz,
simply use the wonderful new "cancle rights" feature, allowing you to remove
them from the rights, and leave all others enabled ;)

I don't think it's a big problem.. if movers bother you while arbitrarily
sitting around at gz, just teleport somewhere else a little less exciting if
it's too much for you.

-Matt

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Jun 1, 2006, 11:33pm

Indeed. Just use the "abuse it and lose it" tactic using the new deny
rights feature. I'd recommend losing it for life even.

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Jun 2, 2006, 2:49am

[View Quote] A few people I've communicated with seem to be under the impression that
I'm against enabling v4 rights for everyone. I'm only against that if
there's no protection mechanisms in place (read my previous post carefully).
I'd welcome all the wonders 4.1 has to offer in public worlds as long as
some of the following things exist:
-A bot protecting certain areas (such as ground zero) by removing movers
(this cannot be done until the 4.1 SDK is out).
-Fixes for certain bugs (will require updated world server and/or browser)

Additionally, I've discovered more ways to annoy users (here's the
complete list):

-Forcing teleportation of other users (requires mover, AWTeen rules
don't like this).
-Forcing other users to go to arbitrary URLs (requires mover, opens up
possibility of lots of MSIE-related attacks, BIG PROBLEM).
-Forcing other users to listen to arbitrary sound clips (requires mover,
may be restricted by AW audio download settings).
-Annoy other users by filling their viewport with any colour or particle
(requires mover to be mobile, still useful while stationary).
-Annoy other users by dragging a object around with an arbitrary picture
displayed (requires mover).
-Annoy other users by having a really large object (really a particle)
attached to your mover (requires mover, AWTeen rules don't like this).
-Annoy other users by having lots of particles spraying everywhere (it's
the first thing you do when you have access to particles :P).

As you can see, denying movers in populated areas solves just about all
of these problems. Might even be better if there was a server option to
deny movers in a certain radius from GZ (restricted radius might be
adequate).

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