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Oct 16, 2002, 2:02pm

It has come to our attention that several posters to this group feel the
need to bash our game for trying to inform the same of our game world and
what is going on there.

Although we do enjoy getting responces to our postings, these individuals
have, with no basis for their accusations and slander, taken it upon
themselves to bash us. Many of these individuals have never even been to
our game world or spoken with us prior to their unkind remarks. We expected
more in the way of common sense and respect from AW citizens, being that we
are new here. Before anyone passes judgement upon us and our game they
should at the very least visit our web site or world and make personal
contact with our many game masters. They will answer any legitimate
concerns and/or question.

We do realize that not all AW citizens met us with such distain. Many
citizens have embraced us into the AW fold with open arms. Our registered
players have had nothing but good things to say about our world and The Game
in general.

As to the prizes offered. They are 100% real. We opened The Game offering
cash prizes, which will be paid, and are now on a points system. We are run
by DASH Enterprises Inc.(and not an individual) which handles all
prize-related grantings.

We hope this will help you better understand who we are and what we are
about. To register for and play games we offer is totally FREE.

Thank you.

GM Member #: 575

Oct 16, 2002, 2:11pm

Ok, ok, we get the picture. Just keep the stuff in General.discussion... maybe
community if it absolutely needs to be. Since you already told of the opening I
don't see any other reason for it in the community newsgroup. Other than that, keep
up the good work.

--Bowen--

Oct 16, 2002, 5:04pm

Please keep it to one newsgroup and not all of them. And if these posts that
"inform" us come up very often, it may be in your best interest to move them
to a seperate newsgroup server or a web-based forum. Possibly an e-mail
list. Another suggestion would be to put all information on this "The Game"
stuff in it's own topic until that topic gets old. Perhaps you can create a
new topic every week or something but it's rather annoying to see this "The
Game" stuff overtaking the newsgroups.

This is really kind of out of hand. You should know what kind of aggravation
this can cause people.
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Oct 16, 2002, 10:58pm

Giving real-world prizes like money to 12 yr olds is ilegal.

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Oct 16, 2002, 11:00pm

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--Bowen--

Oct 16, 2002, 11:12pm

On what?

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Oct 16, 2002, 11:32pm

[View Quote] The gift. I think that is more of a blue-law now. (one that's not enforced as long
as the gift is appropriate)

--Bowen--

Oct 17, 2002, 12:28am

He said it was money though ($150).

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Oct 17, 2002, 12:35am

Did you see their 2 page long rules and regulations page? It has so much stuff in there to cover them. It states in there that
if you are under the age of 18, that you have to have your parents or legal guadian fill out a form and they are the ones that
claim the prizes that you win.

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Oct 17, 2002, 7:15pm

And how do they regulate this? They dont even have access to any info at all about anyone in AW.

- Mark
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Oct 17, 2002, 8:30pm

It's called a "disclaimer statement" when you read the disclaimer and click
the usual "yes, to agree" that means that you agree to the requirements and
have stated that you're 18 or over... or that you've gotten a parent to
consent and sign up for you..... This IS a legal method of protecting
themselves from breaking the law, since you are technically "signing" the
agreement and stating, under penalty of law, that the information YOU
provide is valid and correct and indemnify the company. This is
essentially a legally binding "contract" between you and the company the
minute you DO click that "yes, to agree"

See, if you lie and it goes to court, it gets thrown out on the basis that
you falsely provided proof of your age, etc. and they are not liable for any
damages. In turn, you can even be charged with a crime "in extreme cases"
FOR presenting false information about your identity, age, etc. etc. The
company could even countersue you for the losses involved with the suit, eg.
lost financial gain due to time required to appear in court, lost wages for
any testifying employees, all legal fees (for the lawyer) and court
costs.... And they would have a pretty darn good case against you, because
you intentionally lied and misled them for your own gains, whatever they may
be........

It pays to always read the "fine print" whenever you sign up for something,
purchase a service, etc. etc. you'd be amazed at how you can be legally
liable for the most stupid of things.......

JB

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