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Well I believe it to be fairly accurate. Though I know of about 100 people who are in that age group that play who will not post on the forum. I think the game is pretty evenly split on ages. Remember many parents and grand parents played with the kids as a family. I belong to a group that is another my Myvmk player group with about 300 members. Most of them do not post here. Because of the way they are treated on this forum.
Though I must say that compared to the posts on OVMK this is a much nicer place
I am not saying it is wrong just look at how a predator can work. They are very skilled at getting information out. On this forum many of you have posted pics or facebook so we already know how old you may be. This is for the young person that may not have thought it all out. The chances of this happening ar slim. But I would never want anyone I know to be that 1 in a million. There is always a one.
Age 14. Not big deal there are billions of 14 year olds
Then people are talking in game and you say I live in Florida.
Another day well I am going to WDW because I live really close to the the mouse house.
2 weeks later you say oh our foot ball team just lost a really close game and give the score. ( check local school sport scores)
Another week later you say oh I got this really cool back pack and describe it. ( someone starts to whatch students enter school with certain back packs)
My avatar has the same hair colour wish we had glasses.
Have to go to the store brb it is just 5 minutes away.
Do you see where I am going. There is just so many things that can be said since I am not a predator I have no idea what real question they may ask in game to glean information. I am not posting this for a well I totally disagree. I am posting it for anyone who may have not thought about this. I am not posting this to be a rule person. I care to much. To not say anything. I do not know most of you but if anything happened my heart would be broken especially if I did not say anything.
I could go on. Your age is the starting point to many predators. Now they watch you. They get the facts from the odd information you give. You are a target and do not even know it. You have made really good friends with someone in the game. They are really cool like the same songs, movies and talk the way you talk. Little do you know you could be talking to a 50 year old man.
Oh I am not that gullible. I saw more than one post from people who were shocked to find out who their friends were after the game. They felt used and totally misled. They thought they had a best friend on line who was a girl. Found out they were always a guy. So please please if you are going to share be safe.
Age 14. Not big deal there are billions of 14 year olds
Then people are talking in game and you say I live in Florida.
Another day well I am going to WDW because I live really close to the the mouse house.
2 weeks later you say oh our foot ball team just lost a really close game and give the score. ( check local school sport scores)
Another week later you say oh I got this really cool back pack and describe it. ( someone starts to whatch students enter school with certain back packs)
My avatar has the same hair colour wish we had glasses.
Have to go to the store brb it is just 5 minutes away.
Do you see where I am going. There is just so many things that can be said since I am not a predator I have no idea what real question they may ask in game to glean information. I am not posting this for a well I totally disagree. I am posting it for anyone who may have not thought about this. I am not posting this to be a rule person. I care to much. To not say anything. I do not know most of you but if anything happened my heart would be broken especially if I did not say anything.
I could go on. Your age is the starting point to many predators. Now they watch you. They get the facts from the odd information you give. You are a target and do not even know it. You have made really good friends with someone in the game. They are really cool like the same songs, movies and talk the way you talk. Little do you know you could be talking to a 50 year old man.
Oh I am not that gullible. I saw more than one post from people who were shocked to find out who their friends were after the game. They felt used and totally misled. They thought they had a best friend on line who was a girl. Found out they were always a guy. So please please if you are going to share be safe.
This is becoming far too much of an issue in my opinion. If it's against the rules, they should change it to state clearly, and outright "Do not share your age." Otherwise, I don't see the problem or why it's becoming such an issue.
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It is a personal thing to some. So those it's personal to haven't shared it. Those that it doesn't make a difference to, chose to publicize their age. My only question is why is that such an issue? And why was it turned in to such an issue?
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It is a personal thing to some. So those it's personal to haven't shared it. Those that it doesn't make a difference to, chose to publicize their age. My only question is why is that such an issue? And why was it turned in to such an issue?
Sharing personal information such as ages.. addresses.. phone numbers.. etc.. is VERY dangerous here for one underlying reason. We all have a meeting place, the parks. This isn't some chat room where pedophiles prey on victims thousands of miles away.. this is a community that organizes park meets and many plan trips around other members' trips. God forbid some crazy tries to meet you and snatches you up and makes you do horrible things like cleaning and getting a job.. all because you shared your age.
The problem is that you could be targeted because of the age you post. That's what we're trying to get at here.
Some creep is attracted to how young you are, searches your posts on the forum and gets more personal info and maybe pics, joins the fb group and gets your real name since there's a list of who you are on fb and your avatar's name, they friend you in game, and it goes from there.
Some creep is attracted to how young you are, searches your posts on the forum and gets more personal info and maybe pics, joins the fb group and gets your real name since there's a list of who you are on fb and your avatar's name, they friend you in game, and it goes from there.
If posting your age on a forum makes you such an easy target, I'd hate to see what danger having a facebook profile puts you in.
Again it comes down to personal choice. Feel it's too personal to post your age? Don't post it. Some don't care, so there shouldn't be an issue with those who are inclined to share their age publicly. I think majority of those that posted their age publicly on here are old enough to do so, so I don't understand where this whole thing came from.
Ages people have posted so far: 14, 16, 17 almost 18, 19, 19, and 20 (myself). In my opinion, none too young to be forthcoming with their age.
Again it comes down to personal choice. Feel it's too personal to post your age? Don't post it. Some don't care, so there shouldn't be an issue with those who are inclined to share their age publicly. I think majority of those that posted their age publicly on here are old enough to do so, so I don't understand where this whole thing came from.
Ages people have posted so far: 14, 16, 17 almost 18, 19, 19, and 20 (myself). In my opinion, none too young to be forthcoming with their age.
To stop something like this from happening is to play safe. That's all there really is to it. You guys are being way too paranoid and sure being precautious is good but this is overly protective type of stuff. If you have a bad feeling about someone, ignore them and avoid them or hell, just report them. I've been on tons of forums and have had a bunch of creeps poking at me, it's so easy to ignore and shrug off. If someone makes you uncomfortable, then just frickin ignore them.
Paranoid.. maybe. Cautious.. probably. Protective? YOU GOT IT.
We're not gonna sit and watch someone risk the entire community and game over being obnoxious and spiteful. All it takes is one case to where a judge hears, "I met my attacker/kidnapper in MyVMK.com". From there, the happy place would be in complete jeopardy of facing a closure.. all because of one little child rebelling against what's common knowledge when using the internet.
what I'm saying is I could care less who ends up all bloated in the river.. but when it puts my happy place at risk.. that ain't cool. Night night!
We're not gonna sit and watch someone risk the entire community and game over being obnoxious and spiteful. All it takes is one case to where a judge hears, "I met my attacker/kidnapper in MyVMK.com". From there, the happy place would be in complete jeopardy of facing a closure.. all because of one little child rebelling against what's common knowledge when using the internet.
what I'm saying is I could care less who ends up all bloated in the river.. but when it puts my happy place at risk.. that ain't cool. Night night!
If someone wants to say their age aloud, they should be able to state their age. The only way to prevent someone from being bloated in a river or being attacked/kidnapped is for everyone to play safe and be worried themselves. The rules as an entirety shouldn't change because a few people are scared of something that can easily be prevented with a little bit of knowledge. Stop being so headstrong.
