oggy521
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| 17 Apr 2017 07:51 AM |
After nearly a year of playing roblox, I am extremely frustrated by the seemingly blind roblox admins who are trying to make the target audience 6-8. Roblox is NOT safe for children below 10 and no matter how hard Roblox tries, they will always fail. The reason for this is, because anyone can create a game, you cannot modify every game to see what content they have in it and because it is a social platform, there will be bullying and other types of abuse. No matter how much Roblox tries to censor, there will always be some things they cannot police. You can so easily by pass the censorship by using signs like @ which resembles A and $ which looks like S. All this Censorship is doing is actually limiting the ability of players to even speak. I cannot even say a number as it is hashtagged so if I ever have a group meeting and I want to organise it I have to go to the group shout and tell people to go to training but the time I will need to put on discord.
My second point is, Roblox is not Free to play. This leads to bullying as people like to show off. I am not saying they are bad, but it is within the nature of children to 'show off' and make themselves appear superior to others. The robux system is about handling economy, and I know this is not something children under 8 should be doing- There is a reason why they don't teach economics at kindergaten. This means children will be scammed and they do not know how to use their robux. The ones without robux only gets bullied by their peers. So this is the second reason why roblox should not be targetting 8-6 year olds
My third point is the fact that kids under 8 are a great annoyance to the actual ###### players. In many games there will always be that 'bacon haired noob' who does not know what to do and follows you around trying to friend you. These noobs playing roblox are only setting themselves up to be bullied. There are already platforms like Club Penguin to host those people, Roblox does NOT need those kids. These toddlers are ruining the Roblox community. Roblox has ##### ##### to many bad words like Newb and bacon hair because of the fact that there is a clear distinction between those who buy and those who are free to play. Roblox is a place of bullying and Censorships will not stop that.
Now the solution. Roblox needs to make the game 13+. Or if that is not possible, then at least make it so that there is a disclaimer at the front saying contains Parental Guidance content. Kids who are 6 year old should NOT be playing this game, like seriously? You have people who can't even talk properly on a game that is all about social matters? The more ###### audience will find the censor to be a limitation, if the game was 13+ then numbers do not have to be censored. I see a reason why censoring swear words is logical, but roblox is basically censoring everything. There is absolutely no point as A: if you are a devoted troll then you will know how to by-pass the censorship using aforementioned symbol text and B: The normal people who do not use foul words cannot even speak. Making the game 13+ will also reduce the number of noobs as most 13 year olds have common sense and the reduction of noobs will also mean the reduction of bullying that goes on as bullying is basically what happens when a noob and a pro interacts and if you take away the noob then bullying will simply not work as you cannot criticise someone who is good. So I have mentioned my thre#####n####n#######lying, Censorship and Noobs. If you have any other points I have missed out, if you feel I did not get something right or if you totally agree with me then leave it in the comments section.
PS: Thank you for wasting 5 minutes of your valuable time by reading this rubbish I scribbled down. |
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oggy521
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| 17 Apr 2017 07:55 AM |
| Also, I have forgot to point out, Roblox also censors lin ks to its own roblox games. Don't know how that works but ok. The word lin k is also censored. I have also read somewhere that Roblox actually employs people to be on 24/7 to look at the roblox chat to make sure you do not have anything bad before you send it to someone else, That is why it sometimes say 'content was moderated' and it does not get sent. Seriously? Isn't there better stuff to spend money on than to hire a ton of people with no life (Some do have lives, but I know for sure that is not a job I want when I grow up). So, if the game was 13+ we can have automatic censor rather than manual ones which is faster and cheaper so roblox can spend more money like maybe improving it's lag. |
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Hazzatr0m
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| 17 Apr 2017 07:57 AM |
omg one of my friends almost has the same name as you. I thought you were the same person! https://www.roblox.com/users/35299390/profile/?rbxp=74194790
This is my signature. R$0 |
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oggy521
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:00 AM |
| The hashtagged words are: mat ure; created; the more older; ##### ## ## impor tant points: Bullying censorship and noobs |
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:04 AM |
The target age for ROBLOX is VIII - XII. And you say that kids under the age of X shouldn't be playing. If so, why is the suggestion for age XIII?
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:06 AM |
| This is irrelevant but I joined Roblox last year after seeing pink sheep too. |
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oggy521
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:07 AM |
| I know roblox says on its website that the game is for VIII to XVIII but who the game is for is different to the targeted audience. In actual fact the targeted audience is VI to VIII |
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:08 AM |
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:10 AM |
And you're right, it shouldn't be. They act as it is for VI - VIII . It should be X - XV
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:10 AM |
| I am beginning to think that the people who posts on the forum are internet trolls and not people who actually want to improve Roblox... |
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:12 AM |
| I am saying it should be X up wards not just X to XV as I have friends who are XVII, It should just be targeted to a more well, a more sensible audeience |
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Hazzatr0m
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:12 AM |
"I am beginning to think that the people who post on the forum are internet trolls and not people who actually want to improve Roblox..."
And, you'd be right.
This is my signature. R$0 |
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:12 AM |
About half of the users on S&I are complete trolls.
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:14 AM |
| Another irrelevant post but I joined your pinksheep fan group. |
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:17 AM |
I'd support, but WNTS. Plus kids get money and spend it on roblox.
- Simp |
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oggy521
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:41 AM |
Also, just now, I have read in the forum rules of the things which you are not allowed to ask for or which is asked too much it says Quote: "• Stop being a kids' site/give us 13+ features. (We're aware of the interest.)"
I want to say, well I am not asking for features, I just want to see roblox change the targeted audience to a more realistic age set. Many 6 year olds do not even know how to use a computer.
Also I want to keep roblox a 'kids' site' as by the end of the day, it is still a game and everyone is here to have fun. But the kids' age is the most important thing. It really will not work if you make this "kids' site" a place where toddlers get bullied and where kids end up in tears. The day roblox changes its target audience is the day when the old players come back. I do not want to see an age restriction and an unwritten roblox law that states you must be below a certain age to play it. I want to see it played by older people rather than just kids. Many people gets made fun of and told they have no life cos they play roblox because it seems childish. I know many people will agree, Roblox needs to stop targeting kids who can't even use pcs and those who do not have the ICT skills to make games in a gaming platform that is all about having its users make and play each others' games. |
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:42 AM |
| ^ That is completely different than what you said in the original post. |
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oggy521
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| 17 Apr 2017 08:50 AM |
No it is the same thing, but in a different tone as in the original one I was really angry as I just played a game of whatever floats your boat- https://www.roblox.com/games/156220906/Whatever-Floats-Your-Boat
And some kid kept on jumping onto my boat while I was building. The second was in a more analytical tone as I was trying to explain what I meant. |
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