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Imagine this:

12 year old girl makes online friend with 12 year old boy.

12 year old girl starts talking to 12 year old boy in friend chat.

12 year old boy and 12 year old girl start having dirty little conversations.

12 year old girl agrees to meet up with 12 year old boy.

12 year old boy is really 40 year old pervert.

12 year old girl turns up in river, dead.

All because it would be improper to monitor private chat in a game marketed toward children.

I applaud Disney for this. OP, suck it up OR play a game NOT intended for children.

Did you read the terms of service? You broke them. You got banned. end of story.

You're lucky. In my house it would have earned you some corporal punishment.

Originally posted by Zorvan

Imagine this:

 

12 year old girl makes online friend with 12 year old boy.

 

12 year old girl starts talking to 12 year old boy in friend chat.

 

12 year old boy and 12 year old girl start having dirty little conversations.

 

12 year old girl agrees to meet up with 12 year old boy.

 

12 year old boy is really 40 year old pervert.

 

12 year old girl turns up in river, dead.

 

All because it would be improper to monitor private chat in a game marketed toward children.

 

I applaud Disney for this. OP, suck it up OR play a game NOT intended for children.

 

That's really the parents fault for not teaching the girl any better AND for not checking her online activities. If she's subscribed to the game then even more so because they should know her account information (since they most likely paid for it).

I don't know why it's always the companies to blame when something bad happens to someone. It's not their fault the parents can't take care of their kids.

I always love how these discussions break down into "who's to blame" and "what rights do people have" and "how do other countries perceive cursing"...

While it's all very interesting discussion (I discuss it myself at times), it's ultimately irrelevant to the situation...

Disney is apparently strict about language in their game, prohibits it via their ToS, actively enforces it by monitoring the chat channels and penalizing those who violate it.

Dont' want to risk suspension... choose different words.

Their game. Their rules. Don't like it? Don't play.

It's really that simple.

Not trying to sound harsh or whatever.. I'm personally not offended by cursing; couldn't care less how others talk.

However, rules are rules.

Originally posted by dragon733

Private/Crew chat between me and my cousin! These instances were within the context of PRIVATE chat that no one but me and my cousin could see. I've never sworn outside of private chat, and I hardly talk to other people at all.

Here's the majority of the email they sent me:

"We are writing to inform you that inappropriate language has been found within a chat log attached to your account, shown below:

*a bunch of examples of me swearing to my cousin and no one else, in a 100% private chat area*

Due to the nature of the language, we have placed your account on a 72-hour hold. To regain access to your account after the 72 hours, please review and agree to our Terms of Use and House Rules here: http://disney.go.com/corporate/legal/terms.html."

 

Wtf... they penalize me for PERSONAL conversations? This is pure bullshit, even if it is Disney! Other than this, I barely talk to other people at all, let alone say anything bad! They shouldn't be locking my account for 3 days for shit that I've said in private situations, where the person doesn't mind and no one else sees it!

 

The funny thing is, they have some really retarded systems. I got the e-mail about 2 hours ago, but I'm still in-game! I assume that if I log out, the tempban will then be enacted. The idiots! When I'm going to leave, I'll just go AFK in a quiet area and leave the game open! I can play through the entire account lock, and laugh about it the entire time!

 

This is retarded, even for Disney.

Call them and cuss them out. Seriously. They have you call them if you get banned (At least I've read that somewhere).

I would make bomb threats.