My age

[EllieLittleAngel]

Hello,

I've got a problem. Im under 18, i know it, but i can go only on general sims.

 

I've got a toddleedoo avatar and lot of families have got a home on moderate sims..

 

Can you do something, with my profile? I really wanna go in my friends house and find a familly.. :(

 

Thanks..

[Freya Mokusei]

No.

If you're under 18, General is all you get. This is a fixed rule set by LL, they don't make exceptions.

Moderate sims can (and frequently do) contain swearing, nudity/sex and other subjects deemed to be unsuitable for people of your age.

[EllieLittleAngel]

Ok.. Thanks.

[Freya Mokusei]

No problem!

General is the only Maturity Rating that is suitable for under 18s. Swearing is prohibited, sex must be discreet and violence should be limited to playful (getting a bonk on the head, or something).

Moderate used to be the rating for adult material (and much that is unsuitable for minors still stays here) - violence, sex, simulated drug use and swearing are all allowed provided they're recreational/non-commercial.

Adult is only used for commercialised vice and adult behaviour on an organised scale. This is a relatively new rating, though most sims that meet this criteria explicitly have been converted from Moderate to Adult.

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[Sassy Romano]

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Freya Mokusei wrote:

No problem!

General

is the only Maturity Rating that is suitable for under 18s. Swearing is prohibited, sex must be discreet and violence should be limited to playful (getting a bonk on the head, or something).

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Source

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Not quite!  From that source quoted:-

"A region designated General is not allowed to advertise or make available content or activity that is sexually explicit, violent, or depicts nudity.  Sexually-oriented objects such as "sex beds" or poseballs may not be located or sold in General regions."

Nowhere does it say that "sex must be discreet"

[Perrie Juran]

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Sassy Romano wrote:

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Freya Mokusei wrote:

No problem!

General

is the only Maturity Rating that is suitable for under 18s. Swearing is prohibited, sex must be discreet and violence should be limited to playful (getting a bonk on the head, or something).

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Source

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Not quite!  From that source quoted:-

"A region designated General is not allowed to advertise or make available content or activity that is sexually explicit, violent, or depicts nudity.  Sexually-oriented objects such as "sex beds" or poseballs may not be located or sold in General regions."

Nowhere does it say that "sex must be discreet"

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I read that as the eleventh commandment.

Don't get caught breaking the other ten. 

But yes, I agree with you, no sex on a General SIM.

 

[495060]

I thought that only people OVER 18 in rl were allowed to play child avatars? Or has this changed.

[Sassy Romano]

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495060 wrote:

I thought that only people OVER 18 in rl were allowed to play child avatars? Or has this changed.

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That is true of child avatars in mature/adult rated regions.

[Pussycat Catnap]

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495060 wrote:

I thought that only people OVER 18 in rl were allowed to play child avatars? Or has this changed.

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There are no rules over who can have what kind of avatar.

There are rules on what you can do by maturity rating of a sim, and how undressed one can get (no nudity on G, but fine on M and A).

But anyone can make a child, adult, furry, vampire, tiny, cardboard box, robot, or whatever avatar...

It can seem baffling that a child avatar sim would choose to be on M land...

- On the one hand they might do so to avoid real life children. Though most kids I'd wager would want to play adult or teen avatars.

- On the other hand, they risk having neighbors who's conduct is not... appropriate...

 

That said, the activity in SL these days seems to focus either on G land or A land... M land has kind of, lost its focus and purpose. People often go to G or A because the rules one way or the other are crystal clear.

 

[Syo Emerald]

I never go to G rated land anymore, if I'm not forced to because of some awsome store, who has its location on G land. I personally hate G rated land from early days on. I don't want to run into kids or people who are obsessed with the idea of regulating others to the point of prudism. I don't want anybody to IM me with telling me my shorts are too short.

But I don't only go to A rated land (but find it kind of relaxing, because I do not have to worry about anything there). I still like to visit many locations, as long as they are good, if they happen to be on M land.

[Pussycat Catnap]

I'm personally fairly similar in that regard.

I've experimented with owning G land twice, but gave them both up for lack of purpose.

I don't much care for the rules on them. But for those who do there is value in it. Just as for those who care for a lack of such rules, there is value in A and M. Between those, A is often seen as better because it is clear in what its rules are.

 

M seems to have landed in a kind of oddball limbo of "well, stuff is mostly ok, generally speaking, much of the time, but maybe not, or maybe so."

If I did have a very active SL brand, I WOULD look into G land more seriously - and make dual shops if needed (if parts of my brand did not fit on G). I have a lot of M land merely because while M is in an odd position ToS wise, it often has better looking land than A (some of the best mainland sim shapes are on G though - G gets very good blends of road and water - and everytime I go land shopping I end up TPing to a couple of great looking places only to realize I'd forgotten to check the sim's rating ahead of time).