Small Worlds

I Can't believe all of these bad reviews! I have been playing Small Worlds for 6 years. No one ever stole my money I only got hacked because i agreed to share my account and gave out my username and password (SO I DEFINITELY DESERVED IT). Yes I agree there are strangers coming up to you to ask you out. All you have to do is simply say no. If they don't listen report and block that's all. The swear words are no problem. It's not like your kids never heard of bad words let it go! My small worlds girl is Cameron Flepey.

Smallworlds... where do I start?
My stay on this site was short and unpleasant. DO NOT USE THIS SITE! PARENTS, IF YOU SEE YOUR KIDS ON THIS SITE, ASK THEM TO GET OFF OF IT IMMEDIATELY!
Some reasons why Smallworlds is not a good website:
1. Most people are rude and there is a HUGE bullying issue.
2. People are biased towards VIPs, if you have VIP and a huge Citizen Level, you are more likely to get friends. On the other hand, most, if not all non VIPs are harassed daily.
3. The moderators on the game are only people who apply for the position, and are unpaid. Most of these moderators are biased, steal from people and band whoever they want to ban.
4. They do not reimburse you for items that you buy (with real money) that don't show up or disappear.
5. If you spend over $100 at a time on it, you will get banned for "scamming", even if the payment went through.
6. If you use Paypal, Smallworlds will steal money from your paypal account.
7. It is very easy to get hacked/compromised. Even if you tell somebody the email that you log in with, they can still gain access to your account.
8. Smallworlds is very unoriginal. They steal clothing items such as the "Kitty Stockings", "Rainbow Striped Socks", "Wrap Around tights", etc.

If you want to play a good virtual game, try Meez.

Well, i spent a lot of money, time and effort on my character, and just yesterday i got banned for no reason at all! I was actually playing it and i was at my house and then after a while i went to go to a place to buy new items, then the screen wasn't loading and then i refreshed and it brought me to the smallworlds home screen, and then i tried to log back in and it said this account has been locked? I tried again today and it still wasn't working? I never ever scammed, spammed or anything so i don't know why that happened. All they want is your money, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS GAME! YOU WILL REGRET IT! I actually got banned on my other one too for no reason at all, and now i am never playing this get EVER again. It sucks.

Smallworlds.com is a virtual game based around 13 years of age and older, complete with cyber bullying, virtual sex, swearing and violence. Moderation are not official employees of Outsmart and are handpicked average players. Moderation abuses players IP addresses in order to spy on playing accounts, chat conversations and transactions for their own amusement. Moderators have also been known to steal from players accounts. Smallworlds.com is unsafe and unsecure. Since the cyber bullying, virtual sex, swearing and violence has got so severe, they now place an official Outsmart Staff member in a known popular space called Town Center. I have witnessed this particular Staff member belittle their very own paying customers and players who are most likely teenagers. Below are screenshots. I do not, nor will I ever, recommend this game to any parent let alone any human being. Just say NO to Smallworlds.com! Screen 1: http://i57.tinypic.com/2jbjgiu.png Screen 2: http://i59.tinypic.com/517qme.png

I started playing this virtual world a while back, and needless to say it was quite the experience interacting with new people and earning virtual currency to obtain cool and rare items, but there is a few downsides to this New Zealand based game.
-Non VIP's get bullied and abused regularly: VIP members often bully non VIP members because of the reason that they're not VIP, alot of the time they think they are better and gives them the right to bully lower 'citizen level' players.
-Moderators are untrained and unhelpful: Got hacked? Got scammed? Need help from a member of the Smallworlds team? Well you're out of luck i'm afraid. Moderators and rude, unhelpful and disrespectful, they ban when they feel like it and steal and lie to regular players. They don't do their jobs and it's quite frankly disgusting.
-Exploits and glitches: Even currently there is a gold exploit crisis going on... Smallworlds security is near enough non existent which makes me worried for people paying thousands on this game and getting hacked due to Smallworlds poor security. There are many glitches and fake gold and items going around.

Now that's some of the negatives gone, what about the positives?
-Sense of accomplishment: Nothings better than getting your dream item on Smallworlds, hours upon hours of grinding to get the right amount of currency for the item all paying off, the 2008 Snowfox, 8,500,000 gold, only 270 in the game. Imagine buying one of those?
-Interacting with other players: We all make loads of friends on the internet, what better place to do it than on Smallworlds? With most of the community being friendly and helpful, there's endless amounts of people to meet and to play with!
-Hours of fun!: Believe it or not, i've been on Smallworlds for just over 4 YEARS and haven't got bored until now, I had fun earning gold and making friends and ultimately my end goal for Smallworlds: The bare bones suit! I had a blast playing Smallworlds and I recommend it for loads of younger people wanting a game where you can customize, play and create!
AGES: 13+

Pros:
-End goal
-Fun and excitement
-Customization
-Interaction
Cons:
-Moderators
-Servers
-Exploits
-Bullies

Overall: 3/5

#1 I WOULDNT RATE THIS SITE AT ALL! THEY ARE RIPOFF ARTISTS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF KIDS PLAYING A GAME. MY SON SPENT OVER $150 ON THIS SITE THEN THEY BANNED HIM FOR "PHISHING". AS THEY SAID IN AN EMAIL TO HIM. HE DIDNT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND HAD TO ASK ME WHAT IT WAS. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE ON THIS SITE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PHISHING. I HAVE SENT SEVERAL EMAILS TO THIS COMPANY AND THERE IS NO RESPONSE. THERE IS NO ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER ON THE SITE. ANY SITE THAT TAKES MONEY FROM PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE AN ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER.