JessicaX

I would get a new bank. I have never had a single issue getting refunded for any bad purchases. And every credit card company I have ever used will issue charge backs very quickly without even much research or thought.

I wish we had some sneakers. But really, men are in dire need of more clothing.

1st of all, great topic. I believe everyone is going to feel vastly different about this which makes for a great discussion. I always like pondering and trying to understand different points of view to something like this. @Mikey: As far as an online relationship goes, It really depends on who you meet and really the expectations of both people involved. If one person is really into it while the other is.. meh.. then it probably will not work. If one person is very possessive and the other occasionally needs time with friends, again.. this will likely be a failed marriage. I think it's important for both people to communicate well and for both to know and understand the expectations of each other. I don't think it's ever a good idea to go out looking for a relationship or marriage. I think it's always best to just simply be a friend to those you meet. It's much easier to do this and also doesn't pressure you or stress you out. Eventually as you get to know people more, one of them might begin to stick out a bit more than the others and your expectations might line up in such a way that it would work. But you both need to be on the same level as far as expectations go. It's not something that should ever be rushed.

Well the topic was somehow changed to... "3DX devs can do whatever they want with your money". Including shutting the servers down even if you had just subbed for a full year. It's extremely unlikely that will ever happen. My only point was that nowadays, it is VERY easy to get your money back if something like that happened. At least it is in the US.

Oh its very easy. You simply contact your credit card company and explain the situation and they will issue a chargeback. They will then wish they had just refunded people after getting multiple chargebacks. I'm not too sure where you get this strange idea that companies can do whatever they want and take your money and not provide the service you paid for. I can promise you that I would get every penny of it back.

The promo video on the website says "steady stream of updates". And if they did close the game down they would have to legally refund many accounts.

Bummer that I will miss this but I know Felia and Chloe will keep everyone entertained.

This is spot on, and to know that someone has constantly harassed you in the past and is now posing as someone else being nice to you and trying to get to know you on a new avi.. kinda makes me sick to my stomach.

Honestly, I don't like to have to do that because every single one of my closest friends have at one point been someone who I did not know. And there have been a few within the last year or so who really were new people, or so as far as I know have been new people. I just choose to not put myself in a position to be harassed and that is the most logical way to do it. Of course it is not the best option but it's the only option available if they take away account-wide ignore.

if they take away account-wide ignore, the only logical way to avoid the BS and mind fucking is to just not talk to anyone who appears to be new. It's not going to help the social aspect at all and I have also talked to many people who feel the same and have said they will take the same approach.

The ignore lists will probably be cleared. That's what has happened every time they have modified how ignore works.

Whatever you say Jimmy

Well at least you used the right form of "you're".

Winner winner chicken dinner

If it's someone who has been harassing you, how are you to know it's them? We are not psychic.

To an extent this is correct. What will happen is that Gizmo's "fuck game" will be very unwelcoming to new players coming in to see what 3dx is all about. If that's what he wants, he is headed down the right road.

Just because something has not happened to you does not mean it is not a problem. I have never been in a situation where I have been starving and I have never been robbed or murdered, but they are obviously all problems in our world. I have had multiple instances of people harassing me and when I ignore someone I want it to stop, on all of their characters. I don't think that's asking too much. Sure they can create a new account but most won't because many people are too cheap to do so. Having to make a new account is a good deterrent. Now people say: "Well under this new system, they have to pay for a new avi". And this seems correct, but it would take what.. 1 month of logging in to get a new avi at no cost. It seems really weird to me that we have to fight against a change in the system that makes it easier to harass people and not only are we met with some serious resistance, we are the ones who are actually being blamed for the drama and problems. How the hell can we be the ones causing the problems when we are asking to be left alone by the ones who do the harassing?

- Doesn't read what was actually quoted and posted previously - Makes fool of self for not doing so

I think we all agree with this. Can you think of a better way to remove drama than a full account ignore of a person who is harassing you with one of their avis?

Kinda the same as how championing for a weaker ignore system would also benefit those pushing for that. That kind of logic goes both ways. I don't really see anyone defending Pandora. I just said I don't mind either way. But I also stated many times that it's logical for them to do something about it. And you think it was only 2 or 3 people abusing multiple avis? The abuse was rampant.

I don't really understand how wanting to avoid harassment could be seen as an act of being a drama queen. In fact, having a proper ignore creates much less drama. Wouldn't the drama queen be the one who welcomes a weak ignore system so they can continue to harass people that have ignored them?

One thing people are forgetting is the likelihood of people wanting to let go of an account to create another one in order to harass people. if someone has an AVI with 800 gifts and a big friend list, that person will be much less likely to delete an account altogether and move to a new account. Yes they can still create another account and if they are caught again harassing people and get iggied, then there goes that and they must open a new account and try again. Of course it can never be taken care of completely, but removing account wide ignore technically makes ignore useless. It is very easy to just keep making new avis to harass someone who has made very clear they no longer want any sort of contact with a certain person. This is especially true with the example above. Not only will the problem be worse, it will in effect, tempt others do use alts in ways they wouldn't have before in fear of people finding out. It is possible to keep account-wide ignore and also block Pandora and that is what the devs should be focusing on. Not taking the easiest route, because removing account-wide ignore to block Pandora only solves one problem while creating a different problem. If we were faced with a choice to get rid of both or keep both, I would vote to keep both. I don't really mind them blocking Pandora, in fact I do think it should be taken care of, but I don't think it's worth the cost of losing account-wide ignore for many obvious reasons. I still have yet to see 1 single argument in how single avi ignore is better than account wide ignore, and It's also quite telling that more people aren't pushing for the option of keeping account-wide ignore and blocking Pandora.

The only way I know around this is to go to a different room then back to your own room before the memory leak caps out. In crowded rooms, doing it once every 90 min or so is a pretty safe value. If you are hosting and really worried about it especially in crowded rooms, you can do it once an hour. Somehow, going to a different room sort of "resets" the memory leak. This is something that has been in the game for a long as I know, but it has gotten worse over time with the heavy rooms and high populations. I hope this helps.

Unfortunately I think Alivia is correct.

Congrats you 2. Love ya both.