It's now been confirmed that Real-Life Pictures are on the blacklist of gang pictures upload. It's for the security of the players. What do you think about this?  

Posted by iAmSupah

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It's now been confirmed that Real-Life Pictures are on the blacklist of gang pictures upload. It's for the security of the players. What do you think about this?

Lets be honest it isn't for security of the players, there must have been some incident to trigger this.  

Posted by lord greg

Lets be honest it isn't for security of the players, there must have been some incident to trigger this.

Yea, I believe some incident happened as if it was for "the security of the players", they would have banned it long ago.  

Posted by iAmSupah

Yea, I believe some incident happened as if it was for "the security of the players", they would have banned it long ago.

Exactly and they would have consulted us first like when they introduced the gang pictures needed checking.  

It is, in fact, for the security of the players. It's not good to have real life images in a game like this. We all know about the "Rate gp, I'm 13, I need bf, my kik is blabla"-girls at start. The internet is a dangerous place for teenagers/kids like these.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain.  

Posted by Wahzaah

It is, in fact, for the security of the players. It's not good to have real life images in a game like this. We all know about the "Rate gp, I'm 13, I need bf, my kik is blabla"-girls at start. The internet is a dangerous place for teenagers/kids like these.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain.

True dat.
Most players are young so it's inappropriate to show a real life pic of themselves.
Attracting more kids like a ********* ugh.  

Does this apply to any picture from real life or simply pictures that include people in them?  

This needed to happen one day I was looking at guild pics and saw a guys ***** it was scary I was also 10 years old at the time  

Posted by Sup3rn00b

Does this apply to any picture from real life or simply pictures that include people in them?

Only pictures with people in them will get rejected. Pictures with animals, vehicles,... are still getting accepted!  

Posted by Sup3rn00b

Does this apply to any picture from real life or simply pictures that include people in them?

lolol  

I think it is a good idea. The real-life images have been blacklisted from zone for about 4 months now. Having the option of allowing players to upload pictures of themselves is not teaching them any lessons in keeping their personal stuff confidential.  

Posted by Wahzaah

It is, in fact, for the security of the players. It's not good to have real life images in a game like this. We all know about the "Rate gp, I'm 13, I need bf, my kik is blabla"-girls at start. The internet is a dangerous place for teenagers/kids like these.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain.

I do but why the sudden change? Surely it should have been sorted ages ago.  

I remember talking to Stefan on RC. He noted that there is some US law regarding minors posting images of themselves (under 13 I think) without parental consent. This makes sense actually because Facebook has the same procedure (I believe)  

Easiest way around this would be just to have to tick a box saying your over 13 before you can upload the picture.  

Posted by Era News

Easiest way around this would be just to have to tick a box saying your over 13 before you can upload the picture.

Like that would work.

These are Gang Logos. Not Graal Profiles. There is no reason to be sharing your pictures on Graal period.