Ok, hi everyone, haven't been around here much, actually I just registered about 5 minutes ago.

Anyway, this is a 100% true story.

10 minutes ago I was playing iSketch, something that I don't do very often. I got the word "knob", and, portraying easily the most widely recognised use of the word, drawn a penis. The points start flying in - lots of people have got my word! I am king of the world.. BANG! My innocent genius was shattered as my drawing was deleted and my turn skipped! I stared at my screen in amazement, and tried explaining that my word was knob, but to no avail. The game continued, and I was left pointless, and ultimately bored.

My turn comes again. "Your word is: SUCK" I am told. Still seething from my past harsh treatment, I draw an obvious girl with a lollipop in her mouth, and musical notes around her mouth. "Come on, come on!!" I mutter to myself, as the random guesses fly in. Tick tock, I notice I'm on half time. Already being bottom of the board thanks to my "Knob" word, I try something desperate. Quickly and carefully erasing the lollipop, I draw a penis in the girl's mouth. The points start flying in!! I sit back and relax as my creativity expresses my word. Then.. you guessed it. GAME OVER! NO WORD! NO POINTS! I had been voted out AGAIN! I was then kicked out of the room.

So, was what I done wrong? I am very well aware it may have been against the rules, but as far as I was aware, it is encouraged by the game to use a drawing to help players guess your word. Guess both my words they did, and so it I guess I was in the right.

In future, maybe these words could simply be removed from the game. Or maybe a feature whereas when people vote to stop your word, they get to see the word, and in my case, they can see their mistakes, as I was not immaturely doodling sexual objects, merely using a technique to portray my word.

Thank you

porn is not allowed. all words can be drawn in a non -sexual manner. even I am capable of that amazing feat.just because you can draw words in a sexual matter does not mean they should be deleted from the wordlist.

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im kind of confused as well. you know what you did was wrong but are confused as to why people enforced the rules? mind clarifying?

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Consider yourself lucky that you were not caught by an admin and removed from the game entirely.

Yes and if you we're caught by nate your left leg would be a stub :D

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I would suggest changing your name and your playing style but it's probably too late if you caught BB's attention already.

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Apparantly, it can be ok to draw like that.

now its my turn to correct you. **Apparently

who gets the last laugh now buddy? :P

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I do.

* nateman laughs with NoHints.

how's that? we can share it.

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I would have voted to kick you out after the knob draw.

Nope.

The words are part of the language - just because one of the definitions may be sexual, does not mean you need to use that one in your drawing.

For example:
Knob also means
--> Attached to a door as a handle.
--> a complete tosser
--> Word that can be used in the name of a town.
--> Alternate word for "knot" in reference to a bump on the head.
--> and apparently - A fourth year (freshman) Cadet at the prestigious military institute of South Carolina. Called "knob" because of their shaved head which resebles a door knob (though admittedly, that would be difficult to draw )

Also see Facey's post on page 5 on this thread http://www.isketchforum.net/if-you-banned-t1262p5.html - should the word 'mast' be removed, because somebody thinks it has a sexual reference?

You're welcome.

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one suggestion I think this thread needs is User Created rooms. If you want to draw porn, make your own room. Draw all the porn you want in there. There are two word lists directly aimed at porn, xxx and lewd. Im sure any wordlist can be used in a User Created room for porn. Anyways, keep the porn out of the public rooms, if we wanted to see it, we'd make a room for it.

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i was once in a room where someone drew a penis for the word cock while an admin was in the room and when we voted to skip the draw everyone that voted got warnings and the drawing was not skipped, certainly admins and players alike could get a clearer perspective on what to do and what not to do.. dont you think?

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sometimes admin can have their id in a room but may be slightly distracted. every situation has its unique set of circumstances. Every time that i've been in a room where someone draws porn, and it is apparent the admin is present physically and mentally in the room, the player is immediately kicked, blocked, or banned.

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The difference is that the every time you've seen it, it's not been relevant to the word. There's a few examples where drawing like the one described at the start of this thread have been allowed by admin... I'd say the drawing for knob should be allowed, but not the one for suck.

one factor that is never discussed is discretion. that's one to think about

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Choosing to draw a word in a sexual way is taking a risk. Firstly, you might be breaking the rules of the game: "Deliberate drawing of unrelated and/or sexually explicit/racist images". As BB mentioned, an admin could take action.

Even if the drawing is on-topic and not needlessly explicit, the other players in the room don't know your word, and may not give you the benefit of the doubt. Would you hesitate to vote if you were in their position?

Yes I would hesitate. It's quite rare for me to vote someone without being sure. Having been skipped by players because the start of my drawing looked like the letter C, and various other examples, I'd say everyone should "hesitate".

My fault for not being clear, I was referring to these particular drawings only:

I think if knob was allowed, then "suck" should be aswell. The rules of the game are simple- draw the word in which you see it without offending other players. Half of what makes isketch fun is the the different ways in which people interpret their words. So if one word is presented with a sexual connotation, you might as well let the rest slide. This is why the rules state that there is to be no porn drawings in public rooms. Some people may be offended, and others may simply have interpreted the wprd being drawn in a different matter (not pornographic). I don't know why it's a hard concept for people to understand, just follow the rules. :S

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how is it that you interpret the wprd?

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Sorry I didn't know wprd was part of the word list in UK or US rooms...

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I was thinking that a picture of a lonely penis isn't particularly "sexually explicit" - which is what the what the rules say, whereas a girl with one in her mouth is.

Ohh I understand dottie. Still may be offending.

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the admin kept the draw from being skipped we had like 6 votes on it

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