Dear all iSketchers,
I've been playing iSketch for about 4 years now. I usually go to the chat rooms and chat with iSketchers and once in a while go in the sketching games. I've been noticing a lot of Bi/Lez rooms, Dirty msn and cam, Cyber room, and other crazy stuff. Is there any chance we're admins can delete the rooms? ( I know their User-Created rooms but still) The rooms ruin the fun to the chat rooms that iSketch supports.

I think this is a topic which has been brought up before and unfortunately the admins cannot (currently?) do anything about rooms with 'offensive' names.

There was this room which was highly offensive towards an admin (but was not aimed at them specifically) and when I asked the admin if they were offended or if they wished they could do anything about it the admin just replied with "If anything I feel sorry for these people; they've lost their ways and are ignorant"*. I liked that reply for various reasons and I think although we can be easily offended on iSketch and the internet in general, sometimes we just have to learn to ignore these people.

That said, JayLou, you've not said what exactly bothers you about the rooms. Is it just the names?

*Not the exact wording.

iSketch is a free for all which doesn't really have to adhere to any levels of taste and decency.

It's claimed on one hand it's 'fun for all ages'.... and there is indeed a boy in a cap who looks fairly young in the animation on the front page, along with a clearly more mature lady.

The other hand claims it's an 'adult' site, but I've seen no warnings about adult content in place.

Most people turn a blind eye to it... afterall... it's not our business what that 30 year old and 14 year old are doing in pm in the Cyber room... *cough* afterall they could be any age, all they have is a screen name. They do need to know where to go to do it though... hence the name. :razz: Again though... head firmly in the sand... parental responsibility required and all that.

An after-thought though... A person once came into iSketch looking for a player who'd been cybering (simulated sex on the internet through typing/webcam etc, for those who don't know.. rare, but it does happen, lol) their 13 year old daughter, who had lied about her age to the person in question. I don't know if anything came of it. My advice... safe cyber... don't do it unless you know for sure who you're doing it with, or just don't at all would be better.

If you're offended by the rooms, stay out of them and ignore them. Best thing is for you and your buddy list folk to make a locked private room, it keeps the numpty traffic down.

The usernames annoy me.
Also when they enter my room for a split second typing ' 16 m uk has cam wanting to do cam to cam' or whatever
Also, Whenever I do private rooms just with like some friends talking people just enter, they hack into the room while it's private.

I don't mean to sound rude... but I don't understand how rooms which you don't play in/have no interest in playing in/have no interest in playing with the people who play in them, could bother you. Personally, I find them to be tasteless but don't give them a second thought.

People can hack into private rooms? They must really want to cyber..I mean..play with you.

The usernames annoy me.
Also when they enter my room for a split second typing ' 16 m uk has cam wanting to do cam to cam' or whatever

You do realise that if the cyber rooms were banned, the amount of people going into normal chat rooms with for it instead would increase dramatically...?

Also, I don't think anythings going to be done about something just because the usernames annoy you :rolleyes:

Man, those cybering people should be banned for isketch. Nobody likes them!

What I'm trying to say is that iSketch is a place to have fun and talk with friends, Not cybering over the internet(which I think is pathetic) iSketch has been getting very nude lately....

The usernames annoy me.

...I don't understand how rooms which you don't play in/have no interest in playing in/have no interest in playing with the people who play in them, could bother you.

If it is just the usernames that annoy you, I agree with spectre in saying that you should avoid joining those rooms. I always do. Saying that, I also think that there should be an option to "block usernames containing rude names," not just the roomnames and chat containing rude names.

I agree with db1986 that the word filter should apply to usernames too, otherwise it seems a little pointless having it at all when somebody with a really offensive name can come wandering in and then it's there for all to see regardless. If that can't be implemented then the Admins should have the power to remove anybody with offensive names, complaints made or not, given that many players will be unaware of an Admin's presence and so unable to protest to them directly.

Personally I'd like to see far more moderation taking place over the creation of clearly offensive roomnames too, the fact they're private is immaterial if they exist in the room list everybody, minors included, can view - and kids being kids it's likely to cause some to enter out of curiousity. A while back I noticed one called 'Incest' .. now, however liberal you want to be regarding the internet, there is no way on Earth that room should have been allowed, kids around or not!

Unless Rob intends to do something about the more mature content on the site it's probably high time he added an 'Adult material' or "Unsuitable for under 16's" warning to the front page. Yes, they'll just ignore it but doing nothing is a lot worse, surely? This forum has such a warning, for instance, and that way they're covering themselves should anything cause offense.

Parents should monitor their kids' online activity, I fully agree, but at the same time it's every adult's responsibility to help make the net safer where possible. That doesn't mean wholesale censorship of every site, but using common sense on sites where kids frequent, like iSketch.

It's only through accepting constructive criticism, as I hope the above will be seen, that Rob will make iSketch a better, safer enviroment for everybody, regardless of age.

I've been playing iSketch since I was 13 and now I'm 18. Rob should do something about user names and to make them registered user names. I spoke with Rob on iSketch a couple weeks ago and he said ' Maybe by next year their will be registered user names for $15 every 6 months ' but he said he's not sure. Although, I think it's a great idea but let's hope it happens!

I think 'Rob' might be leading you on again (http://www.isketchforum.net/registrations-coming-earlier-t2164.html?t=2164), JayLou.

NoHints, I talked with him like 2 weeks ago for 30 minutes about this topic. I don't care if you don't believe me but that's what he said.

So you expect everyone to register their name for a fee to be able to play? Good luck finding rooms with players in if that happened.

If you're suggesting that registering was optional then that wouldn't solve the "issues" you are pointing out. Simply applying the existing swear filter to room and user names would do the trick and only take a few minutes to code up. Deleting the rooms made for the stuff you don't agree with will just spread it into the regular rooms.

So you expect everyone to register their name for a fee to be able to play? Good luck finding rooms with players in if that happened.


You'd be surprised how many people that play isketch are ready and willing to pay a small yearly fee for certain small privileges like usernames.


If you're suggesting that registering was optional then that wouldn't solve the "issues" you are pointing out. Simply applying the existing swear filter to room and user names would do the trick and only take a few minutes to code up. Deleting the rooms made for the stuff you don't agree with will just spread it into the regular rooms.

I don't know how knowledgeable you are in shockwave coding, but i am pretty sure it wouldn't take just a few minutes to code a filter like that.



And to add to the topic, user created rooms are at the bottom of the room list for a reason, so they're mostly out of sight. If they contain rude names, it's your choice to read or not to read the names of the UCRs, but beware that they may contain rude names. This is been like that for ages.
Also, there's not much we can do as players against rude usernames, if these users behave i couldnt care less about their selected names but often i advice the easily offended to switch rooms if they have a problem with a username.

If they contain rude names, it's your choice to read or not to read the names of the UCRs, but beware that they may contain rude names.

I completely agree with you, and can understand that admins cannot block players purely due to their usernames. However, with all due respect, I still think the filter would be a good idea as it can be made as an option. In all fairness, it may take a long time to "code it up," but I am no expert in programming and have no idea how long it would take.

You'd be surprised how many people that play isketch are ready and willing to pay a small yearly fee for certain small privileges like usernames.

It would put off new users though if they had to pay to play. Think about it, would you have payed to play the game without trying it first? If the payment was simply to get a fixed username then I'm still doubtful about how many people would bother paying. It's no big deal to change your name if someone else is using yours. A better system in my opinion would be to force users to register a username for free before playing and allowing optional donations if they wish.


I don't know how knowledgeable you are in shockwave coding, but i am pretty sure it wouldn't take just a few minutes to code a filter like that.


Never used it, I guess it's different to an object oriented or scripting language where you can just make a couple of function calls to the existing swear filter when a user joins or a room is created. I still can't imagine it being a massive job though.

It would put off new users though if they had to pay to play. Think about it, would you have payed to play the game without trying it first? If the payment was simply to get a fixed username then I'm still doubtful about how many people would bother paying.

I can see what you're saying, 'cause if I was a new user, I definitely wouldn't register on the game until I knew what it was really about. But if he did a system where he did a trial.. like.. "play free for 10 hours, no fees".. then people would become quickly addicted and probably would be willing to pay. I've seen games like that online.

I promised myself I wouldn't reply to this thread, 'cause this has been a topic for many years.. and now I have (and I don't even play anymore, lol). Whether or not that conversation about registrations did happen.. rumours have been going around for years now about registrations.. and fees..

If Rob makes registered user names for a fee then I think he should have a free trial for the new players. I like what you were thinking Chris_UK