Small Worlds

Company steals money from players and does not deliver goods purchased.

Been playing for years and have had two easter baskets and two bunny ears disappear from my inventory. I bought these items directly from smallworlds as packages. When I contacted them about my lost items, I was told I was basically S. O. L.

Sunny Daze is a vile monstrosity of a mod that needs to be reprimanded and fired. I've seen her actually attack people on the Bug Report forum for asking a question. If you have a problem with Smallworlds, it is your fault... not Smallworlds. Smallworlds doesn't make mistakes. All you get told to do is 'dump your cache and delete cookies and switch to another avatar'. Well, Sunny... I hope your day comes soon enough.

The amount of sexual talk and swearing in this game is ridiculous. Reporting in world does absolutely nothing. 8 year olds are preyed upon by sexual predators, and people have 'cyber sex' in public spaces.

I have been playing this game for 5 years off and on. I've never had an issue with any of my purchases (I have made several different purchases over the 5 year period), I have had VIP with no issues. There is lag sometimes, but its worth it to play the game. Players of the game can create missions (missions range widely there are SO many) which is amazing because the game is being added to daily. No download required to play, and you can even play for fee. There is an art community (painting, sculpting), the buy/sell community, etc. So many different facets of this game that others do not have. 5 stars.

I went to support to report that my account was compromised. After a month of trying to prove my identity, I was permanently banned for "selling" my account, which I didn't do. Apparently it's too difficult for this company to actually help their players. They would rather accuse and ban. Their newest update is a campaign begging players for money. If they didn't ban the innocent, maybe they would be financially stable. Invest your money elsewhere, not Smallworlds!

So, I dont know about this website anymore... I have been saving up my gold for over 2 months to get vip. So today I finally had enough money to get it and I was really excited... so then I purchased the 1,500 gold "one month vip" and just after that I went to change my look and clicked on a vip hair, and it said "your vip has expired, renew it now to continue using vip features" and I had only JUST bought vip like 3 seconds before! Has anyone else had this happen to them?

My friend wants to become a moderator/helper, but she needs somebody to recommend her of being one, i'm not sure how to tho, because i was going to do it for her, but again, i don't know how to, so i'd appreciate it if you guys could tell me how. Orr, to make it a little bit easier you could do it. If your a generous person you could do whatever you need to do to recommend an in world avatar to become a moderator/helper, you could help Luna Moon The 104th out by doing it for her or telling her how to do it~ Thanks guys, hope you can help

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.