Board Thread:Wiki discussion/@comment-8622774-20130927141402/@comment-1687995-20140214190851

Actually, both *kisses* and 123 for a gf apply to roleplaying and ODing. It's all about context. In roleplaying games, 123 for X is like Kijiji for free, or any bulletin board where offers and services are posted temporarily, because the chat is used in such a way. Roleplaying is a form of dynamic entertainment, where interactivity is key to making it last. ODing exists because lonely preteens exist, and parents don't like how their 8 year old son is dating a 15 year old girl through the internet, for example.

The major problems with ODing are predators. Even if you voice your own opinion on how sick it is for a 40-year-old man posing as a 17-year-old guy to date a 16-year-old girl, it will still happen no matter how much the effect of your opinion gives. Roblox put the rule in to stop dating in general, as you never know who's behind the other computer. They may just be good liars or good actors. Roleplaying is improvisational acting, and everything that happens is not meant to be true. When someone says wanna date?, THAT's the whistleblower. But friendly conversing between opposite genders may not be that way.


 * ...sorry for the long wall of text.