[lostmymarbles]

Yikes!

Really strong and well thought out opinions have been posted here. And while I commend Bart on his stand to protect the younger players, I don't believe that use of VoIP is a violation of the TOU.

Yes, giving the personal information is clearly a violation and giving VoIP info in chat violates the TOU. But what about those who did not get there VoIP info from chat? Some of us got our program information from alternate guild sites. This doesn 't violate the game chat rules.

Some of us use YIM to chat with other friends who are POTCO players, but who aren't on our Vent chat. These are people who are friends outside of the game, not just guildmates or pirate friends.

Are we to only talk to our RL friends in game chat only when we are both playing?

I think it is up to us, individually, to choose whether or not to use various communication programs. The use of the programs isn't a violation. The giving out of information is.

As far as children and their safety, the parents are responsible for monitoring their children's use of VoIP programs. They are also responsible for setting the chat limits for their children's accounts.