This earned my respect. My hat off to you. ATA has changed a lot. From the time I left to the time I started again which is approximately one year, there is a major difference. My only guess is that ATA decided to follow the 'flow' of the game where people are hooking up left and right and turn this into a dating site. Possibly in their opinion, they have already set the rule where only 18 above can play. ATA most prolly became greedy too. The cats, the bikinis and now the relationship. True, the rs does contribute to stats. And they provide a free ask out. But after you break up, a new rs costs even more expensive than a cat. And some of their special features also uses ec. Which again means that you either farm for ec drop or buy them. Even the people (especially the newbies) who play this game are now geared towards asking for dirty rp and 'pleasure and fun'. What happened to the original idea of the game? RP clubs are forming everywhere. We get silenced for saying 'swear or illicit' words. But rp is fine. Seriously? I do think that it isn't only the problem of the people who play, it is also majorly the problem of ATA who encourages this to happen. Why? All because of their pockets.
The fact that this thread keeps slipping, while the rubbish on the first page lives on, is what keeps me out of forums.
A lot of kids really don't know what they're getting themselves into and it is scary how far things can go bad with something like a game. We have to be responsible for each other to some extent to make pimd better.