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 Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:51 am
I do agree it was made a little too kiddish though. After all, it isn't the little kids who have money to spend on the site, it's older folks.
And the communication did drive me crazy. For the first week or so, I felt totally alone and trapped when I went on the site xd It did get better with clubs and stuff, but the no public forms thing wasn't good for me...
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:30 pm
Whuddleworld was really a fantastic site.
I REALLY enjoyed it. Unfortunately there were some downfalls. Being the person I am thinking everyone wants my opinion, so i'm gonna give them!
PROS:
-Whuddleworld had very cute avatars and clothing
- Whuddleworld was child friendly
- It was a new site that we could mold to our likings
- There were mail systems, shops, forums, an guilds
- Money was easy to obtain
- The events were QUITE enjoyable
CONS:
- Whuddleworld did not often come up with new items and avatars very quickly
- Whuddleworld was TOO child friendly (as many have pointed out). Maybe if they reached a greater audience it would not have shut down
- Whuddleworld was new and took a LONG time to get things like shops and what not
- Again the shops, mail systems, and guilds took a while to create after I signed up
- Though the money was easy to obtain so you could buy every thing in a the shops
- The eventsa were VERY confusing
- Whuddleworld was slow on updating
- Whuddleworld often put things like "IMPORTANT UPDATES" and "AWEESOME NEW EVENTS" in the news and made you wait longer than expected which really sucks!
- The orientation exams were very long and hard. And, they probably scared a TON of people away.
-There weren't many opportunities to gain citizenship. Though I did reach bronze level many people did not.
- There weren't many opportunities to participate in the Whuddleville Chronicles
- Communication was tough. I couldn't firgure out how to make friends or anything the first few weeks!
I really think that whuddleworld should have aimed towards the teen group instead of children under 12. Y'know so they could get some cash.
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:18 pm
First: WTF, you were on WhuddleWorld, Dukes? o-o
Second: I got bored with Whuddleworld quickly, probably because apart from all the cute clothes (that you sometimes that a hard time buying because it was CONSTANTLY out of stock. >O), it was hard to find places to communicate because the forums had no use other than introducing one's self and their announcements, and they limited the number of clubs you could be in at once.
So pretty much, when it was up, I just lurked in the Beta Club and kept trying to win the little stuffed animal thingers from the crane game each day. :/ And occasionally changing my outfit.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:25 am
low staffing is what prevented the main Whuddle World Forum from actually working as a Forum.
i enjoyed Whuddle World. and dont really need friends xd i liked my Whuddletar and collecting items, and especially dressing up.
i was never bothered with slow up dates because i understand that such things take time. it takes coming up with the idea, and coding it.
what i dislike about the events was how vague the Elders were, and when you get into the event still confused but getting by, THEN they posted what else you needed to do. the BOFA event was particularly annoying, because of how it was run and the ending prize was rather cheap, when you consider just how much time people needed to be on the site.
i also disliked the lack of communication with other users.
people would randomly add you as a friend, and you have to assume you are going to communicate with that person Forum to Forum or paying by sending Mail. the people who were on my friend list were from BETA, that was when the forum was an actual from and you could post as much as you want, just as long as it wasnt a double post.
younger users had an even tougher time, since their accounts had disabled of any communication. forums and mail, once they reached the right age, they would be able to talk (to some degree) with others.
WW should have let some slack about that. i appreciate their concern for children, but the point of a community is to connect with others...and you cant connect if you cant communicate with anyone else because of your age.
i liked how the Elders stayed in touch with users, and were fast to respond.
the idea for the site is great, it just needs some major work on the users behalf.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:30 am
 Dream as if you'll live forever...They need to take on user volunteers like Gaia for the forums probably. They don't seem to be doing anything anymore so I think I am going to put this chicken out to roost and go find another fun place to hang out. ...Live as if you'll die today.
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:36 am
Been a little over a month, and still no word from them as they promised.
All I keep seeing is constant promises, and them not keeping to their word. A little "hey, the site is still getting fixed" note would be nice, but they can't even do that.
I'm really beginning to forget about the place. The only reason why I remember it every once in a while, is because of this guild.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:30 pm
I'm pretty disappointed in them right now. A little update here and there can't be too hard...
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:40 pm
They haven't really learn how to make use of free willing labour (aka us users!) but its too bad for everyone all round especially if you're like me and really really adored the site concept and graphics sad
I don't know I really still do hope they come back eventually crying
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:25 am
Well, I'm just beginning to get myself familiar with everything and everyone here, but I would like to add my thoughts on this subject....
My husband (Capt_Jim... and yes, IRL) and I, are WELL beyond our "childhood years", and we ADORED WhuddleWorld!! We are adults, we have money, and we spent it there!
I realize that many young people feel that their age-group FAR outweighs the "old folks", but I think you might be surprised to find... that it does not! True, there are thousands of "young" people with a "MySpace". But do you further realize, that a large portion of even those users are adults, in their 30's and beyond?
As adults (and I will speak only for my husband and myself here), we LIKE being somewhere away from violence, nudity, vulgarity, and just plain downright rudeness that seems so prevalent across the Internet.
We believe, that there are MANY other "adults" out there, who feel the same way. Our only regret in all of this, is that we had not found WhuddleWorld sooner!! cry -- We only had a few short months to enjoy that wonderful site before they went down... and we SO thoroughly enjoyed every second of it!!
And here is something else to think about, for those who do not have children -- As parents, if we are fortunate enough to find such a place as WhuddleWorld on the Internet for our children to enjoy, you BET we will spend money there!! We will spend our money, to keep our children interested and happily occupied in something that is (for a change!!), wholesome good fun.
So you see, targeting "children" or "young teens", is not such a "bad idea" after all! xd
And development of ideas can indeed take time, especially when artwork and programming are involved. But that was part of the "charm"... waiting to see what came next!
Disappointed? Yes!! Hoping with all our hearts that it will come back? You bet!!!
heart "WhuddleWorld -- perhaps gone, but not forgotten!" heart
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:57 pm
I agree they may have tried to make is a little too kid friendly but honestly it remains a puzzle because Webkinz is "mega" kid friendly but they are making big bucks. Maybe it was not advertised enough or spread wider.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:28 pm
I do think, as some people have stated, that targeting young children may have been part of the problem, as children do not have money and cannot get credit cards and Paypal and understand how to buy things over the internet. But as also stated, parents may buy things for those children, so it could still work. Though honestly I know that not every parent would. A lot of people would consider pixels a waste of money because they are pictures on a computer screen and not something that is obtained in the real world. So I think a lot of parents would be hesitant on it. There were no websites like these when I was a child, so I can't say for sure what my parents would have thought of it, but I have a feeling that they wouldn't have wanted to buy virtual clothes and objects for me. I think part of why Webkinz does so well is because you buy a real world object, a plush animal, and then get access to all the virtual stuff as well. Not only that but you must buy this in order to use the site, there's not free access so they are getting money out of every person who signs up. But if you look at WW's corporate website, they show the age percentage of their users, and the largest percent was teens, the next largest was adults, with young children actually being the smallest percent. I think this is because teens and adults spend more time on the internet and on forums and are more likely to come across places like WW. So really, with those percents, they maybe could have had a chance if more people had signed up for it. And I can see how the rules could have been a problem as well. A lot of people don't like tons of rules, especially when they're used to places like Gaia where they have nearly total freedom of speech. And I'm really all for freedom of speech, but I can understand about WW because of the kind of atmosphere they wanted. And it really isn't comfortable for children to be around people who are talking about sex, using profanity, and debating about things that are way over their head. Like I said, there were no places like this when I was a child, so I would end up stumbling across chat rooms where people discussed sexual acts and things I didn't understand, and it was, if nothing else, boring for me, and unpleasant as well. Now that I'm an adult, stuff like that doesn't bother me of course. And that's why I'm glad to have Gaia, because I can come here and say what I please, and joke about adult themed things and not worry about it. And if I want to be away from that, I could go to WW. At first it bugged me when I saw the massive amount of rules they had, but like I said, I understand their reasons for it, and I have plenty of other websites, games, and chat programs that are more for older people. One thing I do feel they could have been more lax with was the name thing. It's a bad idea for anyone, especially kids, to give out their last name, but I don't see much harm in first names or shortened nicknames. It doesn't give anyone much to go on, especially when there's tons of other people out there with the same names. That, and when people signed up and didn't know about that rule, they'd put their real names in their usernames. Like I use Vickicat everywhere I go because I don't care that people know that my name is Vicki, there are many people with that name... But I always felt guilty like I'd broken a rule by having that name, which is a name I've used for years in lots of places. So yes, they could have been more lenient while still keeping the site safe. And as others stated, the quests were confusing for me as well, and I thought it was just me that was confused but I guess not. I had to ask a friend for help on most of them, and on the beta test ones that I couldn't tell anyone about, I had to just guess at it which took me forever. And I, too, think we should have been able to join many more clubs, like how guilds on Gaia are unlimited.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:01 am
Yumiyumiko I agree they may have tried to make is a little too kid friendly but honestly it remains a puzzle because Webkinz is "mega" kid friendly but they are making big bucks. Maybe it was not advertised enough or spread wider.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:22 am
On the topic of Webkinz, it's actually quite costly. You lose your account after a year if you do not buy a new Webkinz :/ So I have no idea why it's so popular. I've played on the site and it gets quite repetitive.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:17 pm
Emi On the topic of Webkinz, it's actually quite costly. You lose your account after a year if you do not buy a new Webkinz :/ So I have no idea why it's so popular. I've played on the site and it gets quite repetitive.
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