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2011 Readers' Choice Awards - Best Virtual World for Kids - *POLLS CLOSED*

From Christy Matte, About.com GuideFebruary 11, 2011

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Polls are now closed! The winners will be announced on March 15.

Finalists for Best Virtual World for Kids:

* In addition to your vote, please feel free to leave your comments below. Please keep it friendly! You can also review your favorite virtual worlds to post on our site.


Winners will be announced on March 15.

Comments
February 16, 2011 at 10:49 am
(1) Cheweh says:

Chobots FTW!! ))

February 16, 2011 at 1:26 pm
(2) Jay104 :D says:

Go chobots go! :D

February 16, 2011 at 1:50 pm
(3) jake says:

IMO, Chobots should not be on this list. They have no care for their users, practically beg little kids for their money and just overall never really “update” the game. They obviously don’t put a lot of effort into it and should not be on a poll of Best Virtual Worlds. They have a bad filter too, and the game is filled with other kids swearing for example.

February 16, 2011 at 3:29 pm
(4) lion104 says:

I don’t think any of those games should be up there, but i did vote for chobots

February 16, 2011 at 3:46 pm
(5) frycook48 says:

GO CHOBOTS! Chobots is the best game ever, as well as the best one up there. Cho has my vote.

February 16, 2011 at 4:22 pm
(6) Anonymous says:

Yea, agreed with Jake. Even though I may play Chobots, it doesn’t deserve to be there. The only reason Chobots is winning is because the Chobots team told people to, and none of the other sites have yet. I voted for Webosaurs, because it is super safe, and all the players are REALLY helpful and friendly to new users!

February 16, 2011 at 4:37 pm
(7) Ron810 says:

I voted for chobots and completely agree it should be chobots. It is a free game (well unless you want items or citizenship), and you can chat and play everyday. Cho has my vote because it is in my opinion the worlds best game because it is kid friendly, and agents and mods non-stop moderate the game and make it a better place. You can walk around, play games, and it is an educational game. I learned lots of things from it, and besides, since its so awesome i play it so much. And since I play it so much I can type faster than my computer lab teacher and havent gotton 1 b or lower this semester.

@Jake, I disagree.
They have total care on their users. They have mods and agents that moderate the came constently. They keep chobots from begging and swearing. They update the game constently, and there allowed to advertise for readers choise.

Go chobots!

~Agent Ron810

February 17, 2011 at 12:19 am
(8) Jake says:

Nope, they don’t care for their users unless their job is at stake. All they care about is adding new premium items and acting nice so that the little kids will buy them. It’s just sad :-|
They don’t update the game constantly, they only update the catalogs by adding a few new premium items. And Ron810, by little kids I was referring to people like you – agents who only say nice things so they can keep their precious badge. Face it, being an agent isn’t about working hard and keeping the community safe anymore. It’s all about popularity! You’re not even 10 years old Ron, so I’d suggest you grow up and open your eyes.

February 17, 2011 at 1:38 am
(9) frycook48 says:

@Jake
The mods on Chobots are kind and helpful. The community is great and very helpful. Not only dose Chobots deserve to be there, Chobots deserves to win. It’s funnier, friendly and fairer than any game. And they update frequently! So ounce again, GO CHOBOTS!!!!!!

February 17, 2011 at 4:11 am
(10) giantess says:

MOSHI MONSTERS SHOULD NOT BE UP THERE! PPL ON IT ARE REALLY MEAN AND ITS A RIP OFF!

they even banned me for NO reason!

February 17, 2011 at 4:15 am
(11) User says:

I may be an agent on Chobots but I agree with Jake. If you go to the main room there’s almost always someone swearing. There haven’t been any real updates for so long except for adding some new clothing to the catalogs and most of these have to be paid for with real money. The moderators don’t do much moderating that is visible and agents can’t do anything to stop them, agents are totally useless.

Wiglington and Wenks would have had my vote if it was still going well.

February 17, 2011 at 6:48 am
(12) Random says:

@Jake i agree with ya
I play chobots too!!
I’ve been in chobots for ALOT of time and the moderation is COMPLETLY USELSS
seriously i see hundreds of ppl swearing and doing inactive things
and the agents can’t do anything cause they don’t have any power.the only thing they can do is talk with a silly little blue chat
webosaurs has MUCH BETTER moderation
and chobots rarely updated the game.
by updated i mean they didn’t add a new place for ALOT of time.
just sharing my point of view
cya

February 17, 2011 at 6:50 am
(13) Random says:

^its not inactive i mean inappropiate

February 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm
(14) frycook48 says:

The mods are active, and they mod well. And no updates? Woah, seriously? NO. They have many updates. Moshi Monsters shouldn’t be up there! Chobots deserves to win! It’s better, fairer and safer than the others. GO CHOBOTS!!!!!

February 17, 2011 at 6:57 pm
(15) Anonymous says:

the only reason why chobots is winning is because hiki made that post. about.com isnt even a popular site.

CP FTW

February 18, 2011 at 12:07 am
(16) frycook48 says:

CP is unfair. CP only treats members with respect.
Chobots FTW
(CP waddle around and wish you were a member)

February 18, 2011 at 2:48 am
(17) giantess says:

THEY SAY CHOBOTS SWEARS AND NEVER UPDATES. that is NOT TRUE!

they:

*update EVERY FRIDAY, sometimes even on other days.

* they gave non member’s loads of cool new cloths! even better then citizen ones! like the dragon and the new hover board

*when you pay for citizenship, you get lots of money and a cool item!

*they DO NOT swear! chobots is so STRICT on swearing that you even get warnings for no reason!

*IT IS MUCH SAFER THEN CLUB PENGUIN

February 18, 2011 at 3:39 am
(18) User says:

@Giantess

*Adding clothes to the catalogs is barely an update, most of the new clothes are really bad now anyway. Remember when they said there was going to be a beach. That was about 8 months ago.

*The juniors hardly ever get new clothes, just the leftovers that weren’t good enough to be for members. The only exception is the really expensive items.

*When you use your money to buy citizenship you gain the ability to use your money to buy the best items in the game

*Heaps of people swear on Chobots. I should know I’ve played it for nearly 2 years and am an agent. It’s heaps easier to swear and pretty much the only time you get a warning is when you don’t need one

*Why is Club Penguin unsafe? And I’ve never seen someone swear there.

February 18, 2011 at 8:52 am
(19) Tota767 says:

Chobots is a good game , each person follows the rules and if there any person dont follow the rules at chobots they just bann him/her so that he can’t do that again , or if there was a mod they kick him out :/ because Chobots kids follows rules

~Tota767~

February 18, 2011 at 8:59 am
(20) Tota767 says:

And no one swears at Chobots and even if you dont believe just ask any Chobot :P

February 18, 2011 at 9:49 am
(21) Gloopygloo says:

Club penguin is not safe as chobots on chobots when there is a trainer for chobots they delete it when they see it. on the other hand clubpenguin has go many tracker and that why eople have so many coins! Plus on clubpenguin non citizens can’t wear clothes ever. So chobots should be there!

-gloopy

February 18, 2011 at 4:19 pm
(22) frycook48 says:

Gloopy, i agree. CP(non members) you can’t buy clothes, it’s unfair, can’t enjoy the parties, can’t get new puffles. Chobots(non citizens) can buy clothes, decorate their house, get some magic, play games and go to parties! Chobots has really nice music and citizenship is worth it. GO CHOBOTS!

February 18, 2011 at 4:21 pm
(23) frycook48 says:

Sorry if I appeared rude or something, but none of those things you guys said(Not safe, no updates, etc) are unfair and untrue. So that’s why i say CHOBOTS IS THE BEST!

February 18, 2011 at 9:04 pm
(24) User says:

I think all the stuff said about no updates on Chobots is true. I played chobots for almost 2 years, it used to be good but they haven’t released something original besides clothes since the robots arena came out. And when that came out they took rock-e-mall street away. Chobots doesn’t need any more clothes anyway. I don’t like any of the games in the list.

February 18, 2011 at 10:07 pm
(25) rosey2000 says:

everyone that says chobots doesn’t update and stuff it wrong chobots is a safe game :/ and not every game has to get update it’s still fun they add alot of clothes

and yes giantess is right :/ they add loads of cool things for non-members so you don’t even have to buy a memeber and yeah there is no swearing on chobots because if they did swear then they would be getting a warning!

and chboots is much safer then club penguin they always date and things :/

February 19, 2011 at 12:18 am
(26) Clubpengi says:

@Jake Wow dude, you are very harsh. Chobots is the best game for kids, even adults! It’s a family game and has many players! Chobots Team displayed this on their blog because they are very proud of it!

Not once did they cheat..

Please guys, if you don’t have anything nice to say about virtual world, please don’t say it!

See you soon! (:

~Agent..
Clubpengi

February 19, 2011 at 12:25 am
(27) chobotrobot1 says:

FTW Chobots!

February 19, 2011 at 8:53 am
(28) chobotrobot1 says:

Good luck Chobots!

February 19, 2011 at 12:53 pm
(29) Gloopygloo says:

Well it takes a long time to make something Big! On clubpenguin they don’t make new things they just put things on the building. but There is onething i don’t like about chobots the citizenship is a little overpriced. Plus club penguin has been out for so long it has been given a club penguin membership card in stores. Just wait chobots will have cards to! And if you were on chobots when it started they were giving FREE CITIZENSHIP. now clucpenguin will never do that in a million years. I got lucky that i was excatly 100 days old that I had citizenship for more than 30 days. But it wasn’t on gloopygloo. SO chobots should be on the list. And hiki said there is gonna be a new place in like a month. Chobots isn’t easy as clubpenguin where u can easliy become an agent on chobots you have to work hard. So CHOBOTS ROCKS!

February 19, 2011 at 3:30 pm
(30) frycook48 says:

I got emailed a free citizenship a year ago. On e of my friends got it aswell.

February 20, 2011 at 4:23 pm
(31) Muzaman says:

Club penguin non members only get free items once every party and also the community are little children dating thus proving club penguin is not a kid friendly game yet,Chobots has its downfall too.Yes,it has non member items you can buy but its moderation is not effective i have played the game for more than 2 years and have seen swearing,hacking of the agents,and dating.But gaming wise Chobots.Community wise neither club penguin or chobots,but as i have heard Webasaurs seems user friendly and fun for new players.

–Muzaman–

February 21, 2011 at 4:10 am
(32) andy says:

It is not even close Tootsville is the best, they really care about the kids and i think tootsville will be the biggest site soon all my friends have switched to it

February 21, 2011 at 4:16 am
(33) lillainey says:

I agree with andy I am in the UK and everyone is talking about Tootsville the Mayor is so nice go tootsville.com

February 21, 2011 at 7:12 am
(34) Meme1999 says:

CHOBOTS FTW

and DUDE seriously chobots that swear get chat banns and warnings so chobots is safe and they update!!

February 22, 2011 at 11:24 pm
(35) Gloopygloo says:

Vote for the Best Virtual World for Kids
Chobots
(462)
72%

Club Penguin
(80)
12%

Moshi Monsters
(9)
1%

Tootsville
(33)
5%

Webosaurs
(56)
8%

Total Votes: 640

February 23, 2011 at 7:59 am
(36) Anonymous says:

How is secretbuilders not here D:<
It pwns! its the best. oh well my vote goes to chobots

February 24, 2011 at 10:26 am
(37) Deidre Rivera says:

GOOO TOOTSVILLE!!! Tootsville has live events EVERYNIGHT!!! And a nemis name Shade and his minions and shadows that try to take over!!! We are in the middle of a Toottroop & Shadow battle!! HA!!!!! Beat that CP & CHOBOTS!!! Omg!! I love Mayor Louis, Tootfairy, Superstar!!!GOOOOOOO TOOTSS!! LETS MAKE SOME NOISE!!! WOOT WOOT TOOT!!!

February 25, 2011 at 4:04 pm
(38) mememe471 says:

i like tootsville. :)

February 25, 2011 at 6:22 pm
(39) chaosc says:

Here’s my ratings…

Chobots! Chobots is kind of fun, although it really doesn’t update that much, and there is kind of a lot of swearing, but it is rather fun. One thing I don’t like about chobots is the fact that when you first start, you’re TOTALLY confused! I might recommend this to a friend, although it gets kind of boring after about two weeks.

Club Penguin! Good concept! Original, creative, and Disney gets absolutely no credit for it’s fame from my standpoint. It was created by RocketSnail, and Disney just bought it. All Disney added was the membership. Now Club Penguin is all about the members. It’s not really that fun.

Moshi Monsters! I personally like moshi monsters, except that if you leave it for a week, it gets mad at you! It’s kind of annoying, but if you go on it every day it can be fun.

Webosaurs! Ok, I do like webosaurs. It’s kind of fun, not too complex, and it doesn’t have WAY too much members-only stuff. They also have a lot of moderators. The one bad thing about it is that it won’t run well on many peoples computers.

Tootsville! I LOVE TOOTSVILLE! I play a lot of virtual worlds, over 10 in fact, and this is my favorite. It has lots of rooms, but a well layed-out map so that you can find your way around easily. It prevents swearing, and it has live events every Monday and Friday! One other good thing about it is that there is a battle between good and evil, and you pick your side and get ranked, and you can battle the good side or the bad side! Tootsville also has a WAAAAY lower price for VIT membership! Club Penguins is like 60 bucks for a year, but Tootsvilles is only 20! Another good (well bad and good I guess) thing about Tootsville is that it has quite a few glitches. Some are kind of annoying, but they take those out within two days, and the fun ones they keep, unlike lots of virtual worlds, where they take out the fun glitches as well as the annoying ones. I would recommend Tootsville to ANYONE!

-chaosc/Chaos6267

February 26, 2011 at 3:03 pm
(40) Thisduderock (TDR) Player of Webosaurs and CP says:

Hey guys! I just want to say that Webosaurs is quiet a good game. It’s nearly 1 and half years old and is a very good game. There are much less bugs than CP, Much more better than lame Moshi Monsters but less popular than all of the games apart from Moshi Monsters.

I also agree with Jake on the coments he recently made. I am quitting CP. When I discovered Webosaurs, things made me starting to like it. They have lots more better stuff than the other games! They have awesome Fossil Magic, Cool parties, items for non-members, wearable and cave items, very educational, very helpfull, cheap memberships by being like 99 cents/64p for a whole month for a limited time!

It’s also is very cheap on all memberships. It even has it’s own Twitter, Blog and FORUM!!! Please vote for Webosaurs now! It’s all I want to say and also join it!

TDR

February 26, 2011 at 6:39 pm
(41) Myra says:

Webosaurs Island

As you should know that my webosaur is Polly321 and she is more than happy to get you a friend when i am online and then we can play games and to be my friend just click on me and down the bottom is a little oval then click on that then it says your friendship has been reqeusted i will look at my letter and say yes!

February 28, 2011 at 1:08 pm
(42) ERIWEU says:

No offesne, Chobots has the worst chat filtering sysstem.

February 28, 2011 at 4:39 pm
(43) Ehhhhh says:

The bad moderation on cho makes it fun! Its not like all those other WAY OVERPROTECTIVE kiddie games that dont even let you type numbers. It’s the only good game here fit for young teens.. and besides i like the low population everyone knows each other:P

March 1, 2011 at 12:44 pm
(44) FIRE says:

All I have to say is……TOOTSVILLE ROCKS!

March 3, 2011 at 4:50 pm
(45) Sals1 says:

Hi.
I think all games are just the same stuff.
Its all just pics.
Its just a waste of money.
Its not like u get real stuff on any of the games.
Boo to all sites.
I also found out a new game called minimonos.
u walk around like a monkey but u cant chat unless ur member.
~Sals1

March 3, 2011 at 8:55 pm
(46) Otiekinz says:

I SOO agree with you Chaosc! Except I have never played Moshi Monsters.

My two fav virtual worlds out of these are Tootsville and Club Penguin.

I like Club Penguin because there’s a lot of stuff to do and there are new things all the time!! One thing I don’t like about Club Penguin is that there’s like a trillion other people online too and I don’t know anyone there except the people I have added from Tootsville, lol.

I LOOVE Tootsville because there’s enough people that play but not too many. I have met a bunch of awesome people on there that make Tootsville really fun. Btw, the new changes are awesome and you know it!!!!!!! :D

March 9, 2011 at 8:11 pm
(47) Coldude9 says:

Jake I know your cat, the (Use to) Be mod. I know your upset that you got de moded but you loved that game! (I think) Just because you got de moded doesn’t mean you can go around telling bad reviews of chobots that aren’t even true.
Chobots is my vote!

March 13, 2011 at 6:57 pm
(48) Peachyrocks547 says:

No responsible parent should let their child play Chobots!
The game is a disgrace, totally unmoderated, full of swearing, bullying, sex and seriously bad swear names on lots of the chobots that use hacking sites to play. People should never trust this site and NEVER pay money for their children to buy the many items they offer for sale for real money, your details won’t be safe!
Stay away and keep your children safe!!!

March 22, 2011 at 6:12 pm
(49) ggtfvyhv says:

I would take Chobots off the list: Its causing too many problems.

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