Equitopia + Predators in Horse Games

Predators are a part of internet and games and Equitopia is what happens when a server not only encourages decadent interactions but protects one of those predators. This is both a look at predators in horse games, and an in-depth look of this Minecraft server.
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[@mandyoakdawn]

I remember "Daddy" from Equitopia, I was banned from the server by one of his 'buddies' because I began to get on to him for what he would say to underage girls (specifically 13 - 15.) It was absolutely sick, many of the mods defended him when I was expressing my disgust.

[@Etscy]

Unfortunately, most of the mods were also minors and most likely experiencing the same things. It isnt uncommon for children to be so impressionable.

[@delunesz]

Yep, that was jedediah, the plugin creator. He was a bit of a dictator there

[@Meimoons]

Holy cow those are absolutely red flags

[@WobblesandBean]

Of course he called himself "daddy" 🤢

[@UmbraBorealis]

This just reminds me of the amount of awful garbage found on Roblox and how none of the founding company cares unless you tweet/make vids on it, because then you get sued. Yes that happened. Also, I'm a dutch star stable player and the chat is just as gross as it used to be. The AI system SUCKS and boys are still bullying for 'being potential pedos' while kids don't understand a real predator wont announce themselves to be one. I've told them to get more mods and I'd be more than willing to stick around at night because I am a night person, but alas, they don't care.

[@VibingMeike]

I'm in a Dutch server as well, I don't claim to be perfect, I've been in countless dramas which I'm not proud of. But some people are swearing with the grossest things you can imagine. Derogatory terms related to illnesses and disabilities are thrown around like it's nothing, probably by kids who have zero life experience. I even got called a n*zi recently, you can not make this shit up. You could get bullied for being autistic/on the spectrum and when even a small fight occurs everyone in the global chat will just scream "STOP MET RUZIE MAKEN" like that's gonna do something ;-; Oh and don't even get me started on the countless clubs who kept bugging our own for no particular reason- It's a hell hole in chat

[@UmbraBorealis]

@@VibingMeike I agree! It's why I generally stay away from clubs or the global chat. I usually report players instead of telling them not to fight but I don't think it does anything really and I find that so sad. Ever since I learnt a lot of ambassadors were or still are underage it left a bad taste in my mouth and I hope someone on that team sees the light some day and starts hiring capable, screened adults as moderators instead.

[@ayee_bailey]

Oh yeah the things on Roblox are horrifying, I really don't want my little sister's to play it, but I'm not sure how to get them off without explaining to my parents that roblox is dangerous. The internet is just. A sick sick place.

[@szarki3276]

Roblox becomes unplayable now in terms of censorship. You cannot have normal convos since sometimes you cannot write a single letter like "a" or it censors normal words.Recently I got warned for telling a person to just GO AWAY since he was interfering in our base building in one game.

[@kori2712]

No exaggeration, but on a Polish server in Star Stable, on one of the most famous Emerald Forest the same thing happens. Someone says the wrong thing, they already start insulting that person. This situation reminded me that someone wrote on the global ''Hobby Horse is not a sport,'' and later as it turned out - there was drama. As if- I understand that not everyone agrees with this opinion, but let them keep their opinion to themselves, not to everyone XDD And where is the logic here? There is no logic at all.

[@korekiyuuamv766]

i was in equitopia!!! i got kicked out for arguing with jedidiah because he said men were oppressed, you weren't allowed to have any differing opinion or a mod would abuse their power and kick you

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

I wish they were.

[@horsewings3561]

@@catscanhavelittleasalami wish granted they are. Funny how people say there AGAINST sexism and then when the shoe is on the other foot, there no different than the ones they scolded.

[@mirka4285]

​@@horsewings3561gorl, how are men oppressed??? 😂

[@horsewings3561]

@@mirka4285 I'd tell you but you but something tells me your so closed minded you'll dismiss it or make excuses, so I won't waste my breath on you.

[@meowwaffles6040]

Jed was a VERY bad mods.

[@fleurtherabbit]

I've had an account of on Equitopia for about 4 years(not actively for the last year and a half), and was very surprised to see inappropriate language in the chat when I first joined. It was the first time I had ever joined a Minecraft server and decided to just ignore it, as no one else seemed to make a problem of it and the horses were such fun. I’m quite a solitary gamer and barely look at the chat anyway. I never had a real problem with the fact that the stallion would mount, it seemed like a realistic thing, but the genitals felt a step too far. I had no clue what kind of ‘’special things’’ were added, like the emoticons and the peeing. It is good this stuff gets told!!

[@softyartt]

I used to play too and I remember being scared to invite my friends because, even though the plugin was amazing, I was afraid the staff would be too mean or inappropriate towards them. I don't remember the horses having genitals but maybe I just didn't notice. I left a couple years back and found this video when trying to google for the IP address because I was thinking of going back! I guess not

[@hollyjacobs9500]

i was actually one of the first staff members when the server was set up, i had a close relationship with soph for a significant period of time. i was a moderator for around 1-2 years before my rank was removed without warning, and with no justification (i was underage at this time, and as such you can imagine what effect this had on me lol) i did play on equitopia as a regular player on and off for a small amount of time, but i definitely found there to be a concerning environment on the server with staff (especially jed) playing favourites. there were definitely times where i felt belittled. as another comment has mentioned jed’s weird behaviour definitely was not unnoticed by many but the majority of the players are minors and so felt there was no way to actually say anything. looking back some of the things jed would say to me within conversation was very inappropriate and looking back i’m disturbed i saw nothing wrong with this although i was ofc underage, and we were quite close at one point. genuinely not surprised that all of this has come out, thanks for the great vid

[@idlydog1232]

In regards to Discord not doing anything about this, i fear it is because Discord is overwhelmed with predator accusations from different servers. There are SO MANY weirdos on Discord dude. The staff have also been known to pick favorites if i remember right.

[@geministrial950]

There are weirdos everywhere, Discord is just one of their breeding grounds

[@WobblesandBean]

Discord and men preying on children are synonymous. **cough White Bowser cough**

[@bqualitysnake6549]

Stuff like this hits very close- me and my generation went through so much from unrestricted internet access and unregulated chatrooms and games before rules were put in place in hindsight. The fact that a lot of us went through the exact same thing then as now is horrifying. We had to learn how to stay safe alone. Not all of us got out of it the same, or at all. The fact that this is still a common thing is both panful and rage inducing, especially as people still blame the children instead of the sick monsters who design spaces for themselves where they have leverage over anyone who could or would even know to tell- or to get out. And from the perspective of the kids- I have been in spaces like this, playing along and commenting explicit things for the taboo of it, engaging with content that is nsfw and going along with mostly anything the people we looked up to did- either not knowing it could be (was) dangerous, nor that it might have been by design. I time and time again dodged bullets I didn't even register was there, and only in hindsight see why things like chat filters and intense moderation was a must in these situations. I can also attest to normalization of nsfw, violent or outright explicit content like what happened in equitopia made us/them that more unsafe. Kids and adults interacting online is as unsafe now as it was 15 years ago. Kids keep getting hurt. KIds keep going missing. Kids keep turning up dead. Something needs to change.

[@MissFluffyPink]

You took the words right out of my mouth. I remember growing up and seeing the first few social media pages starting to pop up and how they, in no time at all, went from a space where friends would chat to kids desperately trying to earn the aproval of hunters. These early hunters never had to hide any of their criminal behaviours either because parents ASSUMED that if it was a space for kids... It. Was. SAFE. I remember the bullying starting up and being told by friends that the way to avoid being targeted was to comply with the hunters requests. I remember money being offered to friends for photos. I will never forgett the hunter who targeted me. How he praised me for being so mature for my age. How I was the only one who could make him laugh, he missed me when I was in school because he wanted to talk to me so badly... I remember our conversations starting to change, when he started to demand pictures and that I agree meet him. I remember my mother finding out about the hunter just as I started thinking the hunter was right, maybe I was mean to him for not wanting to meet up... Especially since he offered to drive all the way to where I lived. My mother probably saved me. As an adult I found out my dad thought my mum overreacted when she threathened the hunter with police. I cannot put into words how lucky I am that my mother took action. How lucky I am to not be one of those missing kids...

[@bqualitysnake6549]

@@MissFluffyPink I am so sorry you and your friends had to go through that. I have such a hard time trusting anyone or anything nowadays both on the internet and in person. For good reason sure, but it keeps hurting relationships and feels really isolating. Anyone I talk to could be dangerous, anyone I ignore could too. Juggling my own fears while trying to help friends and family stay safe when there's still so few safe spaces to point them to, or resources to learn from is really hard. And apparently my fears make me paranoid. It's so easy to sweep statistics under the rug until you're part of them. I may not be missing, but the damage is there even if you can't see any scars. I may not be missing but I knew people that disappeared, and people that were very, very close.

[@theeleviathan7197]

Chat moderation can really only go so far. What we need is parents and adults teaching kids to have a guard and always keep it up, no matter who's around. Children need to know how to protect themselves and from what. Unfortunately I don't think many parents now really care about their kids and what they are being exposed to either online or in school or even by "friends". I'm very glad you make videos like this Rattle, even if it sucks to realizes stuff like this exists. It needs to be know and said, so that maybe people will help change things.

[@flufflewarrior]

I love watching your videos, but this one just made me so sad... I think it is so important to talk about these topics. The more people are aware, the more we can all try to help each other and make sure to stay save.

[@chrismccoy2252]

The hard thing with grooming is it can be done without any 'adult' content being discussed at all. You mentioned ideological grooming where the predator convinces someone over time by slowly breaking them down that ideologically it isn't wrong for x to happen but unfortunately that's not the only kind. There's also exceptionalism grooming where x is wrong _except_. This can look like "oh an adult and a minor in a relationship is wrong, except that I'm so mature/ smart/ in love" and that one is a lot harder to monitor for because the grooming can just look like "wow you're really mature for your age" and not anything more sinister. I had a friend who was horrified that his 16-year-old cousin was dating a 20-year-old, but was married to a man 23 years older than him who he had started "dating" at 14.

[@featherinthewind]

i was a longtime player on equitopia, and i am not surprised with the findings of this video. at first, the server is very inviting because there’s so much to the plugins, no wonder people stuck around. the community gets very vulgar VERY quick, at one point the owner (maeve) was talking about her sexual experiences in chat. it baffled me that she could just say all of this detailed nonsense in front of children. the entire owner team bullied and belittled people daily, not to mention a lot of changing of horses to their liking. it was discouraging getting a horse and then seeing its speed change drastically. after a year or so of me being there, it started to get worse. shows were rigged, the server was on and off in drama, it was just a mess. jed made comments like the ones showed in the video often, but so did maeve. they spoke about people in chat without a care about their well-being. there was a lot of deceit behind the scenes. i was trial for a bit but ultimately, the moment i got access to the secret chats and saw what they spoke about, i couldn’t confidently back the server. i was lied to, bullied, and straight up shamed. if you try to go to anybody high up, it’s aired out to the owners and you are most likely either ignored or bullied. i’m glad i got out of there because the server is nicely made, but no pixelated game is worth seeing all ages get abused and manipulated. there is a wonderful side to the community, some amazing people, but it’s the management that’s the issue. right before i resigned the team due to personal issues after only being on it a short while, i saw maeve give a horse a lethal disease because the owner was “breeding the horse wrong”. no communication, just condemning the horse without a word. from the comments i saw in mod chat both in minecraft and out, there is no way they didn’t know jed was a sexual predator. he said a lot in the short span of me being staff, sad to see them not admitting it. the video was well put together, thank you for showing people the truth!

[@del4680]

thank you for making a video on this topic. as a victim of a predator i found in sso i think its incredibly important to educate young players about this

[@CadenceBunnybrooke]

I used to play on equitopia for several years and i was around 11ish when i started, but as i was already kind of aware of the things these things went on, had my own issues with …. And the rumours were circulating around even back then.. i’m glad someone finally spoke up about this in general. Thank you.

[@undercooked_spaghettios]

The lesson here: Keep your children away from the internet.

[@miimakakku3722]

I think you can allow children internet, just teach them safety and keep a good open relationship.

[@ItsHaisho]

Or teach them internet safety, and know what it is they're doing.

[@TuberoseKisser]

Keeping them off the internet would probably just make them more ignorant of the dangers when they get older.

[@zarah6076]

SSO is still terrible. I kid you not, every single day I see people cussing, fighting, advertising sex role plays, “mental help advice” threats of suicide and/or harm to others, ect. It’s absolutely horrible. My friend and I tested how far it could go (in the mail to each other as we didn’t want others being exposed to even more crap) and we could say every bad word, threat, and bullying sentence we could think of. It’s terrible!

[@iclynnx]

I wonder if this is a problem in only some countries. In Swedish servers, I rarely see that happen. Sure, some can be mad, but I don't see swears or threats. Are you American, by any chance? That may seem a bit stereotypical, but I'm just thinking the kids must be affected by the issues in their states. And they're thinking edgy = cool.

[@zarah6076]

@@iclynnx I am American. I am not surprised that our servers are probably the messiest. I know that bullying is a very common problem in American schools. I think it's a learned behavior. I can't say for sure, but it does make sense to me.

[@TheVoidedRealm]

@@zarah6076 what server you on? I never experienced that beside the creeps, I might switch servers again to a more dead one as the one I'm on got popular due to new members joining.

[@zarah6076]

@@TheVoidedRealm It's not just one server. I have server hopped a number of times and it's usually the same for me. I am on North American servers if it matters.

[@kohga1475]

@@zarah6076 as an American I can confirm we're so awfully desensitized to EVERYTHING. everything is normal and okay to us. because we see it on the daily. this country is genuinely falling apart more and more and I hate that I'm stuck here because I'm nowhere near old enough to be able to leave, I can't even legally get a job yet. and with how little people are being paid at the moment even if I did have a job I wouldnt be able to afford food, let alone moving to a whole other country, buying a house there, etc. the general minimum wage here is $7.25 US an hour. yknow what $7.25 US gets you at the moment? a gallon of milk, maybe two. that's it. and back to the original point people being assaulted or even killed is pretty normal here. happens to at least 100 people here daily I'm sure. and that's being generous, its probably thousands or more. I'm dead serious when I say EVERYTHING you could probably think of is the average tuesday here.

[@RimFaxxe]

In regards to the 2019 missing child, in 2017 if I remember correctly, on the swedish server a pedophile was caught and sometime later was found and arrested. I think the article should be still up

[@exceednexcel]

You should do Horse Isle - the toxic player base, the homophobia by the devs - its a great topic to dig into

[@lodestar2609]

I got a 7 day chat ban on there for saying stanky leg LMAO

[@kaylastarr7863]

Why are 12 yos moderating anything... The whole point of moderating is to act as a human filter. No child is capable of that

[@Isabella-tp6wy]

I was an admin on Equitopia a while ago, prob 2017 but i think I joined it in the beginning of 2016 and there was a lot of favoritism involving the staff, double standards and stuff but to be fair me and the owners at the time were all pretty much 13 and under, the dev Jed was over 18 and he dated a girl under 16 but i don’t think anyone thought about it bc we were all young to realize it was wrong

[@explodo5987]

I'm starting to think that a lot of issues like this could be solved (or better handled) if society didn't have such a chokehold on gendered subjects. If society didn't ensue the fact that horses are for ''little girls'' and just accepted that everyone regardless of age and gender can like horses, then an issue like this would be more likely to be resolved quickly. I assume there were older people in the server who tried to protect and change the behavior, but I agree! Horse games are a gateway for predators to groom young girls. I want to use SSO as an example here because I'm currently stuck in a country where SSO isn't widely known to an older audience and therefore the servers are mostly filled with children. Every time a player comes up to be and sends a request, I accept it and immediately ask if they need something (usually in form of a ''?''), and if they respond that they want to be friends, I tell them that I don't think it's a good idea to try and make friends with strangers on the internet. I let them know that I'm an adult and make them aware of the fact that adults play this game, though not necessarily for any malicious reasons, but adults being friends with children is just.. weird in a sense. I have such a hard time with children being on the internet, and I know I was one of them, but I was never a victim of any kind of predatory behavior. As someone who actively engages in fandoms that are focused on 16-18+ games, whenever I see someone below that age restriction, I just.. can't. It makes me sad, it makes me sick because I know that there are people out there who will take advantage of that, and the children often don't know the kind of danger they're in, as well as the kind of danger that they put the adults in for pretending to be older than they are. Obviously Equitopia should have raised their age restriction, but of course then they couldn't exploit the impressionable children, now could they? /s Thank you for making this video Rattle. I think it's so important to educate everyone on this subject. - EXPLODO

[@sommerblume9671]

I don't think it's much of a solution because well... groomers and such are groomers. They target children, and gender doesn't matter because a child is a child. Plenty of those sick people will target boys or both.. so it really needs to just have better safeguarding. Not sure why we always forget boys or think they aren't also deserving of protection, and this is coming from a woman who was groomed when I was a girl since I used to play SO many online games.. even had Skype with 0 parental guidance lol.

[@explodo5987]

Yeah, I agree with you. It wouldn't be much of a solution :/ Wishful thinking and all.

[@Kermodeii]

You should do one one horse riding tales lol... even with a very strict chat filter, some of the conversations on global chat are crazy

[@Nyxolotl]

A really well made and eye opening video! I used to play on servers like Equestrifun, and I saw quite a lot of shady things, but I had no idea it was this bad!

[@_Chessa_]

This was worth the wait. And actually really terrifying to learn about. My baby sitter was the internet and it damaged me immensely with the likes of 4-Chan predators and funnyjunk predators.. this is truly sad to see it continue in different ways. :(

[@deinstaliranje]

I'm only around 5 minutes into the video, but Star Stable literally still has an issue with predators being there at late hours. I play sparsly, I log in every couple of months just to spend SC and see the events. Now, I logged in a few weeks ago late at night to check out everything, two players approached me wanting to chat and at first they really seemed just bored wanting to kill time especially because the server was literally dead. You can probably guess that's not the case they started being weird and once they realized I'm an actual adult they kinda got bored of me so I just ran off. I felt like I should report it but one of them was literally level one and in steves farm (someone that plays more often probably wouldn't be so slow to register this but I'm kinda rusty with sso) so.. yeah gotta love the fact these predators can now use cheats to bypass being reported, they can just make a new account and go on their merry way.

[@TheVoidedRealm]

I play star stable, I got the lifetime membership since I was a kid. I feel like I have to play as my parents gifted to it me back then, plus I like the game anyways. The creepiness at night In chat is very disturbing. I get uncomfortable. So I don't play at nights much, due to people that show up.

[@deinstaliranje]

@@TheVoidedRealm same! i also got lifetime as a gift wayyy back in 2016 and it's the only reason i still log in. and like you said it is indeed very disturbing considering the fact i ran into these kinds of people back then as well, but only now do i realize how actually bad the situation is. i never had this bad of an experience with creeps in other games.

[@TheVoidedRealm]

@@deinstaliranje especially these are the same people that teaches you how to say number backs then in the game.

[@lodestar2609]

I just had to come back and re-watch this, and being a 6-5 year long Equitopia player, from when I was 14 until I'm 20 (turning 20 in january) it's honestly nice to see i'm not the only one who thought this was sus. I stayed silent becuase I enjoyed the server, and speaking up was a ban - ofc. Jed hated me, I was safe in a sense - but he was very transphobic towards me and wanted to know why I was trans, what was wrong with me, and other details that (at the time, 17) knew wasnt right, and therefore I didnt share.

[@FandomLurker]

Parents should not have the internet be a babysitter/teacher for their kids and teens. Heavy restriction or at least monitor what their child is watching or playing is also needed to keep kids and teens safe from preds; it's never been easier to see what they're up to in 2023. The parent could be the laziest neglectful person and it'd only take a few clicks on a phone or laptop to restrict access to certain areas of the internet or see who they are talking to. Yes, it's a breach of trust with teenagers to monitor them with everything they do, but at the same time the internet is full of untrustworthy and sick people that actively target the most vulnerable to predatory behavior. In my experience though, most parents have no idea what's going on outside of their Twitter groups or the absolute boomer of a website, Facebook. Thinking preds wouldn't be in children friendly games and groups(and some not child/teen friendly lbr), leading to most not doing anything until their kid gets hurt, turns on them, or gets kidnapped. It's awful.

[@lonewasp]

I think what people really need to do to keep their children safe in the digital age is not by strict moderation but by trust. If your child can trust that they won't be punished for being hurt and manipulated by others, and that you'll help them, they *will* go to you for help and when they need your opinion on a fishy situation.

[@bethanyxinsanewarriorx6548]

I wish I knew this video was coming out. Then I could have shared my experiences and thoughts along with screenshots.

[@YTRattle]

A few people are coming out with stories! ♥ If you want to share yours you can drop me a message at Rattle#9247 on discord If it warrants it, I won't be opposed in making a second one, as it seems the rot has spread into many games beyond SSO, Horse Reality, and Minecraft.

[@officialoliviafaststarsso]

@@YTRattle Can I please? I'd like to show you some myself.

[@YTRattle]

@@officialoliviafaststarsso Yeah sure! ♥ :D

[@officialoliviafaststarsso]

@@YTRattle Thank you

[@silverheart5630]

The people who do this don't care about you they only care about their twisted desires. Stay safe everyone

[@rararasputin1847]

This is so insane. I just left the server a few months ago and never had any idea it would ever be a covered topic, but it really deserves to be. The gameplay itself was just fine but the people made playing it unbearable. I played for months and had like 80 horses, but all the stuff with Jed made me not wanna play anymore. I can't stand Maeve or any other staff, they are so passive aggressive, judgmental, and have private chats talking about players and stuff. Gross behavior, and I am sad I ever wasted my time on this server. I have never played an eqmc server that is worth putting time into.

[@AnimeWolf56]

there are so many online games I dont play anymore cos I got sick of having issues with other players (being harassed, attacked, dealing with hackers ect) and its a shame and I do miss those games. The main one I still play still gives me issues, but rarely, and ironically its usually young players telling me people my age should not be playing this type of game (even though I have been with this game since its very beginning!). May we all dream of an online game free from problem people!

[@kith.7516]

I am SO SO SO glad you touched on this topic. This has been going on for a VERY long time in SSO, and I know it's not just SSO, but since this audience is mainly SSO players, I'll stick to SSO only. I have been aware of this for YEARS and is widely why I am a lone wolf. I have been targeted and even accepted into a club that set out for this very purpose to hack people's accounts (I ofc left immediately and reported them YEARS ago) and the conversations as posted have become more and more frequent. When I speak out people just ignore me and not enough people are speaking out about it and confronting them or reporting it. SSO can't do everything, we have a part to play as well, especially when we see something like this being 'discussed' in global chat or say chat. It's doesn't have to be a paragraph, you can even apporach the person being targeted by mailing them instead, but always say something. Everyone knows it's dangerous online, and SSO is no different.

[@haydenshortstorm]

as an active player in equtiopia, i remember jed. he was creepy, and beyond normal. he was recently kicked, and now maeve is the owner, and the server is amazing. yes, theres curse words, but no one is a 'pred' anymore and is overall very nice. the only thing that worries us is that if the server goes down for good, theres no way to get it back up sense jed dealt with that. theres also almost no way to make updates now, but that doesnt matter much sense equitopia is amazing and i love it.

[@notkoizroi]

congratulations on 10k!! here's to a million more 🥂

[@dirk9751]

Amazing video!! The effort gone into this is amazing and you deserve all the recognition, this is a big problem in the online and gaming community and should be addressed more. Keep doing what you are doing because it is great!

[@abbymc9]

I've been playing in Minecraft horse servers for about 3-4 years now and have had mostly positive experiences. I mainly played Equestricraft (it's closed for a little while now) but it didn't allowed cursing/profanity in global, mods had to be at least 13+, etc. I usually play by myself in servers and don't get too close to other people so I've never really noticed stuff like this. I wanted to try Equitopia about 2 and a half years ago and was surprised just opening the chat. Even though I was a young teenager, I knew about mature topics and didn't mind a little bit of profanity. After joining for just a few minutes, there was a lot of intense language and sexual references in the chat that made me uncomfortable (similar to the screenshots in this video), so I didn't finish the tutorial and left. I rejoined about a week ago since the other servers I played closed and I've had no other games to play. Everyone was super welcoming and the environment felt like a totally different server. It seems like a great community and I've enjoyed playing it so far (but I’m also not friends with anyone and in any private chats). There's also a chat filter that you can turn on and off (I just prefer to have it on). It definitely seems like it has improved and I've seen a few other comments saying similar things, but then again I haven't played much. If I see chats like the ones I saw a few years ago or in this video then I'm out. After hearing about so many people’s negative experiences, I think I’ll just play it by myself and avoid chats until a new server or game opens (Equestricraft is being revamped and reopening soon). Thank you for making this video and bringing awareness to topics like this!

[@berketexx]

now why the hell does a HORSE GAME need to have a bar, bdsm store and strip club??? so weird, I feel so horrible for the innocents in these situations

[@emilywright2011]

As someone who was staff on Equestrifun, and played Equestriworlds, Equitopia is not the only server who has had predators in staff team, and ignored it, so it kinda sucked that only Equitopia was under fire for this. Also, another servers owner lived off of donations (and had legal action taken against them), and also had a $300 VIP/ Sub rank that you needed to do various things on the server.

[@YTRattle]

That's disturbing to hear! If you would like to tell me more lemme know and we can chat on Discord! ♥

[@user-fg7wl8lh8q]

@@YTRattle Rattle, is there a chance that I can be able to connect you on discord as well, as I have found a massive situation on starstable?

[@YTRattle]

@@user-fg7wl8lh8q Rattle#9247 There ya go!

[@user-fg7wl8lh8q]

@@YTRattle Thank you! I will reply to you on discord. My discord is the same name as my KZbin name!

[@chickennuggets1472]

@@YTRattle Hello, I have also sent you a message on discord :)

[@ariausiii]

I used to be a member on equitopia. The mods and admins shown favoritism, very rude to new players and condescending. I left years ago when I got tired of it but equitopia is shit, I’m glad swem is out so I could avoid this completely.

[@YTRattle]

You're the second person who has pointed out favouritism on this server! It's such an odd thing to have on any server :\ Thanks for checking out the video! ♥

[@Rain_WCUE50]

A few weeks ago I was playing star stable when a weird person riding the unicorn chased me around south hoof And when they would catch up to me they would rub their horse against mine while saying things like “ses” and “stop” when I would continue to run I ran to the bridge that connects to new hillcrest since they were lvl 13 and I reported them while they continued to do weird things. After that I warned global chat because there are little kids on the server

[@DimmedLightsSSO]

Hey! Another rabbithole I suggest you look into on Star Stable's side is the hacking and cheats community. There is a a man who is running rampant on it called "Zuey". Another server and provider called fssa is looking into this. I myself do not condone cheats or anything of the matter, but when an adult male starts hooking innocents in with cheats... I start investigating. It's a deep topic and the creators of Fssa have a whole log of info about Zuey.

[@DimmedLightsSSO]

I've added you on Discord and can speak about this topic as much as I've figured out myself.

[@Etscy]

As an active member of Equitopia since 2018, i would not say staff ignored the devs alligations. Reminder, most of staff were also minors with the dev in main control of the Equitopia's progress. Nobody condones his behavior, i hope all of his victims are able to heal and equitopia is able to grow into a better community.

[@YTRattle]

Very fair! I really went with what was said by a few people who contacted me. I do hope they grow into something great! ♥

[@Skepticistic]

@@YTRattleDid you? Because you twisted the words of people you spoke to, to easier place blame. Everyone but the man you’re accusing was or is a child. They have no blame to take.

[@YTRattle]

@@Skepticistic I spoke to a few of the moderators; however, I have to also consider the repercussions of ignoring people who came forward about a predator. As I stated in the video, yes they were young, yes they were most likely manipulated, but it doesn't change the fact that this man remained protected for seven years. And most of them aren't underaged anymore. I was harsh, but because they need to change, and they need to ensure that they never allow Jed back onto that discord ever again. For the safety of their players.

[@YTRattle]

@@Skepticistic Also, I did not twist anything, in fact I diluted a lot of what was said and given to me to try and be fair on them as, like you and I both know, they were also young when it happened.

[@Skepticistic]

@@YTRattleThis isn’t true, I’ve seen the messages and you’ve completely changed the tone and the way things were meant. Talk about manipulation. I’ve been with these people for about eight years, on this server and the ones before it. No one I’m aware of came forward in the time I was active, it’s been a few years. You aren’t judge, jury and executioner here. You’re blaming children for ‘ignorance’ over an issue that isn’t there’s to be blamed for. I was a child then, and I’m an adult now. Am I to blame? No. Is it my fault he acted like that on his server? No. Is it anyone else’s but his? No. Stop hunting for people to blame because your friend is still upset with people that play the game. The same person who did equally awful things. When’s that video coming out?

[@codedaq]

All the horrible stuff that horse games have given us over the years just make me want to go back to college (for game development) and try my best to make a decent ass horse game 😭 because stuff like this is ridiculous ffs

[@suunnebelmond]

I never even would think that something evil like that could have happend and happening and its shocks me so much and makes me so sad taht children are and propably allways be in some form in danger of so evilish people.

[@skylarjohnson7779]

Fun and slightly worrying fact about SSO, I discovered you can say "omegaverse" which I assume means the AI has no idea what the omegaverse is and I envy the AI a little.

[@ellieurou]

I joined Equitopia 3 or 4 years back, played for 6 months and met some amazing people who I still talk to. This place was a pathetic excuse for a Minecraft server, their rules weren’t applied unless they didn’t like you, and so much favoritism was being applied. I will argue that some of the people there are genuinely nice people. My friends and I witnessed how rude the staff were, there were some sweet mods though! I wanted to buy a plot and Maeve (I think her name was Shorny then?) was the only one online and instead of telling me she was busy, she made a passive aggressive comment in chat about people bothering her for “mod issues” even though i was online and right there. I never had any interaction with Jed, he was fairly nice but said some questionable things in chat, I was only really having problems with Maeve. Nobody ever really talked to me, I kept to myself most days, but I saw a lotta nonsense in chat that was never stopped. I had to stop playing due to medical issues years ago, but I hope they change for the better. I’m hesitant to say that because of the same owners being in charge 😅

[@bunapapaya8]

Thank you for talking about this! I don't think most people are aware of what kind of disgusting stuff is happening in seemingly harmless online spaces. I hope this raises some awareness.

[@FarisJaclyn]

Hello! I own HorseCraft and I see you’ve mentioned me during the segment about charging players too much money for claim blocks. You compared it to blackmailing my players. I’ve been hosting and operating a MineCraft server since 2017. It’s expensive! I also always reissue purchases (following EULA rules) during resets for the lifetime of my server. Someone who bought claim blocks in say 2018 is still getting them 4 years later on my new installation of HorseCraft. A lot of my own personal money goes into the server as well. It cost a lot more money to run a server than people realize!

[@FarisJaclyn]

I want to also mention that on my server I take online predators VERY SERIOUSLY. My staff and I are banning and remove people who are predators all the time. Unfortunately online there’s no way to stop them from attempting to play, but it’s important to remove them and keep players safe. Be safe online guys! ❤

[@RimFaxxe]

@@FarisJaclyn It looks like Rattle isn't interested in your story

[@FarisJaclyn]

@@RimFaxxe what does that mean?

[@RimFaxxe]

@@FarisJaclyn I'm not entirely sure, other than that Rattle doesn't seem interested to even read your comment. I really find it uncool to go around comparing and throwing accusations at someone just because of pricing, and without having even contacted the server owner

[@YTRattle]

Hey! Thanks for watching the video! I picked up on these names during my research. This was more or less aimed at Equitopia, however I did notice that a lot of these servers are very expensive, almost overly so. I understand the need to keep a server going, but if Alicia Online can run it for free, I find it difficult to believe that so many of these servers are so expensive. However, if you have evidence to the contrary, I'll be more than happy to hear it! :)

[@Ariento]

I've barely started the video and as soon as you mentioned Minecraft I knew it was gonna be bad.

[@person731]

Oh wow I used to play on equitopia with a friend back in 2016-2017! It always felt very "cliquey" especially amongst a lot of the staff, (I've noticed this on previous equestrian minecraft servers I would play on, but never to the level of equitopia lmao) mods & admins seemed like they were on a power trip & had a very condescending + arrogant attitude 😭 There were a few nice players I got to chat with but those were mainly other newer players & lower ranking staff, I never had a good experience with the owners despite keeping to myself most of the time. They were also very against any sort of criticism towards themselves or the server, so you essentially couldn't voice any problems you had without feeling the wrath of the higher ups🤣 I ended up leaving within a few months of playing since it just became too stressful to log onto the server anymore, and boy am I glad I did after watching this video, especially since I was 13 at the time. Had no idea the server contained any of this heinous stuff but I'm also not that surprised with what I experienced in the global chat at the time. The adults in this situation should be disgusted with themselves. Predators don't get punished nearly hard enough for the damage that they cause to their victims. Thanks for making this video !

[@selmita]

I lub this vid already, it's so amazing and you include so much. Thank you so much for making these videos!

[@_weepingwillows__1713]

I remember when SSO breeding accounts we're on Tiktok stumbled into a few of them quite disturbing

[@platgeslagengehaktbal]

I actually didn't even know and am quitte shocked the girl from Rotterdam was groomed on star stable. I've looked it up, she was found the next day by the police with the American groomer named James B in a hotel. I do think he did assault her at that point, but I'm not sure what he did. He was first convicted to 30 months but only got 10 months in appeal which he already fulfilled while being held in custody. The low sentence also has to do witch the fact that he has/had leukemia in a terminal state.

[@chickennuggets1472]

Firstly the majority of Minecraft equestrian servers do not make hefty profits. They rely solely on player donations to pay for server hosting, website hosting, advertising, paying developers to make plugins and mods, purchasing plugins, PayPal fees and taxes. Without donation store prices, the majority of servers would not exist. In most cases, you can see where servers are exploiting vs trying to survive. I have been playing Ranch N Craft for years, and I can genuinely say that the server is as PG as possible. You cannot moderate conversations through private messages but the public chats and discords are moderated and kept PG at all times with no inappropriate talk etc :)

[@unicornis_et_curedent]

I never imagined that this kind of thing existed. Disgusting! The server has nothing to do with horses anymore wtf?

[@ceoofoop8655]

I remember playing this server but never got too into its community, god im so glad i didnt

[@Villykins]

Just to touch on the pred situation in HR: The accused is a woman, and was IP banned from Howrse after screenshots and information from one of their victims was leaked (i.e, Howrse found them guilty). HR staff CLAIMS they looked into it as this had been an issue that had been brought up well over a year before the discord incident, however it's likely they never did, beyond maybe monitoring the forum and chat messages sent by the person. This person has a VERY unique username, meaning it's 99% likely that the account is either held by the same person OR by someone who knew about the incident from Howrse. HR's kneejerk reaction to player's swarming the discord about their inability to maintain a safe environment after pushing so hard to create a 13+ friendly community was a result of their continual abuse and neglect of their community and staff. The discord closing is more or less a coverup of their poor business choices, not necessarily because the community was unmanageable from the pred incident. Most would argue it was actually the scapegoat that HR needed because they wanted to put blame on the players instead of fessing up that they could not maintain the discord with their limited, unpaid but heavily worked volunteer staff. Just a week ago there was another pred incident that was rehashed that had occurred last year between two HR players resulting in a child deleting their discord account and disappearing completely after potentially being exposed to an adult's breasts, as well as general accusations of other adult players being creepy towards young players. TLDR HR is still a very unsafe place, as are most equine-based games with any form of global chat or forum. Any horse game that caters to children (which is... any horse game), will always end up being a cesspool of creeps.

[@youareworthyourtime]

omg! 10k! 100% deserve it! I have loved your vids since I found you and will support you for as long as I can! also, this is so disgusting. I can't believe that Minecraft was allowing this. this is just so gross. oh my god. I'm not religious, but now I wish I was, so that cold wallow in the fact that they were going to hell... s****t

[@pilgrym]

TW?: regarding sso, we had a similar situation on our server(misty valley). I and my friends contacted the police and it is being researched by the police and sso. The whole situation is disgusting and I just find it insane that these people want to hurt others. I will forever remember the day I and my friends had to gather information and create a report for the police..and it saddens me how hard it was to communicate with the victim, they deserve better:( Turned out this person was 31 years old and also engaged in these activities in real life too. They had multiple sso accounts to reach out to minors and to make the whole situation less suspicious in which she basically forced her club members to "take care" of (training horses). Be careful everyone, and don't trust people on the internet- be cautious!

[@longatti]

I just saw a very similar video not too long ago, except it was about the dark side of roblox

[@atwinflower]

Very important video. I'm disappointed I couldn't find it in my subscriptions, I hope that's just a bug. We adults always need to do better, and always have to protect the innocent. The environment they created in there seems absolutely horrible.

[@SuperSkyhorse]

No matter what game, there are predators. I'm playing a strategy ant game, nothing remotely sexual about it, it even has a pretty strict automatic chat moderation, but of course there are discord servers, and that's where things go wrong. Some dude even tried targetting me, being all friendly and nice in public chats, and then he sent me direct messages asking for my pictures...and he was pretty insistent, I had to firmly refuse several times. After that, he completely lost interest in talking to me in public chats, so his angle was obvious. Begs the question, how many others did he harrass? Sure, i'm an adult and could firmly say no and I didn't fall for his sweet act prior, but what about the kids playing there? There is just no sure way to defend against predators, except heavy moderation, and who has the money for that? Or better yet, who wants to pay for that? No one. I'm part of an sso Facebook group, the hungarian one, and since it's such a small country, naturally the community is also small, and the people who make these posts are even rarer, yet I still see regurarly people posting screenshots of the chat where people say pretty horrible stuff. AI or no AI, you can find a way around it, and the moderators obviously didn't work out. So yes, I agree that kids' online presence needs to be monitored. They are young and stupid, no matter how much you preach about online safety, they won't be safe. I myself saw naked manbits several times as a young teen, completely unwillingly, and was talked to by predators in sexual manner (as well as other kids I new on the internet), simply because I was young and was on the internet. And thank god, I never had a camera, until I got older. Kids are kids. Parents shouldn't allow them to communicate online, without supervision. But most importantly, parents should be the kind of presence, with whom their child feels safe, and would talk to them about anything without being afraid of their mistakes, but unfortunately, many kids are just scared that their parents will be angry at them, and will be even more unsafe online.

[@stinky59]

omg is it that ant underground kingdom game? i tried playing that a few months ago, yeah there was always at least one person in the chat talking about dating or asking if anyone was a girl because they want a online gf 😭 smh some people just cannot behave themselves

[@SuperSkyhorse]

@@stinky59 Yeah, that's the game. Tbh I saw a pretty big shift between the older, more established servers, and the newer ones. The newer ones are pure chaos, and as you mentioned it, it's full of people asking for dates, spammers, trolls, and it just feels like a chatroom full of kids. The older servers are more organised, trolls are ostracised, people actually communicate in meaningful ways, there are rules that most of the people follow, and those that don't, they get punished. Well, on those servers, where there is actually order, because some older servers are just full of grievers. But still, in these servers there are predators, who play nice in public (since being openly predatory will get them booted too quick in these servers), and hunt in private messages.

[@kailola827]

I remember a few years ago I joined that server on minecraft and I saw some questionable chat messages which made me leave. I'm kinda glad I did especially since I was a minor with mental health issues. (AKA a easy target)

[@llywas]

This video was very informative and I’m honestly baffled that kind of place exists. I know Reddit can be what it is, but have you considered posting this to r/Games? I feel like it would gain lot of well deserved attention there and bring it to more eyes. Some TMQ articles has been posted there before about subject of horse games and the response has been good, I think linking this there would give it even more attention it deserves.

[@YTRattle]

Thanks! I'll give it a shot! ♥ And thank you for watching the video :D This was a rough one, lemme tell ya XD

[@LauraBow]

Looks like not even horse games can escape from this

[@bambozzledbat]

Truly horrifying. Thank you for touching this subject, Rattle, amazing & wise video as always! Now, lemme just post a huge, HUGE wall of text with my opinions, experiences & thoughts. While there is nothing wrong with creating games & content that is supposed to empower certain gender/gender identities, marketing or creating an online game as "4 girlz/boyz only!!!" is problematic itself. Gender separation in gaming causes a lot of sexism & sexual harassment. BOTH for women and men. You can tell a boy that this online horse game is "girl ONLY". But if he likes it, he will play it, especially when there aren't many other good horse games. If a community consists mostly of young girls, the boy will get a lot of unpleasant comments and harassment, such as being called a "sissy" or being accused of being a predator. Girls playing "boy games" will get a lot of bullying and disgusting, sexist comments. These situations are horrifying & often even cause trauma in youth. And in some cases, it's not the worst thing. Here comes the topic of this video - predatory. If a game is marketed towards a specific gender, predators with certain gender preferences will have an "easier way" to find victims of their preferred gender. Most of the time, it's the "online girls' games" such as SSO. SSO was supposed to be an empowering safe space for girls, but in reality, they created something awful. Toxicity, predatory, and harassment are a part of the Internet and online gaming since the very beginning of the Internet, and they always will be. But some cases are (bleh...) "more inviting" for these monsters. Game creators need to remember that, and if they truly care for a healthy community, they need to seriously take action. Because let's be honest, SSO does nothing. I don't use chat on SSO, but I've seen and reported bullying & even sexual harrassment, sometimes of LGBT people on SSO a few times, only to see the same people doing the same things in a few days & get some cookie-cutter respones. And how is this supposed to be "kid & LGBT friendly?" Disgusting. This doesn't change the fact, that good moderators don't matter if kids aren't educated on avoiding predators & handling cyberbullying. Let's be real, if a kid doesn't know what is bad, nothing will protect them. I "experienced" that myself. What I do to stop it is to educate my younger cousin on internet safety, because sadly her parents don't know anything about it. I just hope that it will be enough to protect her. If anyone managed to read this and wants to add something or discuss on something they disagree with, go on, just be civil. :) This is a serious topic, I believe that it's worth discussing.

[@kohga1475]

The worst thing is that these are incredibly small numbers of "hunters" compared to other communities, games and platforms. There should be ZERO and yet this is significantly small numbers compared to just about anything else. Go to any online game, any community on any platform, literally anything where you can talk to other people and there's stuff that could POSSIBLY appeal to children. They will be everywhere. It's genuinely so sickening that people can't be sane mentally well people and be attracted to others their age. Most of the time it's not even that they like the younger appearance (while that's often a bonus), it's just that they know children are vulnerable, gullible and easy to control. They want somebody that doesn't know better than to leave and get out of that situation so they get everything they want, with zero care about anybody else.

[@zombei_kid]

Has anyone just.. reported the discord? This breaks their TOS

[@Snapdragonangel]

Star stable is HORRID at their chat system. I report players for horrible comments in global chat and get told "use the ignore button" been playing for 7 years and it seems they dont put enough effort into protecting the players

[@tinchen-4168]

I dont know if you are aware of what happens these days on german SSO servers. I have to write about it because it horrificly fits perfect to the topic of this video. So, since many months german servers are afflicted by two hackers that try to sell their cheat program to the young children playing SSO. These 2 are young male adults. They are advertising mainly on tiktok for "their" program (I heard they got it from elsewhere - doesn't matter). With that cheat program you can instantly win championships, level your horses faster and get player XP up to lvl 30, you can geht horses for free etc. That these functions are game destroying is obvious. But the PRICE you have to pay if you want to get the program is the worst: You have 3 options - 1. You pay 350 € to get the program that secretly contains a file that is contaminated with a virus that gives complete access to your PC (makes you vulnerable to blackmail), 2. You send photos or videos of yourself being in underwear or naked, 3. you have to advertise the program/search for new interested children. This happens at least for months now and german SSO is flooded by cheaters that use the cheat program. It is getting worse and worse and SSO doesnt seem to do much about it. These two persons also spread lies about being able to hack player accounts (they CANT!). They say you cant get banned by SSO. They will spread every lie that is able to make people want this cheat program. I am shocked that pedophiles on sso have such an easy time doing their crimes.

[@RavenLunatic517]

It took me a minute into the video to realize that you didn't mean the "carnivore" type of predator

[@v3n0msp4rk]

on the swedish sso servers you can literally say the f slur completely uncensored with no consequences whatsoever, so yeah their AI is really bad i actually asked a game master about it once, she basically went "whoop dee doo um the AI isn't perfect anyway-"

[@jeromebtches]

Ngl that lexus dealership made me laugh. It's been a meme for some time 😂 (ofc i know this shouldn't be on star stable etc.)

[@thatoneperson1208]

Happy new year to us with a new video.

[@ghost1fer]

LMAO NOT EQUITOPIA GETTING TALKED ABOUT i am so absolutely tired of how staff acts in this server. it is so crazy to see a server i used to be heavily into get talked about rn

[@RimFaxxe]

Yep, guessed it. Predators in horse games.

[@izabellearmin5778]

In Starstable, I always almost act like a Chatmoderator in the chat on my server, I help others with problems and stop people from sharing their private information, especially young ones, who don't know the rules of starstable and who weren't taught by their parents. I always ask them to ask their parents to teach them about online security. _. Or tell them. I still don't get why people think sso replaces a babysitter or something like this in Have done that now for 4 years, through that I'm thinking of, maybe making my career path in the internet police/safety section to help children and teens to know the rules and problems on the internet. I still don't get how parents don't teach their children about online safety and such, and that there are predators too! I know knowing of the predators makes making friends harder online, 'cause u would be cautions! But in this time of day you have to be! Especially if your under 18! Don't let people lure u in! Keep safe and tell others about the rules and problems that could appear! So that everyone can enjoy the game.

[@ilsejustme303]

sso still didn't fix the chat.... a saw a player calling another player a f*cking cancer h**. i did send it to sso. they didn't do anything. for 3 weeks i did asked them on instagram what they are going to do about the players that misbehave..... they ignore will ignore you. so even if you see a hunter, they don't want to do something about it. i have friends that i know from sso (all adults) and they have the same experience .....

[@CcTheCow06]

I played on equitopia a year back and didn’t have a pleasant experience the server is fun and realistic but the mods admins and even the owner makes the game not fun, their extremely racist, homophobic, and sexist, I was okay friends with the owner actually getting into a. Call with him and a few other players and we spoke about some things, such as fat shaming some of the members and being extremely rude about some other things. It’s hard for new players to even get used to the game since most of the mods are rude, if you ask about a thing more than once having a hard time to explain it they get mad about it and pretty much say “f you you’re on your own” I recommend some people avoid that server even if it’s realistic or not there’s better servers with nicer ppl in it.

[@Darkmae]

Honestly I think a reporting system and active moderators who do not have access to chat with players at all and can only issue chat bans/game bans could rectify the issue in SSO. It has been an issue in the past that players get chat banned or banned for carrying on completely ordinary conversations that the AI found to be substandard

[@NightshadeGoddess]

Ok well the title made me think of predators like wolves and lions not full-grown men praying on young girls 😅 but that aside, on SSO this is a very common thing, there was one guy who kept "marrying" girls in-game every two month or so. Another one that I met (I was an adult) was fairly graphic as well, talking about how his girlfriend was under the table blowing him. I genuinely hope he never talked to teens/kids like that, but I think he got banned soooo...

[@SuperSapphireStone]

Personally I don't think there's anything wrong with horse genitalia in kids horse games (as long as on the very mild side) such as a bump for males and a darken back side for mares. I thinks it adds a bit of realism and more character to horses. Like if I want a male horse, I want something down there because it will be weird to have a male horse and have it look like a mare. Or every horse to look like a mare to be exact. Besides a lot of kids who play horse games are involved with real horses anyways. Which means they already have seen the real thing...

[@MostlyGhosted]

16:48 why would that even be in a server about horse? Thats really weird for me.

[@froggyringu]

Woo! Congrats on 10k!

[@arrinletourneau]

I was very active on Equestriworlds a bit through quarantine and spent at least $150-200 on it. I had purchased VIP++ and a completely custom horse with max stats and other tokens, then unfortunately learned that a hiatus completely wipes your profile. I bought VIP++ and then lost it again. I lost all motivation since I actually spent dozens of hours on it. Everything was gone, why care?

[@equestriancurly2586]

You can store your horses anytime if you can’t get on. They won’t starve to death that way. You can also get your custom restored. This information is available in the Discord. :)

[@arrinletourneau]

@@equestriancurly2586 Good to know. It’s been 2 or so years, probably wiped unfortunately.

[@PinkGlitterFairy]

Congrats on 10K 🎉🎉🎉😆😆😆

[@horsecrazy342178]

With the SSO issue, they won't even do anything if something happens on discord. I had a minor in my club who was being sexually harassed by a woman around the same age as me and I reported it to discord and SSO and neither platform did anything.

[@dobbysdobs]

Hello. I'm an ex-admin from Equitopia. I have to say I agree with most of what you're saying. This server is not suitable for children. The age minimum should definitely be higher than 13. I do NOT recommend this server. It's quite addicting as a 15/16 etc year old. But this server can make and break you.. The claims on the server owner are all true unfortunately. However, I have to disagree with the staff thing, I for one always tried to speak up for the underaged people who didn't get to voice their opinions. This is also the very thing that made me quit in the end. Most voices aren't heard because the owners and staff can be quite toxic. As some people already said in the comments section, it can be very inviting at first. But in the end it's not worth it.

[@jazmineszlari414]

Hey rattle!I don't know if you know that game but I would like to hear your opinion on the old game that got shut down so quickly (but was an amazing horse game) its called Horse adventure:Tale of Etria in my opinion this dead game was just something sg different the animations did look pretty shit but still it had some potential to be fair(there is also a lot of footage on youtube on this game)

[@AraiDigital]

Ahhhh shit, here we go again! Another video! Time to watch :D

[@faradaygabe4700]

May justice be served. 🔥👨‍⚖️🔥

[@Kocyq]

love the silent hill music

[@Jessie_438]

The horrid comments on Star Stable about people being gay is awful. This was through the global chat and they manage to get the loophole by switching a few characters to the likes of an @ or #

[@eviI.-]

What’s the issue of being gay?

[@flufflewarrior]

@@eviI.- There is no issue with it. Intolerant idiots are the issue.

[@RimFaxxe]

@@eviI.- probably that you can't have biological children with someone of the same gender

[@Jessie_438]

@@eviI.- no issue. I meant my comment as in the hatred towards being gay

[@Jessie_438]

@@eviI.- I said in my comment at the start “the horrid comments on star stable ABOUT PEOPLE BEING gay is awful

[@heyhailey5817]

Me and my friend joined that server about a year back. (Neither or us are on it now.) My friend and I were about 15-16ish when we did and it was fun at the time. My friend had asked chat a question and Jed snapped at them and I immediately snapped back exclaiming they had only asked a question. An argument ensued. I was promptly banned from seeing what he said in chat, he went onto my Instagram and mocked me for having male pronouns in my bio saying it's unmanly and a lot more things that were transphobic etc and nobody told him to stop, the mass majority of the mods actually agreed (my friend showed me ss) my friend kept playing some and even got in call with the owner to which the owner began fat shaming players. Over all this server is not worth it.

[@user-fg7wl8lh8q]

Is there a chance that I can be able to connect @Rat Rattle on discord?

[@YTRattle]

Hey! Do you wanna chat on Discord? ^^

[@motherfrost4514]

How are you gonna block out some of my face and then not lmao. Not only that, but reason most of us never spoke up is cause we’d get banned or muted and just wanted to play the game.

[@YTRattle]

That's the point. Many if the players wouldn't speak up because they were scared about losing their stables. And the people who enforced this fear at the time were the owners and mods.

[@ashlandwilliams5651]

@@YTRattle you completely disregarded the fact that you posted her face without consent?

[@ellieurou]

Yet you’re still playing after being manipulated like that? Unless I am misunderstanding…

[@YTRattle]

@@ashlandwilliams5651 Whose face? All of the posts I used were from the public discord. None of them were from private conversations.

[@motherfrost4514]

@@YTRattle you posted MY face, I understand it’s in a public discord but I never gave consent for it to be used in a KZbin video. Not only that, but the mods and owners where also scared to speak up because Jed had ALL the power and one wrong move and we would’ve been erased from that server basically. I was a mod at one point and no we NEVER enforced that behavior. We where all scared ourselves.

[@saschamccormick]

Did you ever consider that these people are victims too? They were kids. It’s called grooming. It’s like blaming a young victim for not turning in their abuser. You didn’t even bother to censor the names of people underaged in chat, while other censor attempts were half efforts where their names or photos were clearly shown in other parts of the screenshot. You didn’t even include other statements that had been put out. If you are going to be doing a research video about a truly serious issue like this, you can’t pick and choose what facts to include to make your point stronger while neglecting the actual events. It makes it seem like the video is more for clout than anything. As I mentioned elsewhere, it’s also disgusting to equate perceived unfair prices with grooming. They needed to be seperate videos. I really enjoyed many of your other videos, but this one has left me nothing but disappointed and pity for those who were neglected- the victims. Staff and players alike.

[@APHChibitalia1]

i know this isnt the point, but a really good equine minecraft mod is StarwormEquestrian! I recommend checking out their youtube channel if you haven’t already.

[@SSODREAM68004]

The owner of SWEM leeches money off of people. It’s a scam

[@APHChibitalia1]

@@SSODREAM68004 oh word? i dont pay money for the servers or anything like that, i just play the horsey mod. i had no idea abt that

[@StarWormEquestrian]

​@SSO DREAM. SWEM is not a scam in the slightest. It has been made explicitly clear that yes, I do get paid from donations, however I also make less than poverty level in my country, plus I work 10-16 hours 6-7 days a week on SWEM. At my last job, I had easy access to hundreds of SS numbers that I could have sold off for hundreds of thousands of dollars. If I was to steal, it would have been then when there was literally nothing and no one to stop me, not from minecraft modding. I get paid barely enough to survive and I work to the bone. I get just enough and the rest of the income we have is sitting safely in a savings account where its only drawn on to pay SWEMs bills or invest back into SWE/M itself in the wisest decisions I can muster. Its fair to wonder if we are a scam, but another to state so without any such backing for such an assumption. We are not a scam and we never will be. The day our standards drop is the day I close it down for good. I apologize if this sounds abrasive. I am simply passionate about the community knowing I'm here for love and no other reason.

[@smoogirl]

Games for kids should just not have a chat system, Just remove it :|

[@orcashadow8989]

Well... go figure. Minecraft and predators come hand in hand.

[@EvanBear]

I'm always suspicious when older men play horse games that allow communication with young girls. If you just want a game with horses there are alternatives that don't include chats or you could find or found 18+ servers. Like, why would you pick to play star stable, a game all about girl empowerment, over something like Rival Stars or Farming Simulator if all you wanted was horses. If all you wanted is story there are plenty of other games, even games that combine horses and story. I do know men who play the game because their daughters or wives do and that's fine and most of the men playing SSO and horse minecraft servers are innocent and not there for nefarious reasons but because of what happened with the predator on SSO I'm always a little weary and suspicious.