To Roleplay Or Not To Roleplay..

After posting an interview with Sarah Nerd with respect to age verification and Sarah Nerd closing a high school role play sim, Tateru Nino did some digging and got to the meat of the issue that many people were wondering about: Whether adults pretending to be under 18 is OK in SecondLife.

Tateru posted Acting your age - or some other age which holds the official answer at the bottom:

'If you say you're under 18' applies to the real life person. Child avatars are not a problem in themselves. You can say your avatar is under 18, just as long as your under-18 avatar is not engaged in lewd behavior."

So... can a 30 year old pretend to be a minor take part in lewd behavior? By the Linden Lab answer, no. Can a minor pretending to be an adult engage in lewd behavior? Legally, no, and that is why age verification (that actually worked) would be worthwhile.

Do furries get measured in dog/cat years? Make sure you card before yiffying.

Can a 30 year old pretending to be a minor pretending to be an adult take part in lewd behavior? Aha. That is where it gets weird. So put away your pom-poms and graduate.

Speculation: Colleges will start springing up everywhere because cheerleaders, apparently, never get old. Unfortunately, you're stuck being the prom queen once if you want to be lewd.

Certainly this sort of position belongs... on... the official SecondLife blog... right?