Sunday, August 24, 2008

The Games We Play

-Pop_Tart- joins the likes of Fashion.Fantasy and springate as the latest guy to admit that he was masquerading as a girl on Stardoll. This trend just continues to confuse me. I had always assumed that most of the "guys" on Stardoll were really girls pretending to be guys for attention. Now it turns out that it's some of the "girls" who are really boys, pretending to be girls for...fun? Wacky.

I have nothing against guys who think Stardoll is fun and want to play on the website, as girls. But when you start making friends on Stardoll, and lying to them about who/what you really are, that's sort of disturbing to me. Still, at least -Pop_Tart- and the others are being honest about it. Imagine how many of your "friends" on Stardoll are lying to you, and will never confess the truth.

People criticize me for "hiding" behind this account, because I do have another more well-known account. But does it really matter? Most of you are lying about who you really are anyway, let's take modelisous for instance. She was pretending to be 15 year old Jenna Roberts (as quoted in the May issue of Style_Magazine, in which she also claimed to enjoy spending her free time with her boyfriend "Chris", who I'm pretty sure doesn't exist), and later we discovered through this youtube zeitgeist video that she was really 13 year old Gina Loughrey.

from Style_Magazine:

from youtube:
So what difference does it make? I'm willing to bet that the majority of you aren't being 100% honest about who you are, and treat Stardoll as a game. Because really, that's what it is. It isn't myspace, or facebook. There are many reasons why people would choose to lie on Stardoll, perhaps to protect yourself from stalkers and online predators, but the most common reason you lie is because you can.

Stardoll is where most of you come to live out the glamorous, fantasy life that you don't have in real life. You pretend to be rich heiresses who go on luxury ski trips and cruises down the French Riviera, and you all adore Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, and fly to Paris and Rome on your private jets, blah blah blah. No one really believes you and perhaps the only reason they go along with what is obviously a lie on your part is because they're lying too.

So what if you're really a regular, middle-class girl from Dullsville U.S.A, or a 40 year old spinster who doesn't have a life (*cough* Style_Magazine *cough*), or a guy who has trouble admitting he likes playing with dolls? What's so wrong with that? And if you're going to pretend to be something you're not, then why not just accept that it's all a game?



[photos of Fashion.Fantasy and springate courtesy of perezhiltonofstardoll.blogspot.com]

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was old news but okay. I watched Gina (modelicious on you tube for stardoll, and she looks NOTHING like her me doll. Shes fat, unattractive and has terrible style. I have always been honest with how i have been presented on stardolls (right down form the looks to the personality & style), other people should too.

If stardoll were real Gina would never ever be an elite.

Anonymous said...

Modelisous never claimed to be thin or attractive. Stop being so hard on her, she is a human being! I detest that word 'Elite' it gets me so angry, and real life elites aren't judged just on looks you know.

Diva_Always said...
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Diva_Always said...

A somewhat decent read, however, never excuse the FACT that this a VIRTUAL FANTASY and people will come on here and lie lie lie!!
I have met alot of people who are fake about who they are. I stop tripping about it a long time ago. I decided i like who I like and to hell with the rest.

Anonymous said...

do u really think people are gonna use there real name on this site?

LaPrimaDonna said...

The point is that people are claiming to be something and someone they're not, and using a fake name to intentionally decieve people. So yes, I do expect people to use their real name if they're going to make friends and present themselves a certain way to them. Otherwise, just admit that it's all bullshit and stop taking it all so seriously.

Anonymous said...

people don't use thier real name cause of crazy people like you

LaPrimaDonna said...

You seriously sound ignorant, along with how cowardly it is to never sign your name to a comment anonymous.

robin-sage said...

nice post

Anonymous said...

Yo Amanda!
You have some serious problems!
Grow up.

Anonymous said...

I am on Gina's side, what rights you have to post everything about her in here? Okay, lots of people knew, like me..so? It's okay not to tell the real name or last name, it's okay because internet is full of pervs and idiots. This is a gossip blog, but still..oh, and when it comes to Ashley and Style and Erik, and all the others..

Veronica said...

Amanda: Yeah, It's old news. But you missed the point abour the artickle, which is that alot of people lie.

Anonymous 1: Your so right.
But when having a skinny and stylish medoll, what do we all think she is?

Anonymous 3: When beeing on a show and putting out your real name. You kinda lose your right to say to people "Writing about me is illigal" and stuff.

xoxo
Blair

Anonymous said...

SERIOUSLY laprimadonna, what is your effing problem with ashley? i dont even know here but who cares if she's lying about her life? you dont say ANYTHING about yourself so why are you like picking on everyone else? YOU could be a middle aged man gossiping about little girls for fun. there was no point in saying names because your just a B*TCH, and your trying to get attention for this blog which has totally gone downhill. and yes well done, you got attention and now your the most hated person on the whole world wide web!! congratulations.

Anonymous said...

last anonymous is obviously ashley, get a life bitch this article isn't even about you, you just think it is because ur one of those dumb girls pretending to be rich when everyone knows ur not.

beccayerrr said...

No, danumba1stunna, it was actually me. I am soo fed up with everyone b*tching about people they dont even know. It really needs to be sorted.

Stardoll Style said...

Amanda you act like she's commiting a crime for not looking like her MeDoll. There's not a rule on Stardoll that says your not allowed to not look like your MeDoll. I think shehas a pretty face and I don't know why your saying she has no style. And elites aren't only people who look good, believe it or not, the inside is what counts.
Gina is my friend and she told me she didn't tell her name because of her own safety, you never know what kind of freak can stop by your page.
And one thing I agree with LaPrimaDonna is about BeverlyHillsHei. I don't know what kind of a person she is, because I never talked to her (and the reason for that is that I have no desire to), but she seems pretty deluded. I don't know how people can't understand that. It seems like the only thing you have to do in order to become elite is to tell your a brainless blonde with a bunch of money, celebrity friends and an eating disorder.

Anonymous said...

Gina is a sweetheart and she had to use the name Jen and the Surname Roberts is her granddad's one seems to me cause she and her family cares about internet safety.

Anonymous said...

shes still ugly, fat and has no style

Sarah said...

stop being so fucking mean about gina. whoever amanda is , your such a fucking bitch., you have no right to say these things about people. Gina isnt fat or ugly.
everyone who is criisising her is really mean.

ellie said...

I'm sad.
I watched that video AGES ago & i thought Jenna or gina or whatever; was actually one of the REAL, NICE GIRLS on Stardoll. I'm not saying I expected her to be 100 percent real and truthful; but these lies about "15 year old Jenna Roberts" are a disappointment. Why so fake? :/
PS: my blog was the first blog to point out that she's claiming to be Jenna when she's Gina :)