Comments on: Responding to recent Pet Name Issues in Webkinz World

By: sally

sally — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:51:43 +0000

Our servers would have booted you off after a set amount of inactivity. If your computer is frozen, you should hold down the power button until it shuts off.

By: iamboxed

iamboxed — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:50:13 +0000

When the lights went off in webkinz the other day, it froze my computer. I’m on my back up now & the site is back up here, but my main computer is still froze in the vacation wheel :( Can the tech team throw me out so I can restart my computer or did it fry it?? Computer challenged I am, so any help is greatly welcome ;)

By: forestsprite

forestsprite — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:08:36 +0000

Makes sense! I wonder if in the long term they can just shorten names based on whether it’s a free account or how long the account has been active and leave the other names as normal. I feel like a lot of bad names are from free pets, even medallion pets. Maybe a name generator/drop-down or a very short character length limit at adoption for these types of pets might help in all areas of the game not just the arcade but it might not be a very popular change.

By: jewelov

jewelov — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:03:59 +0000

maybe for a future change webkinz can put the users initials like real arcade games do along with the pets avatar.

By: MyLittlePony2010EG13

MyLittlePony2010EG13 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:48:07 +0000

Oh yes, that is probably why!

By: MyLittlePony2010EG13

MyLittlePony2010EG13 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:47:20 +0000

Thank you so much for addressing this. I’ve been so sick & tired of seeing homophobic names every time I go to the arcade. It really sucks that one person can just ruin the experience for everyone and make so many players (and their children) uncomfortable. I appreciate what you guys are doing! ♡ Thank you so much, Webkinz!!

By: CDR_Shepard

CDR_Shepard — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:43:55 +0000

Thank you very much for doing this, we players appreciate this very much. I’ve seen quite a few of these names appear on many of the high scores for different games, and it makes me feel sorry that these virtual pets are being given those kind of names (just the pets, not the person who gives them those names). Nobody needs to see a bad word name/mean names on the leaderboards. Thank you for shortening the leader/high score pet names down to just three letters. We appreciate you keeping us users safe and ensuring Webkinz stays a happy and secure place for us and our pets ^U^

By: Eilish

Eilish — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:36:22 +0000

A big thank you for acting on this issue. Kids are here for fun and games…not to be objected to some of the names I’ve seen. Let the fun begin!

By: alt1981black

alt1981black — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:34:46 +0000

Well done, Ganz!

By: tibylu

tibylu — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:34:14 +0000

I really appreciate you addressing this. Doing my dailies shouldn’t have me stressing over the fate of the world and I’m glad users can still celebrate their high scores.