Understanding Manipulated MCG Products

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IMVU has established Minimum Coverage Guidelines (MCG) to ensure that products meet specific standards regarding appropriateness and adherence to community guidelines. However, some creators may attempt to bypass these guidelines by creating manipulated MCG products, such as revealing clothes that deliberately avoid displaying any MCG Color Skins, making it challenging to determine their compliance with the MCG.

Identifying Manipulated MCG Products

When modeling avatar body part meshes, Creators must ensure that the minimum coverage guideline (MCG) areas move/grow/shrink proportionally with the created mesh.

Manipulated MCG products may lack the MCG colors necessary to evaluate whether a product adheres to or violates IMVU guidelines. Creators might mistakenly assume that these products are suitable for the General Audience (GA) because of the absence of MCG colors to indicate otherwise.

The absence of MCG colors does not exempt products from meeting the MCG standards.

Manipulated MCG products may also reduce or reposition the red MCG areas revealing skin in areas that would normally be considered as MCG.

These products are also not suitable for the General Audience (GA) because the MCG is no longer the correct size or in the correct location.

Examples of a Manipulated MCG Products

Below are examples of manipulated MCG products where the MCG colors are absent or distorted despite the product’s obvious non-compliance with our MCG skin guidelines:

In this example, it appears that the MCG colors are missing, even though they should be present according to our MCG skin guidelines.

This results in a product that is clearly AP, even though the peer reviewer did not see any red areas showing and passed it as GA.

Even when the avatar’s MCG skin is altered to a different color, the MCG colors remain undetectable.

More examples

Understanding the Consequences

Manipulated MCG products are not tolerated on our platform. To maintain the integrity of our community guidelines and ensure a safe and appropriate environment, such products will be rated AP (Access Pass). We take this matter seriously to protect both our Creators and users.

We understand that designing your personalized avatar mesh can be a tricky task, especially when it comes to preserving the MCG during the UV mapping process. Due to the uniqueness of every individual’s body, there is no fixed standard to determine acceptable coverage limits.

If you manipulate the size of the red MCG area to a smaller size than the typical avatar or relocate it away from the designated private parts region, the resulting product will not meet the standards for a General Audience (GA) rating. Consequently, it may be reclassified as an Access Pass (AP). Moreover, there is a risk of your creator account being banned.

If your are making a product exclusively for AP then manipulation of the MCG area is not an issue.

Exercising Caution when Deriving from Products

When creating new products or deriving from existing ones, it’s crucial to exercise caution. If you come across a product that you believe may be manipulated or violates our MCG guidelines, please refrain from deriving from it until you have verified its compliance. If you find yourself unsure about the legitimacy of a product, we encourage you to contact our support team for assistance.

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How to Report MCG Manipulated Products

In the event that you come across a product that you believe has been manipulated or does not adhere to our MCG guidelines, we encourage you to utilize our flagging tool to bring it to our attention. Our team of specialists will carefully review the product in question and take appropriate action.

Here are the steps:

Step 1: Locate the flagging icon from the product page or tile and click on it.