I noticed that villain.ae is winning. I think it is conveniant that villain.ae is available, seeing as how that name is very appropriate. However, keep in mind that should this forum be transferred to United Arab Emirates, they have much stricter laws concerning internet censorship there. They may in fact take offense to our villain theme and avatars.

Just a heads up.
-DocR

That'd suck.

I was born and lived in Dubai for 20 years. From what I can tell they usually do not censor unless its sexual and accessed by their own country residents. Even then their censorship extends only through their goverment run service provider i.e. Etisalat. So a private provider can give access to the internet however they see fit but it costs a bit more. They are promoting their city as a business hub and a metropolitan destination. Causing to many uncomfortable restrictions is considered bad for business. They are pro American and British.

They should not care under normal circumstances unless there is something insulting their Country, Flag, religion and creates a controversial hue and cry. Its one of the only Arab countries where foreigners can wear a bathing suit and the women are not required to cover up. However they cannot sunbathe nude.

When I was there trying to access a remotely sexual site like Boris Vallejo on the internet was freaking tough as they blocked access to all known sites. My dad told me about the private server providers and how they differed.

I don't think we'll have any real issues, considering most of what's posted here is text, and much of it is already private. If we do have issues, we'll just move the hosting elsewhere.

Well that's good to hear. I was just going on info I read about on Wikipedia... and it's not reliable. Carnage, I'm glad you are able to provide a first-hand experience on how potential .ae registration could pan out.