The DSC Dispatch
The Roblox Vs Schlep Situation and How it Affects Our Students
Article written by Ben Blowers
I’m sure by now many of the students in this entire school know at least a little or all of what is going on with a viral technological war that has taken the internet and the real world by storm, an ongoing phenomenon known as the Schlep vs Roblox situation. I’m here today to cover the situation, but more importantly, cover how it affects us as students collectively, and as gamers.
This all started a while ago now, when popular online predator catcher and fellow gamer Schlep, known for his viral videos revolving around him finding and exposing predators on Roblox, was banned permanently from the platform, along with all of his alternate accounts and was promptly sent a cease and desist from the Roblox Corporation itself.
They claimed at the time that Schlep was engaging in unsafe conversations with users, luring them off the platform and making an overall unsafe environment for Roblox. The biggest claim they made, however, was that Schlep was a vigilante who took the law into his own hands and directly violated Roblox’s TOS. A claim that turned out to be unproven and one of Roblox’s first and biggest mistakes in this entire situation.
In retaliation, Schlep countered that he actively worked with the police to get the predators he exposed arrested, disproving the vigilante claim. He also informed Roblox that the “unsafe conversations with users” and “luring them off platform” are all real-world baits used by police to catch criminals. Furthermore, this is also used a lot by predators to lure minors off the platform, too, but Roblox doesn’t do anything when that happens. Schlep went on to accuse Roblox of unfair accusations by stating that the only reason they banned him was because he was exposing how notoriously dysfunctional Roblox’s safety systems “worked”.
Since then, Schlep has garnered most of the internet’s unwavering support, from popular YouTubers leaving Roblox’s STAR program to the entire state of Louisiana banning and suing Roblox, an act that many other countries are considering as well. Roblox responded, unfortunately, by banning Schlep’s avatar cosmetics, banning anyone with the username “FREESCHLEP”, and starting to crack down on innocent games and players.
However, Schlep has since collaborated with Mr Chris Hansen, a former world-famous predator capture known for his 2004 documentary “To Catch A Predator”, and together they are once again working with the FBI and the police, who have since launched an official investigation into the safety and environment of Roblox.
In response, Roblox has started using an AI to find inappropriate avatars in the game and ban them, along with removing the offensive item in turn. While this, in retrospect, was a decent idea, it quickly went downhill as the more “toxic” part of Roblox’s community instantly found a way to abuse this system and mass-reported and eventually banned multiple innocent accounts. Roblox also released a live video call on YouTube talking about how they weren’t banning popular “condo” and private hangout games because the toxicity and offensive nature weren’t inherently wrong, and it was more the community’s responsibility and actions. They were talking about how banning a game just because some of its players were breaking the rules was unfair. This, to a certain extent, was logical at the time. Emphasis on “the time” because the video was instantly accused of being written by AI, and the head of Roblox’s Safety, Matt Kaufman, was discovered to have a bunch of condo badges on his Roblox account months and sometimes YEARS before they were even banned.
I’ve ranted a bit about the situation, now let’s discuss my primary point of the article: how this affects us as students and some of us even Roblox players. Now, the most obvious one is the main thing this is about: predators. No one is safe from paedophilia or predatory attacks online. And the unfortunate thing is that Roblox has been around for almost 2 decades. Children, including myself, have literally grown up alongside this game. And like me, I’m sure they’ve been exposed to predatory behaviour or sights on this game before, experiences that haven’t been moderated and appropriately banned. More than half of the inappropriate and downright offensive content created on Roblox either only gets moderated when the community calls it out or goes unnoticed completely and is left as is. And if that wasn’t bad already, the CEO and co-creator of Roblox itself, David Baszucki, publicly announced that he was going to create 17+ dating-themed games on Roblox to “combat the loneliness epidemic”. Keep in mind that David created this as a KID’S GAME. Not only that, but even to this day, more than half of Roblox’s player age demographic is children or people under 18.
And Roblox’s one line of defence? A singular report button that allows players to report wrongdoers to Roblox’s official channel, which barely works. In fact, an experiment conducted over a year ago by another predator exposé by the name of Ruben Sim , in which he and his team of moderators took 10 violators of Roblox’s TOS and reported each of them, only for 2 of the 10 to be banned. The following experiment, “Do Roblox Reports Really Work?” showed similar, if not worse, results than the precedent. This experiment involved over 200 Roblox accounts that ranged from subtle inappropriateness to inherently and shamelessly offensive, and each of them was reported explicitly by Ruben Sim and Moderation For Dummies. The team, after reporting each of them for their distinct violations, waited 48 hours before checking their results. And do you want to guess how many of the sample accounts got deleted? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not 50%. It’s not 30%. It was 0%. 0 out of the 100 reported accounts were banned. Can you see the ludicrousness of this situation?
If you’re a fellow student who has grown up playing Roblox, like me, then you might already have some reason to stop playing Roblox. And since I genuinely don’t see things getting better for now, here’s an entire list of leverage for you to quit until this either blows over or blows up entirely.
This has been Ben from the promotions team, signing off.
DSC Year 12 Formal
Move over, Oscars and Grammys—because the Doncaster Secondary College Year 12 Formal took centre stage on Thursday, 14th August at the glamorous Vogue Ballroom! From the moment students stepped out of their cars, the red-carpet vibes were strong.
Everyone arrived dressed to impress, with dazzling dresses, sharp suits, and enough sparkle to light up the dance floor. Not to be outdone, our teachers also turned up in style, proving that the staff room definitely knows fashion!
The evening kicked off with a delicious three-course meal, offering an exciting mix of flavours that set the tone for the night. But the real showstopper? The fashion show, brilliantly put together by the Year 12s alongside some of our very own senior school teachers. It was an absolute highlight—part runway, part comedy, and 100% entertainment.
As the night went on, the dance floor filled with incredible energy. Students and teachers alike showed off their best moves, dancing the night away in true DSC spirit. The photo booth was another crowd favourite, with plenty of props, poses, and laughter as everyone captured memories to last a lifetime.
The 2025 Year 12 Formal was more than just an event—it was a celebration of friendship, style, and the end of an unforgettable chapter. What a night!
