You know, it's weird the moderators erase foul language from the forums and give a nice chat filter for the chat log... but then turn around and put this in their game...
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Halstein: This city and the gods've shat on me my whole life. Will you not help me, friend? Gather me, say, six of those Lassae census ledgers, and I'd be able to turn my fortunes around! Come, help a poor sod out.
Halstein: What could've possessed the bloody fool, sendin' a report to me instead of his master! Maybe I share a name with some highborn lord of Ul'dah what shits gold an' mythril! Hehehe!
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Hehehe, indeed. Slight double standard here. No point in having a chat filter in the logs if the NPCs are going to swear a blue streak. Why doens't Chat Filter work on NPCs?
EDIT: This is not about who likes swear who doesn't, rating system or online interactions etc.
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07-23-2011, 12:19 PMHiirNoivlA Double Standard
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07-23-2011, 12:21 PMIcopico
Hahaha indeed.
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07-23-2011, 12:30 PMEekiki
The game and the forum are two different things.
The game is rated T, the forum is open to whoever types in the URL.
Good point about the chat filter, though, but really, who actually keeps that turned on? :D -
07-23-2011, 12:33 PMHiirNoivl
For people who keep it turned on... shouldn't it work on NPC?
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07-23-2011, 12:35 PMArchadius
There is a Lala NPC that says "shit gil" too lol
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07-23-2011, 12:35 PMAbriael
The chat filter in any game has nothing to do with the rating. "Online Interactions Not Rated" remember?
It's a simple measure to offer some degree of protection from profanity to the ones that want it. In fact, you can deactivate it. -
07-23-2011, 12:40 PMHiirNoivl
No one's talking about rating. Maybe I wasn't clear in the initial post. (See Edit)
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07-23-2011, 12:49 PMAbriael
Fact is that it's optional, so i don't really see the problem?
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07-23-2011, 12:58 PMDreamer
Wow, 1.18 must have really been a fantastic patch, if this is all we have left to complain about.
Please do everyone a favor and grow up. -
07-23-2011, 12:58 PMFated
I've never seen an NPC use a swear word in ANY MMORPG before.
I don't care either way, I just found it to be interesting. -
07-23-2011, 01:03 PMNeptune
I'm not sure, but one difference is that cursing in the game is entertainment, and cursing on the forum is behavior toward other people. So at least in that case, it isn't a double standard.
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07-23-2011, 02:48 PMRaze
Any time a video game says "shat" it's win.
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07-23-2011, 03:37 PMSuzakuCMX
I like the cursing, it makes the NPCs feel more characterized. I mean, I'm pretty sure that people cursed like sailors. Dialogue isn't all ponies and rainbows (THISISTHENEWFORUMPHRASE).
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07-23-2011, 05:36 PMNabiriI'm really happy about the cursing too. I felt like it made the game feel more real.. Less childish. Adult NPCs acting as adults. When cursing is totally avoided in games it just feels like you're being babied. As if that "bad word" might hurt your poor sensitive feelings.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX
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07-23-2011, 08:18 PMHiirNoivlYes it was. I liked everything about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamer
Understanding and accomodating differing points of view is a sign of maturity.Quote:
Please do everyone a favor and grow up.
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07-23-2011, 08:23 PMMimmo
....i didnt even know that "shit" was a curse word
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07-23-2011, 08:34 PMAnonymoose
Anybody else having flashbacks to that South Park episode?
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07-24-2011, 12:13 AMDreamerI wasn't talking about the OP's point of view. What I meant was that the condescending/mocking attitude was completely unnecessary for the point he/she was trying to make.Quote:
Originally Posted by HiirNoivl
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07-24-2011, 12:18 AMEekikiYeah! Sing it with me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Anonymoose
Hey! You! Shi--(MODERATOR FACE-SLAPPED)
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07-24-2011, 12:29 AMMariyaShidouThen what happen if a video game has your character calling his/her own brain a "d1ck"? Just curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raze
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07-24-2011, 12:49 AMRutelor
Really? The most commonly used word for one of the most common and regular activities of most creatures on this planet is deemed reproachable? When was the last time any of us used "defecate?"
Coarse? Well, yes, perhaps... which is the point of using it to depict toughened coarseness in the characters mentioned.
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07-24-2011, 02:15 AMRazeI run straight to forums to cry!Quote:
Originally Posted by MariyaShidou
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07-24-2011, 10:33 AMMariyaShidouhttp://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8...enshot10np.jpgQuote:
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http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/667...enshot11ii.jpg
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/8...enshot12ns.jpg
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07-25-2011, 11:15 AMShinChuck
If a game is truly mature, it doesn't necessarily need "adult" language. There are many games that cover serious topics, from war to racism, without blood and guts or sexuality and swearing. So I hardly care if there's the occasional swearing NPC in FFXIV, swearing and sexuality (or blood and guts, see inane games like Splatterhouse) really has no bearing on whether, ultimately, a game feels "adult" and "mature".
And FFXIV is a "fantasy" game anyway. I'm already throwing spells, holding literally thousands of items in my inventory, playing invented races fighting invented creatures, casting spells and suddenly being healthy after having my face ripped off, getting brought back to life, teleporting... I'm not necessarily against it per say, just not convinced throwing out the occasional swear word really makes it feel that much more "real". -
07-25-2011, 11:25 AMOminousAnonymousNot like I really care this much. It's pretty silly IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abriael
But anyways, I believe "Online interactions" is refering to other players. And not the ingame NPC's. Like Mr.OP stated.