Can we go back to banning people for ERP crap?

Seriously I go to any main city and it's nothing but spam from people advertising their stupid erp cafe. Can we go back to banning them please? I'm tired of nonstop erp cafe spam.

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Originally Posted by Zer0

Seriously I go to any main city and it's nothing but spam from people advertising their stupid erp cafe. Can we go back to banning them please? I'm tired of nonstop erp cafe spam.

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I wish they would at least ban the ones with URLs that lead to porn.
I used to report the ones that did (explaining how people under the age of 18 play this game) and nothing happens. It makes you wonder if some GMs in their downtime host some of these on their non-GM alts.

Not all of them are ERP, but ERP happens in MMOs and as the game has grown in popularity the ERPers have moved over as well and now you just see the 18+ advertisements everywhere.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

Not all of them are ERP, but ERP happens in MMOs and as the game has grown in popularity the ERPers have moved over as well and now you just see the 18+ advertisements everywhere.

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And it used to be banned hard but it's not anymore. I'm saying it all needs to be banned. Any spam about your stupid cafe or tavern or whatever you want to try to mask your erp crap needs to be banned outright.

KEEP THAT OUT OF MY GAME!!!!

I'd just turn shout chat off if it's nothing but spam, my guy.

I wonder how bad things will get if they ever add a Whip Class.

Didn't they cleanse PF of all the ads at one point?

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Originally Posted by NekoMataMata

Didn't they cleanse PF of all the ads at one point?

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They did and more. They used to ban outright for it. Now it's basically encouraged to the point they don't even punish people for buying billboards to advertise their erp cafe on public streets.

I guess Yoshii P doesn't care about copyright claims or any of that.

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Originally Posted by Silver-Strider

I wonder how bad things will get if they ever add a Whip Class.

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I think paddles are more popular, perhaps they can be alternate weapons?

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Originally Posted by NekoMataMata

Didn't they cleanse PF of all the ads at one point?

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They were never removed from party finders on Crystal for sure and other servers seem to be full and have always been full of venues in the evening and I play this game on multiple data centers. Whether these exist in Japan i can't say given i don't read the language. Perhaps I need to DC travel to Tonberry where they speak a lot of English.

Honestly, I feel like they should just rework the largely ignored fellowship finder into an announcement board for player events and venues as well. Furthermore, create a chat channel specifically for player announcements that people can opt into or out of like any other chat channel we presently have. While I can't stand all the various stupid club spam and "DJ" this or that ads, I don't think shutting people down altogether is the right course of action either. Remove it from the general shout channel and party finder, but give these players and people legitimate places to post their advertisements without disrupting anyone or anything else.

It's not your game anymore than the ones you want to purge

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Originally Posted by Zer0

And it used to be banned hard but it's not anymore. I'm saying it all needs to be banned. Any spam about your stupid cafe or tavern or whatever you want to try to mask your erp crap needs to be banned outright.

KEEP THAT OUT OF MY GAME!!!!

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How day people try to play a role in this role playing game.

Didn't they only really ever chase and ban largely because people had this advertised via roulette on PF (which pushes it to the top) as opposed to via the 'Other' category which they do now.

Do you go to all these so called erp cafes? I’ve been to a couple cafes and they just seemed like cafes with people sat at tables or bar counters and someone greeting me and showing me to my own table. If there was any erp going on it wasn’t obvious and was kept to tells. If anything, just standing in Limsa you’re more likely to see people you just know are going at it in tells but you’re not clamouring for Limsa to be deleted. Not every rp spot is full of people erping but I’m sure you know that and I do feel bad for replying and giving you the attention. But hey what can you do. Me ignoring your post doesn’t stop everyone else from replying to it.

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Originally Posted by SieyaM

How day people try to play a role in this role playing game.

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The absolute gall, roleplaying of all the things. Why would anyone think this is that kind of game. XD

Jokes aside, they should just report the ppl doing it in public and block club owners who spam. Beyond that, everyone should keep their opinions out of each other gameplay... and maybe not shout.

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Originally Posted by Rhus

Do you go to all these so called erp cafes? I’ve been to a couple cafes and they just seemed like cafes with people sat at tables or bar counters and someone greeting me and showing me to my own table. If there was any erp going on it wasn’t obvious and was kept to tells. If anything, just standing in Limsa you’re more likely to see people you just know are going at it in tells but you’re not clamouring for Limsa to be deleted. Not every rp spot is full of people erping but I’m sure you know that and I do feel bad for replying and giving you the attention. But hey what can you do. Me ignoring your post doesn’t stop everyone else from replying to it.

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Yeeah I have been dc visiting Aether and Crystal cafes and never once seen any erping going on BUT Crystal does have erp cafe fellowships.

They banned people for it because they were reported. They don't usually do anything unless there is a report.

Go back to banning ERP? Gee whiz, that would imply they ever started.

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

I think paddles are more popular, perhaps they can be alternate weapons?

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IIRC, PLD has a weapon in the level 30-40 ish range that is basically a paddle.

I prefer some whips, chains, hot candlewax and a little lime but that's just me.

I personally have nothing against ERP or any kind of venues/advertisements (as long as the advertisement itself isn't explicit) just wish they'd use the "Other" section for PF exclusively. Being spammed with any kind of advertisement- giveaways, venues, FCs, etc. is kinda rude and annoying to spam in a chat in my opinion. Maybe even just add another category in PF for RP advertising.

Are they advertising RP venues, or are they advertising ERP? There is a difference.

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Originally Posted by Crimen

I personally have nothing against ERP or any kind of venues/advertisements (as long as the advertisement itself isn't explicit) just wish they'd use the "Other" section for PF exclusively. Being spammed with any kind of advertisement- giveaways, venues, FCs, etc. is kinda rude and annoying to spam in a chat in my opinion. Maybe even just add another category in PF for RP advertising.

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Just turn off shout chat. That will take care of the majority of advertisement span.

They only ban the urls only if the the ad also says (18+), Adults Only, NSFW, ect with the url. They dont ban the url if it leads to any of these until the message outright says it does.

I remember in GW when Dhuum would rise out of the ground and scythe a player to death when they got banned... (i'll admit that i'm maybe a victim of nostalgia and i may not be remembering clearly)

It used to be a big deal and everyone agreed it was worth the show and humiliation to discourage the kind of behaviour they got banned for. Nowadays, for every company, it's all smoke and mirrors in an attempt to fake that they care and that they're doing something, while in reality they don't give less of a fudge as they don't want to ban paying customers.

The worship of the bottom line is the bane of my existence.

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Originally Posted by Zer0

Seriously I go to any main city and it's nothing but spam from people advertising their stupid erp cafe. Can we go back to banning them please? I'm tired of nonstop erp cafe spam.

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Then just… don’t visit the café then? Why does it matter if the event is on private property? Simply knowing about its existence shouldn’t offend you.

/blist
Stop trying to police other people, and police yourself.

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Originally Posted by SieyaM

How day people try to play a role in this role playing game.

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You must have forgotten, but obviously Zer0 pays your sub.

One thread wasnt enough

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Originally Posted by Zer0

KEEP THAT OUT OF MY GAME!!!!

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It's not your game...

How to avoid ERP:

Never go to Ul'dah (Sorry newbies who picked it as a starting city)

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Originally Posted by Mat13295

How to avoid ERP:

Never go to Ul'dah (Sorry newbies who picked it as a starting city)

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Don't even get the so called ERP epidemic. Been playing mmo's since forever and never once been harassed by random erp.

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Originally Posted by Jagick

Honestly, I feel like they should just rework the largely ignored fellowship finder into an announcement board for player events and venues as well. Furthermore, create a chat channel specifically for player announcements that people can opt into or out of like any other chat channel we presently have. While I can't stand all the various stupid club spam and "DJ" this or that ads, I don't think shutting people down altogether is the right course of action either. Remove it from the general shout channel and party finder, but give these players and people legitimate places to post their advertisements without disrupting anyone or anything else.

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honestly this it amazes me how minimal fellowships are,
like a huge fix would be to merge fellowships and Link shells with a simple public/private setting,
they didn't even try to hit the mark with fellowships they just turn around and shot at random.

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Originally Posted by hydralus

I'd just turn shout chat off if it's nothing but spam, my guy.

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I’ve had to do that cause there is so many shouts that bloats my chat about “RP events and see our DJ” blabla

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Originally Posted by Rhea_

I’ve had to do that cause there is so many shouts that bloats my chat about “RP events and see our DJ” blabla

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Shouters are just trying to earn an Eorzea living. If you go after somebody it has to be the "boss man" for hiring and sending them out in the streets in the first place.

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Originally Posted by Arazehl

Shouters are just trying to earn an Eorzea living. If you go after somebody it has to be the "boss man" for hiring and sending them out in the streets in the first place.

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Well, I don’t know or care how these things are structured. All I know they are pretty anoying when In cities and chat is spammed by this.

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Originally Posted by Rhea_

Well, I don’t know or care how these things are structured. All I know they are pretty anoying when In cities and chat is spammed by this.

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Yeah, any type of chat spam needs to be reined in or there is just going to be a situation like WoW's [Trade] channel (the default global chat in cities) being nothing but carry spam, effectively killing most general chatting in cities.

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Originally Posted by Arazehl

Shouters are just trying to earn an Eorzea living. If you go after somebody it has to be the "boss man" for hiring and sending them out in the streets in the first place.

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Lmaoooo this made me laugh in tears

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Originally Posted by GrizzlyTank

Yeah, any type of chat spam needs to be reined in or there is just going to be a situation like WoW's [Trade] channel (the default global chat in cities) being nothing but carry spam, effectively killing most general chatting in cities.

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Yeah, that would be nice, it's a shame we don't have a chat filter system like that.

What's with people and Night Club? Why there's no stuff like a Lounge, or a Bar, that plays Jazz music or Classical music, why it's always a Night Club and a DJ? :(

Introverts won't fit on those place you know...

I still find it amusing how the pinnacle of RP and partially ERP in this game is a bunch of people afk emoting in a house with a twitch stream open in the background playing bad trance music from the 90s. I don't get it and it makes me want to cringe out of my own skin, but each to their own I guess. That being said, just do what I do and blacklist all of the shouters in chat.

I will say I have seen a sharp increase in the amounts of advertisements for "nightclubs" in the past 6 months or so. Not too sure what's driving it.

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Originally Posted by Lustre

I still find it amusing how the pinnacle of RP and partially ERP in this game is a bunch of people afk emoting in a house with a twitch stream open in the background playing bad trance music from the 90s. I don't get it and it makes me want to cringe out of my own skin, but each to their own I guess. That being said, just do what I do and blacklist all of the shouters in chat.

I will say I have seen a sharp increase in the amounts of advertisements for "nightclubs" in the past 6 months or so. Not too sure what's driving it.

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A pandemic that is still going, mainly. It was great for when people were quarantining to be able to see other people, in a sense, but now it's more annoying than anything. I think 75% of my blacklist now is people with 2+ ads in PF for the same "clubs". I don't usually do a /blist for shout chat people, just the PF spam.

And hey, there's nothing wrong with 90s trance music, I take offence to that! lol