Abuse of the TOS. Loophole regarding griefing/trolling. Needs a solution.

[ElazulHP]

Both sides in this argument are annoying. The people spamming emotes and dancing are breaking rules for spamming emotes, ect and generally being a nuisance. Then the side (e)rping in public makes me want to vomit. Its also super cringe and annoying when people do excessive pda's in public spaces in game. This is a game not a dating app.

[Gula]

Both sides in this argument are annoying. The people spamming emotes and dancing are breaking rules for spamming emotes, ect and generally being a nuisance. Then the side (e)rping in public makes me want to vomit. Its also super cringe and annoying when people do excessive pda's in public spaces in game. This is a game not a dating app.

OP very likely wasn't ERPing in public because that's literally breaking ToS with overly sexual and often offensive language.You also honestly sound like you don't know how RP works. Do did you also vomit when Runar picked up Y'shtola in joy? Fictional characters are allowed to be written to have feelings. And that's what people are doing. On a world like Sarg that I played on for like a year, I highly doubt what you see there is comparable to Balmung.

Edit to add: Yoshi P has expressed joy in interviews when players meet him and tell him how they found their SO through XIV and have children. You are in absolutely no right to dictate how people use the social aspect of XIV. It's not a dating app, obviously. But there's a chat function and an RP tag, the people using it in front of you are well within reason to enjoy the game beyond whatever it is you do on a daily.

You can go to private quarters in game housing if people are annoying you.

You can go to private quarters if you don't wanna see RP on the world known for having massive RP.

[ElazulHP]

OP very likely wasn't ERPing in public because that's literally breaking ToS with overly sexual and often offensive language.You also honestly sound like you don't know how RP works. Do did you also vomit when Runar picked up Y'shtola in joy? Fictional characters are allowed to be written to have feelings. And that's what people are doing. On a world like Sarg that I played on for like a year, I highly doubt what you see there is comparable to Balmung.

Edit to add: Yoshi P has expressed joy in interviews when players meet him and tell him how they found their SO through XIV and have children. You are in absolutely no right to dictate how people use the social aspect of XIV. It's not a dating app, obviously. But there's a chat function and an RP tag, the people using it in front of you are well within reason to enjoy the game beyond whatever it is you do on a daily.

What else is Yoshi-P supposed to say? Of course he's going to say that is great. He doesn't want a PR nightmare on his hands or you guys jumping down his throat like you're doing to me lol. Yes, Sargatanas doesn't have the erp problem some other servers have but I do run across the odd bit every once and a while and more often its the PDA emote spammers annoying everyone in public places. The second your fun impedes my fun is where I draw the line. Normal RP is fine as long as it isn't spammy imo. Though judging by the OPs server, where he was located, and his description in the original post I sincerely doubt its wholesome RP. *shrugs*

That sounds like a "you" problem. OP pays a subscription like any one else and in doing so can RP in whatever corner of this virtual world they want. It's a big world in Eorzea. The fact that these brainless fools purposely picked these two people to harass is just what it is.. harassment. Disruption of one's game play with the deliberate intent to cause distress and was meant to garner a reaction caused by a few brats with attitudes like yours. It's against ToS to be disruptive with the intention to harass.

People who are saying to filter, turn off effects, move their conversation to a separate chat window, all I can say is why should they have to? I suggest for OP to report these fools and for those that don't like RP'ers. Then YOU move that chat to a different window, filter it and move along. Again Eorzea is a big world with plenty of room for different play styles.

That goes both ways. We're also paying to play the same game. Game is rated "T" in the United States which means it's targeted at ages 13 and up so you have minors playing this game. Do what you want, but if it isn't family suitable its getting reported. Spam emotes and its getting reported. Break the TOS and its getting reported. Also, I was agreeing with you in part which you seem to miss. The guys spamming and bothering the OP are also in the wrong. But so are the people who spam the pda emotes repeatedly in hub areas. Nobody cares that "you're in loooooove". It's just obnoxious and unnecessary. Keep it to tells or other private chats.

[Shadha]

Though judging by the OPs server, where he was located, and his description in the original post I sincerely doubt its wholesome RP. *shrugs*

People who don't RP apparently don't realize you can ERP in private chat channels while your characters are standing in public places. And it's usually pretty obvious when it happens, though you can't see the posts.

That said, people seem to think of Balmung's Quicksand like Moon Guard's Goldshire. It is literally nowhere near that bad.

It's just a simple fact that every RP community has people who're just there for ERP. This has been true since RP communities have existed.

So quit with the memes.

[Mikhaill]

Though judging by the OPs server, where he was located, and his description in the original post I sincerely doubt its wholesome RP. *shrugs*

I wish you people stop this Balmung meme nonsense. I have been in Balmung since 2014 and I have NEVER seen ERP in public, ever.
Not even in Ul'dah, You might, just might see a misstell once in a dalamund moon lol.
You guys are making Balmung look like a joke and obviously don't know the difference between ERP and RP.
Just sucks everytime a Balmungian posts, everyone rolls their eyes and go "Oh it's just Balmung again."
Stop already. It's rude and disrespectful.

[Enla]

I wish you people stop this Balmung meme nonsense. I have been in Balmung since 2014 and I have NEVER seen ERP in public, ever.
Not even in Ul'dah, You might, just might see a misstell once in a dalamund moon lol.
You guys are making Balmung look like a joke and obviously don't know the difference between ERP and RP.
Just sucks everytime a Balmungian posts, everyone rolls their eyes and go "Oh it's just Balmung again."
Stop already. It's rude and disrespectful.

Same. The only times I've seen ERP in public were after World Visit was enabled and people came to the server to 'see what all the fuss was about'. Ironically it's the Wanderers who have turned the stereotype into a reality, where as before if people ERP'd it definitely wasn't in public unless they wanted a heaping helping of shame and humiliation.

[Shadha]

Same. The only times I've seen ERP in public were after World Visit was enabled and people came to the server to 'see what all the fuss was about'. Ironically it's the Wanderers who have turned the stereotype into a reality, where as before if people ERP'd it definitely wasn't in public unless they wanted a heaping helping of shame and humiliation.

Exactly this. It drives me crazy. Tourists are the ones being openly sexual, everyone else is just parroting memes they've heard. Like yeah Goldshire earned its reputation - we didn't.

[AngelCheese77]

Both sides in this argument are annoying. The people spamming emotes and dancing are breaking rules for spamming emotes, ect and generally being a nuisance. Then the side (e)rping in public makes me want to vomit. Its also super cringe and annoying when people do excessive pda's in public spaces in game. This is a game not a dating app.

Uh, you seem to be confusing Erotic RP with regular RP. Might want to look up what the difference is.

And yes, ERP should not be done in public. We are (hopefully) all adults here and should know better. Being behind a computer screen won't assist in protecting you from that.

[Arazehl]

Both sides in this argument are annoying. The people spamming emotes and dancing are breaking rules for spamming emotes, ect and generally being a nuisance. Then the side (e)rping in public makes me want to vomit. Its also super cringe and annoying when people do excessive pda's in public spaces in game. This is a game not a dating app.

That sounds like a "you" problem. OP pays a subscription like any one else and in doing so can RP in whatever corner of this virtual world they want. It's a big world in Eorzea. The fact that these brainless fools purposely picked these two people to harass is just what it is.. harassment. Disruption of one's game play with the deliberate intent to cause distress and was meant to garner a reaction caused by a few brats with attitudes like yours. It's against ToS to be disruptive with the intention to harass.

People who are saying to filter, turn off effects, move their conversation to a separate chat window, all I can say is why should they have to? I suggest for OP to report these fools and for those that don't like RP'ers. Then YOU move that chat to a different window, filter it and move along. Again Eorzea is a big world with plenty of room for different play styles.