Advertising sexual content in party finder

[NessaWyvern]

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But this is always the case for almost everywhere? Like when I go to buy my pot online (because legal where I live) they just ask you to check mark that you're over the age of 18. Same for...like literally everywhere you go for almost anything, even pornhub. LOL. Do you want us to just cover our eyes and ears?

And also, it's rare that people actually spend irl money in PF, lmao. It's typically gil.

Dude, there's a reason why alcohol and sex stuff isn't advertised on TV until late at night, to stop minors from seeing it. There's a reason why there's those checks for ages that you just said, to stop minors from buying it.
THERE'S NO CHECKS FOR MINORS IN THIS GAME. That's why it's against Terms of Service. Also, FF14 is in a lot of different countries, that have a lot of different laws on this kind of thing. Lets try to make sure that people don't break real-world laws in the game, lest the backlash lands on the game itself.

And there's a LOT of IRL money spending in this game. That "HQ feet pics" advertisement that I posted earlier? She wanted IRL money for those. They just move everything into discord so they don't get caught.

Just found this in an interview done around the time of last years Vegas fan fest. Thought I'd pass this along for anyone tat hasn't seen it.

^ If you follow this post back to the thread, it has Yoshi's official stance on that kind of thing.

If it's against ToS, it shouldn't be in PF. At lot of stuff is anyway, despite being against ToS, but it's perfectly fine for me to express my disapproval with it.
Tbh, if someone really wanted to, they could cause a mass-banning. All they would have to do, is walk into one of those PF advertised brothels, and start reportin' as soon as anything lewd shows up.

There's games and chat rooms specifically for lewd stuff out there, go to there instead of a game that specifically states that it's against their ToS.

[SturmChurro]

Dude, there's a reason why alcohol and sex stuff isn't advertised on TV until late at night, to stop minors from seeing it. There's a reason why there's those checks for ages that you just said, to stop minors from buying it.

THERE'S NO CHECKS FOR MINORS IN THIS GAME. That's why it's against Terms of Service. FF14 is in a lot of different countries, that have a lot of different laws on this kind of thing.

And there's a LOT of IRL money spending in this game. That "HQ feet pics" advertisement that I posted earlier? She wanted IRL money for those. They just move everything into discord so they don't get caught.

Yeah, the only real check is you agree that you are like 13 and older or whatever - which is probably considered a minor in like every single country. Even if you were the type to try and play the "16 is legal here" argument.

[NessaWyvern]

Yeah, the only real check is you agree that you are like 13 and older or whatever - which is probably considered a minor in like every single country. Even if you were the type to try and play the "16 is legal here" argument.

Yeap, in my country, FFXIV is restricted to 16+, as that is the age of consent here, and the government set it at that age because people might encounter those types of interactions online, and they want to protect minors.

However, in the United States of America, it's only 13+, and the age of consent over there, is 18. So engaging in any kind of sexual behaviour in-game could be breaking the laws in the U.S, as it could very well be a minor on the other end. You just don't know.
What's worse, is that there are a few people out there when they find out the other person is a minor, they then groom those minors.

ERP is against ToS for a reason.