Roleplay/Partyfinder Discrepancies & Policy Enforcement by GM's

[Nakarumi]

Gonna be real, compared to what she said, I was going to post something like that but it wasn't going to be near as nice. Her post is very civil, considering the subject matter. It's like standing up to a bully. People ignore the victim until the victim slams the bully, then all of a sudden they're the monster. Nope, I won't allow that logical fallacy here. JanVanding - well said. Personally I'd of left comments from lines 5-7 out, but hey, who am I to stifle your speech.

The troll is a troll, I will not denounce this at all and I agree with your sentiment. However, the original party never attacked any one person personally. We can defend the group and the community without degrading to using name calling to the offending party. There is no victim blaming, nor shaming, taking place here.

[Paradoxal]

I don't even RP & I have to say that I strongly disagree with the ban of RP posts in PF. Banning 18+ PFs makes sense to me. Striking people who spam RP recruitment messages in PF makes sense to me. Striking people for posting in the "Other" tab of all things for a SFW non-spammy RP event?.. I'm a bit lost.

Possible solutions:
1. Add a "RP" tab to PF.
2. Stop banning players for using the "Other" tab & its intended purpose (unless I'm wrong here, someone please correct me if so).

[Julisia]

Finally!
Even here on aether its crazy to see like 20 PF's advertising rp houses and other dumb stuff like feet pics for cash etc, honestly rp has no place in this game, it just makes everyone want to actually play the game less and less. It's annoying to see it in pf and the Other tab should definitely be removed entirely and replaced with something like the Barter or Gear/Item selling tab that way the good people who use the other tab like crafted gear/food/pot/ glamour sellers dont get lost in the shuffle with all the crappy erp posts
and honestly im fine with the content sellers, how do we know they are asking for real world money? dont get mad because what they are doing is legit and what you are doing isnt lol
hopefully yoshi p addresses this and is ruthless against erp/rp in the game and kills it for good, fingers crossed for the next live letter

Not every RP venue is an ERP venue (yeah I read your posting name) - so what, are they to suffer along with everyone else that is ERP venue? That is NOT the solution.

[youne]

Since someone did say the warnings were on multiple DCs, I'd like to know if it was the same mod. A sudden change in policy, without an official announcement beforehand, seems unlikely, especially with how widely used the PF is by RPers.

Now, I can't comment on DCs other than my own, and I'm on Elemental, but the venue ads still comply with the rules as stated by the GM. Generally, someone who runs an rp venue will have it closed when they're offline/don't want to rp, and when they do, they may list it in the pf, indicating they are looking for people to rp (content, rp is content even if it's not an official "duty") with right now. This is different from the Fellowship Finder, which is not a specific "let's do this immediately at this place" but more of a "I like this thing, who else likes this thing, maybe we'll talk sometime."

Of course, I don't know what PF listings got hit, but the way I understand venue listings, this all just seems very odd to me.

Coming back because as far as I can tell, Elemental is completely unaffected. No English venue ads up just now, but the same amount of Japanese listings as I'd expect at this hour, and there doesn't seem to be any thread about this on the Japanese forums.
And while I know Yoshi P. is far from the sole person to have input on how this game runs, I just can't fathom cracking down on rp in general so soon after he commented in a PLL about how touched he was by users making their own summer festivals and rping at them, since they couldn't go out to real festivals due to Covid

I know different regions have different rules, but again, this is just being handled too strangely for it to be an executive decision.

[Julisia]

The troll is a troll, I will not denounce this at all and I agree with your sentiment. However, the original party never attacked any one person personally. We can defend the group and the community without degrading to using name calling to the offending party. There is no victim blaming, nor shaming, taking place here.

He attacked an entire community - you are technically correct - he didn't attack one person.

[Aslae]

Not every RP venue is an ERP venue (yeah I read your posting name) - so what, are they to suffer along with everyone else that is ERP venue? That is NOT the solution.

Ignore them, they're clearly just here to troll.

[GrassCuttingAuRa]

RP for me has been how I've met some of my best friends ingame, and while I've encountered questionable people as well, fact of the matter is, I would not be playing this game still through content droughts if I didn't have RP as an option. It's been a wonderful way to socialize, meet new people, and keep myself going through a world where we literally cannot socialize like we used to. I'm very disappointed in the GM actions of last night, and would like to hear Square's official stance on this.

[Maria1693939]

Finally!
Even here on aether its crazy to see like 20 PF's advertising rp houses and other dumb stuff like feet pics for cash etc, honestly rp has no place in this game, it just makes everyone want to actually play the game less and less. It's annoying to see it in pf and the Other tab should definitely be removed entirely and replaced with something like the Barter or Gear/Item selling tab that way the good people who use the other tab like crafted gear/food/pot/ glamour sellers dont get lost in the shuffle with all the crappy erp posts
and honestly im fine with the content sellers, how do we know they are asking for real world money? dont get mad because what they are doing is legit and what you are doing isnt lol
hopefully yoshi p addresses this and is ruthless against erp/rp in the game and kills it for good, fingers crossed for the next live letter

The only reason I stay subbed is the RP element....I come for the RP and I stay for the content. My money & sub is just as valid as yours.

[Julisia]

Ignore them, they're clearly just here to troll.

Obviously; Trolls should stay under a bridge - where they belong.

[Solowing]

For what? Shafting an entire subsection of the community indiscriminately?