Roleplay/Partyfinder Discrepancies & Policy Enforcement by GM's

[NeoSandalphon]

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

Just for your information, FFXIV is cataloged as MMORPG ill translate it for you Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, and is based in what the tablet top RP is, you taking control of your character and working your way through whatever the Game master trow at you.
Basically by playing ANY mmorpg you are part of an RP community wanting it or not.

[shao32]

remember ppl hide the names on the pics, don't get banned for that and the discord contact too.

[Jeeqbit]

This GM needs to be investigated by the SE support team managers for inconsistent policy enforcement and potential abuse of power, and maybe even be removed or suspended from duty based on this.

They seem a really good GM from what I've seen. There's no evidence they have done anything wrong.

We should just assume this is the policy. If internally they decide it's not, they can do whatever internal processes they see fit (like investigations).

[ForteNightshade]

They seem a really good GM from what I've seen. There's no evidence they have done anything wrong.

We should just assume this is the policy. If internally they decide it's not, they can do whatever internal processes they see fit (like investigations).

A good GM... who has now warned and even banned several people despite no precedence every being set in five years.

If there is a new internal policy, it's extremely shady on SE's side because it essentially means they arbitrarily decided to change the rules without saying a word. Considering only one GM seems to be actively enforcing it, that only looks further suspect.

[ZackZero]

They seem a really good GM from what I've seen. There's no evidence they have done anything wrong.

We should just assume this is the policy. If internally they decide it's not, they can do whatever internal processes they see fit (like investigations).

Assumption of policy is not good policy. The quoted policies do not seem to apply outside of certain stretched circumstances.

That, and causing a community to get up-in-arms and raise things that are problematic about what was suggested as alternative isn't exactly good customer relations.

[PeanutCheese]

For everyone complaining about ERP/NSFW content, I have never seen a PF (on the data center w the largest RP crowd) that flat out goes into ERP/NSFW content in the title. It will say 18+ etc. etc. My advice to you, is two fold. One don't yuck someone else's yum. Two grow up. You can look at it and say, "Oh hey, not for me." and keep scrolling. This problem affects ALL RP venue's and events even those you may enjoy yourself.

To be fair to those against, advertising courts is basically advertising what I can assume is inappropriate in some context of ToS services. Then again, every venue owner could drop that one line because by this point we all know what the melding tag means on a character, anyways.

Suggesting people be 18+ and NSFW shouldn't be an issue, it's about language as much as anything. I see more open cursing in shoutspam than I ever have in any NSFW venue I've ever been in, too. 99% of that stuff is done in /tell or long after hours when the PF is down and the venue is shutdown but for an inner circle.

[Saefinn]

He could be a good GM but nobody is infallible it could be their own misunderstanding, by which point it'd need be corrected.

If the ruling has changed, it's a bit crappy to not tell people and start throwing people into gaol and putting warnings against them for something that's always been okay.

Given it is only 1 GM I am inclined to believe the former and not latter. GM's are human too and are subject to error in judgment too.

Also in being human he could be abusing his power too. Hopefully it's being looked into so we can get what the official stance is here and what the right way about it is.

Using shout seems like a terrible alternative that's MORE disruptive that the method people are using now.

[Untimelydoom]

You're right, we need to make a new tab for Market so the crafters have a place to sell their wares.

We can nuke the brothels in the T rated game though. Or, more accurately, send them deep underground.

Hey brotherman, Id agree with you BUT https://imgur.com/a/QGloB57 .

Once you go online and interact w people. They no longer have a rating for it. So yes your comment is 100% wrong here. I can talk about what I want in game as long as it is not hurting someone else. In no way is someone saying "Come to Sallie's Corner Brothel" hurting you. Tighten up the shoe string and be a little less sensitive about this stuff.

Don't yuck someone else's yum.

[LordRahl86]

I've done both sides of this.

All you folks that are siding with the GM, have no idea about the genre or culture of the game you play. MMORPG, RP is in the name, party finding for RP (just because YOU do not like it doesn't mean it needs to be banned, get a grip) is absolutely fine. And the "brothels" you complain about? Sorry, that's an adult RP, that as long as you're upfront about it, cool. They've been around since BEFORE DATA CENTER WIDE PF. It's only because someone got butthurt about it recently that it's even an issue.

Do I RP? Yes I do. Have I used the PF to make new friends, FIND AN IN GAME WIFE, AND complete the raids I was interested in? You bet I have. Get over yourselves, and quit ruining our fun, you want this game to become WoW, with people leaving it in droves and the only people left in group finder are PvP boosters, RMTs for content and gil? Because this is the start of that.

[Untimelydoom]

To be fair to those against, advertising courts is basically advertising what I can assume is inappropriate in some context of ToS services. Then again, every venue owner could drop that one line because by this point we all know what the melding tag means on a character, anyways.

Suggesting people be 18+ and NSFW shouldn't be an issue, it's about language as much as anything. I see more open cursing in shoutspam than I ever have in any NSFW venue I've ever been in, too. 99% of that stuff is done in /tell or long after hours when the PF is down and the venue is shutdown but for an inner circle.

This may be true but then advertising you are running the newest extreme and need members is exactly the same thing. Where do you draw the line? If you want to go into context of what is an advertisement then you will see that everything in the PF is technically an advertisement. Therefore the idea that advertising anything in there (beyond RMT) is what the function is for and the whole service breaks the ToS. So instead of going down that rabbit hole we can look at it as it is, one person on a crusade to clear PF from RP. Which is not okay.