Roleplay/Partyfinder Discrepancies & Policy Enforcement by GM's

[Kyrosiris]

It's not really a 'moral panic'. Unless you believe that it's appropriate for underage, easily led and vulnerable players to be exposed to adult situations against their will.

It is not the responsibility of anyone to police what underage players do other than the parents of those underage players.

If anything, large segments of this game's community would do well to think about children and child-like characters a lot less than they currently do.

Oh, you're one of those "lalafells are children, actually, in spite of the entire body of in-game and out-of-game (a la the Encyclopedia Eorzea) canonical lore" types. Makes a lot more sense.

[KinDranex]

It is not the responsibility of anyone to police what underage players do other than the parents of those underage players.

I mean, people should be keeping that NSFW talk outside of public chats because of potential minors viewing it??

[Kyrosiris]

I mean, people should be keeping that NSFW talk outside of public chats because of potential minors viewing it??

And because it's against the ToS, yes.

That has nothing to do with the presence of 18+/ERP advertisements in the Party Finder, which is only orthogonally related to the original issue at hand (one GM having a power trip and issuing Warnings to people for something that is not in violation of the ToS) and is just being used as a bludgeon of an excuse for the GM's behavior.

[Theodric]

It is not the responsibility of anyone to police what underage players do other than the parents of those underage players.

Everybody has a responsibility to act in a dignified and respectable manner when playing this game. If someone does not know the age of another player for certain then they should not be partaking of adult situations with that player. It doesn't matter if they lie about their age or if their parents aren't aware of what their child is doing online. What matters is...that players do not prey on such victims in the first place.

[Einselar]

Everybody has a responsibility to act in a dignified and respectable manner when playing this game. If someone does not know the age of another player for certain then they should not be partaking of adult situations with that player. It doesn't matter if they lie about their age or if their parents aren't aware of what their child is doing online. What matters is...that players do not prey on such victims in the first place.

How are you "preying" on someone that you don't know is a vulnerable target?

All of which, I might add, has nothing to do with the fact that this isn't an ERP crackdown. It's a crackdown on all RP and non-content PFs

[MeiraStarborne]

It is not the responsibility of anyone to police what underage players do other than the parents of those underage players.

Actually... The Terms of Service disagree with you:

3.3 Profanity and Offensive Language. You may not use profanity or any language that a reasonable person would find offensive. The Game is for players aged 13 and older. You agree to behave accordingly.

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That said, it's vague what "a reasonable person would find offensive". It would seem, however, that some people are reporting RP Party Finder posts. Enough that this GM has taken action, removed posts, and issues permanent warnings on a whole lot of people recruiting for RP-related activities... Even to the extent that someone looking for a fishing buddy was addressed by GM.

IF this was about keeping PFs clean, and not about an indiscriminate wide brush being used, I'd have no qualms with it. But it's not. It's harmless, SFW PR getting shut down for no known reason.

[Lauront]

Oh, you're one of those "lalafells are children, actually, in spite of the entire body of in-game and out-of-game (a la the Encyclopedia Eorzea) canonical lore" types. Makes a lot more sense.

But muh 1000 year old loli.

[KinDranex]

Oh, you're one of those "lalafells are children, actually, in spite of the entire body of in-game and out-of-game (a la the Encyclopedia Eorzea) canonical lore" types. Makes a lot more sense.

they literally look like kids im,,,