Roleplay/Partyfinder Discrepancies & Policy Enforcement by GM's

[van_arn]

I just want to toss in my two gil here and say 18+ =/= ERP.

I run a couple FCs with my mates and we list in our rules that we're 18+ for the simple fact that we do not wish for any snotty-nosed under 18s to join our communities. Usually maturity comes with age, and while I realise that this isn't always the case (I've had to deal with some pretty bratty 40+ year-olds), it does filter out most of the bratty riffraff. I would exercise caution before making assumptions about why an FC or event would be labelled as 18+ when the intention is far more innocuous than it may seem initially.

So basically, you can’t tell if it’s an erp ad or not even if they say 18+/21+.

That just means it’s best to nuke them all from pf since there’s no way for players or gms to tell them apart.

What’s so bad about word of mouth? Go to the venues your friends go to. Search for the venue tag in housing, post hours on the placard. If you’re bored, check with friends of friends for suggestions.

Don’t make the rest (more accurately, the majority) of the community suffer through your publicly-posted erp/erp-by-proxy ads. Even I straight up don’t care as long as it’s private, but advertising a place on pf pulls it straight into the public.

Sorry (not sorry) to dump everyone into one basket, but I don’t really care anymore if people are having spaghetti or textbonking. The ERP scene has gotten so brazen over this expansion I’m perfectly happy to do salted earth if it means they’ll go crawling back to the shadows.

Sorry if you like the spaghetti scene more than the lurid scene, but take it out on the lurids for going exhibitionist. They’re the ones ruining it for everyone else.

[Nataruma]

So basically, you can’t tell if it’s an erp ad or not even if they say 18+/21+.

That just means it’s best to nuke them all from pf since there’s no way for players or gms to tell them apart.

What’s so bad about word of mouth? Go to the venues your friends go to. Search for the venue tag in housing, post hours on the placard. If you’re bored, check with friends of friends for suggestions.

Don’t make the rest (more accurately, the majority) of the community suffer through your publicly-posted erp/erp-by-proxy ads. Even I straight up don’t care as long as it’s private, but advertising a place on pf pulls it straight into the public.

Sorry (not sorry) to dump everyone into one basket, but I don’t really care anymore if people are having spaghetti or textbonking. The ERP scene has gotten so brazen over this expansion I’m perfectly happy to do salted earth if it means they’ll go crawling back to the shadows.

Sorry if you like the spaghetti scene more than the lurid scene, but take it out on the lurids for going exhibitionist. They’re the ones ruining it for everyone else.

Yes you can tell, and if you're not RPing you don't even have business looking at them in the first place. Personally as an RPer, I would employ my common sense. I don't automatically assume 18+ and 21+ means "get the naughty here", especially if the venues advertised are not in any way affiliated with sexual-based activities, a quick FC lookup tells you everything you need to know.

As for your scorched earth policy, let's just get rid of PF altogether. Problem solved entirely, especially with RMT and anyone else using PF for anything other than its 'intended purpose'. No PF? Zero violations. Simple! Oh and everyone looking for a party can just use shout chat, easy-peasy.