A Plea to those that like to be obscene in Castrum

[Cubsbane]

I'm just happy I grew up before this whole censoring era blew up.
One of my favourite kids movie back then had lots of swears and even had a line going "do you have hair on your p***s?".
And yes, it was a kids movie with kid actors whom one was the one who said that line.
ah, Good times.

oh well, now I should get back to being a damaged individual because I was exposed to naughty words as a kid. /s

edit: I just looked up from when the movie was released and I was 7 at that time.

I don't want to start political arguments in the Fine Of Fanta Sea Four Teen forums, so I'm just gonna say that disgruntled parents have been trying to enforce overly-strict guidelines for media since forever. Before either of us were born, even.

[MikkoAkure]

Considering the game is rated T for Teen, why are you letting your kids watch? Why are you trying to police other people when the game is not rated for your children?

There's cursing already in the dialogue of the game, the "puff puff" scene from Dragon Quest crossover, scantily clad miqo'te dancer NPCs, double entendres aplenty involving levers, masts, and spears being polished, references to STDs, graphic death scenes, arms being chopped off, people getting stabbed, a FATE where you escort a prostitute to her buyer, an entire class's questline revolves around human trafficking, a major villain whose backstory involved being sold to a brothel after being sold to an old man by her adoptive parents, another major NPC's backstory involved getting maimed as a child by his mother, who was sexually assaulted by his father, yet "DIC" being written with markers is where you draw the line?

The whole instance you're talking about involves you murdering your way through the XIVth Garlean legion and assassinating Livia sas Junius and that's perfectly fine for your kids but "DIC" is not?

[Kolsykol]

'' Omg my kid saw DIC ''.

Meanwhile, in FFXIV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyyABNcHaQQ

[Absimiliard]

Breaking news:
People on the internet offended by the name CID because it resembles an obscenity when viewed from the opposite side. More at 11.

[Remish]

If your kids can read it they already know the words. Infact I would even say they probably already use a lot worse language when you aren't around.
I've met 3 year olds who drop the F, S, and C bomb often.

I can second this.

I was at a friend's birthday party 10 sum years ago and they had the song "Ass like that" playing from an iTunes list and the group of 5 year old children were dancing and shaking their butts to it and the parents were laughing and giggling like they didn't care. I wasn't about to say anything to those parents cause I'm no parent myself but I was very uncomfortable with it. I just decided to accept that everyone saw it as harmless fun.

[Raoabolic]

Your kids, up to you how you do things. But this isn't a G rated game, so you can't expect the world to babysit them. Just do what the other guy said about said it's a pencil brand or something, if they are that little they don't know those words, then they will believe you.

Joke's on you, my kid can watch the intro videos of ARR and expansions all day if I let him. He's 3 though so most high energy videos with good music really get him pumped. That said, even he walks away when he sees the Stormblood's intro. I think it's too slow for him and the ending sounds like it is leading into something before it ends, lol.

[Kolsykol]

I can second this.

I was at a friend's birthday party 10 sum years ago and they had the song "Ass like that" playing from an iTunes list and the group of 5 year old children were dancing and shaking their butts to it and the parents were laughing and giggling like they didn't care. I wasn't about to say anything to those parents cause I'm no parent myself but I was very uncomfortable with it. I just decided to accept that everyone saw it as harmless fun.

I grew up during the early days of the internet, I remember when we got our hands on it I can't remember our exact age but we were very young.
My friends would just randomly show me gore videos and hardcore fetish porn...

If I was a parent a womans nipple or the word '' dic '' would be my absolute least concern.
I can't imagine worrying about that sort of stuff, it honestly comes across as the height of naivety.

If we want to actually have a bit more of an honest view of this too that isn't so superficial.
I'd be far more worried about my kid watching streamers on Twitch too, because I do think kids are actually genuinely influenced by them and look up to them and so many of them are the most toxic and immature people imaginable.
And a lot of them also specifically have kids as their target demographic.
Same with TikTok and Youtube too, there's so much content that target kids that is legit horrible for kids to consume and does influence their behaviour.
In some cases it's actually dangerous especially when we get into the '' challenges '', they're actual safety hazards.

[Raoabolic]

Same with TikTok and Youtube too, there's so much content that target kids that is legit horrible for kids to consume and does influence their behaviour.
In some cases it's actually dangerous especially when we get into the '' challenges '', they're actual safety hazards.

I would say TikTok is actually worse than Youtube and twitch combined and that's quite the accomplishment. Smart phones were a mistake, you can't even flip them out to look cool as you pop your collar.

[AlyaNimfa]

Joke's on you, my kid can watch the intro videos of ARR and expansions all day if I let him. He's 3 though so most high energy videos with good music really get him pumped. That said, even he walks away when he sees the Stormblood's intro. I think it's too slow for him and the ending sounds like it is leading into something before it ends, lol.

Jokes on me? In what way? Aside from your anecdotal story, it didn’t disprove anything. You aren’t asking players to change for your kid, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to tell me.

[MistyMew]

This has happened more times than I can count, and so I've decided to say something about it. I'm not here to ruin anyone's fun (I'm really not a Karen despite what you might conclude), because, honestly, things have a time and place, and generally speaking, I don't usually have a problem with this. But there are those times where things just aren't appropriate.

I'm talking about the MSQ Castrum dungeon, and the "tradition" of people putting up CID obscenities via markers. You know what I mean: D*C, and D*CBA4.

Now, normally, I don't even care, in fact it can be amusing. However, in certain circumstances, you guys (and gals) need to stop and be mindful of everyone else playing.

Specifically speaking, there are times when I'm playing the game where I have children present that can easily view my screen. I have literally zero privacy with how my house is setup because of it's small size. My computer is right out in the main room, facing out for everyone to see - and there is nowhere else it can be. That said, when you place those giant markers (and God do they stand out) that spell these obscenities, I have to remove them right away, or face the prospect of my children seeing them and then asking me "Dad, what is a D*C", or "Dad, what is a D*CBA4".

Conversations that should not be needed at this point in their life.

So, if you're in that particular MSQ, and you put those markers up and they get removed...don't perpetuate yourself as being *that person* by just throwing them back up...perhaps ask why they were removed instead.

Honestly, given SE's stance on language, I'm surprised they even allow this. They should probably just change all markers to shapes and be done with it. Granted, once my kids are old enough, it isn't even going to matter anymore. But for now, it does.

Certainly I cannot be the only one here?

I simply do not find that in anyway obscene or offensive.
I can think of many things that could be , but that is so incredibly weak and bland and meh....just no.