Purge ERP from this game!

[Vahlnir]

Dropping by to tell people in here to check their kids search history because odds are you're already too late on keeping them protected from sexual things.

Time to realize this isn't the 80s or 90s anymore and kids are exposed to sexual content on the regular via YouTube and other platforms.

Instead of trying to stop places from having sexual content, do your job as a parent and put up parental blocks on websites. Install a keylogger on your kids computer and check it every week or two to see what they're typing to people or in their search bar. If you're that concerned about it, take the steps needed to keep your kids away from stuff you don't want them to see.

It is not our job to babysit your kids. It is not Square's job to babysit your kids. That's YOUR job.

Correct. However, as adults, it IS our responsibility to act accordingly around random strangers on the internet, especially in a setting intended for teens/young adults. Even if said strangers are deceptive about their age, that doesn't matter much, if at all, to law enforcement. So, it is probably best to avoid engaging in various..."activities" with random people, but I know that logic doesn't always prevail since a fair amount of people don't think with their big head.

[IkaraGreydancer]

So long as your pf adverts say 18+ idgaf what you do. Full on public erp, still dont care just dont be upset if some tight wad reports you ya know? If a minor wasn't taught to stay away from these things that's not any other players fault. Can it lead to you possibly interacting with one? Ofc there's always that chance (though tbh I dont believe we have axsizable amount of the in the game do to its sub nature).

I don't believe as well that if you mistakingly did erp with a minor that you're automatically a pedo (so long as that's not the secret intent).
Think of the kids is bull and always will be. Parents get off your ass n do your jobs plz n ty!!!!

[LianaThorne]

Correct. However, as adults, it IS our responsibility to act accordingly around random strangers on the internet, especially in a setting intended for teens/young adults. Even if said strangers are deceptive about their age, that doesn't matter much, if at all, to law enforcement. So, it is probably best to avoid engaging in various..."activities" with random people, but I know that logic doesn't always prevail since a fair amount of people don't think with their big head.

See, I'd agree but as someone who was once a teenager and had internet access, my parents wouldn't go and hunt down people that I flirted with or roleplayed with sexually. They'd put it on me to not engage with strangers on the internet and to act my age.

It's a two way street. You absolutely cannot control what people outside of your own family or household do. So, if your kid runs into someone who offers them ERP, you should educate them to say no and walk away instead of engaging.

Worry about what you can control rather than what you can't. Sexual content will exist no matter what, wherever you go on the internet that isn't an educational website made for those under the age of ten. Parents need to do their job and have conversations with their children about how to act appropriately online and how to recognize places that they shouldn't be engaging in.

[Vahlnir]

See, I'd agree but as someone who was once a teenager and had internet access, my parents wouldn't go and hunt down people that I flirted with or roleplayed with sexually. They'd put it on me to not engage with strangers on the internet and to act my age.

It's a two way street. You absolutely cannot control what people outside of your own family or household do. So, if your kid runs into someone who offers them ERP, you should educate them to say no and walk away instead of engaging.

Worry about what you can control rather than what you can't. Sexual content will exist no matter what, wherever you go on the internet that isn't an educational website made for those under the age of ten. Parents need to do their job and have conversations with their children about how to act appropriately online and how to recognize places that they shouldn't be engaging in.

My point still stands. You were a teenager once with internet access. And? So was I. I am an adult now, and so I must handle myself like one.

[LianaThorne]

My point still stands.

All I'm saying is the game has a lot of ERP in it that won't go away. Even if its taken out of the game, people will just keep doing it through Discord. You can't stop people from wanting to be sexual online, it's just literally impossible. All you can control, as a parent, is your own kids internet habits and what they have access to.

Adults should absolutely do their due diligence in avoiding interacting with minors but parents can also limit this by educating their kids on places they shouldn't be visiting online or installing parental blocks to physically keep them away from them.

It's a two way street. Trying to babyproof the internet or video games is something that just won't happen. If you want that, set up parental controls.

[chaotix69]

Oh wow, I haven't logged into the forums for a couple of days and said to myself "Man, where is the front page troll thread? There's usually at least one!" Here it is!

I don’t understand why you think this is a troll post. It’s a legit problem in the game.

[Imora]

ESRB doesn't rate player interactions.

Sorry.

[Vahlnir]

ESRB doesn't rate player interactions.

Sorry.

Nope, but law enforcement does.

And who's reporting to law enforcement whatnow?

"yes, hello, officer, I'd like to report a party listing in a video game that's claiming to be 18+... What's that? Why are you laughing??"

My experience, cops won't do shit. My nephew was being molested by a neighbor and they didn't do shit about that. Go look at the problem in the UK with grooming gangs.

You're worried about what ifs in a video game when there's more important shit actually going on in the world and parents are effing clueless because they can't be arsed to supervise their kids. And social media is more dangerous to this than the game is.

You're singling out a problem that's really tiny in the grand scheme of things, and even if they made it fully against terms of service, who's going to report? Just listing 18+ isn't enough for a ban. And if you have access to someone's private chat, that means you're a guilty participant.

Wow. Seriously, just wow. You completely missed the point in the most spectacularly horrible way possible, and you clearly haven't read my feelings on ERP earlier in this thread besides. I never once mentioned 18+ ads either. If you had done even a sliver of prior reading, you would know what I was talking about.

[Kes13a]

I don’t understand why you think this is a troll post. It’s a legit problem in the game.

this statement is a little hard to buy given your forum name and all the connotations of the number you used.

justify it however you wish, but the entire presentation does rather scream troll.

[chaotix69]

this statement is a little hard to buy given your forum name and all the connotations of the number you used.

justify it however you wish, but the entire presentation does rather scream troll.

Seems like a stretch in order to simply dismiss the topic. Idk, I brought this up to see where the community stood, and I got my answer. Some support the idea of it not belonging in the game, and some exposed themselves as the degenerates they are with the weakest of rebuttals. Either way, I’ve realized I brought this to the wrong forum.