Sick of the christforsaken Nightclubs

[Tahbitha]

RP isn't really my thing, I limit myself to being as nice and polite as possible to everyone I meet in game (which admittedly isn't that many).

That having been said, I really should go check out one of these clubs one day just to see what's going on. Maybe I'm missing something. Or maybe not.

[Zumi]

I don't think I have ever seen anyone shout for a night club in game.

[CidHeiral]

I am in a FF14 night club every night. xD I do not see why it is bad. If you do not like the advertisements then there is a block list.

That doesn't work as noted in a post on the same page as your own.

That's kinda the problem - blacklisting doesn't help. They're like a hydra. You blacklist one person and three more pop up shouting the same ad for the same venues. The only way to get rid of it is disabling /shout chat and there are cases when you really don't want to have it off.

And to add to that, every club insists on posting 5+ ads for the same venue on PF, so the Other tab is unusable for anything that isn't a club during primetime.

Clubs existing isn't the problem. Nobody cares what you get off to in private. What is increasingly annoying the greater community is that these clubs go far out of their way to shove their club in everyone's face as much as possible. There is no escaping it no matter how hard you try without disabling entire chat channels or using third party tools to filter it, which is ridiculous.

Telling people frustrated by that behavior to just not look at it is like your neighbor shitting on your lawn and saying "well just don't look out the window."

[Renalt]

So...does anyone want to watch me put on 2B bottoms, Bees Knees, and then just do that for 30 minutes as I drive off to run some errands?

[Larirawiel]

That doesn't work as noted in a post on the same page as your own.

It does not work for 100% but for 97%.




Cheers

[LilimoLimomo]

I'm guessing this is an "issue" that varies from server to server. In Siren, I see an ad for a club in shout every now and then when I'm in a city, but it's far from the point where I feel like it's close to drowning my log.

As far as what you can do about it, it depends on whether they're breaking the ToS. For example, if it's one specific venue that is literally spamming via one or multiple players, then you can probably report that.

But if it's just that you don't want to see that kind of content, you're probably out of luck. It's up to each individual player to decide what to use the chat channels we've been given for, and because it arbitrarily messages everyone in a zone, /shout is basically an announcement channel. Some announcements you might care about, but generally speaking most probably aren't for you. Such is the nature of humans and their varying, subjective interests.

Regardless, if the content of a communication channel is frustrating you, your best bet is probably to disable that channel. Alternatively, you could make at least one of your chat tabs filter out shouts, so that when you go into a city you can switch to that tab and experience life ad-free.

[SturmChurro]

I don't think I have ever seen anyone shout for a night club in game.

Do you have your chat hidden... or???

[Vahlnir]

Do you have your chat hidden... or???

At the very least, they must not have shouts enabled. One trip to Limsa will usually net me at least 1-3 in the time it takes me to run to the retainer bell.

[Renalt]

I just wish they didn't shout spam in Balmung Uldah. We are exactly where we want to be. If you think we are leaving our normal stomping grounds to take one look at your venue and see it's exactly like all the others...you are mistaken.

[Aldath]

I wonder if the DC affects how often you get bombarded in Yell/Shout. I'm from Primal and it happens once in a while in Gridania, and it's the reason why I avoid Limsa like the plague. The rest of the time it's the same Monty Goon dude inviting me to his FC every day, and despite those issues I've had no problem.

Now, the PF thing though, that's annoying to see used as an Ad Board.