RP shout ads are obstructive to chat and gameplay

[LianaThorne]

Advertising rp versions of things that are illegal irl shouldn't be happening. If it was a trend to advertise rp drug dens that wouldn't go over well, might lead to little kids getting curious about drug use and then they go down a rabbit hole etc. That's a pretty bad influence for young and impressionable minds. Just like courtesan advertising, some little girl could think that it's ok to ... Y'know. That can't fly here. Adults need to be more responsible and considerate about their activities in public places.

If we're really going to go down this rabbit hole:

1. Prostitution is legal in several countries and also in the state of Nevada (just heavily regulated).
2. If you think it's bad then fair enough but it's considered a job and many many many people make money off selling their bodies (*looks at OnlyFans and the pron industry).
3. This is the environment the game has and Square does not care enough to change it. The RP community and venue crowd carry this game during the content droughts and Yoshi knows it. If this whole situation truly happened, it's on you to parent your teenager to not speak to random people online without your permission/knowing them from irl (school, hobbies, etc.)

It isn't the internet's job to babysit your teen, it's on you to teach them proper internet safety and what to avoid and what to do in situations that may or may not occur like this.

[Gordita]

If we're really going to go down this rabbit hole:

1. Prostitution is legal in several countries and also in the state of Nevada (just heavily regulated).
2. If you think it's bad then fair enough but it's considered a job and many many many people make money off selling their bodies (*looks at OnlyFans and the pron industry).
3. This is the environment the game has and Square does not care enough to change it. The RP community and venue crowd carry this game during the content droughts and Yoshi knows it. If this whole situation truly happened, it's on you to parent your teenager to not speak to random people online without your permission/knowing them from irl (school, hobbies, etc.)

It isn't the internet's job to babysit your teen, it's on you to teach them proper internet safety and what to avoid and what to do in situations that may or may not occur like this.

It's ok to violate tos because half of Nevada allows prostitution? And you want to try to bring parenting into this? Go read the tos

[Tsurayu]

It's ok to violate tos because half of Nevada allows prostitution? And you want to try to bring parenting into this? Go read the tos

There is nothing in the terms of service that prohibits players for roleplaying, even in adult/sexual situations as long as it is done in private channels, and that would include a private venue that you have to elect to go visit and therefore resigning yourself to experience anything that may be going on there.

[Gordita]

There is nothing in the terms of service that prohibits players for roleplaying, even in adult/sexual situations as long as it is done in private channels, and that would include a private venue that you have to elect to go visit and therefore resigning yourself to experience anything that may be going on there.

Literally nobody said ERP or RP is against the tos

[Tsurayu]

Literally nobody said ERP or RP is against the tos

Oh you were referring to the advertisements specifically? My apologies.

[Metalface_Villain]

If we're really going to go down this rabbit hole:

1. Prostitution is legal in several countries and also in the state of Nevada (just heavily regulated).
2. If you think it's bad then fair enough but it's considered a job and many many many people make money off selling their bodies (*looks at OnlyFans and the pron industry).
3. This is the environment the game has and Square does not care enough to change it. The RP community and venue crowd carry this game during the content droughts and Yoshi knows it. If this whole situation truly happened, it's on you to parent your teenager to not speak to random people online without your permission/knowing them from irl (school, hobbies, etc.)

It isn't the internet's job to babysit your teen, it's on you to teach them proper internet safety and what to avoid and what to do in situations that may or may not occur like this.

do you think in the places where it is legal they allow underage kids? i personally have no problem with sex work and it would be much better if it was regulated and legal but this a game is rated for 13 years old and up, such things shouldn't be there for kids to experience.

[LianaThorne]

do you think in the places where it is legal they allow underage kids? i personally have no problem with sex work and it would be much better if it was regulated and legal but this a game is rated for 13 years old and up, such things shouldn't be there for kids to experience.

Idk why you're asking me this when the ToS literally allows private ERP lol. Square seems to think it's fine for sexual activities to occur in a 13+ game. Is it creepy and weird? No duh. Are they gonna do anything about it? Nope.

This is why I don't touch the RP scene with a 10 foot pole (as I've said in other threads). I don't get the appeal and for the most part it's just people profiting off each other in the venue scene.

[TBerry]

Idk why you're asking me this when the ToS literally allows private ERP lol. Square seems to think it's fine for sexual activities to occur in a 13+ game. Is it creepy and weird? No duh. Are they gonna do anything about it? Nope.

This is why I don't touch the RP scene with a 10 foot pole (as I've said in other threads). I don't get the appeal and for the most part it's just people profiting off each other in the venue scene.

That's just the RP scene in the NA servers. Outside Nightclubs rarely any to none of the RP venues charge actual Gil.