Quote Originally Posted by Gordita View Post
First I'd like to start by saying that I have nothing against those who rp or venues, or anything that goes along with it. I want everyone to be able to enjoy what they like, in a way that doesn't interfere with the reasonable enjoyment of the game for others.

That being said, the endless walls of text in shout chat 24/7 for these venues is getting way out of hand. Many of these shouts are advertising courtesans. I just had my 14 year old daughter come ask me what a courtesan is, because someone told her her character would be good for the job. This person also told her that they could get her a job as a court at a venue. Needless to say this didn't not sit well with me. Nor does it sit well with me seeing these ads constantly when people are supposed to behave in a way that is appropriate for people 13 years old and older.

And so my suggestion and requests are as follows:
Add an RP chat channel for people to advertise in, so I can turn it off and not have ads obstructing my chats in game. Turning off shout chat isn't a viable solution seeing as I use it to play the game and relay hunts along with various other things. Turning it off and on or swapping tabs every time I go in and outta town isn't fair to ask of me either , I shouldn't have to do this just because people spam the chat. Having their own chat channel seems to be a perfect solution, and would save venue goers from having to sit around town idle, until they see a venue ad that suits them.

And please stop advertising courtesans in your shout ads, so other single fathers like me don't have a heart attack when their little girl gets offered a job as a virtual hooker by some stranger on the internet. This is supposed to be a safe place for everyone and now I feel like my daughter is at risk.

Courtesan, in modern usage, is a euphemism for a kept mistress or prostitute, particularly one with wealthy, powerful, or influential clients.

Quite sure advertising this is a violation of the TOS as well , so I'm not sure how this has been allowed to plague shout chat so frequently, and how a blind eye has been turned.
As a venue worker as greeter I can't help but agree. I been hanging in limsa lately and the spam is just abysmal. I wouldn't mind seeing a word cap on ads to be honest.

There's some shouters who got it to a science and have a few sentences. Then you got the ones who think they need 3 paragraphs. It's annoying but don't thing square will touch anything to do with venues with a 10 foot lit up Cattleprod.

As for advertising courts. Annoying I know but unless you all raise a stink like what happened for the "18+" appearing in pf.

As for your kid. That's unfortunate that happened but to be honest. We in the venue community know of some young teens who pretend to be older. Maybe suggest having her mention her age the next time that happens.

Can tell ya now, the venue community would blacklist her super fast.