RP shout ads are obstructive to chat and gameplay

[Gordita]

It's reportable behavior, but you have to file that report.

https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...la=1&kid=68216

Been reporting the people for months and they're still out there doing it , same people, same smut. The gms aren't lifting a finger.

[strawberrycake]

Been reporting the people for months and they're still out there doing it , same people, same smut. The gms aren't lifting a finger.

It's almost like XIVs GM system is cooked and everyone says otherwise for no reason.

[Gordita]

Yikes you really missed the mark with that one. Nobody is trying to shut down any venues, anywhere. Feel free to read the op and comments. I've never reported a party finder advertising a venue of any kind, nor have I claimed to. Infact, this thread isn't even about pf listings being a problem, and the only issue mentioned about pf ads in this thread is by people talking about duplicate ads for the same venue. Nobody is trying to prevent players from interacting with venues, or telling them not to. The tos violations are very clearly spelled out , in regards to what I've mentioned. Feel free to read over the prohibited actions and the user agreement to confirm this. The only reason they're able to get away with it is because the GMs are allowed to use a certain level of "discretion" in their decisions. It's already a well known fact that there's tons of groomers etc in XIV, in the venue scene confirmed many times over from people who are on that scene, or used to be. FFXIV is not intended for adults, its intended for people aged 13+. You want to talk about advertising, ok. These venues straight up advertise prostitution, publicly, in shout chat. They server hop, and city hop, shouting the same thing with a macro. That would be the equivalent of a brothel advertisement interrupting the 6 o'clock news, not the signs on the side of the road that say "girls girls girls". So your comparison for advertisements and party finders is way off. The venues themselves and their activities don't bother me at all , idc what people do in their private spaces etc. But advertising smut in public places where there are children is not acceptable. There's no defending it. Does fox kids have random prostitution commercials during the commerical breaks? Or the news? Or literally anywhere? No, because common sense.

[strawberrycake]

I mean the Lucky 7s original host(idk if he is anymore) was stated to be messing with a 14 year old, the all girls Discord had a situation where a 14 was stated to be groomed by multiple girls, and when asked they all got hella hostile.

It also doesn't help that people within the XIV community are so passive that they'd see it happening and turn a blind eye for fear of having to be involved over you know, getting rid of the creepers, But here we are.

[Gordita]

I mean the Lucky 7s original host(idk if he is anymore) was stated to be messing with a 14 year old, the all girls Discord had a situation where a 14 was stated to be groomed by multiple girls, and when asked they all got hella hostile.

It also doesn't help that people within the XIV community are so passive that they'd see it happening and turn a blind eye for fear of having to be involved over you know, getting rid of the creepers, But here we are.

Usually when a topic is responded to with hostility like that , it's a sign of guilt.

[strawberrycake]

Usually when a topic is responded to with hostility like that , it's a sign of guilt.

Like the crazy part is that these were places for adults yet some how children got involved. Crazy innit.

[CVXIV]

It's amusing how quickly the thread devolved into throwing baseless accusations against anyone and everyone including the GMs.

[Gordita]

Like the crazy part is that these were places for adults yet some how children got involved. Crazy innit.

Yeah, it's pretty easy for a kid to make a discord acct then join a public server. There's no age verification process. Another reason that these smut venues shouldn't be linking their discords in shout chat alongside the prostitution advertisements, but what do I know about the curiousity of children.

[Gordita]

It's amusing how quickly the thread devolved into throwing baseless accusations against anyone and everyone including the GMs.

This is a baseless accusation. The things I speak of are based on fact and real incidents. Nice try though

[strawberrycake]

It's amusing how quickly the thread devolved into throwing baseless accusations against anyone and everyone including the GMs.

I mean someone literally made a thread NOT too long ago about how she'd been stalked for over 3 years and the GMs did nothing.