Suggestion to Forum Mods: Copy ESO's Forum Rule

[x037x]

I would like to recommend that the Forum Mods copy an important part of a rule from ESO's forums, which is also similar to some other forums I visit:

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Inappropriate Content and Language: Certain topics and subjects are deemed inappropriate and not permitted on the official ESO forums. .... Inappropriate content on the ESO forums includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Real-world religion and politics

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These days it seems the forums are being taken over by identity political discussions. This topic is divisive and has nearly no relevance to sharing our love of and feedback for Final Fantasy XIV.

I don't need to know the political leanings of anyone here - and in fact I find sharing this to just be disruptive to a productive forum experience.

Thank you.

If a Man is voicing a Female's character, things are bound to get political

[LilimoLimomo]

If a Man is voicing a Female's character, things are bound to get political

It's commonplace for a voice actor to play a role that doesn't match their own gender, and it's exceptionally rare for anyone to care about it happening.

[Alchemii]

It's commonplace for a voice actor to play a role that doesn't match their own gender, and it's exceptionally rare for anyone to care about it happening.

It only matters that it's happening when they do a horribly bad job at it.

[LilimoLimomo]

It only matters that it's happening when they do a horribly bad job at it.

People don't consider bad voice acting to be political; what a silly thing to suggest.

With respect, y'all gotta stop telling on yourselves by being so quick to abandon your fake premises. It honestly might work better to just drop the pretense and say what you really mean.

[Shibi]

As a hard core socialist, and gay, Both sides need to come into this.

So no more "Left", no more "Right", no more "Woke", no more "Weird" (I think is the new American word)
Any talk of trans on either side falls into politics as it's a major part of the USA's political speech I think.

Are you willing to give all that up?

Now, who should we cancel or which books shall we burn?

[x037x]

It's commonplace for a voice actor to play a role that doesn't match their own gender, and it's exceptionally rare for anyone to care about it happening.

RIGHT, because nobody cares about the most divisive character in Final Fantasy history.

[Alchemii]

People don't consider bad voice acting to be political; what a silly thing to suggest.

With respect, y'all gotta stop telling on yourselves by being so quick to abandon your fake premises. It honestly might work better to just drop the pretense and say what you really mean.

I didn't say it was political. You did, you tried to make it political. All I said was that nobody notices unless you do a horrible job of it.

As for the "political" stuff, the VA did that. See once people notice your publicly doing a horrible job in something they enjoy, they start looking into you, and that means they find out what you try and push. And people aren't liking what this VA has to say, both in game and elsewhere.

[LilimoLimomo]

RIGHT, because nobody cares about the most divisive character in Final Fantasy history.

Didn't I just caution someone about not being so quick to abandon your fake premises? You're telling on yourself when you do that.

[Alice_Rivers]

Why not make a Real World board and then have a rule that limits real world matters to that place? We get the majority of forum space to discuss the game and matters relating to it devoid of extraneous real world cultural/political arguments and those people who do want to inject their real world culture/politics into everything have their board too.

[LilimoLimomo]

I didn't say it was political. You did, you tried to make it political.

Pretending you don't know how conversations work is just as transparent as trying to move the goalposts. I know you're an adult, and I know that you have basic reading comprehension skills.

You understood that when I said:

"It's commonplace for a voice actor to play a role that doesn't match their own gender, and it's exceptionally rare for anyone to care about it happening. "

That it was a reply to x037x saying:

"If a Man is voicing a Female's character, things are bound to get political"

So you knew my reply was on the topic of whether it is or isn't political for a man to voice a female character.

If your reply truly had nothing to do with the political, then your reply to me had nothing to do with what I was talking about, and thus there was no reason to reply to me. But you did. And it's not because you're stupid; I think far too highly of you for that.

Anyway, feel free to keep saying the quiet part outloud, I'mma go play some video games. Wishing you the best! <3