Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[Avatre]

I believe where people are dismssing the complaints are not with regards to the /tells, but with regards to comments like this from the OP:




They’re very clearly taking the idea of their character too far. By this, I mean that it seems like they are forgetting the fact that:
1. They are not their character.
2. Their character is not them.
3. They seem to think it’s even remotely comparable to compare pictures of a nude, virtual characters to real nude pictures of themselves online.

These are all aside from the fact that they want to punish the majority of modders just because a few are acting like two-year-olds. The three I listed are the reasons why I disagree with the OP. They are not their character, and their character is not them. I find it silly they way that they are talking as such.

I don’t entirely agree with the OP myself, since honestly, it’s no skin off my back if someone decides to use a mod and see my character naked…it honestly has no affect on me. The only way I would actually bring it up, to GMs(since honestly, 99.999999999~% of mods are for personal enjoyment of the game), is when they start harassing me over something. At that point, blacklist and wash my hands.

Aside from the fact that I have seen no definitive proof yet that they have actually received harassing messages depicting their character in naked and/or compromising positions—the only things I have seen are the screenshots of that one tell, and their word that people are supposedly contacting them in-game to discuss about this thread (the only other post that could have had any “evidence” of “wrong-doing” or “ill-will” was deleted by them, so it probably didn’t have much “evidence” to begin with); quite frankly, it’s hard to take them at their word when they keep deleting posts and are posting from multiple accounts—I can understand the need for the latter if they desire privacy, but if you have a legitimate concern, why are you deleting every other post you make?

I will agree that the lack of concrete evidence(yes the one I quoted earlier can be seen as harassment, or someone who saw this thread and decided to poke fun – which again, could be seen as harassment), and the deleting of posts doesn’t provide them much credibility.

To start telling everyone “to be careful” about something that, quite frankly, is not a common occurrence equates to little more than fear-mongering, in my opinion. When you approach a topic with views like the OP has, you are going to be met with resistence.

Unfortunately, the way the world works a good 80% of the time, fear mongering tends to get the most(not always best) results.