Roleplay/Partyfinder Discrepancies & Policy Enforcement by GM's

[Iscah]

Tell that to Square as content accessible as early as level 28-30 (Questline leading up to Ifrit) there is heavy themes of sexual assault/abuse in the Main Story Quest. Even before the update to make all content up to Heavensward free-to-play, this content was available to any minor without the need for a credit/debit card. But no, please continue to target players who ERP because if it's consensual then how dare they, right?

As much as the other guy is clearly trolling and doesn't have a valid argument, it's also not a fair argument that because the story showed a petty villain threatening a woman with sexual assault, ERP clubs are within the scope of the game. It's apples and oranges, and even if the clubs are okay, that's not the thing to point to as justification.

[existingdark]

Yes but grooming, sir. Aren't you worried about the grooming.

Nah. Not really.

[Eoko]

Yes but grooming, sir. Aren't you worried about the grooming.

Why did I just hear like 15 miqo'te in my head all say "Brush me, Daddy."? I mean, I would be worried about that many miqo'tes wanting to be brushed. That's a lot of work.

[VeradBV]

Nah. Not really.

That's the spirit.

Why did I just hear like 15 miqo'te in my head all say "Brush me, Daddy."? I mean, I would be worried about that many miqo'tes wanting to be brushed. That's a lot of work.

Little worried about your daddy play talk there, but if you insist I'll go dig up the FurBlaster.

[hydralus]

Thirsty twerps will do ANYTHING they can to get into spaces they shouldn't be or are told they are not "old enough" for yet.
What were you doing between 13 and 17? What 18+ forum smut were you reading or heck writing yourself?
Half my high school's english groups were on Forums, Gaia, DeviantArt and FanFiction writing alllll sorts of things and reading "adult" content.

I'd still say if you're an adult on Gaiaonline advertising for erotic roleplay then you're absolutely a creep. That's, like, not even REMOTELY an appropriate audience.

[Istolla-Argante]

I'd still say if you're an adult on Gaia online advertising for erotic roleplay then you're absolutely a creep. That's, like, not even REMOTELY an appropriate audience.

That's a rather interesting jump to make, valid as it is, yet considering the context of what I was saying.
IE activities of my pears in high school back in 2004/5 was entirely on what they were up to at those teen ages as an example to which; I suspect similar teens in current time do as well.
The programs and sites perhaps have changed, I actually don't know if Gaia is still around; the active hunt and lengths such teens will go to, to gain access, to read or even contribute to the creation of such content, is known quite well.

There was this one fellow in a old Tera Online guild I was part of back in 2014 or so, he, a 14yo, not only pretended to be 24, but used his older cousins images, FB, and such to pass himself off as a 24 yr lass in University, and further got into various relationships with multiple members of the guild before being caught, reported and kicked out of the guild.
Our guild was labeled 21+ only for the fact that we wanted to only be dealing with other adults, lot of the RP we all did was rather slice of life, random everyday nonsense living in the setting of Tera.

[VeradBV]

You might want to start using /s because a lot of what you say in sarcasm are what others say with 100% seriousness. Judging from your post count you perhaps have not spent a lot of time on the forums. A lot of threads get very ugly due to debates regarding LGBT people, usually stemming from threads relating to gender locked gear.

I'll survive, or I won't, and have to grind the MSQ again on a new account. Such is life, but your concern is appreciated.

But we can all agree on the 25+ age minimum right

[Penthea]

I'll survive, or I won't, and have to grind the MSQ again on a new account. Such is life, but your concern is appreciated.

But we can all agree on the 25+ age minimum right

Lol if only life were so simple that we could put a definitive perfect age to consider someone to be truly mature and well adjusted. I have met some 30 something year old players who I at first thought were teens due to their behaviour. We don't all progress at the same rate, and some peak early in their mental growth.

I get why people would prefer erp to be permitted. I'm just on the fence about it because I know of someone whose younger sister unknowingly ended up in an online relationship with someone far older than her (he was posing as a 17 year old, he was like 35) and it began with erp, so this has coloured my view on it. I know that cases like this are the exception, not the norm. But we live in an imperfect world with imperfect people and I would prefer that at least erp isn't permitted to be openly advertised in something as accessible as PF because of this. I'm okay with people putting it in their search info or something more discreet like that.

But back to the topic of why this thread was made, clearly this whole situation shows that the ui is missing something. The activities of players can show where something is lacking if they use something that may not be for its intended purpose. SE need to put a rp tab in PF or create an alternative and equally accessible way for rpers to advertise without having to resort to spamming in public chat channels to reach as many potentially interested players as possible. I think this is the only solution that would put this whole situation to rest.

[VeradBV]

But back to the topic of why this thread was made, clearly this whole situation shows that the ui is missing something. The activities of players can show where something is lacking if they use something that may not be for its intended purpose. SE need to put a rp tab in PF or create an alternative and equally accessible way for rpers to advertise without having to resort to spamming in public chat channels to reach as many potentially interested players as possible. I think this is the only solution that would put this whole situation to rest.

Far be it from me to deny more opportunities to make people suffer my roleplay but any such service will immediately come under the same scrutiny of advertisements in the PF. Nothing really stops that from being a place to advertise 18+/Actual ERP locales and the same reporting, as well as abuse of that reporting, will keep on keeping on. If it's just a categorization issue then sure, that resolves that part. Not all the players who are experiencing squeams at the possibility of 18+ advertisements.

[Skyler_Magus]

You might want to start using /s because a lot of what you say in sarcasm are what others say with 100% seriousness. Judging from your post count you perhaps have not spent a lot of time on the forums. A lot of threads get very ugly due to debates regarding LGBT people, usually stemming from threads relating to gender locked gear.

This. I thought you were serious, and the result of not hitting two extra keys will waste you a LOT of time and energy, should you get banned for not making it clear that you're joking. I mean, if you really wanna (let your account) die on this hill, go right ahead, but it just seems like a really bad idea.