Roleplay Party Finder Account Suspensions

[milkhorn]

As of this morning, two of my friends that I run a roleplay venue with have had their accounts suspended for '3.3 Profanity/Offensive Language' after hosting a party finder to advertise said venue last night on 01.13.22. Our party finders read as followed:

"[RP18+] Fights, drinking, beautiful company & character! Be a mess at [VENUE]! Open now!| [HOUSING PLOT/WARD] | [VENUE NAME]"

There is no use of profanity or offensive language in our party finder, and feel that the bans have been unjust. To have a suspension on their accounts for 3 days (see attached image) without prior warnings or anything on BOTH of their accounts is absolutely ridiculous. Especially if there is no other explanation given as to why the suspension was put on other than to 'read the TOS'.



Through our contacts and general know of other venues, there have been SEVERAL people facing the same consequences that were all hosting party finder during the same time. If this can be investigated, it would very much be appreciated.

I urge anyone else who knows of other players who face similar consequences to post on this thread so we can collect as much information as possible as to why the suspensions happened.

And to also point out, this is very reminisce of the same issue that roleplay venue owners had last year via thread:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...cement-by-GM-s

EDIT: INSERT FROM TOS

"3. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
In addition to the License Limitations, there are other activities that you are forbidden from doing in connection with the Game ("Prohibited Activities"). In its discretion, Square Enix may use a variety of methods to deal with violations of this User Agreement and the Prohibited Activities, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

Issuing a warning;
Placing a character in a "virtual jail" for a specified period of time;
Removing or deleting ill-gotten in-game items or currency;
Temporarily suspending an account;
Permanently terminating an account;
Permanently banning your IP address, residential address, or credit card number;
Asserting a lawsuit for breach of contract, copyright infringement, or other cause of action as may be applicable; and/or
Seeking injunctive relief in any court or jurisdiction to prevent you from continuing such activity.
In addition, Square Enix shall be entitled to terminate any FFXIV Service Account (immediately and without notice) of any User who (1) was previously suspended or terminated by Square Enix and who Square Enix believes (in its sole discretion) re-registered using different registration information in order to circumvent or bypass such suspension or termination, or (2) Square Enix believes (in its sole discretion, based upon any information available, including registration and account information) that such User is enabling or assisting another User to conduct any Prohibited Activities of any kind."

An immediate 3 day suspension should not be the first step for first offenders, and in doing so it garnishes a whole world of confusion and pain to those who have not done anything wrong. It is unacceptable.

[Reinha]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...aign=na_topics

[milkhorn]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...aign=na_topics

Referencing the link above,

The "Other" category is intended for recruiting players to participate in content that is not listed in the listed categories. However, as an exception, the "Other" category may be used for the sake of recruiting members to form a community, or conduct exchanges between players. Examples of these include:

- Promoting player events
- Housing-related promotions
- Advertising for the purchase and sale of items
- Recruitment of members for community groups such as Linkshells and Free Companies

Player events are included in the OTHER category, which we had our party finder listed in.

I'm curious as to what the venue's name was.

Also re: our venue name is SCRAPYARD.

[KageTokage]

I'm curious as to what the venue's name was.

[Wyssahtyn]

I'm curious as to what the venue's name was.

Crystal DC, so I expect it to be that Glory Hole place, especially since the OP's omitting the name. Pretty sure the OP's stated advertisement fits their usual ones. Hopefully that other place that advertises literal voyeur shows gets hit at some point too.

[Lunalepsy]

Crystal DC, so I expect it to be that Glory Hole place, especially since the OP's omitting the name. Pretty sure the OP's stated advertisement fits their usual ones. Hopefully that other place that advertises literal voyeur shows gets hit at some point too.

The name was said in the thread.

[milkhorn]

Crystal DC, so I expect it to be that Glory Hole place, especially since the OP's omitting the name. Pretty sure the OP's stated advertisement fits their usual ones. .

Our name is actually under that exact post you replied to. It was omitted for privacy but I replied with it to show that still, we are not in violation to the TOS. Our name isn't inappropriate.

[Wyssahtyn]

The name was said in the thread.

Our name is actually under that exact post you replied to. It was omitted for privacy but I replied with it to show that still, we are not in violation to the TOS. Our name isn't inappropriate.

Sorry, scrolled past it since it just opened with a picture.

[CogChamp]

Crystal DC, so I expect it to be that Glory Hole place, especially since the OP's omitting the name. Pretty sure the OP's stated advertisement fits their usual ones. Hopefully that other place that advertises literal voyeur shows gets hit at some point too.

Read some more of the thread before leaping into the discussion. The venue's name was the Scrapyard, and your strange conflation of it somehow being relevant to the datacenter it is hosted on is a shining beacon to just how seriously you can be taken in discourse surrounding ToS and the enforcement of it. Take a cold shower and think before you post.

[RobynDaBank]

Ah yes, 18+...