Purge ERP from this game!

[MistyMew]

I have zero interest in ERP, I find it a bit off tbh BUT.... I don't care if others do it, like it, live it in this game.

They need to keep it private and discreet and between consenting people.
Do not just start it with random people ...ugh...creepy and tacky

[GrizzlyTank]

I wouldn't consider 'missing out on the ability to approach people online for glorified cyber' to be a punishment, personally.

Because it never stops at just "missing out on the ability to approach people online for glorified cyber". There is always something else that need censored/removed to "protect the children".

The reality is that his has nothing to do with protecting children. Children are merely used as a bludgeon to exert ones authoritarian morals.

Want to protect children? Treat them with respect. Treat them as individuals and educate them about their own existence as humans. About how to act on the internet, to stay anonymous and steer away from questionable interactions.

[Setesh45]

I am of the opinion that whatever two consenting adults, hell, even two consenting teens [as long as both parties are teens, not one teen and one adult] want to get up to behind closed doors is their own business. And I would sure as Hell rather my teens be getting up to erp in a game where no one is harmed than be having real sex that if they aren't careful can have real life consequences.

Edit to add: I say this as a 52 year old woman whose children are all grown now, but the point still stands. ERP is relatively harmless between two teenagers, real sex can result in real life pregnancies that can wreck a teen's life if they aren't careful.

For someone so old you're quite naive... How do you think pedophiles seek their victims these days? Using "harmless" ERP on social media, it starts as ERP, your "relatively harmless" fun, after a while they agree to meet... Even someone as naive as you should be able to imagine what comes next. People on the internet are anonymous, you cannot know their age, that's why there is nothing like "as long as both parties are teens", you just don't know, cannot know, hence ERP needs to be harshly punished in all media content targeted at minors.

[GrizzlyTank]

I have zero interest in ERP, I find it a bit off tbh BUT.... I don't care if others do it, like it, live it in this game.

They need to keep it private and discreet and between consenting people.
Do not just start it with random people ...ugh...creepy and tacky

Yep anyone who dares to commit to unsolicited erp need to be reported for harassment.

[Jagick]

It's a game rated T for teens, it has no place in FFXIV. Stop defending it, its disgusting behavior

Brother I tend to personally be a conservative leaning person but you sound like that absolute crackpot Jack Thompson. Anyone else remember him? Most gamers around 30 or so should! In any case, our lovely T rated game has some scantily clad women everywhere, implied sex and rape from NPC dialogue, prostitues galore in Limsa Lominsa and Ul'dah, and quite a bit of cursing, violence, and you could argue gore in some cases.

What folks type on their keyboards in the privacy of their own whispers or in their apartments / housing is absolutely no business of yours or mine. Obviously, PUBLIC ERP is another matter entirely. Report it. Frankly, get over it otherwise.

Or have I been bamboozled into posting in a titanmen thread again?

[GrizzlyTank]

Or have I been bamboozled into posting in a titanmen thread again?

Well his alt is called undercover normie, so safe to say 4chan troll.

[Jagick]

Well his alt is called undercover normie, so safe to say 4chan troll.

I'm inclined to agree with you but I also think he's one of our election tourists. There used to be a time where you would be mocked and lambasted (and rightfully so) if you ever took 4chan board culture outside of 4chan. The majority of 4chan's core demographic would be beating him with proverbial sticks over opinions like his in the OP, or at least they would have about 10 years ago.

[Rhus]

Is this not akin to demanding they remove forms of communication from the game? Stop people talking.

[redheadturk]

For someone so old you're quite naive... How do you think pedophiles seek their victims these days? Using "harmless" ERP on social media, it starts as ERP, your "relatively harmless" fun, after a while they agree to meet... Even someone as naive as you should be able to imagine what comes next. People on the internet are anonymous, you cannot know their age, that's why there is nothing like "as long as both parties are teens", you just don't know, cannot know, hence ERP needs to be harshly punished in all media content targeted at minors.

If your teenagers are running off to meet RL adults, that's a you problem, not an ERP problem. Teach your kids the signs of what to look for, their chances of being preyed upon go down significantly. It's because parents think "sex is icky" and refuse to educate their children on how to avoid predators that such things are so prevelent in the first place. Adults and consenting teens keeping things between teens should not be punished by having activities they enjoy banned just because adults are too damned squeamish to teach their kids how to minimize their risk of exposure to predators.

[Bsrking5]

What i enjoy most about these threads is that they talk about all this and fail to mention that on other media like tv its much worse. I grew up knowing about girls gone wild advertising, a whole like hour loop. What should really be worrying is how healers still press one button for dps.