Why so many 18+ related player events in the party finders

[BigCheez]

"Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB"

[AllenThyl]

"Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB"

So? SE can decide what they want or do not want to moderate. And if any authority (usually spurned into action by some overzealous "citizen" movement) finds that SE is not doing enough moderation to justify the lower rating, the end result will most likely be more moderation of this kind of behavior instead of increasing the age rating. That's why it's important that the part of the community engaging in these activities actually starts to gain some bloody self awareness and police themselves to be as low-profile as possible. At the very least out of pure self-preservation, because appealing to some sense of basic decency and morality is obviously a lost cause.

[Heavenchild]

So i heard this game is 13+ right?
and well party finder is a general public area, right?
So why is there so much player events that publicly annonce (ERP) has a service like giving "courts" terms and "NSFW" terms.
If square-enix wants new generation of players, shouldnt they do something about it?

The age rating depends on your region. Originally it's is rated 16 as far as I know. In Europe (PEGI) it's also rated with recommendation 16.
But in my country (Germany) it's rated 12. :'D
But I think 16 is appropriate. Just think of the latest dungeon. xD

I made a report to our authority for age rating because I think that 12 is crazy, but they did not even answer me.
It's like they just took a small look into ARR and thats it. :x
I thought about to make another report with screenshots from the newest dungeon with its Silent Hill vibes.
But I was too lazy until now. xD

[tordash]

laugh has you want Videatur, but i have been reached by a game master yesterday to give me ways to report those people with the precision needed to report them
those things are against the terms of services and if the player base needs to drop to 0 so they understand, ill help in that endeavor, especially since first i dislike cheaters and second i have childrens who would like to play.

[Clockworks]

laugh has you want Videatur, but i have been reached by a game master yesterday to give me ways to report those people with the precision needed to report them
those things are against the terms of services and if the player base needs to drop to 0 so they understand, ill help in that endeavor, especially since first i dislike cheaters and second i have childrens who would like to play.

[Heavenchild]

laugh has you want Videatur, but i have been reached by a game master yesterday to give me ways to report those people with the precision needed to report them
those things are against the terms of services and if the player base needs to drop to 0 so they understand, ill help in that endeavor, especially since first i dislike cheaters and second i have childrens who would like to play.

Children have no business there. It's not even made for children.
And 16 year old people are more active in sexual stuff than many adults. They are technically underage, but I guess they are more badass when it comes to that stuff than most 30+ players. xD
Kids under 16 should not be in online MMO's like this one, in general.

[Catwho]

Children have no business there. It's not even made for children.
And 16 year old people are more active in sexual stuff than many adults. They are technically underage, but I guess they are more badass when it comes to that stuff than most 30+ players. xD
Kids under 16 should not be in online MMO's like this one, in general.

You're not wrong, but that's a parenting problem, not a problem that is the responsibility of the GMs in said video game.

If someone's venue advertisement is explicit, you can report it, but if all it's doing is making you uncomfortable by it existing, that's a you problem.

Nobody is forcing you to go to those parties. You can use the duty type filters to look for the kind of content that you actually want to find parties for. I've never seen an 18+ venue advertised in a Hunt or FATE listing.

[Heavenchild]

You're not wrong, but that's a parenting problem, not a problem that is the responsibility of the GMs in said video game.

If someone's venue advertisement is explicit, you can report it, but if all it's doing is making you uncomfortable by it existing, that's a you problem.

Nobody is forcing you to go to those parties. You can use the duty type filters to look for the kind of content that you actually want to find parties for. I've never seen an 18+ venue advertised in a Hunt or FATE listing.

Maybe you say this to the wrong person. I don't care for that ads. It's fine for me when adult people have fun in private chats and stuff.
I also don't care when shouts contain the word 18+. To be honest, I find it rather ridiculous when people try to ruin other people's fun in a 'game' just because they personally don't like something or want to bring children into FF14, which is a game for 15/16+ originally. It's not SE's fault when other countries make a weird age rating.

[Catwho]

Maybe you say this to the wrong person. I don't care for that ads. It's fine for me when adult people have fun in private chats and stuff.
I also don't care when shouts contain the word 18+. To be honest, I find it rather ridiculous when people try to ruin other people's fun in a 'game' just because they personally don't like something or want to bring children into FF14, which is a game for 15/16+ originally. It's not SE's fault when other countries make a weird age rating.

You're never going to get rid of advertisements for products you don't like. Not in a video game, not in real life. That's censorship and is generally considered to be a bad thing. Driving along the Interstates in the US, you're bomboarded with advertisements for 18+ massage parlors and strip clubs aimed at the truckers. They don't ban the advertisements because the ads themselves aren't explicit, but everyone knows exactly what they are really advertising.

The 18+ indication is meant to protect the people hosting the parties. And meant to be a KEEP OUT sign to anyone who isn't interested in.

A better solution, and one that SE could actually address with an in game fix, would be allow us to choose which tab of the Party Finder that we personally want to load into when we open the menu, instead of the general one. That way the people who want to see the advertisements for clubs with live DJs could keep the general tab pinned as their start, and people who want to be in Hunts could have that one load as the default.

I'm gonna go make that suggestion right now in the UI forum, actually, because it's a lot more constructive than arguing about it in General.

[genuine_stranger]

laugh has you want Videatur, but i have been reached by a game master yesterday to give me ways to report those people with the precision needed to report them
those things are against the terms of services and if the player base needs to drop to 0 so they understand, ill help in that endeavor, especially since first i dislike cheaters and second i have childrens who would like to play.

I am interested in the method you would like to report those people if all the things they use are client side and their interactions are private most of the time and of no concern to you.