How is this allowed?

[YukioKobayashi]

I guess I must be really unobservant because I've never felt bombarded by "that stuff," nor hardly ever noticed it.

Meanwhile, the MSQ includes, to various degrees of specificity, most of the vices and crimes that are features of the real world, including torture, kidnap, murder and r@pe.

Of course the protection of minors is important, but I imagine a 16 year-old visiting a mature venue knows exactly what they're getting into, and also knows how to click "I am over 18" on adult sites all over the web.

It seems to be more of an Light Datacenter problem.
20+ Nightclub shouts per hour in Limsa with several containing "NSFW", "18+" ect.
+18 "extra" fun Nightclub ad at any time even on a sunday morning at 7:30am CET
Its really not unrealistic to find at least 5 of those advertisements in the early evening. Keep in mind that the Light Datacenter Partyfinder is an ant compared to Aether. 5 are a lot.

[Mawlzy]

Yeah I don't doubt it happens, but on the rare occasions I use PF, I look for what I'm interested in. Similarly, if I'm at the MB in Limsa I'm not reading chat unless it is from my FC.

I can see the sense in providing a toggle option that filters listings and chat that feature "18+" and "NSFW" as part of a more sophisticated block/self-exclusion function. But to answer the question posed in your OP, it is allowed because it does not violate ToS.

[Jeeqbit]

I think every MMORPG I've played has had this stuff in it. It's always been a thing. As the game grew, the bulk of this crowd moved over to this game. Because of course they want to do it in the most popular games. And really before you say mods, most games can be modded tbh.

18+ is a common thing to put just for maturity reasons. Many FCs put it despite not doing this sort of stuff. So it's hard to really police it and the last time they did, it resulted in a thread with over 100 pages of complaints.

As long as they make sure that people under 18 don't participate, I believe they are allowed to do it.

Realistically, I have not normally met people that young. Usually people that young are being watched by parents who also play the game tbh. But the free trial used to only go below level 50 whereas now you can play up to Stormbloood for free, so it's more realistic that someone that young could play without a parent knowing. Still, there are so many other online games now that they often get into those instead.

[Nero-Voidstails]

No Reason it shouldnt be allowed 18+ doesnt always mean erp it could mean anything and just dont want people under to be around because it limits discussions etc, I mean I want to go into gorey, horror blood and guts like serial killer /vampirism and all that not erp but I would have to make it !8+ to do that it seems. Night club doesnt mean ERP either, and honestly it should be allowed completely with no issue it is a RPG=aka ROLEPLAYING GAME lol

all nightclub when they say 18+ always mean ERP because of prestige! but other then that ya I do agree

[CVXIV]

Yeah I don't doubt it happens, but on the rare occasions I use PF, I look for what I'm interested in. Similarly, if I'm at the MB in Limsa I'm not reading chat unless it is from my FC.

I can see the sense in providing a toggle option that filters listings and chat that feature "18+" and "NSFW" as part of a more sophisticated block/self-exclusion function. But to answer the question posed in your OP, it is allowed because it does not violate ToS.

I think if they added a tag to party finder listings where you can select "RP" would go a long way, but that ultimately depends on whether people would actually properly tag their party finder lol

but I imagine with it, you could potentially filter it out, and if you actively want to see those listings then you can filter to only see them

the muted words list could also be doing a lot more since I believe even when you have certain words blocked, it'll still show a message saying it contained a blocked word ather than not showing anything

[Nero-Voidstails]

I do RP myself and I have to use the NSFW tag not because I ERP I absolutely only do with Nero boyfriend and that's all but because of the theme my character is tagged with! dark+ because only dang I don't mind making her kill other people character spoken before hands tho but ya 18+ and NSFW aren't always because of ERP BUT! something you can see where the NSFW is targeted in OP exemple I think we all know why x)

[AllenThyl]

I'll still have a beer with you if this is the real you just don't slit my throat in an alley

She said "no", clown-senpai. You really need to learn what "consent" means, maybe you wouldn't need a new account (with all expansions, of course) every 2 months then

[Minarisweet]

There's a lot worse issues in this game to complain about atleast they put +18 warnings.

[KillaKilala]

How else am I supposed to make gil when bots are ruining the market? OP if you are willing to pay me 10000000 gil each week I'll stop advertising my club

[YukioKobayashi]

There's a lot worse issues in this game to complain about atleast they put +18 warnings.

Thinking that potential Cybergrooming is not a big issue is wild. We have 12 y/o's on earth that are playing for example GTAV. A +18 warning doesnt do shit but doesnt mean that this is not an issue.
In several EU countrys its even against the law. This kind of "RP" could even get you to jail. Doesnt matter if you dont know the age of the other person or/and have the consent of said minor.

This Game is available to 12+ y/o's in my country.

How can someone think that this is not a big problem after looking at the 2 following screenshots



It also boggles my mind that almost every single person trying to defend this here comes from the american datacenter. Is America really that kind of place where stuff like this is socially acceptable?