(09-30-2013, 10:29 AM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: This is something I've been meaning to discuss for a while now, though I figured now is as good a time as any to spark up yet another debate. First things first, though, let me clear something up: this isn't a thread aimed to excuse genuinely offensive behaviour or commentary that far exceeds anything shown in the game itself. This is a thread intended to try and understand why quite a few players feel offended by the occasional use of mature language in chat channels within a game that makes liberal use of phrases along the lines of 'shite' 'bastard' and 'dead whore's crotch'.
I suspect I'm not alone in this, but I've been waiting for an MMO that took itself reasonably seriously and wasn't afraid to touch upon mature themes and the implications that surround them. I'm sure everyone will agree that FFXIV pulls that off rather well, both in terms of mature language and some of the implications that other games desperately shy away from.Â
...and yet despite all that I'm still seeing people kick up a fuss when players crack a crude joke or lace their discussion with a bit of mature language. Again, I'm not talking about the extreme stuff here, I'm referring to the sort of language that is present in the game itself. It honestly baffles me - on one hand these players are 'offended' by crude jokes and  mature language and yet they're paying a subscription fee to play a game that is literally full of them.Â
Let's not forget that technically every player should be of or above the age plastered on the game's cover so the argument of 'think of teh children' loses much of it's weight.Â
So I'm curious to see what other people think of this and decided to make this thread. I'm personally very fond of the gritty tone of the game and it's actually one of my favourite aspects.
The game itself has content that such people would find offensive on many levels, were they just to pay attention to NPC dialog. :3
In other words I think it's a bit silly when people in a mature game claim offense at mature language when I'm standing next to an NPC that's dissuading me to visit on the attentions of a pair of working women because they gave him 'crotch rot'.
At the same time however I don't want to hear people telling 'The Aristocrat' on general chat and I'll actively blacklist people that are being gross just for gross's sake.
