I think the problem for PS isn't whether or not it should be allowed, but the fact that regardless of what they rate the game, sexual content will occur. This places the game in some legal liability in terms of exposing minors to sexually explicit content, or lack of disclaimers warning parental supervision in case this may occur.
I have seen other games come up with ways to address this. Such as creating restricted areas of 18+ or having certain censors (which I believe PS already has...)
Another thing would be to have a small signal in the description of the player that indicates a minor, which can be disclosed when registering.
I don't think that the PS team can pretend like sexually explicit activities do not go on in game, and with a lack of guidelines, there is always the risk of minors participating in it without warnings, or being exposed to it, etc.
I not really good at starting topics, but the PG rating has to go, RP can't work with it. life is full of sex and other such stuff, this game just will be unrealistic if it stays like this.
I think that may have happened once. i think i remember someone getting bored and doing that in the shout channel when there were no GMs around. scary.I think the problem for PS isn't whether or not it should be allowed, but the fact that regardless of what they rate the game, sexual content will occur. This places the game in some legal liability in terms of exposing minors to sexually explicit content, or lack of disclaimers warning parental supervision in case this may occur.
I have seen other games come up with ways to address this. Such as creating restricted areas of 18+ or having certain censors (which I believe PS already has...)
Another thing would be to have a small signal in the description of the player that indicates a minor, which can be disclosed when registering.
I don't think that the PS team can pretend like sexually explicit activities do not go on in game, and with a lack of guidelines, there is always the risk of minors participating in it without warnings, or being exposed to it, etc.
And what happens when - this is something I likewise know will happen at some point - some dude playing as one of the devil characters decides to RP a rather gory duel in which he wins and proceeds to do all manner of sick stuff to the loser?
i'm not talking about what people do online.I not really good at starting topics, but the PG rating has to go, RP can't work with it. life is full of sex and other such stuff, this game just will be unrealistic if it stays like this.
.... am i the only one seeing the whole online sex things, and the word realistic in one sentance and thinking "erm, riiiiight..." (and then nodding slowly.)
What i'd say for now is that if you have to do it keep it in private, people dont walk round in the street doing it and shouting about it do they? not around here so why should they in PS.
what happened to a little fun? the joy of the nightlife? COME ON!
But it's not graphic, and it's not in everyone's faces, and it doesn't have to be.
Love and erotic should be able to be part of the life in Yliakum, to some reasonable extent, in my personal opinion. Explicit sexuality, instead, is definitely not recommendable (you may not be able to control personal messages = "/tell", though - I just mean public chat).
Prohibiting explicit sexuality in the game rules, and explicitly limiting ages in the character registration, may be the only way to express this opinion of the developers (and especially "reliable people"), although they are circumventable. But officially rating a game (by the development team or an organisation), is something beyond my understanding regarding "safety".
I not really good at starting topics, but the PG rating has to go, RP can't work with it. life is full of sex and other such stuff, this game just will be unrealistic if it stays like this.
how are the Dev's planing to tackle this problem? have they even thought about it? :sweatdrop:
I think what he's saying is, if a fenki wants to kiss a menki, there should be an emote? o.o
How the hell are you going to roleplay sex?? ...
If you want a /penetrate command, make your own game.
If you want a /penetrate command
If you want a /penetrate command, make your own game.
Wow, just think of the posibilities...I wonder if you would level up sex the same way as everything else. /blow would be great ... and we already have the fenki /sit tight f
I think what he's saying is, if a fenki wants to kiss a menki, there should be an emote? o.o
If you want a /penetrate command, make your own game.
Wow, just think of the posibilities...I wonder if you would level up sex the same way as everything else. /blow would be great ... and we already have the fenki /sit tight for it.
But no, it's not going to happen...I remember trying to get Karyuu to put in some...funny motions, nothing explicit, but I was hinting at it (/liedown, /dopushups .... that kind of stuff :P )
And as LigH points out...sex commands would just ruin the fun :P
Aaaaanyways, just adding my two condoms...
I think that in-game homophobia/ "anti-GLBT bias" might also be an issue if the game is "sexualized" even more. And that's a whole new can of worms.
I would not want my daughter to have access to such things at a young age... can we say pedifile.
Realism, realism, realism.....
If you want realism get off your chair and away from the PC, you will see there is so much sex out there, it could never ever all be covered by a game. Now to all the explicit content matter, all I can say is that as much as I might agree or disagree, it is still a matter of legality. Personally I don't see reasoning behind keeping kids from everything that is related to sex, however it is law, and it needs to be respected, in order for planeshift not being taken to court by a hell load of angered parents, who do keep their kids from sexual content. And if you come down to the floor of reasoning you will see that there are many more important things that add in to the "realism" of a game, economy, crafting, ...
furthermore I kinda find the idea funny of forcing realism in a game where dwarfs and elves band up to hunt epic monsters with valor and magic.
There is a group chat where you could group all your friends together and have an orgy
lol, think about starting with level 80 in sex skill w00t rofl
but anyways, children knows about all of this and it starts in the kindergarden, i don't think they have a problem with it but their parents probably will. So if you are going to make a child which was the only reason for sex in the middleages i think then do it in privacy. Somewhere others doesn't have to listen to it, and do it in /group to rp being in a room
I don't feel the devs should write quests like that but I don't feel they should restrict players in this respect either.
This is a silly topic. How the hell are you going to roleplay sex?? Sounds pretty sick..
If you want a /penetrate command, make your own game.
Quote from: ThomPhoenix on 30-04-2006, 01:49:40Of course it would be possible, I know, but it would still be pretty sick...
This is a silly topic. How the hell are you going to roleplay sex?? Sounds pretty sick..
If you want a /penetrate command, make your own game.
Hum... If you say that I fear you lack of imagination....
Whisper would be nice actualy. Make all tells OOC
I guess what I'm looking for are specific suggestions?
Whisper would be nice actualy. Make all tells OOC
Tells are already out of character. Tells are only supposed to be used by players when they are talking to Game Masters.
I agree that any kind of explicit sexual material should not occur in regular chat windows, however I am very concerned over the "as long as we don't see it, it's ok" attitude. This creates risky environments where concerns such as Zobels', over pedophilia, become more possible because people don't really talk about age limits, etc. and can't really tell if someone is participating in a way that is questionable. I know that personally, as a teen who played online games at the age of 14, I became targeted by a man who was in his twenties. The game I played didn't address these issues, and that meant that no one really knew what to do with the situation when it came up.
Now this isn't to say that I think that minors should not be exposed to or engage in any sexual activity, but rather that there is a danger in allowing adults to engage with youth in sexual behaviour. Mainly, that there is a high risk of exploitation, and taking advantage of minors. Anyway, I think I've gone off on a bit of a tangent, but I hope that some of my concerns are becoming a little more clear. I think this discussion is really productive to have. So I'm glad that it's happening.
and call it planeshaft
It would be great to see who the trainer was for the skill, too....my money is on Brado that sexy beast.