Sexy pictures, violent avatars and (ok, far-fetched) stories.

[sovereign]

Forum rules (and moderator actions) have it so that if you want to link a picture with nudity or swearing stuff in it, you link to it and mention why its a link and not just an image. If a kid goes there anyway, well, it's their fault, they knew what they were getting into. It's sort of like how its okay for there to be porn on the internet at all while minors are also on the internet- if they go to those sites, it isn't the site's fault.

Violent avatars? Seriously? If someone has an avatar that makes me think I'm playing Silent Hill, then there's a problem. But if their avatar has a weapon? May I remind you that we're playing a spaceship game in which people are killed left and right? May I remind you that in the cutscenes for Mission 9 of the singleplayer campaign the good guys shot several people and we see Governor Tekagi throw a sword into someone's chest, something that you usually don't see in anything less than PG-13 movies, where it is okay to have barely censored sex scenes, bloody murder, the occasional swearing, and massive gun violence (pick a James Bond film, any Bond film)? No, I think we're fine so long as we stay within PG-13 bounds, image-wise. If you can play through SP, you can see the stuff the mods don't force-link. And if you thought SP was too rough, then I'm sorry but what the hell are you doing here?

As for the stories... if they're violent, sexual, etc., then they have disclaimers on them. I haven't found any that didn't. If you ignore the disclaimer, you are not allowed to be upset about the content. If someone posts something very violent and/or overly sexual (like an in-detail account of a rape-murder or something) without any such disclaimer (or in a thread without it), THEN there is an issue. But if they label it as such, it's your fault if you read it anyway.

I've seen the mods fix things that shouldn't be out in the open, so it isn't like this stuff just slips through all the time. I think we're fine as is.


EDIT: I just re-read the original post. Stuff from movies where people were killed, comic-wise or otherwise... you know, in Bambi, the titular deer's mom dies. I guess that you'll be offended if I make the adorable little bunny "Thumper" my avvy. Let's do an experiment, shall we?

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