Profanity in mods, [split by Baronius; Domi's request] Options

[Domi]

BG1 is a PG13 game, so the developper to start with did not intend it for children. There are characters in BG1 that say stuff like "Will one of you rugged adventurers give me a good, hard shag?"

The mods/mods components are sometimes rated as well (for example some of BG1NPC Romances are rated R for language or adult situations), while the mod itself is the same as the game, to avoid embaracing the selective players. It will be nice, if people used the rating system more vigorously.

I guess this is why most sci-fi/fantasy tv creates new profanities - frac, frell etc

And that is why the authors who have guts to carter to adult audience and have no pangs of guilt about it, read so real and have their own appreciative following. (Points to Martin).

In other words, do what you feel is right, just warn the consummer about it. I always make a point of explaining that Martin is gritty, uses the obscenities and does not draw curtains when his characters decided to make love, when I recommend his books. Yes, I love what he does. No, I don't expect everyone to agree with me that it is how it should be done.

This post has been edited by Domi: Jan 9 2006, 09:03 PM

[Sorrow]

Give me an example of where profanity is used effectively in the core game.

Creators of the core game failed to use profanity and it makes an impression that most of characters in game are good mannered people who do everything to avoid using profanity.

Give me an example of where profanity is used effectively in a mod and does not does not have more a comedic effect than emphasising stress, agressiveness etc.

PC gets petrified by a basilisk, Imoen: "Shit!"...fade to black.

Irenicus leaves spellhold with charname's soul, as he walks away he hears a voice mutter... "w*nker!".

The only real world profanity that fits into this world is B*stard and that is because it retains some of its medieval effectiveness as a slur upon ones parentage.

I think that profanity needs to be used with skill.
Profanity needs to be used in the way the real people use it.
And I think that calling someone's mother "a filthy orc riding wh*re" is more effective than plainly calling him b*stard.

This post has been edited by Sorrow: Jan 10 2006, 10:37 AM