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

[Rabain]

The problem with modern swear words is that they have a meaning outside of the intent you might be trying to capture in FR dialog. You can't replace the meaning these words have for the person reading them. I am speaking here of the common swear words such as F*ck which ifself is probably the most common in the English language these days. Of course you can't replace the meaning of any word for the person reading it but swear words are what we are discussing.

Even words like shag, that used to be used almost solely in a vulgar context have taken on comedic value by being associated with media such as "The Spy Who Shagged Me". It has lost some of its profanity by being absorbed into the language via comedy and made "popular".

I will always subscribe to the philosophy that for modding purposes it is best to stick with what is commonly used and try to say what you need to say with an appropriate profanity for the setting instead of trying to justify using a profanity because "that is what I would say in that situation in RL". I would much prefer to hear Korgan say "That slaver should be buggered by an elephant" than say "That slaver should be ass-f*cked 'til he bleeds". I don't think I need to state which one I think is plainly wrong.

There has probably been more profanity used in this thread than you will ever see in any mod!