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]

Oh, so she raped him because she didn't care?

My point was that you assumed it was fun when you do not truly know if it was. If you think it was that is only your assumption and not the actual truth.

I was talking a specific situation, where attacker uses weapon to force victim to do what attacker wants.

Yes but this was in response to a point where I was making a point based on being murdered or being raped not both. Don't change the argument to something else halfway through.

Living in constant paranoia (it's the only way that PC could survive) and in constant danger is a traumatic experience IMO.

Perhaps you would live in constant paranoia in that situation, I would not. Regardless, I do not think that <charname> could survive through all those events, carry out a romance, pursue a powerful mage, confront other children of bhaal, defeat them and then battle to fulfill his destiny if he spent every minute being paranoid about being in danger. <charname> seeks out danger at every opportunity throughout the storyline of BG! If we were to follow your example <charname> should lock themselves in a room in the Copper Coronet at the beginning of the game and refuse to come out!

The problem is that a lot of people refuse to reject evil people, because they are to cool to be rejected*.  There a lot of people that forget that simple truth.

Again you are assuming that what has happened in one situation holds true for all. Hitler only had power in Germany, people didn't refuse to reject him because he was cool. They were afraid to reject him because if they did they would be killed. The rest of the world didn't think Hitler was cool, you saying he was cool does not make him cool no matter how much you might want it that way.

I think this debate could go on forever. For my own part I think I've made my point of view clear and so I'll leave it there.