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WolfEisberg 15. juli 2021 kl. 21:49
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Remove custom profile avatar and create ones that are ESRB E Rated approved
Players have proven to not be trust worthy at all, and there are a lot of softcore to hardcore porn avatars out there, and when a game, even an E Rated game, uses those avatars in an MP game people are exposed to crap they should not be exposed to given the game's rating.

Parents shouldn't have to fear their kids will end up playing with a disgusting person in a game that is E rated.

Reporting it is useless, because I can't report someone that I don't know exists until I see they do and at that point my kid already saw the image from that disgusting person.

If you can't do that, then at least remove the ability to use Steam profile avatar in games, remove it from Steamworks so that it cannot be used.

But it would be better if you just have a bunch of kid friendly avatars that people can choose from and only choose from those, no custom ones.
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Mad Scientist 16. juli 2021 kl. 17:16 
Still waiting for the exact example of "degenerate crap" that you made the thread about.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
See also: Skeletor is OBJECTIVELY EVIL.

Why do you have a name and image that is literally a guy who is EVIL?

Hypocrisy of this sort is exactly why I've said what I have.
:cozybethesda:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Frostbringer:
Why haven't you changed your avatar yet?

If you want to impose rules on things that you define as degenerate and/or offensive, prove you aren't a hypocrite by changing your avatar to a non-offensive one that isn't seen as an direct insult to any player of Chinese descent.
:cozybethesda:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Damp Wizard Sleeve:
Wrong. Everything you're typing is subjective with no basis since even the rating organization you use as a descriptor does nothing with online interactions. Everything you are using as an "example" is entirely personally biased and you're even trying to twist in actual crimes as a basis for your argument that anyone not agreeing with you is a "degenerate" which is a really fast way to get reported btw.
:cozybethesda: Well said.
Afterall, we still haven't seen the specific material the OP is complaining about, so without a specific example we can't tell if they're reacting to a pile of nothing which is the likely scenario here. A lot of people seem to come on here asking that things specifically offensive to them be removed, controlled, or pre-moderated including those not long ago that suggested all posts be screened to see if anything could be offensive to anyone; if we played by that ridiculous rule, there'd be no unbanned forum users.
WolfEisberg 16. juli 2021 kl. 17:16 
derailing this thread about me personally will not be answered.
WolfEisberg 16. juli 2021 kl. 17:17 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Mr. Gentlebot:
Still waiting for the exact example of "degenerate crap" that you made the thread about.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
See also: Skeletor is OBJECTIVELY EVIL.

Why do you have a name and image that is literally a guy who is EVIL?

Hypocrisy of this sort is exactly why I've said what I have.
:cozybethesda:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Frostbringer:
Why haven't you changed your avatar yet?

If you want to impose rules on things that you define as degenerate and/or offensive, prove you aren't a hypocrite by changing your avatar to a non-offensive one that isn't seen as an direct insult to any player of Chinese descent.
:cozybethesda:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Damp Wizard Sleeve:
Wrong. Everything you're typing is subjective with no basis since even the rating organization you use as a descriptor does nothing with online interactions. Everything you are using as an "example" is entirely personally biased and you're even trying to twist in actual crimes as a basis for your argument that anyone not agreeing with you is a "degenerate" which is a really fast way to get reported btw.
:cozybethesda: Well said.
Afterall, we still haven't seen the specific material the OP is complaining about, so without a specific example we can't tell if they're reacting to a pile of nothing which is the likely scenario here. A lot of people seem to come on here asking that things specifically offensive to them be removed, controlled, or pre-moderated including those not long ago that suggested all posts be screened to see if anything could be offensive to anyone; if we played by that ridiculous rule, there'd be no unbanned forum users.


You damn well know that if I showed an example, I would be banned. :steamfacepalm:
Blargo 16. juli 2021 kl. 17:21 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Skeletor:
You damn well know that if I showed an example, I would be banned. :steamfacepalm:
Would this be an example?
https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/c/home/cluster/9/reward/112314
Mad Scientist 16. juli 2021 kl. 17:37 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Skeletor:
You damn well know that if I showed an example, I would be banned. :steamfacepalm:
No, we don't know that.
Most people that make threads like this don't really understand that their personal tastes do not equate to some anti-child, x-rated thing. Do you know how easy it is to make a black bar in paint and upload somewhere? :cleandino:

"an avatar with ankles showing! pornography!" - That is how some people think as well, if you think there's an issue with an avatar all you do is report it; it'll be removed and they are either temporarily or permanently banned from changing it again. Most users can be trusted, there are only a small amount of users that will just put questionable things up.
WolfEisberg 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:00 
Ask your parents what porn is, that isn't my job.
Mad Scientist 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:03 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Skeletor:
Ask your parents what porn is, that isn't my job.
So nothing even with heavy censorship, so your issue is just the anime girl stuff, got it.
WolfEisberg 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:04 
yes, there is anime that is port, there is also porn that is used with live humans. But I won't explain to you what porn is.
Zekiran 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:05 
If you showed an avatar of the sort that "would get you banned" then we all would absolutely be in agreement that that avatar is wrong for the system. But it would need to be, as previously stated again and again: ACTUALLY against the forum and steam's rules.

That is to say, again, nudity, overt violence, and hate speech.

Nudity does not mean 'they show some skin'. I'll caveat that with "unless it's very clear that the postures and surrounding context of the avatar is clearly meant as sexual intent". I have reported those.

Again, though, none of the ones I've seen with that sort of content in them *is from a game hub*.

And before you continue on the erroneous path of "well Steam should, because the ESRB even though I don't really understand how that works..."

You don't understand what the ESRB is for. You are the one who brought it up repeatedly and use it as a shining example of some kind of ... protective shield. it's not. It is designed ONLY to be used by COMPLETED, SHIPPED GAMES, in the USA. other countries have their own policies, their own levels of ratings, and they vary WILDLY.

Second point, though, regarding the ESRB and what constitutes 'a game' - this isn't a game. This is Steam's store front.

It would be like me working my comic store and telling people "you can't have any t-shirts with nasty words on them!! we sell to children!!" Because for one thing: *I* wore t-shirts with 'nasty' words on them to work, it was expected, because some of those things were literally in the comics I sold. My main customer base, like Steam's, were *ADULTS*, 20-40. And yes, I did demographics on my customership, so I do know. "protecting the children" is the last resort of the desperate hypocrite. Children weren't allowed to see the actually-adult and actually-pornographic materials that we sold. I checked ID for people before they were even allowed to glance at those shelves.

But we also had plenty of 'concerned' non-customers that would occasionally wander by my store, up in arms about "the children". They, like you, had done exactly no research and had exactly zero experience in what goes into a store's shelving behaviors. Certainly mine - I had 3 schools *directly* near the store. I was well aware of those kids who DID shop at my store, and they were given the easy-finds of 'all ages' comics right at the front of the store where I could keep my eye on them.

But then there's the chick that walked in with her maybe 9 or 10 year old kid, glanced at the wall behind me at the calendars. There were comic ones, spider man, xmen, whatever, but also the popular sports, kittens, and *gasp* Sports Illustrated. whose calendar always featured attractive women wearing stylish swimwear, performing sports on the beach or wherever. And this lady had a H I S S Y F I T, about "that porn right there where my delicate child can seeeee it!"

It was literally a clothed woman, wearing a fairly modest bikini. Not a sign of any nudity anywhere, even on the surrounding Frazetta calendar which by any means WOULD certainly have been what she could have said had nudity in it. (it did not however, have it anywhere on the front, which was displayed.)

Her highly subjective reasoning was flawed from the start. First because of course, "the children" didn't give a rat's hind end about said stuff in the first place and wouldn't for several years when their hormones started kicking in, and second because *it was literally not at all porn*.

So please, dude.

Report things if you need to. But don't ever go claiming that it's for anything other than YOUR OWN eyes. Your kid? They've already seen tons worse, everywhere they go. They have 100% guaranteed seen things online that would probably make your granny blush. And if they are participating in online games with other players in ANY context, but *PARTICULARLY* in the context of PVP games...

I *guarantee* you they curse like a sailor when you aren't there, they definitely hear 'bad words', they are definitely participating in bloodsport which... in my opinion is a million times worse than nudity.
WolfEisberg 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:13 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
If you showed an avatar of the sort that "would get you banned" then we all would absolutely be in agreement that that avatar is wrong for the system. But it would need to be, as previously stated again and again: ACTUALLY against the forum and steam's rules.

That is to say, again, nudity, overt violence, and hate speech.

Nudity does not mean 'they show some skin'. I'll caveat that with "unless it's very clear that the postures and surrounding context of the avatar is clearly meant as sexual intent". I have reported those.

Again, though, none of the ones I've seen with that sort of content in them *is from a game hub*.

And before you continue on the erroneous path of "well Steam should, because the ESRB even though I don't really understand how that works..."

You don't understand what the ESRB is for. Y

Holy cow dude, how many times do I have to say this, I only used it as a descriptor, and not talking about the system itself. I used it as a descriptor just like how someone will say "Grocery list" instead of telling someone "here is the bacon, eggs, peppers, salt, salsa, bread, rice, pasta, cereal, cheese, milk, oil, salad dressing, ketchup, ground beef, chicken list"

Didn't even bother reading the rest of what you said because if you can't even get the idea what a descriptor is, then I can't trust what you said is relevant to the conversation.

Mad Scientist 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:19 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Skeletor:
yes, there is anime that is port, there is also porn that is used with live humans. But I won't explain to you what porn is.
As stated, you can show something heavily censored, in order to give an example. Typically when people have avoided this, it ended up being harmless anime girls.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
That is to say, again, nudity, overt violence, and hate speech.
Or overly political stuff too, I suppose.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
You don't understand what the ESRB is for. (snip) It is designed ONLY to be used by COMPLETED, SHIPPED GAMES, in the USA. other countries have their own policies, their own levels of ratings, and they vary WILDLY.
:cozyspaceengineersc: That and it doesn't count online interactions, like avatars seen in games.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
It would be like me working my comic store and telling people "you can't have any t-shirts with nasty words on them!! we sell to children!!" Because for one thing: *I* wore t-shirts with 'nasty' words on them to work, it was expected, because some of those things were literally in the comics I sold. My main customer base, like Steam's, were *ADULTS*, 20-40.
Not to mention the cool 90s gore prone stuff, Deadpool, etc. People seem to think it needs to basically be..... my little pony.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
But we also had plenty of 'concerned' non-customers that would occasionally wander by my store, up in arms about "the children".
Nothing like non customers to try forcing their views on a business let alone its workers.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
It was literally a clothed woman, wearing a fairly modest bikini.
Like the last thread of this kind lol

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zekiran:
So please, dude.

Report things if you need to. But don't ever go claiming that it's for anything other than YOUR OWN eyes. Your kid? They've already seen tons worse, everywhere they go. They have 100% guaranteed seen things online that would probably make your granny blush. And if they are participating in online games with other players in ANY context, but *PARTICULARLY* in the context of PVP games...

I *guarantee* you they curse like a sailor when you aren't there, they definitely hear 'bad words', they are definitely participating in bloodsport which... in my opinion is a million times worse than nudity.
Well most parents do seem to just let the kids do whatever online as they're not annoying them personally, and based off of a lot of games so far, this appears very accurate. Let alone general knowledge of the current gens. The furry stuff is likely way worse than what the op sees anyway.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Skeletor:
Didn't even bother reading the rest of what you said because if you can't even get the idea what a descriptor is, then I can't trust what you said is relevant to the conversation.
You were given the answer to report any perceived wrongdoing of avatars. That is all you can do, making a fuss out of it isn't very productive.
Sidst redigeret af Mad Scientist; 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:21
WolfEisberg 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:22 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Alekine:
We have to stop being so black and white, one or zero, right or wrong, in the way we do things. We have to stop wanting to shape reality to our liking and disregarding the others. Custom avatars don't have to go just because you have a problem with it.

This is a very simple problem to solve. Won't say it's easy because I don't know how difficult it would be for Valve to implement it.

Don't our accounts can have an ID and also a custom url? Can't Valve choose to show one or the other in a given place?

Do the same with avatars...

The account would have a default avatar and allow us to set a custom avatar, like we do with our account url. When we set a custom url our ID doesn't go away, it's still there. Do the same with the avatars.

Problem solved :)

Now they only have to create a check box in the settings and if the box is checked the account will only get/see/load the default avatar instead of the custom one. This way when the account requests an avatar in a forum or in a game, it will request only the default avatar, not the custom.

Edit:

I think this would give parents a bit more peace of mind, and also improve the experience of users who are not much into being exposed to all kinds of random stuff.

Other than myself, you are literally the only other person in this thread that actually said something that is valid and relevant, thank you.

Yes, that would also be a good idea. have default in game avatars be one that is the equivalent of what would be allowed in rated G, rated Y, ESRB E type content, or first letter of users name. I think this is something that would be tied to Steam works, and it would be a setting in Steam that you choose to see default avatars or custom avatars, and the setting would be something that would be blocked by Family view and would be at default in family view. With this kind of system, it would not matter if a game is still be updating or not because it would be Steamworks that would be sending what avatars to use, it wouldn't be a game setting it would be a Steam setting.
WolfEisberg 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:24 
I don't look for porn on my PC, I don't want to even look at that degenerate crap. So I won't go looking for porn to then use ms paint to change.

I can't help you if you do not understand what porn is.
Mad Scientist 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:30 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Skeletor:
I don't look for porn on my PC, I don't want to even look at that degenerate crap. So I won't go looking for porn to then use ms paint to change.

I can't help you if you do not understand what porn is.
You can claim it is but we have extreme doubt that it even is, since people are overly sensitive these days basically any skin is "porn".

If you have issues with content, report the avatar, there is no need to suggest locking down all users ability to use custom avatars for something that likely isn't even bad to begin with, that one person may or may not have done. As stated many times before, they will be temp or permanently banned from changing it, if actually doing something awful with an avatar.

Else, extremely doubt, nor did you need to make a thread about the possibility of having seen something.
Mad Scientist 16. juli 2021 kl. 18:41 
Oprindeligt skrevet af Skeletor:
Every adult knows what porn is, if you don't know, then go ask someone.

In order to report, you actually have to see it first, at which point it is too late.

This is about being proactive, and not reactive.
Yet we have had plenty of people thinking conservatively dressed anime women was "literal porn", so again, if you have an issue report something. Steam is not going to lock down one of their social features for everyone because one person wants it to be "proactive not reactive". There would be a lot of user complaints, and there's no way they'd only give you a pre-selected E rating for something not applicable to online interactions, let alone moderator approval for uploads to determine if people have a good avatar every time they want to change it.

It's a counter-productive idea based upon something that again, is likely not actual 18+ "porn" but of what someone considers such, as we have experienced before in this section has never been such. We've seen a good number of people suggest censorship, pre-approval, and otherwise total control of anything users can do before it is fully live for everyone.

The idea is not original in its essential basics of "dont let users have this existing feature" over a perceived offense.

The proper thing to do is report, that's it. There is zero reason to suggest removing one of the most popular features of Steam. Instead, you should suggest turning off avatars entirely for the persons client.

Or, even better, if you're so worried; firewall or adblock the specific domain for steam image content, problem solved while not removing others abilities to enjoy the feature as-is.
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