[I'm curious about something regarding image submissions]

Alright. I'm just going to leave one thing here.

 

There's this image, hosted here and linked to in the ToS:

 

http://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/images/110/1-1385040479.jpg

 

and based on what it says, "if this area is exposed", the way it is worded implies that you can freely censor the area and there should be no issue. If that is not the case, this image should be edited or taken out of the ToS. I don't mean that with any rude intention.

[I'm curious about something regarding image submissions]

You guys have rules that state "images including nudity should not be posted" (not a direct quote, just paraphrasing), but there's a couple things about this rule that I have issues with, and I'd like to bring them forward.

 

1. I posted two images today that by all accounts included nudity, but because I wanted to share them here I censored them in a way that nothing that would violate the rules was visible. Nipples were censored, nothing else was shown, there should have been no issue. I have other images posted here of a follower I was working on that by all accounts included nudity as well, the only difference was how I censored them. For those I used the symbol for my gaming community, for this I pixelated any "questionable" content as would be done on TV or similar situations. So I'm curious why this set of images got removed and why I was warned for it. On top of that, why is there even a flag for mature content on the image submission page if I can't even post a censored female nipple, that doesn't make any sense to me at all.

On that note, if anyone wants to see the censored images I can provide a link, but I won't post it here.

 

2. This problem is probably what upsets me the most. I find it incredibly, to be completely honest, dumb, that I could post an image here of a shirtless guy with no issue, no warnings, nothing, however the minute I post a picture of a shirtless woman for some reason it warrants a warning even when it's censored. If that continues to be the case I might as well just do what people did with Instagram, and post my images after editing the female nipples to be covered by male nipples, there should be no issue then, because if there's a problem with the skin that forms breasts even when the nipple is covered, I just don't know what to say. I'm not even sure what the apparent difference between the two is though, and that's why I'm so upset. If people can post male characters shirtless, there should be no reason that they can't post female characters shirtless. That's my take, and rant, on that.

 

tl;dr: I see some glaring issues in regards to the rule about mature content with images, such as there being no issue with posting shirtless male pictures, but even censored shirtless female pictures warrant warnings.

 

Please not I am not posting this thread out of bitterness, but because I see a problem that I wanted to bring to people's attention. I'm not trying to start a fight or anything of the sort.

[On console mods, theft and Bethesda.net]

In response to post #39464010. #39464265 is also a reply to the same post.

MokChaoticran wrote: Thanks for this, Dark0ne, Robin, whichever you'd prefer. Watching people argue, the countless rant videos, the nonstop flood of e-mails in my inbox for reporting and calling out stolen content on Bethesda.net, watching big time mod authors lock their doors and pull their work out of the public market - It's been a painful couple of weeks and I really appreciate some kind of official word on this, and as far as the modding community goes, you're as official as it gets.

I overall agree with your stance, and it is the most educated, realistic and moral of the ones I've seen put forward. If you read this, I'd like to ask, what is your opinion on the prospect of "Mod-DRM" and the likes, as it has been discussed among mod authors lately?

Dark0ne wrote: I honestly see no problem with inserting hidden scripts in to mods, that only trigger if the mod is used on a console, that informs users that the mod has been stolen and uploaded to Bethesda.net without permission (and to perhaps please report the mod).

I'm obviously not in favour of any form of DRM that would ultimately damage a console player, his console or his save game.

That would be amazing thing, especially informing console users that the stolen mod can damage their console, saves, and everything they have on there, since it wasn't tested with consoles at all.

I'd love to see someone from nexus releasing such script so we could add it to our mods, since for many of us something like this is way too complex to create.

Hopefully this idea will stay in minds of modders here, as it's really good way of fixing things.