Sarvoth Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) I apologize if this is the wrong section of the forum to post this in, this is my first post in a very long time. I have been a long time visitor to the Nexus and I've found a great variety of high quality modifications with which to supplement my gaming experience with. Some of the content that the community comes up with is absolutely fantastic stuff and the fact that the modders manage to release projects requiring months of hard work and testing blows my mind. I'm grateful for the very alive and productive community that we have but unfortunately there seems to be a growing problem with it... Over the years I have noticed the gradual increase in the prevalence of sexually oriented modifications and what seems to be a shift of focus in the community towards such content. Disclaimer: have absolutely no qualms with nudity or sexually explicit content, I have generally always used both male and female nude bodies in my games. I do find a problem with the top content lists being dominated by nude body modifications, sexy clothing and companion mods, and pornographic modifications. I don't find the content of these modifications objectionable or even the fact that there are so many of them but it is difficult now to locate high quality content to actually PLAY and enjoy. It seems to me that a lot of great content is being shoved under the rug and forced into obscurity by the large number of sexually oriented modifications that receive massive amounts of hits and downloads relative to most other content. It is difficult to avoid flaming but I feel like preteens are taking over the internet, I have little doubt that the vast majority of members who specifically search TESNexus for sexual content are probably around preteen age. The slow domination of this type of content points towards a decline in the maturity of our community (the entire online community, in fact) as a whole in my opinion and I feel it would be appropriate if sexually oriented modifications were put into their own rated lists completely separate of regular content. I find the site almost useless now as I have to spend inordinate amounts of time searching to find any new high quality modification that isn't sexually oriented and liked by the hoards of teenyboppers flooding the internet. Edited June 18, 2011 by Sarvoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maskar Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I might be missing something, but can't you already filter adult content? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarvoth Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) I might be missing something, but can't you already filter adult content? You can but I think that it would be a good idea if the site sported separate top content lists that are easily accessible like the current ones, one with sexual content and one without. While searching for mods it is frustrating and unintuitive to have to toggle the sexual filter as well, that's why I'd like separate rating lists so I can find content that is appreciated by the community quickly. Edited June 18, 2011 by Sarvoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maskar Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 If you go to ''Member preferences'' there's an option ''Adult content''. That should avoid it afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarvoth Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) If you go to ''Member preferences'' there's an option ''Adult content''. That should avoid it afaik. It does.. I don't think you understood my reply. I wont reiterate but it's there if you care to read it again. I appreciate your reply regardless. Edited June 18, 2011 by Sarvoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crudius Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 hmm? I see your point, but it's choice surely.... I have a nude body replacer and thats it.I see all the other stuff you talk of,but to me its just 'novelty' and as such i choose to disregard it.And still manage to find plenty of quality gameplay enhancing content.And as specified,there is a filter in place to block such content for under 18's. Its down to the parents/guardians,whatever monitoring the underage users in their home to supervise this....not this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 You can but I think that it would be a good idea if the site sported separate top content lists that are easily accessible like the current ones, one with sexual content and one without. http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/top/ Most endorsed files in the last two weeksMost endorsed recently added filesMost endorsed files of all-timeMost endorsed files (non-adult)Most endorsed files (adult-only) I see 3 top 100 lists there; one for all files, one for adult-only files, and one for non-adult files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakaru11 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Well, there surely are a lot of mature mods around, but I think talking about a "slow domination" is a little bit over the top. There are hundreds of mods without mature content - most likely even more. But in the end it all burns down to your own personal definition of "mature content". If every single releavling armor mod counts, then yes, we are domiated by "mature mods". But that is a matter of personal taste and blocking all that content would leave the Nexus pretty empty. The real adult mods can, as already mentioned, be blocked from your view - and that is more than most Oblivion boards offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarvoth Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) Dark0ne pointed out something I missed. Thanks :-) Edited June 18, 2011 by Sarvoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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