Philantropist wrote:
I've been reading this thread for a while, and the solution really does seem very simple.
NSFW is defined as "containing material such as nudity, pornography or profanity, which the viewer may not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as in a workplace". I personally don't think if an image is NSFW is the right question to ask.
Putting it bluntly, majority of the community are male. I'm not generalising, but it's true and you know it. If I'm going to say that, I may as well make another observation; majority of the community have some interest in "anime". Can you see what I'm getting at? Yeah. It should also be taken into account that you need internet to even play osu!, which brings me to my second point.
Anyone with half a brain knows how to use google. Essentially, "internet! NSFW content is just a click away"."
I understand the main question here is what is NSFW/SFW. But what should really be asked is:
Does the background image/storyboard/video add to the experience of playing the map? Is it even relevant to the song? Is it tasteful? If you go through this thought process when picking a bg, there should be no issues.
(also, is osu! really pg13? I haven't seen that anywhere in the game)
tl;dr osu! is a rhythm game, this shouldn't even be getting as much attention as it currently
It's not a question of whether or not it is immoral to put such pictures/animations in a game that is essentially designed for clicking circles, not looking at pictures/animations. That is entirely beyond the point, and is (in all regards) subjective. I am, therefore, not going to give you my personal opinion about it, more so because it'd be entirely rude and insulting to most people here, than anything else.
Basically, the point is that the game IS rated PG13 and as such should influence certain elements in it, such as, but not limited to, song backgrounds. That's IT. By posting a question about whether or not it's OK to post NSFW content in the game, you're literally doubting the game's own set of rules, and also trying to press your own (personal) judgement on it. Do people really need it spelled out for them that if the existence of point A rules out the existence of point B, then acting like their brain is that of a half-rotted cat and speculating that those two can coexist is NOT intelligent at all.
Another thing to note is that just because people can access Internet and can look at porn, doesn't mean the game should bow down and allow every form of content in it. Might as well make every movie and every game in the world rated R, in that case.
Also, if you really, and I mean REALLY, want to look at bobbing titties and all sorts of nudity (and you already pointed out that the majority of the kids today know very well how to use the browsers to their fullest), why don't you just go on Google/Bing and search for whatever type of fetish you might have, and get over and done with it? If they can use browsers for such things, they can also pull their pants down and jiggle their scrotum until they no longer feel the desire to inseminate something with their eyes, and instead play the damn game for what it's been made.