FFXIV Swap Discord

This is a server specifically for FFXIV and XIV OCs.

While you're free to discuss other things in the appropriate chats and general chats, the OC chats, screenshot and art chats, lore chat, etc should all pertain to FFXIV. It's fine if your XIV OC comes from elsewhere or exists in other universes or even crossovers. However, in general, the content has to be related to XIV somehow.

Any channel whose purpose is to show images or links, we will be enforcing a no off topic rule.

These channels will be: #⁠self-promos-and-events , #⁠finished-swaps , #⁠commission-and-merch-boosts , #⁠looking-for-x , ⁠⁠screenshots-and-artwork , #⁠writing-and-fic-links , #⁠spicy-pose-and-art , ⁠⁠oc-info , #⁠character-files , #⁠writing-resources and ⁠⁠tumblr-prompt-and-ask-games . We can have brief discussions about things posted there. For full on conversations we recommend going to the appropriate discussion chat or creating a thread.

Respect everybody

There will be no discrimination, hate speech or harassment of any kind in this Discord. This includes making death threats or wishing death/serious harm upon anyone, whether direct or not or towards someone in this server or not, even if you're being vague or joking.

Respect reflects onto our OCs

Respect everybody's OCs, ships and lore. No mocking, no harassing. All OCs are valid, no matter the size, race, gender or history.
                             
If someone ships/plays in a way you don't like, simply don't interact.

There will be no harassment, accusations, name calling, etc because of who people choose to ship with who.
                             
We follow the two-week spoiler policy

Browse at your own risk and keep to the spoiler chat for those.
                             
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

If you see people talking about thing X and think, “Oh, I hate thing X, better type a message to tell everyone that” - STOP. All you'll do is derail/end the conversation and make people feel bad. Remember, you can always just SCROLL PAST a conversation you don't like, you don't need to insert yourself.
                             
Keep lore discussion friendly and light.

You are allow to criticize the media we consume. However, we aren't here to shit on the game or the writers, or to bring real world morality into a fictional universe. You can of course discuss things you don't like but do so in a way that doesn't invalidate those who do like it.

Example:
Do ✅ : “I found the writing in this expansion to be lackluster because of X.”
Don't ❌ : “I dislike X character and I hate that the writers focus too much time on them.”

Keep criticisms clear and concise.

While you can criticize the media. Keep in mind, what you may dislike may be something that someone else loves. Please keep the discussion within reason and move to elsewhere if you need to debate or vent.

Example:
Do ✅ : “I don't like how this change will make my character look.”
Do ✅ : “I worry about the changes to X job because of x,y, and z.”
Don't ❌ : “Wow I feel bad for face 5 midlanders they got fucked with these changes.”
Don't ❌ : “X job is dead with this change.”

Absolutely, positively, NO AI GENERATED CONTENT ALLOWED. If you are found to have posted AI content you will be banned, no ifs, ands or buts.

We mean it, instant ban!

No self depreciation.

While we appreciate that many members of our community may experience mental health conditions, trauma, or other issues, we ask that members understand that excessive self-deprecation within chat can negatively impact the health and well-being of others, and is ultimately detrimental to oneself as well. Please don't be mean to yourselves.
    
No oversharing personal life details

Limitations on discussions of sensitive topics
As moderators, we want to do out best to protect the members of our community on this server. We sympathise with the struggles faced, particularly by members who are part of one or more disadvantaged groups. However, we are not equipped to provide therapy or proper mental health support, and we need to foster a community who are mindful that what they say may have inadvertent effects on others. As such, we do not allow discussions which could be reasonably expected to be a potential trigger for survivors. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Discussions of real world bigotry
• Discussions of real world abuse and violence
• Detailed discussion of mental health issues, particularly severe symptoms (acknowledgement of having a condition is acceptable, as are other broader discussions, but we do not permit messages which veer into detailed descriptions of severe symptoms or crises)

We appreciate that sometimes normal discussions can veer close to these, and the line cannot always be clear, so we ask that members be mindful, and please respect a mod's decision if they feel the topic has gone too far.
If you feel you have been affected by a topic such as the above being discussed in the server, please raise a ticket with us, as we would like to understand the needs of our community.
If you yourself are in crisis or need to vent/discuss something related to these types of topics, we ask that you please utilise another server or resource who are equipped for it. If you are strongly struggling and cannot find another resource, please raise a mod ticket and we will do what we can to help find appropriate support and resources.

• Keep all NSFW photos in the Spicy channel
• FFXIV ONLY! No real life/other media-based NSFW content!
• If it's sexual nudity, please add it beneath a spoiler tag
• If it involves hardcore kink, please tag it as well as spoiler tag!
• If you aren't sure, err on the side of caution or ask a mod. We will do our best to make sure everyone is comfortable.
• Click/read the channel at your own risk! You know what might be involved, and if that kind of stuff upsets you, simply ignore that channel. You know what you're getting into.
• By agreeing to have the @NSFW Access role you agree that you are 18 years old or older.

• If a chat channel is in use, please ping someone in that chat before joining unless you are expected. Many of the people using our voice chats are raiding, doing roulettes, or having a private conversation between friends. Please make certain they are open to visitors before joining.
• Please be respectful of everyone in the voice chat. Unless you know every member intimately, refrain from bringing up topics known to cause conflict and divisiveness. If you are asked to stop talking about something, please do so. We try very hard to foster mutual respect in our users.
• In the vein of being respectful, remember that everyone in chat deserves a chance to talk. Please do not take over the chat unless you've been invited to do so, and do not talk over other members if they are in the middle of speaking.
• The Open Chat channel is available to everyone, and you do not need to ping anyone before joining this specific voice channel

If there is any issues, concerns, or feedback that you need the mods eyes on, we recommend putting in a ticket in ⁠mod-tickets and the entire mod team can review it and handle it accordingly as soon as possible. The tickets will be private between you and the mods on the server.

To open up a ticket use !modmail openticket <message> mod-tickets. Replace <message> with what you want us to know.

You may still contact any of the mods directly in a DM if needed.

• First Offense: A moderator will warn you in public chat
• Second Offense: A moderator will have a private conversation with you in DMs
• Third Offense: A moderator will time you out for one hour
• Any Additional Offenses may result in higher time out time or ban, depending on the offense.
• If the offense is deemed severe enough, the mods will issue an immediate ban.