I find it silly!

A glossied up, blow up doll running around the waste (by "running" I mean literally sliding across the ground unevenly since the character is shaped ridiculous). I've come across some videos with people whose pc are just ridiculous.

And beauty mods too. They make you look like a super model! In the wasteland!
All glossy! Not to fallouty is it?

I suppose it all depends on the modder. We all have our preferences. I just find it silly for a grown man playing as some anime pathetic lookin lady.

Just typing it in brought up this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmz2A5S3bVY
Jan 17, 2012

Ridiculous!
Edit: she has a tail! :wtf:

To each their own. They just have different tastes than you, that's all. You'll find mods of these sorts for pretty much any game that's able to be modded.

Right.
And keep in mind that mod users can be anything from 13 to 60 years old (and maybe more).
I use a completely customised char too, though I try to keep a wasteland-ish look. But there's no accounting for personal tastes.

There are a lot of mods, some of which are of very high quality - made by skilled people, that I admire for their beauty and the time invested in making them, but still don't use because they don't fit into my game.... MY game, that's the important distinction, and the beauty of personally modded games.

when I was a kid I remember there were comics & shows about post apocalyptic earth with half-human half-animal hybrid type creatures (not just the planet of the apes) and many still had tails

& the fallout feel is going to be different for those that start with Bethesda era fallout than those that started with the earlier incarnations

Well, if we say like this, if I see a game I like to play but which I only lulz around in then I'm not gonna take it very seriously and if I find a mod that adds in those HL2 balls that come after you then I'd sure as hell be downloading that mod.

But that is only for a game I don't give a crap about, one where I only play for teh lulz, one where the setting doesn't really matter to me.

Then we have the games where I want to play the game seriously and not just [censored] around.


Only way I can see this is that those that use those kinds of mods don't care about being serious with the setting and just download mods for teh lulz appeal.
Now what would confuse me is if those that use those mods play the game seriously.
That I could never understand. If I'm to play the game seriously then I want it to remain true to the setting, anything that seems "off" is excluded from my mod list.
But to use animé mods and gloss skins or laser swords and crap and then play the game seriously? That makes no sense to me.

Either it's for teh lulz with no regard to the setting what so ever and the game is just a big playground or it's vice versa.
I cannot see a middle ground between it. :/

That's an interesting take on it, never thought of it that way.

People like different things. Some people are fully capable of playing the game seriously with an anime character or whatever their preference might be. Some people don't see a need to take it so seriously, but don't necessarily do it "for teh lulz." They just play the game for the entertainment value and- maybe- these kinds of mods add to that for them.

We're not in any position to judge. A person who exclusively plays shooter games might not see how we could take a game like Fallout so seriously. To them, maybe the setting and fast-paced action and guns and what-have-you make for a good game that they can enjoy, but they don't see the desire to role play a character and develop stats and repair weapons and sneak around shooting mole rats.

It's all a matter of perspective, it's just hard to see if you don't take a step back from your vantage point to consider another.

Still don't get it, I love One Piece but I'm not gonna get a mod for a map in Starcraft 2 where I can train Luffy units.
Unless it's done for "teh lulz" I don't see why anyone would willingly [censored] up the setting.
And "teh lulz" can incorporate a lot of things, not just ridiculous things like the mod for Skyrim that puts on makeup on mudcrabs.
Unless something fits in with the overall theme, setting and writing of the game then I'd never call it anything else but "for teh lulz".
And that mod, with a young'un with a tail, is not fitting the theme, settint or writing of the game, if the person using the mod says "I think it fits" then he/she is dead wrong.
But using "for teh lulz" stuff isn't wrong, I'm not saying that, it's fun to use ridiculous mods for games you don't care that much for with it's setting and stuff.
Saying that it "do" fit the setting when you are clearly using something that is not fitting what so ever is wrong IMO though.
They can play the game seriously too, but that doesn't change the fact that the setting is completely [censored] over by teh lulz mods.

Everyone is allowed to use whatever mods they please, and if someone goes "hey, that doesn't fit the setting!" Then, [censored] 'em.
So what if it doesn't fit the setting? It's your game, it's your mod setup, you do whatever the hell you please, I'm just saying people should be honest with themselves when they are using the game as a playground for ridiculous [censored] that doesn't fit the setting at all.

I mostly use mods that do fit the setting of FNV but I do have one mod that doesn't and that's my own, Gabriels Gangs Expanded. In it I've added gangs that use Red Glare. I've added a gang that uses two unique grenade launchers, and I've added in Tunnelers from Lonesome Road.
Why?
For teh lulz appeal of course, none of these things fit the setting or the writing of the game but I wanted them in there anyway, and I can admit that what I'm using is ridiculous for the setting.
You know that below ground highway to the west of Camp McCarran?
Yeah?
I filled that with cazadors.
It's fun to try to make it through there but that doesn't mean it fits the setting, if that place had been filled with Cazador's then they'd have overrun Camp McCarran a long time ago.

These are small things, not at all like a schoolgirl running around with a fox-tail, but that doesn't make them any less "for teh lulz" than the schoolgirl mod does.

Funny you mention that. Those books you read probably were maybe like werewolves or something's. That video was basically copy and paste a freakin tail on a child.

Wtf.

You're still applying your perspective in this situation.

One of the biggest draws of sandbox RPGs like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series is that you can make up anything you want. We are allowed this creative leeway straight from the developers themselves by them giving us the construction kits for each game. If someone wants to make a world where the things you mention happen, then so be it. It could all make sense in their game-world.

For a good chunk of us, simply roleplaying the game the way the developers "intended it" is an entertaining and rewarding enough experience in its own right. Then there are those who try to power through the game, maxing out their skills and gathering the most devastating arsenal. Then again there are those who would like to get a bit more in-depth with their roleplay- perhaps by limiting what skills or perks they take. They might roleplay their character as a strong brute, swinging a super sledge first and asking (albeit fruitlessly) questions later. Of course there are many more "categories" and there are players that overlap some or all of these categories at different times.

It seems to me that you might enjoy mods that are mostly lore-friendly in that they keep with the spirit of the game and the wasteland your character inhabits. That's perfectly legitimate. In fact, it's akin to how I best enjoy roleplaying games. Just know that there are people who do not necessarily reap the maximum enjoyment from this kind of playstyle. One particular person might like anime, and having such mods brings a sense of familiarity or fulfillment to the game that wasn't there before. They're not doing it for the lulz- that is, they're not doing it because it's funny, and it doesn't cheapen the experience for them. They're perfectly capable and content with playing the game seriously with an anime character or what-have-you.

It's just different strokes for different folks. I wouldn't be able to play the game seriously with those kinds of mods, but that doesn't mean someone else couldn't.

I personally resent all that loli crap and it really shows how many potential pedophiles there are actually around.

As for cosmetics - well - just because nukes fell it's not like women would suddenly stop using makeup. I personally use two cosmetics mods - one that adds hi-res eyes and one that smooths face texture (which also adds eyeliner, which is unfortunate but I don't know how to remove it). My main female character looks likehttp://newvegas.nexusmods.com/imageshare/images/1079527-1331631676.jpg.

As for outfits I have an absolute ban on all show-some-leg outfits. I use only vanilla outfits and more moderate mod outfits (like Reinforced Chinese Stealth Armor).
EDIT: However, I do not oppose the show-some-leg outfits themselves. They do not fit my image of Fallout but I don't have any problem with people using them.

Every time I see some pedophile rolling a loli with bunny ears, boobs-ahoy outfit and tail, I die a bit inside.

What is the purpose of this thread? To point at people and laugh and call them silly and 'pedophiles'?

People can play the game how they want.

Genetics plays a big roll.

Of course, but I for one don't think it's very appropriate to have scantly clad children running around. And their desire to let everyone know what kind of lolis their characters are.

I repeat that that's the only thing I don't like in some people's use of mods. When it comes to six mods, nvde mods and the like I have absolutely no problem with them even if I don't use them myself. But children - that's too far for me.

First of all I think for the benefit of anyone coming into this thread we should point out that the "loli" in that video was not scantily clad, just so we don't start misleading anyone or accusing people of things that aren't true,

Secondly, one thing that's guaranteed to get my back up is people trying to tell other people what to do.

You know, I took a look at that video that YourMom=MyBrother posted and I thought it was bloody silly too.

So what?

You know what I did? I stopped looking at it, because it's none of my business.

(Actually, the silliest thing about that video was playing in 3rd-person mode. Ugh! I hate it! )

I have not for once said that I think people should do this and that. I simply said that I don't like it.
As for that video, it's not the only thing. Where I get what I'm pissed at is mostly Nexus image boards and various mods.

Apologies, I was misleading there, that wasn't a comment directed at you but at the general tone of this whole thread.

Something nobody has brought up: How do modders feel when players take their works and post images with "anime mods and beauty skins and the like"?

"Take their work" ?

Agreed.

Apologies, improper wording.

Screenshots of their mods in action, with the anime content and whatnot.

I've seen a few of those on YouTube.

Oh that I wouldn't care about, as long as someone enjoys a mod I've created I couldn't care less what other mods they use.
And screenshots with those ridiculous things like catholic fox-schoolgirl is not something I care about either.