Language Filter Is Crap

[Vyshan]

Words are not offensive. They're just collections of different letters.
If you're offended by a word, it's because you "want" to be offended by the word.

[CodeCass]

This thread is getting deep as f$*#....

[Priya]

Don't NPCs use profanity? Lol.

This is not the Hello Kitty Island Adventure you are looking for. *hand wave*



(Although a custom filter would make a lot of sense.)

[Aegis]

Meh, the filter is adequate for its job. It's perfectly possible to make extremely offensive and/or threatening comments without ever using a bad word, so it's not going to prevent you seeing things you don't like.

Also, any excuse to quote Stephen Fry

Swearing is a really important part of one's life. It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing and without enjoying swearing... There used to be mad, silly, prissy people who used to say swearing was a sign of a poor vocabulary -such utter nonsense. The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies and the kind of person who says swearing is a sign of a poor vocabulary usually have a pretty poor vocabulary themselves... The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest or -is just a f___ing lunatic... I haven't met anybody who's truly shocked at swearing, really, they're only shocked on behalf of other people. Well, you know, that's preposterous... or they say 'it's not necessary'. As if that should stop one doing it! It's not necessary to have coloured socks, it's not necessary for this cushion to be here, but is anyone going to write in and say 'I was shocked to see that cushion there, it really wasn't necessary'? No, things not being necessary is what makes life interesting -the little extras in life.

[Alash]

You actually kill people in this game. If that isn't offensive to you but the bad words are I think you are insane.

[Wakabo]

What did the blanket say when it fell off the bed? Oh sheet.

[CodeCass]

What did the blanket say when it fell off the bed? Oh sheet.

You....You're going places...

[lydiah]

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/sarcasm
This thread is annoying to me. Wish there would be a filter to remove those types of thread. Just a pet peeve...
/sarcasm off

But seriously tho, learn to live in society (or play social games) where those words can and will be used or don't and play another game. This is taken directly from the ESRB website :

Content Descriptors: Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

This is on the box of the game and on the Terms and Conditions, when you play you agree to those and you agree that there will be bad words used. Furthermore :

Other: Includes online features that may expose players to unrated user-generated content.

This is the nature of a MMO. Grow up or move on to another more, family oriented game.

[Ymal]

Wth are people being so aggressive toward OP? oO If I understood correctly they are just complaining about the chat filter, they have the right to not want to see certain words, that's why the filter is here in the first place. Because nowadays most people use swearing in every sentence doesn't mean everyone else does too or appreciate it.

[lydiah]

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Is being realistic about what playing an MMO and interacting with users in a Teen rated game equal to being agressive towards OP? The issue at hand here is not only that X player wishes not to see Y word. It's X players wishing not to see Y word in an environment where Y word IS allowed and SHOULD be expected. Why do you even play online games if you can't handle the content, which it is written ON THE BOX when you buy the game.

Can they make the profanity filter more "filtery" sure. But should they spend development time to modify it for the very little number of players who can't play a Teen rated game. Absolutely not.