Language Filter Is Crap

[Gunspec]

Swear words are a good example of an immature way to express oneself.
Think on that, if you will.

And yet they are just words. Sounds which rarely possess much meaning other than to relay surprise or disdain. Atmospheric vibrations and shapes of ink on a page. If the intent isn't offensive, why take offense?

[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.

[Mhikail]

I happen to be 46 and have heard them all my life and said a few (no longer do) but my point has nothing to do with that, it has to do with filtering all the words I expect the filter to filter, thanks!

Almost 50 years old and of all things to really have your gears grinded about.

[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]

Snip

/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.