Before I send in a support ticket...this ship name isn't actually censorship-worthy, right?

[Heavenly-Hammer]

So I was flying around in my tricked out, decked out Sidewinder murderboat when I was alerted by a random CMDR that my ship name was censored. At first I didn't think he was talking to me, but he was and my mind was a bit blown. So before I open a mildly irritated ticket with Support, I want to make sure that there isn't something that I don't know about the name of my ship.

For those under 30 or have somehow lived their lives under a rock, this is a Coupe Deville:

It's a Cadillac. A car model that was made up until 2005 (and may be coming back). We had one (a more recent version) when I was a kid in the 80s.

So...Anyone here know something I don't know? Did Coupe or Deville get appropriated by neo-'s when I wasn't looking? Or is FDev trippin? (and no wise-cracks about Cadillacs! )

 

[Wasp0]

So I was flying around in my tricked out, decked out Sidewinder murderboat when I was alerted by a random CMDR that my ship name was censored. At first I didn't think he was talking to me, but he was and my mind was a bit blown. So before I open a mildly irritated ticket with Support, I want to make sure that there isn't something that I don't know about the name of my ship.

https://i.imgur.com/BkQ4jkI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4hLSzFz.jpg


For those under 30 or have somehow lived their lives under a rock, this is a Coupe Deville:

https://i.imgur.com/xoTaknb.jpg


It's a Cadillac. A car model that was made up until 2005 (and may be coming back). We had one (a more recent version) when I was a kid in the 80s.

So...Anyone here know something I don't know? Did Coupe or Deville get appropriated by neo-'s when I wasn't looking? Or is FDev trippin? (and no wise-cracks about Cadillacs! )

WOW, that's about the same size as a Conda!

 

[imaner76]

I can't even see the double meaning either. It may just be an error with the auto filter?

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Censorship gone mad!

Which letters are actually being starred out?

 

[Non Grata]

Devil?

 

[Wasp0]

Censorship gone mad!

Which letters are actually being starred out?

It's always the first and last letter that is shown with ******* inbetween, no matter what the censored word is!

 

[pzykozomatik]

There'll be no "devil" talk in our christian game, thankyouverymuch!

On another note, you're not planning to wrap your ship in a coat made from 101 thargoid pelts, are you?

 

[Aashenfox]

No need to get salty with them when you do the ticket, just request an exemption. The filter is no more than a badly coded bot.

 

[RidingTheFlow]

Is this some kind of "trademark gone mad" thing?

 

[Kayweg]

Best guess - pedeville. It's Jimmy's murder boat.

Yeah, that sounds the most likely bid.
Pretty sure it's not the devil part.
These are fun, can we have anotherone ?
Hey, someone could develop an entire standalone game from this.

 

[Renown]

Anti-Cadillac.

Must be a Ford bot.

 

[CMDR Beltane]

Ah well, friend told me recently that one of my ships also got censored. Name? Vagabond. Seriously? Not everything that starts with Vag ends with a gina. Please FD, would be great to teach your tool to read whole words. Is there a way to shut that thing down by the way? Was never too fond about censor bots.

 

[Friedenreich Xante]

I can read following words in COUPE DEVILLE

DEVIL
DEV
EVIL
DEV
COUP
ILL
UP

None of which are censor-worthy IMHO. Have I missed something?

If you Name your ship each of the above names and check with other commanders which one is censored, you may have an answer.

 

[c00ky1970]

Maybe its "U Pede" some text speak slur ??

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

I can read following words in COUPE DEVILLE

DEVIL
DEV
EVIL
DEV
COUP
ILL
UP

None of which are censor-worthy IMHO. Have I missed something?

If you Name your ship each of the above names and check with other commanders which one is censored, you may have an answer.

You've stumbled upon a secret plan...

 

[CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost]

You've stumbled upon a secret plan...

The next Alliance Lakon ship will be called Coupe Deville.

 

[Valorin]

Just submit a ticket and they will fix it for you. Did the same with the ship name "Vagabond", though I can vaguely understand where the censorship hammer overreacted on that one.

 

[c00ky1970]

Found this on the tinterwebs... So maybe its seeing that without the accents and doesn't want any french players to become angsted!

Noun. pédé m (plural pédés) (vulgar, offensive) ; queer (male homosexual)

 

[Crank Larson]

I think that American car names are automatically censored.

 

[Heavenly-Hammer]

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

No need to get salty with them when you do the ticket, just request an exemption. The filter is no more than a badly coded bot.

Yea I wasn't seriously going to get salty.

But this is a pretty sensitive filter and game policy if it's "devil" or some such.

Just submit a ticket and they will fix it for you. Did the same with the ship name "Vagabond", though I can vaguely understand where the censorship hammer overreacted on that one.

Will do. For future reference, is there no way to know this by yourself? Is there no alert given of any kind? My ship has been named "Coupe Deville" since the feature was added to the game. So my ship name has been censored for like a year without my knowledge and would have continued to be had a random CMDR out in the black not thought it was funny and mentioned it. I have 28 other ships with names and I'd really rather not be surprised one day to find out those are censored too, you know? An alert in the in-game inbox if a name triggers censoring would be appreciated by all, I'd think.

I think that American car names are automatically censored.

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