Well, game developers have been pretty strict with profanity and abusive language for a while now, after some popular multiplayer games became cesspools for angry teenagers hurling abuse at each other. Elite has been a pretty mature and friendly place so far, so I'm happy they don't allow any of that to take root here.
Why have a profanity filter option if you're gonna ban people for swear words?
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Well, game developers have been pretty strict with profanity and abusive language for a while now, after some popular multiplayer games became cesspools for angry teenagers hurling abuse at each other. Elite has been a pretty mature and friendly place so far, so I'm happy they don't allow any of that to take root here.
Seems strange, I would have thought the team would check the chat logs before banning. Am surprised you would get a ban for that, have seen more offensive ship names. Sounds more like multiple minor offences, now they have chosen to give you a ban. Are you saying this is the first time you have been in trouble? Your forum name suggests otherwise.
Goodness, reporting someone for a couple of swear words... what a world.
Why can't I report someone for being special snowflake if it hurts my feelings? It really does, you know. Well, not exactly - it doesn't hurt my "brain" feelings, but it does hurt my guts.
From laughter, I mean.
Why can't I report someone for being special snowflake if it hurts my feelings? It really does, you know. Well, not exactly - it doesn't hurt my "brain" feelings, but it does hurt my guts.
From laughter, I mean.
I have never even received a warning or anything before this.
Why do people assume that because I'm a ganker that I'm some nasty, horrible person?
My squadron and I just did PvP stream for charity and raised a couple hundred bucks a month ago. Not saying I'm a saint but I'm not some constant jerk that calls people names all day.
Then why have the profanity filter?
If they're just gonna ban players for using swear words in chat then just remove the filter and censor all swear words.
Not judging you personally mate, but c'mon, I've been around a long time, most gankers I have come across try to do as much as possible to get under another cmdrs skin.
Anyway, I say just take it on the chin. It does seem strange to be banned for something so minor.
The swear filter is beside the point.
The point is that if you don't send offensive messages, you can't be banned for causing offense regardless of any safeguards the game may or may not attempt to implement.
If, OTOH, you do send offensive messages then you place yourself at the mercy of the recipient, and anybody else who might see those messages, to not take offence.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Awesome!!
So the ganker got ganked and now he's crying on the forums. Karma?
Every action has a reaction. Some need to learn it hard way it seems.
The world is such a beautiful place!!!
Then the OP was played like a cheap violin.
Kind of ironic really.
People gank others and then attempt to justify their actions with the whole "It's just pixels" thing but then one such ganker decides that it is okay to lose their poop just cos somebody taunted them verbally?
Oh, the horror!!!!
Lestat
Banned
Well, you could get funny and go Bleep Bleep and Bleep.
Bad thing is today and age a fart could be offensive. Could upset someone feelings.
That's bullcrap.
So a person who willing turns the profanity filter off should be allowed to report people for profane language?
Get outta here with that nonsense.
Whether or not they had the filter on has no bearing on whether you sent an offensive message.
You've gotta problem homie.HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Awesome!!
So the ganker got ganked and now he's crying on the forums. Karma?
Every action has a reaction. Some need to learn it hard way it seems.
The world is such a beautiful place!!!
I didn't get ganked, he attempted to gank me and the call me a coward because I ran and wouldn't fight him in my stripped down orca.
Also the dude I'm talking about is FAR worse than I am and would probably make you cry, so sure, if you wanna root for him go ahead.
Also, I'm definitely not crying about, just questioning the point of the profanity filter.
For being such a white knight, you have quite a nasty attitude.
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The filter attempts to provide a baseline of what is acceptable and what isn't. Don't forget, what you may consider a harmless word or statement might be highly offensive to someone in a different country or from a different culture.
For example, I am from Australia, if I was going to be AFK from the game I could say "Be right back, going for a ". Now most Australians from my era would instantly understand I am going for a cigarette, but someone from another country could misinterpret that statement as something entirely different and be offended.
Btw, where are now all your statements about ganking being part of the game we should all deal with or fly SOLO????
Your actual ban seem to prove you weren't using this logic of yours when got ganked yourself. You didn't like being ganked and used a foul language to express that? Oh my. Poor you.
You-alike people are so typical and so easy to foresee.
I am. Like I said I'm just waiting it out. The whole point of this thread though is, what is the point of a profanity filter if they're gonna allow players that turn it off to report people for profane language?
If I'm gonna get banned for using a swear word just remove the filter so that all swear words get censored.
I'd rather my swear words be censored than get banned.
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