fellowship chat censorship

[Henroo]

Today the word "cocky" was blanked out and replaced by asterisks in fellowship chat. If Inno insists on running a program to block out profanities, at least make sure it can distinguish between profanities and actual words!

 

[Alram]

Cocky might be a cursey word in many languages.

 

[Black watch]

Hey now, don't get cocky!

 

[defiantoneks]

you're also not allowed to mention the singer of "Feelin Alright" (and other big hits)

 

[Darielle]

I remember once on a different game getting blanked out for writing, "My pen is out of ink." I was chatting with someone and copying down the recipe she was telling me about, but had to go get another pen. When I came back, I noticed that the second and third word were blanked out. Ridiculous.

 

[Alram]

you're also not allowed to mention the singer of "Feelin Alright" (and other big hits)

Oh my gosh! I love Joe! I havent listend to him in years! Thanks mate! I'm off to load my CD!

 

[Lelanya]

Lol
See this thread on the Beta Forum.

 

[defiantoneks]

See this thread on the Beta Forum.

i'm with them. why not allow us to turn it off altogether?

 

[Mykan]

I temporarily played an ant game, its filter was way worse and even included the word ant. try talking strategy when you get filtered for talking about different types of ants in the game

 

[Zoof]

I bet it was someone who tried to regex the problem away, and was immediately reassigned once that came to light.

To quote some guy whose identity is probably in dispute:

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use a regular expression." Now they have two problems.

 

[SoggyShorts]

I've heard that the ***** mightier than the sword

*blushes*

 

[Darielle]

*blushes*

Learn something new every day ... I never knew that you could change a person's quote. Lol ... I guess I never thought about trying. I'll be more careful now in thinking, "He said THAT????"

 

[SoggyShorts]

"He said THAT????"

Mmmhmm, if it seems out of character(or too good to be true) gotta click that little green up arrow to check the source
I think if misquoting was really used for evil though that you could ask @helya to take away their cookies.

 

[Astram]

Or ask me instead

 

[crackie]

I tried to ask why chat was censoring my fellow's name all of a sudden on the EN forum once and my post was deleted for "inciting others to break the game rules", which meant I never got an answer. Her username didn’t look offensive and was just a reference to an anime. But curiously, whatever is censored this week could be uncensored next week so I don’t get the point of censoring with a moving target. One day, we can call her fine in chat and the next day, she is all **** out. A week later, we can talk about her again. Or maybe I enjoy repeating questions that were never answered because I am encouraging others to break the rules, like everyone else on this thread.

 

[mucksterme]

Learn something new every day ... I never knew that you could change a person's diaper.

But why would you want to?

 

[Peleg]

It *** out trumpet as well... They don't like musical instruments either apparently...

 

[helya]

The chat censor system is very basic. Sometimes certain word or word combos are added because players are very creative in HOW they spell their offensive posts. When we see it reported a lot we are forced to add this creativity to the ban list. This is also why you might have trouble using the word Trumpet in chat, for instance.

 

[helya]

I think if misquoting was really used for evil though that you could ask @helya to take away their cookies.

Or ask me instead

I think we've established that if anyone is taking someone's cookies away, it's far more likely to be me.

 

[Astram]

if anyone is taking someone's cookies away, it's far more likely to be me.

Yes, your fondness for sweets is well known.