Euphemisms

gameshoes3003

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

As you all know that there is a chat filter filtering out bad words that parents don't want young people to use (like me).
Well, as you people have probably experienced, you cannot see the words with the ----, and therefore depending on how the sentence was written, it's difficult to understand what the person is saying. But then if a parent were to see bad language they'll slap the poor kid and take the game away. (And believe me, I do have a friend whose mom is like that, so don't tell me that scenario doesn't exist. He got punished because someone online, in StarCraft, said the F word, wow...)
So, instead of putting the "----" lines up there, why not Euphemisms that you can implement yourself or have it already in. For putting it in, put the "bad word" and then put the euphemism.
Example:
Oh HELL no! (GASPS!)
the Euphemism
Oh SHELL no! (Whoopee)

The F words (a.k.a. "The Queen of all Curse words", GASP!!!!!)
Euphemism
FOOK! (ha, ha, ha)

Sh!t (Gasp some more!)
Euphemism
SHAZBOT!

Ass.......
Euphemism
Donkey?

then you can put any word into the filter and put it to what you want.
My favorite example
Jerk. Now considering I have characters about Jerky (like Beef Jerky), I find that offensive to myself (not really).
The solution!
I USE TURKEY! Yay!

It can be used in a funny sense, or not and you can make it more vulgar, whatever.....

This was kind of inspired by my school language...
The people there say the F word as if it were like please and thank you. I don't like the change in society today where cursing is common language for younger people. Also that language will also have them get owned later in life, if they start spilling it out on their future "boss", they're mega screwed.
So, why not try to help influence better language? Makes people look better in a sense.

The Leviathan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Heroic Underword Guardians

N/Mo

Sorry but that would mean the system would have to preread all of your sentences, and with all that coding could be spent elsewhere like actually something fun..

Plus euphemisms make the game look childish imo... and the dwarves say "Damn" every other word in Shiverpeaks anyway... What are they supposed to say? Shucks?


/notsigned

Priest Of Sin

Priest Of Sin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Sitting upon Kerrigan's Throne.

Live For The Swarm [ZERG]

Me/N

Phuk
Chit
Azz
G0d
Damm

easy enough to break any swear filter...

gameshoes3003

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

I said you can put it in yourself, and why would anybody bother reading your euphemisms?
so for Phuk, you can put that word in, and then make a euphemism.......
As for the Dwarves, that can't be fixed, but ti's not like your gonna go watch the video over and over just to hear it. As for players, they can say it whenever they feel like it.
And if you say that'll make the game childish, first of all, don't use it, and second, start complaining about Bork bork bork.

Faer

Faer

La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by gameshoes3003
SHAZBOT!
Oh SHELL yes!

/signed, just as long as I get to see the word "SHAZBOT" at least ten times an hour.



Okay, now on a serious note, I don't really see why this should be bothered with, yet I also can't think of any good reason why it shouldn't. So, therefore, /signed, just as long as it doesn't take priority over other things on the Dev Schedule.

cellardweller

cellardweller

Likes naked dance offs

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Older Gamers [TOG]

I'm using Dragon Slash on Darned Cleric!

Love it.

Nochtflamir

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

[Lone]

W/

good idea, but as Faer stated, not really a priority.

BustroQuick

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/

We must have shazbot.

Whiplashr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Nanoo Nanoo?

Son of a Bench?

You can't tell shazbot from shinola?

Bankai

Bankai

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Bubblegum Dragons

Mo/E

I like it. Also great for those roleplayers out there.

/signed.

But only because of SHAZBOT.

System_Crush

System_Crush

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2006

Tripping in Holland

My guild died :`(

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by gameshoes3003
Sh!t (Gasp some more!)
Euphemism
SHAZBOT!
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!*annoying microphone beep for shouting in it to loud*
Tribes 2 rullorz,
/signed for the reimplementation of the word shazbot into any game!

Although I still don't think I would use it even if it was there.

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gameshoes3003

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Thanks guys
I do like Shazbot a lot, but you can put any word in it (well, that's the suggestion).
Son of Bench... good one =D

TheRaven

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Virginia

Spirit of Elisha

W/

/signed I like the idea of a personal filter, but it needs some fine tuning....

in town:
"Can someone help get my assassin to Borlis Pass?"

becomes....

"Can someone help get my donkeydonkeyin to Borlis Pdonkey"

Emerikol

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

Undead Army

E/Me

Heh, some of these lines using the filtered chat remind me of a jewish mother cursing at her husband, most notably "shazbot".

"Shazbot Morty! You spent 200 dollars on a fooking IPod nano! Go to shell you donkey..."

Meat Axe

Meat Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Brisbane, Australia

R/

Personally, I don't see the need. I have never found a situation where I have heard a sentence that has been sensored that I haven't been able to work out the generally gist of what they're trying to say. Take, for example, this:

"Stupid ----ing monsters! They're always ----ing killing me, even though they are ----! Or maybe I'm just ----... No, that's ----ing ridiculous. What a -----! It ----ing killed me again! That ----! I'm not playing this stupid ----ing game anymore! It's ----, ----ing ----!"

Now, for anyone who lost the point of that sentence, please go seek some form of help. Basically, what sensors do is not actually sensor anything, but it's more like <insert vulgarity here>.

Personally, I find sensors to be idiotic. More than likely the kid knows what the word is supposed to be, so why try to hide it from him? I mean, he's using it at school anyway.

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRaven
/signed I like the idea of a personal filter, but it needs some fine tuning....

in town:
"Can someone help get my assassin to Borlis Pass?"

becomes....

"Can someone help get my donkeydonkeyin to Borlis Pdonkey"
However, if this happened, I would be totally for the idea. I think it would be incredibly funny to see someone ask this, or something like this.

Praetor

Praetor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Somewhere over the rainbow

Devil Me [DEvM]

E/D

/notsigned

We need a skill balancing overhaul, not some petty chat filter that anyone can turn off in 2 seconds.

c_ras

c_ras

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eternal Deliverance

R/

So....here I am.....thinking about watching The Big Lebowski tonight. If only the movie had a filter system that everytime The Dude said sh_t he said SHAZBOT!!!!

Thomas.knbk

Thomas.knbk

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by cellardweller
I'm using Dragon Slash on Darned Cleric!

Love it.
This made me lol.
totally /signed

Ashleigh McMahon

Ashleigh McMahon

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2005

North East England

WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld]

Mo/Me

/signed.

Humorous AND practical

gameshoes3003

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Praetor...
If you read my first post thoroughly, I said that some people can't have the chat filter off, like me, or my "donkey" would be on the line. All just because someone said "son of a bench!"
Besides, it's a game, games are suppose to be fun... This is fun....

As for Meat Axe, there aren't many people are going to spell out a whole sentence like that in game so it's kind of difficult sometimes. They die... ----. That could be "Shazbot/poopoosticks/poopoohead/crap/Mr. Hankey (the christmas poo)" or "Fook/freak" or "darn/blasphemy" or "duck (used in the following context, Sick my Duck)/duct" and then the list can go on and on and on.
And I've done that myself putting up a nice 4 letter word for a sentence =D
And some people who have the filter on have no idea what I'm saying but they assume it must be something bad anyway, so why not let the bad words out in a humorous manner.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

You guys are all FOOKing DONKEYholes. What kind of SHAZBOT are trying to do? For FOOK sakes, I hate you all.

No thanks, I like --- much better.

Kilmo

Kilmo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Melbourne

Bloody Knuckles

W/

Or you could just turn off the filtering...

Legandary Spartan

Legandary Spartan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Friends of God

W/Mo

I think this is this is a nice idea but seeing as other's already do it i don't think it's needed. I bothers me that if your gonna sware, please, use the actull word so the filter can catch it. It's there for a reason.

gameshoes3003

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilmo
Or you could just turn off the filtering...
I really do hope you actually read the suggestion.