Is profanity actually against ToS?

Sandwich Hero

Sandwich Hero

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

Rescuers of Death

A/W

I just received a 3-day ban for using racial slurs. Thinking about it, I didn't specifically harass one person in the last week. Put simply, all I did was to call an opposing GvG team negroes (though you may imagine I used a less polite term)

Either way, I thought to myself that just saying that can't be a bannable offense. I didn't read the Guild Wars Terms of Service word for word, is there a section that designates racial slurs as a bannable offense?

Even if there is, I think to myself that it can't be A-Net's job to keep GW players from hearing racial slurs. The Ignore List is there for a reason.

Guns Up!

Guns Up!

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2007

Michigan

Rt/

Yeah, I've been threatened to get banned for using the exact same word during abing. I haven't read The Terms either but I'm assume that if they screenshot if, you'll get banned.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Look at the /report feature.
Language is clearly there.

And yes, it is. Hope you've learned your leason.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

Only 3 days? That's lenient for a racial slur.

MagmaRed

MagmaRed

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2007

Our Crabs Know True [LOVE]

R/

3 days is a small ban for something unacceptable like that. Be glad it wasn't longer, and learn how to live in a civilized world.

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

Yea, thats light man, you would get a huge fine and maybe even a lawsuit if you did that in real world

blakecraw

blakecraw

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Austin, TX

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dante the Warlord
Yea, thats light man, you would get a huge fine and maybe even a lawsuit if you did that in real world
Getting fined (or in a lawsuit?) just for using a racial slur is retarded, and I doubt it would happen (as a legal punishment that is; I suppose organizations may hand out punishments like that, such as the NFL etc. to keep their image up)

Using racial slurs is, however, vastly more retarded, especially doing so and expecting not to get banned. Idiot.

unienaule

unienaule

I dunt even get "Retired"

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Claiming you should be able to use the n-word because there's an Ignore list sounds like trolling to me.