Broken Chat Filter

I Write Sins

I Write Sins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Ft Irwin, California

Webel Wising [wawr]

Mo/

26 Jun 2009 at 12:16 - 1
so uhm...

anyone,
have any clue,
why the chat filter
won't let you say:

sega
?

like Sega Genisisisisis

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

26 Jun 2009 at 12:27 - 2
Sega is some kind of inappropriate word in Italian. Filter isn't broken.

Targren

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Primeval Warlords[wuw]

R/

26 Jun 2009 at 12:50 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by I Write Sins View Post
so uhm...

anyone,
have any clue,
why the chat filter
won't let you say:

sega
?

like Sega Genisisisisis
"Sega" is the italian word for touching oneself in an impure fashion.

Filter isn't broken, technically. It's just conceptually broken.

Eragon Zarroc

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

26 Jun 2009 at 13:33 - 4
anyone know why there is a filter on a massively multiplayer game in the first place? O_o

subarucar

subarucar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

New Zealand

None

26 Jun 2009 at 13:42 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc View Post
anyone know why there is a filter on a massively multiplayer game in the first place? O_o
Because A-net needs 12 year olds to buy the game to earn any kind of profit. I agree the game would probably be better without both a chat filter and 12 year olds (stereotyping here). If GW had no chat filter, the rating may need have needed to be put up to something higher, therefore not getting younger people that are needed to keep GW alive.

The thing i dont understand, is why do you get banned for offensive language when there is a chat filter, dont want to hear it? Then turn your chat filter on.

SuperCoha

SuperCoha

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

W Band of Brothers W [BoB]

D/Mo

26 Jun 2009 at 15:10 - 6
Isn't there a way to turn the chat filter off in the game? I mean, for your client.. at least you can see what you write, and others who have it turned off

Zan Usi Quan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Brussels - Belgium

Temple of Love

R/

26 Jun 2009 at 15:49 - 7
uhmm... how's it called.... options?

[Morkai]

[Morkai]

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2007

Heroes of Elonia [HE]

W/Rt

26 Jun 2009 at 16:43 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by subarucar View Post
If GW had no chat filter, the rating may need have needed to be put up to something higher, therefore not getting younger people that are needed to keep GW alive.

The thing i dont understand, is why do you get banned for offensive language when there is a chat filter, dont want to hear it? Then turn your chat filter on.
Game ratings aren't affected by player content. CoD4 is full of shitters, but it's rated 16 because of the violence factor.

I do agree with your second point, it should be bannable, or chat filter.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

26 Jun 2009 at 16:45 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc View Post
anyone know why there is a filter on a massively multiplayer game in the first place? O_o
Because it's already so bad that I have Local chat turned off most of the time. I can just imagine the stream of text from a bunch of 12-yr olds with no filter and no mommy watching over them.

It's not that I'm offended by the language or anything - I just don't want to play on the school yard at recess with the kiddies.

Dont Nerf The Perma

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2009

A/D

26 Jun 2009 at 18:41 - 10
hey I find that upsetting, i'm 13 and I don't act like a complete idiot like some people i know

Qing Guang

Qing Guang

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2008

California

Lucid Spirits [LIFE]

N/A

14 Jul 2009 at 22:24 - 11
Okay, I don't think this is a thread res since it's been less than a month...

How long has the game been filtering "bite"? I don't remember that, and while I can understand the innuendo factor, it's hilarious given that this is a fantasy game... half the things in the game are trying to bite my head off. Heck, the number of skills with that word in it... my bm would sound like a sailor if she tried to ping what her pet was doing... or certain monster foes for that matter.

"Queen Aijundu is using Queen ----!"

Iuris

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

15 Jul 2009 at 08:32 - 12
Quote:
The thing i dont understand, is why do you get banned for offensive language when there is a chat filter, dont want to hear it? Then turn your chat filter on.
You don't, really. You actually get banned for harassing people, which all the "I got banned for saying #%$"#$!" threads turned out to be. When chatting with a friend, you can cuss all you want, provided he's OK with it. If not, then the problem is harassment, not the words themselves.