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Subject: So why is there a profanity filter on a M rated game's website?

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Dont you worry about _____ let me worry about ____

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T4R. That's like having a children' board on 4chan.

  • 08.15.2012 5:41 PM PDT

I would like to point you in the direction of the search bar. Also what is 4 chan?

  • 08.15.2012 5:43 PM PDT

Subject: If you saw a meteor coming toward Earth, what would you do?Posted by: juniorbandit96
Butter my ass, turn around, spread open my butt cheeks, and say "Right here mutha-blam!-a!!"

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Because Microsoft. They'll probably keep a filter because the site is 13+, but they'll revise Microsoft's list some.

  • 08.15.2012 5:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: catman6
Because Microsoft. They'll probably keep a filter because the site is 13+, but they'll revise Microsoft's list some.

Really?

  • 08.15.2012 5:55 PM PDT
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This isn't an M-rated games website; this is a game studio meant for the fans of Gnop!


Or what Verachi said

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  • 08.15.2012 5:57 PM PDT

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Posted by:Achronos
The profanity filter isn't there to protect you.

The profanity filter is there because we don't care to see whatever string of expletives some of you string together and call "a coherent thought".

Very few things can be expressed with profanity that can't also be expressed better with proper language if you think about it properly.

Anybody can string a few bad words together, but not everyone can tell a good mom joke.



Posted by: Achronos
Or, you could learn to talk without cursing at every opportunity. Far be it for me to suggest that conversation actually happen here without listening to constant profanity of people with nothing better to say. And for the record, the M-rating is for the game, not the website. You guys are generally anything but mature.

Bungie controls everything. You have no rights. Play nice.

Posted by: jtforums
Bungie... I can't say -blam!-. Yes, that is actually an sh with a * and then a t. I typed it like that. Yet you sell shirts that contain exactly that on it.


Bungie, fix your -blam!-. This is a mature rated community.


Posted by: Achronos
Because I said so. You are free to go elsewhere if you don't like it. Bungie is not providing you a forum to spew profanity on, we provide it for you to talk about Bungie games and talk with the Bungie community.

I'm perfectly okay with you looking like an illiterate moron if you can't think of a way to express your ideas without profanity. :)

Posted by: jtforums

I can't say -blam!-.


What if I am talking about a -blam!- person?


I can't say -blam!--blam!- either!


I have to say "ghey" and "-blam!- se xual"


The word "-blam!-" being blocked? Why can we say "sex" then?


Posted by: Achronos
More to the point, most people here are not capable of using those words in a way that isn't inappropriate. Much like the name of a fascist party in Germany. There are plenty of places on the Internet to discuss such things. This is not one of them. We aren't trying to be all things to all people.

Posted by: True Underdog
Posted by: OdhananNot to sound like an illiterate moron or anything, but this word , or that word , for that matter, actually are not "profanity", and really shouldn't be considered as such, IMO. I think the filter is a bit too draconian at times, and censures words which actually would be useful in some conversations.

Not that I claim to have rights or anything. Just my point of view on the matter. I know the filters are set with the lowest common denominator in mind, and sometimes, it actually sucks for those of us who would like to use these words in non-inflamatory, appropriate conversations, given context.


Often times, when discussed in the appropriate context, the thread itself probably doesn't belong in the mains in the first place and should be discussed in The Black Chapter or any other private group you feel like posting about it in.

I agree with you, to an extent, but them's the breaks.

  • 08.15.2012 5:59 PM PDT
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155-sounds fake :/

Parents can buy their kids any game if they have supervision I believe. Therefor they then have indirectly have access to this website. :)
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  • 08.15.2012 6:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Drekna
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What's that for?

  • 08.15.2012 6:02 PM PDT
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155-sounds fake :/


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Posted by: Drekna
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What's that for?

That's just a secret I'll never tell. :)
xoxo Gossip girl
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  • 08.15.2012 6:03 PM PDT

What a hipster.

Posted by: MiloOmega

Posted by: Drekna
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What's that for?
If that is a post counter, you sir, are my hero.

  • 08.15.2012 6:04 PM PDT

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It' funny that achronos would say that, considering only spammers use excessive swearing. I hardly even see a "-blam!-" on the mains.

  • 08.15.2012 6:09 PM PDT

Because the site is 13 and up.

  • 08.15.2012 6:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: The S bot 9000
It' funny that achronos would say that, considering only spammers use excessive swearing. I hardly even see a "-blam!-" on the mains.
That's because the filter is working, and we all know cursing is a waste when you can't get the gratification of even seeing the word be posted. It's best to just not curse if you can, and stay calm. Letting anger overtake you in a forum situation does nothing.

  • 08.15.2012 6:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: catman6
Because Microsoft. They'll probably keep a filter because the site is 13+, but they'll revise Microsoft's list some.

Really?

Yup

  • 08.15.2012 6:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: Grimaldus
Because the site is 13 and up.


And very immature kids here..

  • 08.15.2012 6:28 PM PDT

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It was by Microsoft's Restrictions. Now that Bungie and Microsoft are apart, they can make changes to it how ever they like. Which won't happen until the website has an update.

  • 08.15.2012 6:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: catman6
Because Microsoft. They'll probably keep a filter because the site is 13+, but they'll revise Microsoft's list some.

Really?

Yup
I wouldn't expect many words to be removed though. Probably just added, if anything. As for the OP, you have no rights; play nice. And go to 4chan if you like it better.

  • 08.15.2012 6:44 PM PDT

Frankly, i think if the community could actually handle no profanity filter and not abuse it, there would not be one.

Sigh.

  • 08.15.2012 6:51 PM PDT

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  • 08.15.2012 6:57 PM PDT

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  • 08.15.2012 6:59 PM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

Because if I wanted tons of cursing and that stuff, I'd go to my school.

  • 08.15.2012 7:27 PM PDT

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I'm either a fool or an inteligent man, depending on how sleepy or angry I am.

I originaly made an account on 07.27.2007 but I wanted to link my GT and made this account. Don't forget your passwords!

I'll say what has been said before in other threads nearly identical to this one in point.

This is a company website and while some words should and should not be censored keep in mind that they are using an old list.


EDIT: Darn it, I double posted. I should have remembered to copy it and then edit my post instead.

[Edited on 08.15.2012 10:10 PM PDT]

  • 08.15.2012 10:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: MiloOmega

Posted by: Drekna
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What's that for?
If that is a post counter, you sir, are my hero.


This must be one of the best ideas I've ever seen! The user of this system doesn't need to keep an external record seperate of their posts, but have the record inscibed into the post! I whole heartedly approve.

  • 08.15.2012 10:09 PM PDT

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Well, I was going to say because you can say the same thing without swearing, but it looks like I was beat to the punch.

  • 08.15.2012 10:09 PM PDT

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Because the rating of the game has nothing to do with the website.

  • 08.15.2012 10:10 PM PDT

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