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Subject: ZOMG -blamed-! & possibly bant!!

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  • 09.06.2006 1:49 PM PDT
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The reason "noob" or other such forms aren't filtered out, is due to the fact it's a moderator enforced rule, rather than one chosen by the online team.

  • 09.06.2006 1:51 PM PDT

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Yes, it would greatly increase the moral standards of peoples post. I don't like the word, the use of the word, or even how it looks. It is almost always derrogatory, and it doesn't make you look intelligent.

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  • 09.06.2006 1:51 PM PDT
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Possibly. It would be ok. But what JAF said, yeah.

  • 09.06.2006 1:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: Zee JollyRoger
and it doesn't make you look intelligent.


'cept when I use it. Correct?

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  • 09.06.2006 1:53 PM PDT
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Probably, even though it is just a Moderator inforced rule it would probably be better if it was blammed out.

  • 09.06.2006 2:05 PM PDT

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Even if it weren't a moderator rule, you know how many variations there are of the word? It would take 2 hours just to add them all, and someone would just figure out a new way to do it.

  • 09.06.2006 2:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: GameJunkieJim
Even if it weren't a moderator rule, you know how many variations there are of the word? It would take 2 hours just to add them all, and someone would just figure out a new way to do it.


Jim, that's just because you're a novice/rookie. ... :)

What about those words? They can be just as offensive. Like Jim has said, it's just too hard to get rid of that word.

  • 09.06.2006 2:11 PM PDT

"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."

2B || !2B - Why don't you look Inside the Machine?

I understand that it is a hard word to get around...but there has to be some kind of solution.

  • 09.06.2006 2:12 PM PDT

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I work at Microsoft. I have nothing to do with Halo and nothing I say is "the official word".

I would much rather see everyone complaining about the "noob combo" than the "-blam!- combo"

  • 09.06.2006 2:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: Zee JollyRoger
I understand that it is a hard word to get around...but there has to be some kind of solution.


There is... The moderators.

Crap, I wish I knew how to make stars and race flags on this forum.. Sheesh. Now it's just not epic.

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I think it is enforced fine the way it is...


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Yea there are so many ways to say qm3u (<upsidedown).

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For me, when words are -blam!-ed, I tend to mentally insert the word I think was there. If the sentence was obviously referring to noob, then -blam!-ing it would work. If it wasn't obvious, I may (inadvertantly) mentally insert a word for the -blam!- that is worse (since I wouldn't know what word was being censored), thereby defeating the purpose.

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Posted by: Hot Sauce 147
Yea there are so many ways to say qm3u (<upsidedown).


When it gets so bad that people are spelling it upside down, then I think Bungie should just bring the website out back and put it down... along with most of the members.

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well if you think about it for a moment, what does noob mean? it means a novice or beginner or a person who has played for the very first time it isnt as offensive as you really take it as.

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No, because noobs deserved to be ridiculed.

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The words could be completely -blam!-ed however, that doesn't halt the concept the word is meant to convey, from being conveyed.

  • 09.06.2006 8:38 PM PDT

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No, because noobs deserved to be ridiculed.


I agree.

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well if you think about it for a moment, what does noob mean? it means a novice or beginner or a person who has played for the very first time it isnt as offensive as you really take it as.


A word is only as offensive as it is meant to be. And in many, probably most, cases, it is meant to be an insult.

To answer the original question, no, I don't think it should be -blam!-ed. If only for the simple fact that there are too many variations to be effective. (As was already mentioned)

Wouldn't it be nice if there was no need for a filter? [/dream]

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The word is very iffy. It is used both in a joking sense and a derogetory one.

The problem is if we do -blam- it, then people will just post the hundreds of different versions of the word. nub, n0ob, newbie, n00b, etc.

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Posted by: GameJunkieJim
Even if it weren't a moderator rule, you know how many variations there are of the word? It would take 2 hours just to add them all, and someone would just figure out a new way to do it.


noob
newb
n00b
n0ob
no0b
n008
n0o8
no08
newbie
n00bie
n00bie
n00813
n008ie
n0081e
no0813


im up to 15 already.

Way to many to add.

  • 09.06.2006 9:57 PM PDT

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I would say sure why not.

But it dosn't really matter. If you use it the mods would ban you. They considered their post as the first and final warning.

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Posted by: GameJunkieJim
Even if it weren't a moderator rule, you know how many variations there are of the word? It would take 2 hours just to add them all, and someone would just figure out a new way to do it.


noob
newb
n00b
n0ob
no0b
n008
n0o8
no08
newbie
n00bie
n00bie
n00813
n008ie
n0081e
no0813


im up to 15 already.

Way to many to add.

Then you have the compound ones, "nubcake" (my personal favorite), ect...

  • 09.07.2006 8:56 AM PDT