Broken Chat Filter - Guild Wars Forums

I Write Sins · Jun 26, 2009, 12:16 PM // 12:16

so uhm...

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

sega
?

like Sega Genisisisisis

Kattar · Jun 26, 2009, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Sega is some kind of inappropriate word in Italian. Filter isn't broken.

Targren · Jun 26, 2009, 12:50 PM // 12:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by I Write Sins

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 · Jun 26, 2009, 01:33 PM // 13:33

anyone know why there is a filter on a massively multiplayer game in the first place? O_o

subarucar · Jun 26, 2009, 01:42 PM // 13:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc

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 · Jun 26, 2009, 03:10 PM // 15:10

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 · Jun 26, 2009, 03:49 PM // 15:49

uhmm... how's it called.... options?

[Morkai] · Jun 26, 2009, 04:43 PM // 16:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by subarucar

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 · Jun 26, 2009, 04:45 PM // 16:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc

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 · Jun 26, 2009, 06:41 PM // 18:41

hey I find that upsetting, i'm 13 and I don't act like a complete idiot like some people i know

Qing Guang · Jul 14, 2009, 10:24 PM // 22:24

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 · Jul 15, 2009, 08:32 AM // 08:32

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.

Jun 26, 2009, 12:16 PM // 12:16	#1
I Write Sins Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ft Irwin, California Guild: Webel Wising [wawr] Profession: Mo/	Broken Chat Filter so uhm... anyone, have any clue, why the chat filter won't let you say: sega ? like Sega Genisisisisis

Jun 26, 2009, 12:27 PM // 12:27	#2
Kattar EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: SMS (lolgw2placeholder) Profession: Me/	Sega is some kind of inappropriate word in Italian. Filter isn't broken. __________________ All seems lost now, but still we must fight on.

Jun 26, 2009, 01:33 PM // 13:33	#4
Eragon Zarroc Atra estern?? ono thelduin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madness Incarnate Guild: [Duo] Profession: W/P	anyone know why there is a filter on a massively multiplayer game in the first place? O_o

Jun 26, 2009, 03:10 PM // 15:10	#6
SuperCoha Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2006 Guild: W Band of Brothers W [BoB] Profession: D/Mo	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

Jun 26, 2009, 03:49 PM // 15:49	#7
Zan Usi Quan Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Brussels - Belgium Guild: Temple of Love Profession: R/	uhmm... how's it called.... options?

Jun 26, 2009, 06:41 PM // 18:41	#10
Dont Nerf The Perma Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2009 Profession: A/D	hey I find that upsetting, i'm 13 and I don't act like a complete idiot like some people i know

Jul 14, 2009, 10:24 PM // 22:24	#11
Qing Guang Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California Guild: Lucid Spirits [LIFE] Profession: N/A	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 ----!"