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Hey, so I dont know if this should go in blogs or not so sorry if it is in the wrong place.
So when you first create a SC2 profile the first thing they ask you for is your profile name. I have always used Mrfred as my main username for various things, but for some reason I couldn't use it as the profile name. Anyway my friend said I should be able to use it and then when he got his beta key he tried any name beginning with the letters "mr" and all of them were blocked.
Why would blizzard not allow anyone to create a profile with the first letters being mr and does anyone have any other cool suggestions for names I can use?
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. probably is an illegal character
interesting if they really are blocking things starting with mr i can't see why they would.
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On May 14 2010 10:36 dronebabo wrote:
you can't use mr in a name
Do you happen to know why i can't really see why.
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So you can't lure little boys who are instructed to always listen to adults, you disgusting pederast
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
Probably for the same reason you can't type "trans" into bnet chat lol? I feel like whoever is in charge of the filtering needs to get with the program.
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On May 14 2010 10:36 dronebabo wrote:
you can't use mr in a name
Yeah, but why not? its not offensive or anything, there is no reason that i can see.
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On May 14 2010 10:45 Mrfred wrote:Yeah, but why not? its not offensive or anything, there is no reason that i can see.
Because Mr is a title. You can't use Lord or anything like that either.
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On May 14 2010 10:44 Kennigit wrote:
Probably for the same reason you can't type "trans" into bnet chat lol? I feel like whoever is in charge of the filtering needs to get with the program.
the word "come" is censored
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On May 14 2010 10:47 Excalibur_Z wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 10:45 Mrfred wrote:On May 14 2010 10:36 dronebabo wrote:
you can't use mr in a name Yeah, but why not? its not offensive or anything, there is no reason that i can see. Because Mr is a title. You can't use Lord or anything like that either.
I wonder if it catches L0rd or things like that. I wonder who's job it is to come up with the list of things that can't be in names and such.
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On May 14 2010 10:52 Trezeguet23 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 10:47 Excalibur_Z wrote:On May 14 2010 10:45 Mrfred wrote:On May 14 2010 10:36 dronebabo wrote:
you can't use mr in a name Yeah, but why not? its not offensive or anything, there is no reason that i can see. Because Mr is a title. You can't use Lord or anything like that either. I wonder if it catches L0rd or things like that. I wonder who's job it is to come up with the list of things that can't be in names and such.
You can't put numbers or symbols in names. The best you could do is like iord (capital "i") or something, that would probably get around it.
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I wonder if you can do Ms or Mrs then we can call blizzard sexist.
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I couldn't use Wyoming as my identifier. Yellowstone worked fine.
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According to Mike Morhaime, you'll be able to unlock titles like Mr for your username with DLC esports microtransactions Web 2.0 net neutrality.
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On May 14 2010 11:18 oBlade wrote:According to Mike Morhaime, you'll be able to unlock titles like Mr for your username with DLC esports microtransactions Web 2.0 net neutrality.
I don't know what that is but it sounds fucking stupid
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MonsieurFred seems wayyyyyyy better anyway
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On May 14 2010 10:44 Kennigit wrote:
Probably for the same reason you can't type "trans" into bnet chat lol? I feel like whoever is in charge of the filtering needs to get with the program.
Not to mention the word "backdoor" lol. I feel like they should know what some RTS language is before they decide to censor it.
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'black' was censored last time i checked hahah (for normal chatting)
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Wel,l mr could take part in the word "steamroll" which is a highly offensive term when explaining if you defeated someone.
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This is why I have the game uncensored 
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On May 14 2010 11:43 BDF92 wrote:
Wel,l mr could take part in the word "steamroll" which is a highly offensive term when explaining if you defeated someone.
That's not a name though.
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On May 14 2010 11:39 Meta wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 10:44 Kennigit wrote:
Probably for the same reason you can't type "trans" into bnet chat lol? I feel like whoever is in charge of the filtering needs to get with the program. Not to mention the word "backdoor" lol. I feel like they should know what some RTS language is before they decide to censor it.
Yeah, totally. Try saying things like "transfer drones to your natural" or "watch your backdoor" or "they came into my base" and you can imagine what happens. Its not likey they're super offensive words or anything.
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I can't use KingFool.. King is not allowed. My friend couldn't use his name "vice" so he went with "viice" personally i think they went a little natzi on their filter
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the words "black" and "white" are censored if you have your chat filter on in bnet 2.0
...got a big LOL R U SRS WTF the first time I figured that out. I mean really...
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On May 14 2010 10:44 Kennigit wrote:
Probably for the same reason you can't type "trans" into bnet chat lol? I feel like whoever is in charge of the filtering needs to get with the program.
Wow I had no idea that was filtered. That is actually kind of offensive that Blizzard feels that needs to be censored. It seems to imply mention of transsexuals is similar to mention of cocaine, vulgar sexual slang, and common swear words. Ridiculous.
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On May 14 2010 10:47 Excalibur_Z wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 10:45 Mrfred wrote:On May 14 2010 10:36 dronebabo wrote:
you can't use mr in a name Yeah, but why not? its not offensive or anything, there is no reason that i can see. Because Mr is a title. You can't use Lord or anything like that either.
i cant even think of a reason for that one
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On May 14 2010 10:44 Kennigit wrote:
Probably for the same reason you can't type "trans" into bnet chat lol? I feel like whoever is in charge of the filtering needs to get with the program.
xbox is filtered too
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Has anybody heard of the Scunthorpe problem? It seems relevant to this thread.
Straight from Wikipedia:
The Scunthorpe problem occurs when a spam filter or search engine blocks e-mails or search results because their text contains a string of letters that are shared by an obscene word. While computers can easily identify strings of text within a document, broad blocking rules will result in a false positive, causing innocent phrases to be blocked.
The problem was named after an incident in 1996 in which AOL's dirty-word filter prevented residents from the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England from creating accounts with AOL, because the town's name contains the substring cunt. Years later, Google's filters apparently made the same mistake, preventing residents from searching for local businesses that included Scunthorpe in their names.
Some examples:
Résumés of magna cum laude graduates have been blocked by spam filters due to inclusion of the word cum, which here is Latin for "with" but in English is sometimes used as slang for "semen".
In June 2008, a news site run by the American Family Association censored an Associated Press article on sprinter Tyson Gay, replacing instances of "gay" with homosexual, thus rendering his name as "Tyson Homosexual".
In October 2004, it was reported that the Horniman Museum in London was failing to receive some of its e-mail due to filters mistakenly deciding that its name was a version of the words horny man.
See Wikipedia for more examples.
Some of these errors can be quite problematic, but I find them very entertaining. I assume Blizzard is trying to keep the online game safe for younger players and the result is an over reactive censor.
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On May 15 2010 03:27 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 10:44 Kennigit wrote:
Probably for the same reason you can't type "trans" into bnet chat lol? I feel like whoever is in charge of the filtering needs to get with the program. xbox is filtered too
It's obvious! you don't see it
xbox
sexbox obv.
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Vodka and Blow is filtered as well (no, those were NOT used in the same sentence).
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On May 14 2010 11:18 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
I couldn't use Wyoming as my identifier. Yellowstone worked fine.
Are you serious?
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Haven't played sc2 yet, but this sounds utterly retarded.
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Can't use Mr in your name? That is absolutely ridiculous >.<
I have a buddy who'll be very upset when he finds this out, he's been using the same aka for years.
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On May 14 2010 11:18 oBlade wrote:According to Mike Morhaime, you'll be able to unlock titles like Mr for your username with DLC esports microtransactions Web 2.0 net neutrality.
i thought that was a joke at first... #$%# your drones!
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On May 15 2010 15:52 numLoCK wrote:
Can't use Mr in your name? That is absolutely ridiculous >.<
I have a buddy who'll be very upset when he finds this out, he's been using the same aka for years.
Yeah I have been using this one for years on various websites and servers, WC3 this is my name. Its really stupid. BTW whats his name?
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On May 15 2010 16:01 madnessman wrote:i thought that was a joke at first... #$%# your drones!
Link?
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On May 15 2010 09:27 arb wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 11:18 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
I couldn't use Wyoming as my identifier. Yellowstone worked fine. Are you serious?
yeah. Can't figure out why. Does the name of my State contain within it some obscure slur?
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