EPTBeta Access Revoked - Dopeman - Page 10
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Crunchums
United States11143 Posts
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
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UbOs
United States28 Posts
or an adjective. the only type of person i could imagine actually being 'offended' by dopeman is an heroine(or otherwise opiate) user withdrawing or trying to quit. On May 19 2010 13:11 Subversion wrote: Lol, seriously? You're turning this into a "is weed bad" argument? Drugs are illegal. Reference to illegal activities can be construed as an inappropriate name, end of story. Your opinions on weed as an illegal substance are completely irrelevant. dopeman really isn't about weed but even if it was, weed is not illegal for everyone. what's the line for medical marijuana users? also, illegal != offensive imo. also, "dope" man is technically not a reference to a illegal activity just as "bullet" man is not considered a reference to assault or murder. | ||
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keNNabis
Canada159 Posts
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XiaoZhuPa
Singapore30 Posts
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QueueQueue
Canada1000 Posts
On May 19 2010 14:36 Subversion wrote: "Killed" is difficult because it is not necessarily offensive. I mean, killing a person is illegal, but you can kill plenty of other things as well. Yeah, and this is why this TOS is flawed. Words can be taken in different contexts. People use "Dope" in the context of stupidity, as well as something being "Awesome". Speed can be a reference to methamphetamine, but also the rate at which something moves. You mentioning that while killing people is illegal, you can kill other things brings up another issue. Could we not use a similar argument for pot? Some people use medicinal marijuana, and it is used in a legal context. So suddenly, we're taking two things, and using them both in a legal and illegal situation, and of both, the one with "Dope" in it is worse than a reference to killing? Really? That is pretty counter intuitive to what you think a policy stating "No reference to criminal activity" would be enforcing. So suddenly, we are entering all this gray area in their TOS, and it's somewhat unfair to people. I know the simple means is to just avoid all names that could have any sort of tie to anything illegal, but we know that will not happen. However, some people who clearly violate the TOS will be banned, while others that are also violating will go untouched. Personally, I could care less what names people have; but things don't really offend me. | ||
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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Therapist
United States97 Posts
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No_Roo
United States905 Posts
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Day[9]
United States7366 Posts
totally awesome :> | ||
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space_yes
United States548 Posts
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QueueQueue
Canada1000 Posts
On May 19 2010 15:30 Day[9] wrote: I sincerely wonder if the same thing happened to white-ra. Every time you type "white" it's bleeped as "!%*$#" totally awesome :> Yeah, they most definitely need to re-assess their "swear filter". I can't see the logic behind leaving it as is for release. | ||
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Kuzmorgo
Hungary1058 Posts
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DeCoup
Australia1933 Posts
Throw a $10 fee for name changes on top so they have the option to pay to fix it and they will be grateful that they are not stuck with it, and blizzard will make money instead of loose customers via ban. | ||
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fathead
United States158 Posts
On May 19 2010 06:55 Aphelion wrote: Drug reference, but this is overdone. Still I understand why Blizzard would do it, if they thought it was necessary to implement a filter, they can't let usernames skirt that censorship. Blizzard wanted to make sure this game won't cause any controversy among the nanny culture that we live in. I don't support this ban, but it is a reflection upon our PC culture backed by ridiculous litigation and inane media obsession. Then why not just force them to change their name? Or warn them? A Ban seems ridiculous. Also if the OP got the beta from pre-ordering then it his his legal right to ask for a refund. Any time the provider chooses to block services from the end users you are entitled to a refund. In fact just by clicking the "decline" to the TOS entitles you to a refund, since the contract is made AFTER you bought the game. | ||
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
On May 19 2010 09:46 Attica wrote: Blue post already responded to someone that was banned for their name 'weedking' 2 months ago. They said they don't actively look for offensive names so if you were banned for a name it was because someone reported you. Obviously you should consider that being in beta is a privilege not a right. I wonder if they would ban me if I named myself Crackling. O_o chances are that no one was offended by his name but rather reported him because he pissed them off in some way | ||
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
On May 19 2010 15:57 DeCoup wrote: I agree that blizzard should have the power to prevent players using offensive names. But I honestly think banning is the wrong approach. Especially when this game goes live, because offensive can at some level be subjective. Personally I think it would be much better if Blizzard renamed offensive names. If someone called themselves AssFace and that is deemed offensive then blizzard should be able to rename it to PassFace or LastPlace or whatever they want. This would (a) be a less autocratic approach, (b) let blizzard show a bit of homor, (c) mock offensive players a little as reminder of what they have done, in a form they can not easily remove/forget because they are stuck with it. Throw a $10 fee for name changes on top so they have the option to pay to fix it and they will be grateful that they are not stuck with it, and blizzard will make money instead of loose customers via ban. Man I have to say your idea really amuses me and I like it. Haven't really thought about if it's a good, serious idea overall because I'm hella tired and about to sleep, but still... naming someone LastPlace is great. I think if Blizzard assumes each name ban will generate an extra sale, they'll forecast more profit from their current policy. | ||
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Vasoline73
United States7801 Posts
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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
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ZergOwaR
Norway280 Posts
On May 19 2010 15:30 Day[9] wrote: I sincerely wonder if the same thing happened to white-ra. Every time you type "white" it's bleeped as "!%*$#" totally awesome :> yay blizzard for going overboard! :D is yellow bleeped out aswell? in that case i guess the beatles would be sad... #%¤&!¤ submarine! :D | ||
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