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On May 20 2010 10:27 Zeke50100 wrote:
For some reason, people still think inappropriate = offensive.
And it doesn't even matter if you think it isn't inappropriate, because it's society as a whole that determines what's appropriate, not a bunch of people on an online forum >.>
The issue here is that Blizzard doesn't find Dopeman appropriate and they are a private company. Customers use their servers so they can police it how they wish. Same goes for this forum. If a mod finds a post inappropriate and/or against the rules they can punish you or warn you. Just how it is.
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On May 20 2010 10:29 Baarn wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2010 10:27 Zeke50100 wrote:
For some reason, people still think inappropriate = offensive.
And it doesn't even matter if you think it isn't inappropriate, because it's society as a whole that determines what's appropriate, not a bunch of people on an online forum >.> The issue here is that Blizzard doesn't find Dopeman appropriate and they are a private company. Customers use their servers so they can police it how they wish. Same goes for this forum. If a mod finds a post inappropriate and/or against the rules they can punish you or warn you. Just how it is.
what he said ^^
but still, a renaming, or something should be in order. an outright removal of your beta access is pretty extreme. the punishment doesn't match the crime imo.
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On May 20 2010 10:33 Disarray wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2010 10:29 Baarn wrote:On May 20 2010 10:27 Zeke50100 wrote:
For some reason, people still think inappropriate = offensive.
And it doesn't even matter if you think it isn't inappropriate, because it's society as a whole that determines what's appropriate, not a bunch of people on an online forum >.> The issue here is that Blizzard doesn't find Dopeman appropriate and they are a private company. Customers use their servers so they can police it how they wish. Same goes for this forum. If a mod finds a post inappropriate and/or against the rules they can punish you or warn you. Just how it is. what he said ^^ but still, a renaming, or something should be in order. an outright removal of your beta access is pretty extreme. the punishment doesn't match the crime imo.
True it would be a better ending to allow the player to name change and not just cut them off cause they chose something against the naming convention. I can agree with that.
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Yea it's a bit over the top, but it's their beta so w.e. I never planned on using the alias 'dopeman' or something else 'inappropriate', mainly because the one account per cd key thing, so why waste it on a dumb name, though i have to admit its not like 'dopeman' = 'RacistDrugOffensiveGuy'
edit: grammar.
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i hope blizzard gets to release sc2 and patch it to the likeness of scbw when it got stable. then they can all die of cancer for all i care. Lousy people
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On May 19 2010 08:59 Legendary- wrote:
Wow leave it to America to even sensor our video games further. I think this is taking a step in the direction of making the game accessible to everyone no matter the age, but even in WoW they made you change your name a million times! Even younger kids play that game as well--and oh boy what they read in trade chat....
Actually when it comes to video game censorship and censorship in general, America is very lax and becoming more so everyday, especially compared to many countries around the world. Have you watched TV recently, compare it to 20 years ago, hell even 10 years ago. It's changed A LOT, what is accepted now and wasn't back then. Sex, violence, language. The rules have become much more relaxed for all of those and I'm not just talking about speciality channels or movie channels. Even the usual broadcast trio or your major cable channels.
Compared to many countries in Asia and Europe who are moving toward more and more censorship, America is basically censor-free. So I would think the statement of "leave it to America to even sensor our video games further" is a little out of place. Especially since you can largely find any video game in the world in this country in stores (granted you may have to look around for some), made here or not. Everything from Japanese hentai games to Russian shooters, all uncensored from their original content.
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On May 20 2010 10:29 Baarn wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2010 10:27 Zeke50100 wrote:
For some reason, people still think inappropriate = offensive.
And it doesn't even matter if you think it isn't inappropriate, because it's society as a whole that determines what's appropriate, not a bunch of people on an online forum >.> The issue here is that Blizzard doesn't find Dopeman appropriate and they are a private company. Customers use their servers so they can police it how they wish. Same goes for this forum. If a mod finds a post inappropriate and/or against the rules they can punish you or warn you. Just how it is.
That doesn't mean you can't complain or protest it.
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>.< sorry to hear you got banned for this.
I had a friend who named his WoW char Facialcum. One day a GM asked him if he could relog and change his name, why didnt they just ask this in this case...
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i just saw a guy named MEATWALLET which i assume blizzard does not find too offensive
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On May 20 2010 10:57 Rebel wrote:
>.< sorry to hear you got banned for this.
I had a friend who named his WoW char Facialcum. One day a GM asked him if he could relog and change his name, why didnt they just ask this in this case...
In the actual release of the game it will be like this. But in the beta, they will be less lenient as people are given the opportunity to play for free.
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On May 20 2010 12:48 landaishan wrote:
i just saw a guy named MEATWALLET which i assume blizzard does not find too offensive
lol well meat and wallet aren't really bad word unless blizzard is not even including euphemisms, it's not like hardmeat or meatstick
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they should just let you rename -_-
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On May 20 2010 12:56 semantics wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2010 12:48 landaishan wrote:
i just saw a guy named MEATWALLET which i assume blizzard does not find too offensive lol well meat and wallet aren't really bad word unless blizzard is not even including euphemisms, it's not like hardmeat or meatstick
meatwallet is virtually the same as hardmeat, except i think it would need to be moistened meatwallet lol
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i also like how the censor (if your are crazy enough to have it on) censors incredibly offensive words such as "black" and "white"
User1: What colour is your cat?
User2: %#@%$
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On May 19 2010 06:54 .AbrHAm wrote:
lol they should atleast warn people... this is plain stupid by blizzard.
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Once the game rolls out, they will probably give warnings first, yeah. It kinda makes sense.
Blizzard: Here, have some free shit!
Player gets access to the beta, and proceeds to be an ass about it, breaking the rules
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Blizzard: Gtfo!
on the other hand, once the game comes out
player throws a wad of cash in blizzard's face, and then proceeds to be an ass about it
Blizzard: Hm, that cash sure is neat. But come on, dont break the policies, mmkay?
player proceeds to keep on doing stuff he knows he shouldnt be doing
----->
Blizzard: Gtfo! And thxs for the money!
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"kool" is a name that cant be used as a character name or identifier, yet someone has the account "battle.net"
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On May 20 2010 19:02 abrasion wrote:Show nested quote +On May 19 2010 06:54 .AbrHAm wrote:
lol they should atleast warn people... this is plain stupid by blizzard. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ !
It probably stands somewhere in the therms of agreement, section X paragraph 666 but yea who reads the therms anyhow. xD
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actually its pretty weird that Blizzard gave the rule about offensive names, since they would be locking the different players to different regions. people in general do not use only english as their language. imagine all languages(i think) have bad languages and someone uses their offensive words from their native language as their username, then someone from the same country would understand that and find it offensive. unless blizzard can block all those offensive words off bnet.
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On May 20 2010 18:44 SnuggleKittens wrote:
i also like how the censor (if your are crazy enough to have it on) censors incredibly offensive words such as "black" and "white"
User1: What colour is your cat?
User2: %#@%$
Its funny when you speak in other languages aswell. For instance, the word "Slut" actually means "End" in swedish rather than a promiscious person, and since end is a fairly common word in general phrasing, there are some anoying censorship when you chat swedish through a profanity filter 
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