EPTStill I do think that the censorship is lame, was a fun map and I feel bad for the map maker this had to happen
Blizzard bans Nexus Word Wars for dictionary words - Page 14
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RoarMan
Canada745 Posts
Still I do think that the censorship is lame, was a fun map and I feel bad for the map maker this had to happen | ||
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Voltar
Greece8 Posts
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HunterX11
United States1048 Posts
On October 16 2010 03:06 RoarMan wrote: I am sad to see this map go too but it seemed kind of odd the for the map maker to all of a sudden add in a bunch of swears. Still I do think that the censorship is lame, was a fun map and I feel bad for the map maker this had to happen He didn't add in swears, he simply used a dictionary. | ||
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greendestiny
Bosnia-Herzegovina114 Posts
In writing, we have to look at the context in which a word was used. Since (approximately) 32,000 other words in that map were found to be 'unoffensive', the only logical thing to conclude is that 'dyke' wasn't used as an insult. Too bad Blizzard became so ban-happy :-( (re: single player cheater ban) | ||
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StormX
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ciaNo
Italy123 Posts
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Elenian
Canada3 Posts
Woah, really? In Starcraft? I remember when Hasbro decided to censor Scrabble. I also seem to remember the director of the players' association saying something to the effect of "anything pretending to be a dictionary must be a faithful reflection of language as it is used." Words are just words. They have no power other than what we give them. Abolishing a word does not make the concept it refers to go away, saying a word doesn't make anything true. | ||
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Skinberger
Canada54 Posts
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Slardar
Canada7593 Posts
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MeteorRise
Canada611 Posts
Blizzard has been killing itself with some of the things it does sometimes. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
And any news on this maps coming back? The game was fun, if he removes the works can he publish it again? | ||
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lynx.oblige
Sierra Leone2268 Posts
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
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ckjy
United States12 Posts
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Korea (South)3851 Posts
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FrostOtter
United States537 Posts
For instance, I will be the first to defend that Blizzard had the legal right to ban the map-- but it is just silly. Another example of the suffocatingly politically correct culture that has taken root in America. Are things this bad in the rest of the world? | ||
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ChApFoU
France2982 Posts
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EZjijy
United States1039 Posts
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Avaloch
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Honeybadger
United States821 Posts
Seriously. Blizzard is overly sensitive about the silliest things. Inappropriate words? Their own game is full of swearing. And blood. And sexual tendencies. And a naked woman at the end. | ||
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