Noobscraft
Server => Suggestions & Ideas => Topic started by: harley504 on 10 Apr 2013, 01:09:01
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Hello, well I just found out a few days ago that the poo* word was blocked and I think its not nessecary to be blocked I understand you want the chat to be clean but come on now?
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While the filter is overly sensitive at times, the word 'poo~' shouldn't be used in polite and normal conversation anyways. I understand that some of these words that are blocked may seem a bit over the top, but they are there for a reason. Perhaps in the future, the admins will decide to lighten it up a bit, but for now, please try to understand that words like that are blocked because there is no real reason to use them on the server.
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While the filter is overly sensitive at times, the word 'poo~' shouldn't be used in polite and normal conversation anyways. I understand that some of these words that are blocked may seem a bit over the top, but they are there for a reason. Perhaps in the future, the admins will decide to lighten it up a bit, but for now, please try to understand that words like that are blocked because there is no real reason to use them on the server.
What about when you die and you just wanna go Poo P :/
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We're not saying you can't 'say' the word. You just can't type it in text :P
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I think it's blocked for a reason, obviously. I think there are other ways to say what you have to say than using "poo" or "poop." This shouldn't be an issue.
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How about this:
If you're talking about going to the restroom, how about saying "#2" instead.
If you're upset, how about saying "aww nuts" or "rats" instead.
Just a suggestion.
BTW, I voted "no" it shouldn't be blocked.
As a side note, the word that is often used in lieu of a curse or exclamation is God. Everytime I hear that on the server it is very offensive to me as I hold His name in high regard.
Max
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What Duel said. (He always has a way of addressing the topic directly and explaining it reasonably)
The thing is, some of us may use blocked words irl out of habit. But...
Maybe the deeper issue is about how we express frustration in words. Funny thing is, those words change depending on who we're around (i.e., we tend to choose not-so-harsh words when we get upset around someone respectable). If that's the case, then I'd say that everyone has the capacity to hold their tongue depending on the situation. If the situation is an online environment that involves a filter, then people should consider that or adjust to that. As Jaeger said once on /ch g, (and what GG and Max touched on) we gotta "get creative"/find other words when we're tempted to say a blocked word on chat. In the rare chance I vent on chat, I think I tend to use a simple "gah!" in a frustrating situation ...where the number of a's is directly proportional to how upset I am.
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but why does the server not have hell and damn blocked because that is an offensive word and the younger kids shouldn't say it. but where i live no one cares if u cr4p po4p. i don't get it.
-lukestar
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The words that are blocked are words which the admin team considers to be "offensive" or "rude" in the UK and those areas where most of our players reside. Words such as 'hell' are really not considered to be particularly offensive within the UK thus they currently aren't blocked; there are uses of the word 'hell' which can be completely unrelated to any offensive meaning it may have. If however an overwhelming majority of people disagree with this then we would look into adjusting these words with the filter.
However the word which this topic is referring to has no need to be mentioned in normal conversation, as already explained by other users if you want to say something referring to annoyance say "oh no!" or one of the many other alternatives.