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So... Yeah. Apparently, I've been banned for foul language. Is there any way I can appeal the ban or is this completely permanent? Because I have sunk quite a bit of money into my account and I had a lifetime account.
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Erm, you might want to PM TT directly on this. <_< It sounds, really off. Like, can you not log on at all? Or is it just a chat ban style?
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I can't log in whatsoever. I've tried to log in and I've gotten a message saying that I've been banned.
Damn, you musta fudged up bad. <_< Yeah, I'd PM TT on an inquiry to that. Not much help we can do here.
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It's likely that it's a temporary ban. Cryptic seems notorious for not telling you the length of your ban.
Best bet to is contact CS for clarification.
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Look at this way, if by some small % it is permanent, it's likely a misunderstanding and you know we'll make a fuss about it, so there's that.
Agreed.
Isn't the whole point of a filter to allow those offended by, "foul," language to avoid it without impacting anyone else ?
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I don't know why, it just is.
i'm pretty sure its only a temp ban.. after all look how many times luci has come back
also yeah i agree about if theres a chat filter we should be allowed to swear
and.. gravitar says the B word and lapis lazuli says you're P'ing her off.. so why can the NPCs get away with it and we cannot?
I'm gona guess its some kind of obscure internet thing like 1337 speak
132 would be Lez I would guess is Lez profanity? (honestly I have no idea what is and isn't these days)
At least it isn't as bad as PWI. Any word you say that has a swear word in it, it's filtered. Like grasshopper, because it has the "a-word" in it, it's a bad word apparently.
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Sounds pretty spurious to me, but there it is.
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No, the use of a profanity filter is not to the point to allow people to go off on adolescent tirades in some attempt to think it's smart, wit or anything of that nature, not to mention used to use slurs, racial comments or anything deemed offensive. A few swear words, fine, but if you can't go 2 words without an F bomb, then you need to seek counseling honestly.
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Not to sound like a shill or captain of the cryptic defense cheerleader squad(because I'm neither, the pay is crap), but it's because Cryptic has carte blanche on this sort of thing. If they feel one of their NPC's requires dialog that includes the use of some light swearing for narrative purposes then that NPC gets to have some spicy dialog. As long as it falls within what's allowed by the game's ESRB rating. Players don't get to enjoy the same freedom of vocabulary.
While we do have a mature language filter, it isn't a license to ensure we can swear however we'd like. Occasional swearing tends to fly under the radar because rarely does anyone complain about that sort of thing. Then again, it doesn't have to be a player reporting you that gets you hit with a ban. If one of our easily offended GMs happens to be around when a word they don't like is used, you're screwed.
is there something i'm missing? is 132 an offensive term? is it some sorta "position" like 69?
If you read what jonsills posted about the term it is the middle finger when counting in binary with your fingers.
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That is not what I said.
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Generally what people mean, and usually all things considered, the only way to be banned for language is to either be using hostile personal attacks/threats or racial slurs and with regular frequency not a simple isolated incident of just using F bombs.
In short there is more going on that, as usual, are typically not said.
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Obviously if it was intentionally used to rile people up or in an argument in zone chat then that would maximize your chances of getting a ban.
If it was just used casually or humorously without any intention to incite a negative response, then the GM needs to take it down a notch.
Even though it really was just me dropping an F-bomb and getting banned for it. No malice was intended in its use at all. On the bright side, it was only a temp ban and I am glad that the GM at the time was very quick about it.
At the same time, no one should be like- swearing enough for it to warrant reporting.
Also, if you're reporting someone for swearing- and you have your profanity filter off, I'm fairly convinced you're being malicious and childish.
You can also say it's 'for the children', but at the same time if your children are playing the game then turn the profanity filter on. And stop letting little kids play on the internet without supervision.
This info is from NW's forums, since they are handing out bans at the moment.
1. There will be no email.
2. There will be no notification beyond what you see attempting to log into the game.
3. A Support ticket is cute but if it's a 24 hour suspension(learn terminology please CS) then you won't even hear a reply before it's over.
4. The chat filter does not void the TOS or your liability there within.
5. There will be no clarification on the issue if you request it.
6. If it's a 24 hour suspension they will consider the issue "solved" by the time they reply to you because you can play again.
7. It doesn't even matter if you actually did this or not.
I hope this helps...but I seriously doubt it will. The system(and CS as a whole) could stand an upgrade in their practices to the mid-90s.
P.S. It's Friday, you're not going to hear back from CS, if it happens to be a more serious situation, this weekend. Current reply speed appears to be 6 days...IF you are very lucky.
Disclaimer: All of this is from experience. It is possible your experience may vary and someone will chime in here about how they got amazing CS in 2 hours or something. I envy those people.
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I doubt that, honestly. I think it's more because the writers/designers aren't familiar with the filter. They type in the dialogue, and the NPCs even get censored. I know Gravitar does, and in one instance Defender says "damn" and it gets filtered.
I don't think they're trying to bend the rules at all.
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Funnily enough, I did get a response pretty quickly. I was pretty impressed with all the CS horror stories in mind.
Thats the text only. You still hear them swear. There is at least half a dozen occasions I know of where NPC's have a potty mouth. Also this is a teen rated game swearing shouldn't be an issue.
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What was the deal with it? Someone being petty? They're supposed to show you what got you banned.
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The account has been warned previously regarding such language.
The account is currently suspended for 24 hours.
You can log back into the account after a full 24 hour suspension has been served.
It was more of an automated response more than anything. But, they are right. I did receive a warning prior to this. I'm going to assume I was shooting my mouth off at the wrong time and got the hammer brought down on me.
Still it begs the question if they don't like swears in their TEEN RATED game why do you have the option to turn the profanity filter off? Why not keep the filter on with no options to turn it off. Then we could all drop F'bombs whenever and no one would care...but that sounds like a sensible idea and thats not Cryptics style.
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Yeah, I'm starting to lose track of what's profanity as well. It seems like someone's always offended by any old random word now. For example, "bossy" is the new poster boy word in the news recently.
Insanity.
I got a warning 2 years ago for profanity. After that, like almost a year and a half later? I got a THREE DAY BAN.
And it wasn't profanity, I referenced 'balls'.
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**** does but I don't think arse does.
american spelling vs english spelling
also donkey vs rear end (no that isn't a straight line for you to use)
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Now I'm curious...
Does it blank-out the whole word, as in, ***********, of does is just remove the swear parts, meaning - gr***hopper?
It's a whole lot easier to just censor oneself.
Like the way Stephen Colbert does it.
Anyone else having a 4th grade flash back? :biggrin:
Edit - Is is just me or does this cartoon look like it should have been better censored.
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The thing is there is infact a filter for a reason unless you were getting around this. I could see a warning being viable but going right to a ban is a little harsh.
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We have a Filter system for a reasons to protect the "innocent young" genaration of players (actually scrap that, the filter systerm is buggy as hell, it will Censor stuff that is not ever offensive and it keeps going On even if you set it Off)
I got myself warned from the current active In-Game GM, becauce I used the F-word in Zone chat once
One of my Friend said that he got warned for Swearing... while he was chatting in a PRIVATE-CHATROOM, which makes me wonder how "Private stuff" are.
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