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why is "55" censored?

brun2000brun2000 Member Posts: 244 Arc User
edited June 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
Like the title says, the number 55 is censored and I am curious about it, cuz I think it is just a bug...
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  • varwevarwe Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Well in internet lingo the number 5 is a replacement for the letter "S." So 55 would be "SS," which could be seen as a reference to the HAMSTER secret police largely responsible for rounding up the Jews for execution during WWII.

    That's my guess for why it is censored.
  • brun2000brun2000 Member Posts: 244 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    varwe wrote: »
    Well in internet lingo the number 5 is a replacement for the letter "S." So 55 would be "SS," which could be seen as a reference to the HAMSTER secret police largely responsible for rounding up the Jews for execution during WWII.

    That's my guess for why it is censored.

    hmmm.... you might be right, thanks for the reply.
  • illessenillessen Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 44
    edited June 2013
    "$$" will lock your chat and not display anything you type after it. Even with the filter off. I like to use it to say lots of cash as it's quicker... but now I have to just use $ and it's irritating :p
  • wingedkagoutiwingedkagouti Member Posts: 275 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    illessen wrote: »
    "$$" will lock your chat and not display anything you type after it. Even with the filter off. I like to use it to say lots of cash as it's quicker... but now I have to just use $ and it's irritating :p
    $$ is used as a break between commands in binds/macros, so the game tries to parse anything after that as a new command as opposed to a continuation of your local/zone chat.
  • ordensmarschallordensmarschall Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 1,060 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    j32435y45u6i wrote: »
    That's got to be the most HAMSTER thing I've ever heard.
    At the risk of feeding a troll. You may find it HAMSTER, but there are a great number of people around the world that are still sensitive to the events of that time period. In some counties there are laws with stiff penalties, up to and including jail time, for certain actions that could be seen as supportive of the Third Reich era. In some forums "88" is banned as well, because of it's connection to National Socialism.
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  • jlanderjlander Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    ordensmarschall wrote: »
    At the risk of feeding a troll. You may find it HAMSTER, but there are a great number of people around the world that are still sensitive to the events of that time period. In some counties there are laws with stiff penalties, up to and including jail time, for certain actions that could be seen as supportive of the Third Reich era.

    Fortunately, a few countries still have freedom of speech and expression and all that stuff.
  • ordensmarschallordensmarschall Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 1,060 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    In these countries, mostly in the EU, freedom of speech exists, however they put this on the same level as yelling "Fire" in a crowded theatre, which despite the American 1st amendment is illegal.
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  • stormdrag0nstormdrag0n Member Posts: 3,222 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    jlander wrote: »
    Fortunately, a few countries still have freedom of speech and expression and all that stuff.

    And sadly most people in those countries are way too ignorant to comprehend what that means so they use it in situations where it isn't even applicable. :rolleyes:
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  • bcvaporbcvapor Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 285 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    They are too ready to pounce on any perceived PC infraction. Plus, it's the internet, HAMSTER must be brought into it if possible, along with all the propaganda associated with them.
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  • sneakyervinsneakyervin Member Posts: 101
    edited June 2013
    55 could be due to SS, but then again, is SS censored as a bad word? SS can stand for alot of things, like Screenshot and so on. Also, SS wasnt the secret police, gestapo was. SS was just an elite branch within the wehrmacht, Sturmsoldaten i.e storm troopers.

    88 and 18 however can be sensitive, since they are commonly used by neonazi movements. 88 Stands for HH which means Heil Hitler, whle 18 stands for AH i.e Adolf Hitler.

    There is however no rational thought behind banning either of the above letter shortcombinations. Alone they are just numbers. Like "wts x for 88/55g" or "what folder are my SS saved to in this game?".

    It feels like this is another quarky situation where european political correctness takes a turn for the worse.
  • jlanderjlander Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    stormdrag0n wrote: »
    And sadly most people in those countries are way too ignorant to comprehend what that means so they use it in situations where it isn't even applicable. :rolleyes:

    Im assuming here that you think I mean it applies to forums and video games? If so, no im not way too ignorant to think it applies to games and forums. Poster above me said something about COUNTRIES and thats what I was responding to.
  • calaminthacalamintha Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    sneakyervin wrote: »
    55 could be due to SS, but then again, is SS censored as a bad word? SS can stand for alot of things, like Screenshot and so on.

    Like a steamship or a spaceship.
  • zlainfurryzlainfurry Banned Users Posts: 163 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    Didn't know any of those were filtered, and the fact that they are is fckin absurd and makes no sense regardless of the asinine shtako you people try to say. I fckin hate China~
  • sneakyervinsneakyervin Member Posts: 101
    edited June 2013
    calamintha wrote: »
    Like a steamship or a spaceship.

    Or the more common Spacesquid. Though I heard they crashed in Azeroth a few years ago.
  • enixonbbenixonbb Member Posts: 71
    edited June 2013
    This kinda reminds me of when I used to play the MMO Grand Fantasia, during the holidays you could get a "Sexy Santa Costume" for female toons and that's literaly what the item was called Sexy Santa Costume, thing is the word Sexy was censored by the game so you ended up seeing people saying WTB "**** Santa Costume" and the like in the World chat, good times :p
  • illessenillessen Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 44
    edited June 2013
    wingedkagouti wrote: »
    $$ is used as a break between commands in binds/macros, so the game tries to parse anything after that as a new command as opposed to a continuation of your local/zone chat.

    Did not know that. Makes sense too. One would think not having a / command in the chat box it wouldn't use special commands for macros. Eh oh well, I don't know 100% of the game so there's probably something where it's used in that manner.
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  • hallipohallipo Member Posts: 54
    edited June 2013
    The whole sensoring theory is moronic and accomplishes nothing but ppl feeling they are entitled to something for nothing because someone may have said something one time (maybe) that could have possibly been construed in a negative or derogatory way-this coming from someone of Jewish decent. Thank you.

    Bunch of 88/18/55 loving HAMSTER$hats. *rolls eyes*
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Member Posts: 6,694 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    It's censored in same reason as C***M*****r, H***eF****r and rest of the "brilliant" names "intelligent" people seem to create.
    Yea. Do a /who ***k search of players....
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  • evilkinglarryevilkinglarry Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 144 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    Want weird censorship. White Knight Chronicles censors words that start with "con". And to make it more amusing they have a set of pre-made messages and one is "congrats" that gets censored when you use it.
  • jpnolejpnole Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    brun2000 wrote: »
    Like the title says, the number 55 is censored and I am curious about it, cuz I think it is just a bug...

    The most obvious answer is to keep people from typing A55 or A$$ in chat, even if they are referring to a donkey.
  • ordensmarschallordensmarschall Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 1,060 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    Nevermind all
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  • aandrethegiantaandrethegiant Member Posts: 3,369 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Ignorance is hard enough to tolerate, but insensitivity will get a thread closed, and accounts banned. Let's show some class.

    If you think that what you are about to post is insulting, don't post it.

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