Censorship Petition

Hey guys, remember that post way back when by Kanto about how they supposedly test out all the patches on a GM only test server first? Apparently, either all the GMs who test there are saints who never use innocent words with alternative meanings... or they're lousy at their job and should probably be fired.

Either way, PW has taken this (stupid) censorship BEYOND too far this time.

What's sad is that that's probably an entirely accurate representation of the extent of the "testing" they do here.

First of all, online petitions never work.

Second, I vote that we instead remove the filter altogether and replace all bad words with the word "smurf".

Who's with me? b:chuckleb:victory

Norala - Dreamweaver wrote: »

First of all, online petitions never work.

Second, I vote that we instead remove the filter altogether and replace all bad words with the word "smurf".

Who's with me? b:chuckleb:victory

What the smurf? What are you smurfing smoking? Thats probly the smurfiest idea i've ever smurfing heard... b:laugh

Hey all, there were definitely too many additions to the chat filter, and we're working now to reduce its size. We'll also continue tweaking as necessary.

I'll let you know when the first changes roll out.

Family Guy moment anyone?

Yea..this **** needs to be changed.

You can't even say words like treatment or circumstances in game anymore. God knows what other words you can't say..

You should have taken a bit of time to read-frankie,kritty,and shelly have all commented on this.


I really do hope this is changed...and soon! Utter nonsense that they never seem to test anything during these updates. I realize people would have a cow if the servers were not back up on time, but I would think most would appreciate the added effort. b:scorn And really what is the point of censoring say ..the word sh*t when we can paste a nice lil icon of a steamy pile.. I mean..come on.

Adding my vote to stop this censor filtering until they could figure out how to do it right. Do some testing before throwing out on a maintenance.

Bigredneck - Sanctuary wrote: »

I need to be able to squad. I don't give a damn how they fix it.

the fact red neck as 1 word got censored and yankee did not....im from the south! I know 200 jeff foxworthy red neck jokes (many of which apply to me) and i openly share these jokes with my faction for our amusment. I am highly offended such a strict censor got put into place. Instead do what other games do and make a censor setting option. it isnt that complicated an element to put into a game.

and I strongly agree with everyone who mentions the censor is absurd for a game where its been stated so many times to be age 18+

I'll begin by saying I agree with the sentiments of (nearly) everyone else that the updated chat filter clearly has problems and has significant and far reaching unintended implications for game play. I appreciate the efforts of staff to resolve the issues, especially for those innocent players/factions who have lost significant segments of their game play.

At the same time, world chat (at least on Sanctuary Server) is at times very offensive. A handful of players tend to use WC as their own personal sex chat channel, posting so frequently and obnoxiously (not to mention some sometimes pretty sordid content) that other players are unable to effectively use WC. To me, this isn't even about whether or not minors are reading the inappropriate chat. I'm no prude, I'm a grown adult with a pretty laid back hippie attitude, but I've gotten pretty sick and tired of this handful of dolts and their complete lack of self control, or respect for being in a public environment.

I know others have gotten sick of it too, and I suspect staff have been inundated with tickets and S/S, and a fair amount of mute and ban actions. Perhaps this is in reaction to that, perhaps not, idk.

It seems to me, as many others have mentioned, that people will get around any filters anyway. What we really need is more GM in-game participation. No need to filter "you will not def*****!" (e.at me) in nirvana when you can monitor WC and send a quick cautionary whisper to a player who has just WC'd his 3rd or 5th or flippin 10th sex+defecation comment in as many minutes.

So while I appreciate PWI's efforts to do something about a problem that is spiralling downhill, I also support actions to roll back the filter changes (and their unintended consequences) and take another stab at fixing the real problem--a minority of players who are apparently unable to play well without some serious adult (GM) supervision.

option to turn on/off filter sounds like a pretty good idea..
why can't we do that instead?
you don't need to decrease the additions -.-
just add the option

Hey gaize. We'll be fixing the economy with moar and moar sales. Sit tight.

Hello guyz, I got an answer, it took awhile , but still considering the amount of work they had, it was sooner than |I expected.




I commented on the ticket positively, for I really felt the GMS and Tech support guyz really are concerned with it .
Despite the fact I cant play with my character to the fullest extend at this moment , having the feeling that someone from PWI is doing something about it , makes me feel respected.
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