Not sure if this is the spot in the forums for this ...but here it goes. I wanted to name one of my ship after 40 Kill WWII ace Richard Bong. The game said no profane words when I try to use his name. Richard Bong flew a P-38 lightning during World War II. He has 40 kills, a record that is unbroken to this day. Richard died in 1945, after the war, test flying a new type of aircraft at the time, a Jet. At any rate, I would like the privilege of putting this Medal Of Honor winners name on one of my ships. If anything can be done I would appreciate it.
Thank You.
I'd imagine the problem with "Richard Bong" is similar to the problem internet swear filters had way back with the town of "Scunthorpe" here in the UK.
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Yeah that's always the issue with automatic filters either they're too sensitive or not sensitive enough, but pretty much never will they actually perform the function they're suppose to, they're just not intelligent enough for that.
And this problem is universal not limited to STO.
It's actually one the reasons I disable any "naughty word" filters when I can, more often then not it just makes things confusing and makes it look like everyone is swearing like a drunken sailor due to how overly sensitive they are.
Bizarrely, when I made my Lib Borg character, I wanted to call him "Monitor" as a reference to the leader of the Logopolitans, but this word is banned.
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Cryptic has a whole list of words and phrases whose use is restricted in game. Congrats, OP! Very few people these days know who Richard Bong was or what he did. Even fewer probably can tell you who Thomas McGuire is without using some serious Google Fu. HINT: McGuire's "official" score was only two less than Bong's "official" score.
If you'd like some names in keeping with the theme you're trying for may I suggest the following?
Thomas Blackburn
Chico Freeman
Donald Blakeslee
Donald Gentile
Saburo Sakai
Gunther Rall
Eric Hartmann
Douglas Bader
Robert Johnson
A.G. Malan
"Ginger" Baker
David McCampbell
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And this problem is universal not limited to STO.
It's actually one the reasons I disable any "naughty word" filters when I can, more often then not it just makes things confusing and makes it look like everyone is swearing like a drunken sailor due to how overly sensitive they are.
If you'd like some names in keeping with the theme you're trying for may I suggest the following?
Thomas Blackburn
Chico Freeman
Donald Blakeslee
Donald Gentile
Saburo Sakai
Gunther Rall
Eric Hartmann
Douglas Bader
Robert Johnson
A.G. Malan
"Ginger" Baker
David McCampbell