Did you know...

That the saying 'Deus Ex Machina' is partially censored in the chat because it contains two words in a different language that, when misread intentionally and when a space is removed in between them, spell a slang term for intercourse?

Because I found that out. And now I'm pissed off... just a little. I know I made my point about the chat filter in a previous thread, but discovering that it's so broken as to block words like 'sex' when they're a) not even a swear word, b) being used IN CONTEXT, and c) being used at ALL, infuriates me.

Your chat filter does not actually do anything. People still swear, and people know exactly what the asterisks mean. Even funnier is that if people can't understand what the words behind the asterisks are, they won't understand what the words are in the first place, rendering the asterisks useless. Think about it: if some five year old kid has never seen the word 'eff ew see kay' (and the fact that I can do that makes my point some more) , do you really think that they'll understand what it means? Do you even think they're reading the chat? And, if they ARE old enough to read and understand the chat, then you've got to realize that they're likely to ask their parents why some words are censored, and then the parents will tell them what the words mean anyways.

All they actually do is make it easier to see that someone's been swearing in the chat. I can guarantee that if it wasn't highlighted by the asterisks, it would just become another word on a chat that's likely spam filled in the first place.

Besides, the filter blocks words like 'sex' but not words like 'boner,' which makes absolutely no sense, because 'sex' could be used in regular conversation while 'boner' would be used in situations where the person's TRYING to not be PG. It's like your chat filter exists to make it easier for people to realize that they're being swore at BECAUSE you're trying to hide the fact you're being swore at.

Essentially... the chat filter is stupid. It's not stopping people from swearing, it won't protect virgin eyes, and it won't make the server a friendlier place. All it will do is get in the way of conversation.

And if you're worried about people spamming swear words, well, they're also spamming other things, all the time, much easier (on CTF anyways) using things like /d. Swear words won't inherently make the chat more spammy.

/rant, is the usual saying I think.

 

MMhmm. And having a chat filter that only blocks swear words assumes that parents would look at the chat and not be offended by literally anything else that's being said in the chat.

 

*like button times 5*

 

5/10 messages have swears in them now, and it doesn't make a difference with or without the asterisks, that's my point.

We all know they're swearing anyways, and if you didn't know what the asterisks were blocking it would make no difference if they were or weren't blocked. All the asterisks do is make it slightly more eye-catching that someone's swearing in chat. Your mind fills in the swear anyways.

Toggleable chat filter would be sweeeeeet.