Of all who ever lived...

[fco-karatekid]

...why did it have to be the Pilgrims/Puritans who established the dominant morality of the US? These were people so uptight that that Dutch threw them out.

I was reminded of this the other day when I was trying to set up an PUG for Inferno of the D***ed and was informed that I could not use the word "D**ned" in the comment section. Thought that was pretty amusing, since I wasn't the one who named the d***ed quest "Inferno of the D***ed," Turbine did.

The last time this happened I was maybe 8 years old and was informed (physically) that I wasn't allowed to talk like my generally foul-mouthed family.


Maybe this has already been covered. Sorry to bore you if it has, but my searching turned-up nothing.

huh... why not just select the quest title in the UI list? My all time favorite chat filter argument was the forbidden "tangle root canal".

[serfs_up]

What is it with the filter and the Orchard? This time, the forbidden word was "scraps." As in "farming sigil scraps"

[Saravis]

What is it with the filter and the Orchard? This time, the forbidden word was "scraps." As in "farming sigil scraps"

between the s and the s

And please kindly leave the insulting of religions out of your threads next time.

thank you

[serfs_up]

I thought that may have been it, but I think even the MPAA would still allow a movie to get a G rating if that word turns up in it.


And I really didn't set out to insult religions. I follow the news enough to know that insulting religions is still unhealthy, high-risk behavior, even in the 21st century.

[TrinityTurtle]

And while we're on the topic, let us not forget how much FUN it was trying to explain spell penetration to new players when you couldn't use the word penetration. I need a thesaurus to find alternates for those conversations.

[serfs_up]

That's hilarious.


I wonder how cued-in to potentially offensive terms from languages besides English the filter is?

I worked for an Egyptian family for a few years and picked-up a bit of Arabic in the process. I'll have to see how Anglicized Arabic swear-words fare versus the filter next time I log in.

[Cardoor]

And I really didn't set out to insult religions. I follow the news enough to know that insulting religions is still unhealthy, high-risk behavior, even in the 21st century.

The backhanded innocence of trolling this "scraps" makes me side with the Puritans. I doubt they or Turbine created the chat filter, but since you can turn it off...

[serfs_up]

I do have the chat filter turned off. The filtering I'm laughing at occurs in the comment section for grouping.


I really didn't think of it as that insulting, it's a pretty cliched intro I've used for years IRL when talking about what I see as overdone, unnecessary morality; things such as filters on the grouping panel that don't allow that don't allow the name that the quest was given to put in the comment section. I don't feel the need for backhanded trolling and I'm not feigning innocence; I'm just fine with my embrace of post-Enlightenment thought and know that I made a blunder with the way I tilted this posting. Denying that Puritan morality has no enduring influence seems like backhanded trolling to me, since I assume that you are intelligent.

Memories of when the very religious really hated D&D made me think it wouldn't have turned into such a big deal, but I was wrong and have no problem admitting it. Not a mistake I'd make again, given the melodrama that has been generated.

[JollySwagMan]

/OP

I recommend changing the thread title; to something more about the filter censoring in-game names. After all, that is why this thread is in the gameplay/game systems forum, no?

Discussing the historical background of such filters can be an interesting topic, but framed like this, the thread's gonna be locked.

13. Discussion of religious or political topics is prohibited on the Community Sites.

If you wish to discuss these kinds of topics though, there are several excellent historical forums and websites to look into.

[serfs_up]

/OP

I recommend changing the thread title; to something more about the filter censoring in-game names. After all, that is why this thread is in the gameplay/game systems forum, no?

Discussing the historical background of such filters can be an interesting topic, but framed like this, the thread's gonna be locked.



If you wish to discuss these kinds of topics though, there are several excellent historical forums and websites to look into.

That's a good idea; I was worried about the context for the ensuing drama being lost, but that's probably just as good at this point.

I certainly didn't intend for my first post on these forums to generate so much rage, as I am well aware how serious people can take things on the internet.

When I bring up the "Puritan question" it is usually in the context of a kind of alternate history thing like "what would the world be like if the 13th century Franco-Mongol alliance had panned out?" It's mostly me wondering how the US might be different if the Norse or Phoencians or Sufis had established permanent colonies in North America.

[Cardoor]

I do have the chat filter turned off. The filtering I'm laughing at occurs in the comment section for grouping.

I call that the "LFM" - which doesn't make much sense, but people tend to know what I mean.

Memories of when the very religious really hated D&D made me think it wouldn't have turned into such a big deal, but I was wrong and have no problem admitting it. Not a mistake I'd make again, given the melodrama that has been generated.

Understanding how to filter through generalities about "the very religious" will help you write things like "some very religious" and maybe even help expand what seems to be a very simplified view of that topic.