Microsoft's questionable sign verification policy has no doubt frustrated many MCX360 players with its overly broad library of "unacceptable" words.
" is exclusive" and "texture" has been my most recent censors. What are your favorite head-scratching entries? (And be reasonable people; you know which words really should be censored).
Legality is a lot harsher mistress than morality. A lot of what you see censored was chosen because of legal BS. Slap community standards on top of that, and I'm surprised they let us type anything at all in online games. Fortunately for me, I play offline, so I have yet to see a sign censored.
I played World of Warcraft. They had some insane restrictions on battle pet names. For example, I had a rat that was white that I wanted to rename to "White Rat" (yeah, I'm pretty unimaginative when it comes to naming things). But the word "white" turned out to be banned as an "adult" word. Aside from the fact that there's something really bizarre in that players are apparently only allowed to use childish words, one of the battle pets is a cat called "White Kitten".
They're trying to solve the wrong problem. They think that the problem is people using "bad" words (like "Administration" or "hoe"). That's not the problem. The problem is people acting like dicks. People who really want to get around word filters in order to act like dicks can do so easily; they just use spaces, or periods, or 1337 spelling, or whatever. So this does not stop people from acting like dicks; it doesn't even slow them down. The only people they're interfering with are people who want to use the words legitimately, such as perhaps putting a listing of the contents over a chest ("spare axes, shovels, hoes").
Akynth is absolutely right. This whole censor-half-the-dictionary policy is merely interfering with normal players who don't even intend to use so-called bad words and take care not to be insulting or disrespectful. All it does is make people who want to bypass the filter more creative in doing so. Period.
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" is exclusive" and "texture" has been my most recent censors. What are your favorite head-scratching entries? (And be reasonable people; you know which words really should be censored).
I don't even....
Stay fluffy~
YOU'RE ADMINISTRATING DRUGS. THAT'S WHY!
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SAD IN MINECRAFT. *CENSORS*
i think the word your looking for is "administering" drugs.... FAIL
my favorite will always be mob spawner. seriously.
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Retired StaffThey're trying to solve the wrong problem. They think that the problem is people using "bad" words (like "Administration" or "hoe"). That's not the problem. The problem is people acting like dicks. People who really want to get around word filters in order to act like dicks can do so easily; they just use spaces, or periods, or 1337 spelling, or whatever. So this does not stop people from acting like dicks; it doesn't even slow them down. The only people they're interfering with are people who want to use the words legitimately, such as perhaps putting a listing of the contents over a chest ("spare axes, shovels, hoes").
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