Not making a rage thread from a ban or anything since I just got a warning, but I just want to clear something up. I was warned when I threw a curse word off hand describing flying Federation ships. It wasn’t anything insulting and wasn’t jammed in with an alt-code to bypass the filter or anything. Only rule that I can come up with regarding this is:
“the players can prevent the display of obscene words in chat with the help of a profanity filter included in the game settings. But the presence of such a filter in the game is not an excuse for writing obscene words in chat channels.”
Which came off to me as just there so players feel it’s not a free pass to spout a hate speech or anything. So do I zip my lips of any words that make ears sad regardless of context or severity or are some moderators just overzealous?
-not a mod or anything, but my view on it is this-
Since this game is not 18+ cursing is usually seen as something bad And thus it is a warnable/mutable offense if done excessively.(Though depending on the mod you encounter, it may be excessive very soon or very late.
d) the players can prevent the display of obscene words in chat with the help of a profanity filter included in the game settings. But the presence of such a filter in the game is not an excuse for writing obscene words in chat channels.
If you were to walk into your local council hall or other public place of gathering and swear like a boat-worker, how would the people around you react?
If they were to complain about your swearing, would you react by saying they can put on some music, cover their ears, distance themselves from you or simply not listen to you in another manner?
For me the most obvious solution is for people to behave as if they were guests in the room and learn how to act appropriately in public. Simple rule of thumb - would whatever you were going to say make your grandmother want to slap you around the ears? Yes? Then don’t say it.
If you were to walk into your local council hall or other public place of gathering and swear like a boat-worker, how would the people around you react?
If they were to complain about your swearing, would you react by saying they can put on some music, cover their ears, distance themselves from you or simply not listen to you in another manner?
For me the most obvious solution is for people to behave as if they were guests in the room and learn how to act appropriately in public. Simple rule of thumb - would whatever you were going to say make your grandmother want to slap you around the ears? Yes? Then don’t say it.
I don’t have the self-dicipline for that… Not always anyway…
Once I’ve had a bunch of bad teams my mood starts getting bad and I kind of start swearing at them for not doing their job.
d) the players can prevent the display of obscene words in chat with the help of a profanity filter included in the game settings. But the presence of such a filter in the game is not an excuse for writing obscene words in chat channels.
I did this the other day, pushed it from our spawn with a frigate all the way to the giant rock barrier in front of the enemy spawn. so many empire snipers… they kept shooting the rock instead of me, i was laughing so hard by the time i was done, I didnt even care that we lost… I was a healer frig and still came in like 3rd just from assists
Make obscure sexual references when your Hydra 2 or any other… well “Hot dog” looking ship goes through the warp gates
You gotta be careful what you say on the internet.
I actually find the swearing from the in-game voice fairly lame and irritating. If you’re going to trash talk the enemy, at least be creative. I agree that this is contradictory to the game rules as well - and as such should be replaced with something more engaging.
And thus it is a warnable/mutable offense if done excessively.(Though depending on the mod you encounter, it may be excessive very soon or very late.