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Remove the Profanity filter

  • DieAlteHexe
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    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.

    Including the forums? If so, I can't find it. In our increasingly PC snowflake world, I have grown tired of the constant snowflake-protecting rules on the forums I visit. I do not need a profanity filter and would like to have mine removed.

    "Snowflake world"? If you can't control your anger and profanity in a forum, you likely have bigger issues...like growing up. You can swear with your friends, you can even swear in the game (and turn off the filter). You may need help.

    Reading comprehension is hard. I want to be able to see the profanity so I know what people are saying in the forums without having to use guesswork. "Bad" words don't affect me because I'm not a whelp that needs to be protected from such things.

    And yet, your desire to see "bad" words is superseded by ZMax's desire to disallow you. Pretty sure you can figure out what they are actually saying but if you really want to know, you could always PM them. I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you. ;)

    I cuss like a drunk sailor in RL but I also realise not everyone wants to hear that and I have no issue curtailing my colourful language if it bothers others. No skin off my nose.

    Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake
  • Dapper Dinosaur
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    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.

    Including the forums? If so, I can't find it. In our increasingly PC snowflake world, I have grown tired of the constant snowflake-protecting rules on the forums I visit. I do not need a profanity filter and would like to have mine removed.

    "Snowflake world"? If you can't control your anger and profanity in a forum, you likely have bigger issues...like growing up. You can swear with your friends, you can even swear in the game (and turn off the filter). You may need help.

    Reading comprehension is hard. I want to be able to see the profanity so I know what people are saying in the forums without having to use guesswork. "Bad" words don't affect me because I'm not a whelp that needs to be protected from such things.

    And yet, your desire to see "bad" words is superseded by ZMax's desire to disallow you. Pretty sure you can figure out what they are actually saying but if you really want to know, you could always PM them. I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you. ;)

    I cuss like a drunk sailor in RL but I also realise not everyone wants to hear that and I have no issue curtailing my colourful language if it bothers others. No skin off my nose.

    ...Do you not get that we're asking for a toggle for ourselves, not forcing others to have it off?
  • swippy
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    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.

    Including the forums? If so, I can't find it. In our increasingly PC snowflake world, I have grown tired of the constant snowflake-protecting rules on the forums I visit. I do not need a profanity filter and would like to have mine removed.

    "Snowflake world"? If you can't control your anger and profanity in a forum, you likely have bigger issues...like growing up. You can swear with your friends, you can even swear in the game (and turn off the filter). You may need help.

    Reading comprehension is hard. I want to be able to see the profanity so I know what people are saying in the forums without having to use guesswork. "Bad" words don't affect me because I'm not a whelp that needs to be protected from such things.

    And yet, your desire to see "bad" words is superseded by ZMax's desire to disallow you. Pretty sure you can figure out what they are actually saying but if you really want to know, you could always PM them. I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you. ;)

    I cuss like a drunk sailor in RL but I also realise not everyone wants to hear that and I have no issue curtailing my colourful language if it bothers others. No skin off my nose.

    ...Do you not get that we're asking for a toggle for ourselves, not forcing others to have it off?

    that's not what OP was saying.
  • Nifty2g
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    Man if we got to remove profanity filter on forums can you imagine all the abuse Wrobel would get
    #MOREORBS
  • DieAlteHexe
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    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.

    Including the forums? If so, I can't find it. In our increasingly PC snowflake world, I have grown tired of the constant snowflake-protecting rules on the forums I visit. I do not need a profanity filter and would like to have mine removed.

    "Snowflake world"? If you can't control your anger and profanity in a forum, you likely have bigger issues...like growing up. You can swear with your friends, you can even swear in the game (and turn off the filter). You may need help.

    Reading comprehension is hard. I want to be able to see the profanity so I know what people are saying in the forums without having to use guesswork. "Bad" words don't affect me because I'm not a whelp that needs to be protected from such things.

    And yet, your desire to see "bad" words is superseded by ZMax's desire to disallow you. Pretty sure you can figure out what they are actually saying but if you really want to know, you could always PM them. I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you. ;)

    I cuss like a drunk sailor in RL but I also realise not everyone wants to hear that and I have no issue curtailing my colourful language if it bothers others. No skin off my nose.

    ...Do you not get that we're asking for a toggle for ourselves, not forcing others to have it off?

    Did you not read the OP? :)

    This is Zmax's house. They don't want it for whatever reason. It's not that difficult to not type "bad" words. Bit different from speaking where there's no going back.

    Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake
  • ssorgatem
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    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.

    Including the forums? If so, I can't find it. In our increasingly PC snowflake world, I have grown tired of the constant snowflake-protecting rules on the forums I visit. I do not need a profanity filter and would like to have mine removed.

    "Snowflake world"? If you can't control your anger and profanity in a forum, you likely have bigger issues...like growing up. You can swear with your friends, you can even swear in the game (and turn off the filter). You may need help.

    Reading comprehension is hard. I want to be able to see the profanity so I know what people are saying in the forums without having to use guesswork. "Bad" words don't affect me because I'm not a whelp that needs to be protected from such things.

    And yet, your desire to see "bad" words is superseded by ZMax's desire to disallow you. Pretty sure you can figure out what they are actually saying but if you really want to know, you could always PM them. I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you. ;)

    I cuss like a drunk sailor in RL but I also realise not everyone wants to hear that and I have no issue curtailing my colourful language if it bothers others. No skin off my nose.

    ...Do you not get that we're asking for a toggle for ourselves, not forcing others to have it off?

    Did you not read the OP? :)

    This is Zmax's house. They don't want it for whatever reason. It's not that difficult to not type "bad" words. Bit different from speaking where there's no going back.

    "bad words" like "whisper me"?
  • DieAlteHexe
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    ssorgatem wrote: »
    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.

    Including the forums? If so, I can't find it. In our increasingly PC snowflake world, I have grown tired of the constant snowflake-protecting rules on the forums I visit. I do not need a profanity filter and would like to have mine removed.

    "Snowflake world"? If you can't control your anger and profanity in a forum, you likely have bigger issues...like growing up. You can swear with your friends, you can even swear in the game (and turn off the filter). You may need help.

    Reading comprehension is hard. I want to be able to see the profanity so I know what people are saying in the forums without having to use guesswork. "Bad" words don't affect me because I'm not a whelp that needs to be protected from such things.

    And yet, your desire to see "bad" words is superseded by ZMax's desire to disallow you. Pretty sure you can figure out what they are actually saying but if you really want to know, you could always PM them. I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you. ;)

    I cuss like a drunk sailor in RL but I also realise not everyone wants to hear that and I have no issue curtailing my colourful language if it bothers others. No skin off my nose.

    ...Do you not get that we're asking for a toggle for ourselves, not forcing others to have it off?

    Did you not read the OP? :)

    This is Zmax's house. They don't want it for whatever reason. It's not that difficult to not type "bad" words. Bit different from speaking where there's no going back.

    "bad words" like "whisper me"?

    Take it up with them. I'm not going to argue their filter list. We all know it's overly-sensitive. Doesn't matter though, if they decided to put "petunia" on the list, it's their prerogative.

    Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake
  • SickDuck
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    Profanity filter is so badly implemented in ESO. Filtering out profanity is fine, but what it does is mainly highlighting non-profane content by ignoring completly valid white spacing and punctuation. It is dumb. By this normal conversations are hard to read and the tool itself is planting filthy words in our minds while we try to figure out what’s going on. By turning it off it more likely you get fewer profane words, that’s how bad it is.

    On the other hand ESO is PEGI-18 in most countries so default “off” option should not be a big deal.
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  • DaveMoeDee
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    ssorgatem wrote: »
    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.

    Including the forums? If so, I can't find it. In our increasingly PC snowflake world, I have grown tired of the constant snowflake-protecting rules on the forums I visit. I do not need a profanity filter and would like to have mine removed.

    "Snowflake world"? If you can't control your anger and profanity in a forum, you likely have bigger issues...like growing up. You can swear with your friends, you can even swear in the game (and turn off the filter). You may need help.

    Reading comprehension is hard. I want to be able to see the profanity so I know what people are saying in the forums without having to use guesswork. "Bad" words don't affect me because I'm not a whelp that needs to be protected from such things.

    And yet, your desire to see "bad" words is superseded by ZMax's desire to disallow you. Pretty sure you can figure out what they are actually saying but if you really want to know, you could always PM them. I'm sure they'd be happy to tell you. ;)

    I cuss like a drunk sailor in RL but I also realise not everyone wants to hear that and I have no issue curtailing my colourful language if it bothers others. No skin off my nose.

    ...Do you not get that we're asking for a toggle for ourselves, not forcing others to have it off?

    Did you not read the OP? :)

    This is Zmax's house. They don't want it for whatever reason. It's not that difficult to not type "bad" words. Bit different from speaking where there's no going back.

    "bad words" like "whisper me"?

    Obviously '***' is the word they are censoring. And if you want to criticize something, you should always ask yourself whey they implemented it that way if you want your objections to sound reasonable. People will try work-arounds to insert censored words. Adding spaces is one work-around. A more complex filter might whitelist certain phrases like whisper me, but any added complexity adds processing which makes things slower. While we can always think of ways a word can be fine, they are thinking of the problematic uses. If you are an adult and feel it is overkill, turn it off. I don't see why any adult would turn it on.
  • Twenty0zTsunami
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    Zer0oo wrote: »
    It is actually quite funny to see what the game sees as "profanity" and leaves you wondering how exactly that could be even remotely fall under the category of "bad" words.

    they're considering several languages. For example 'p^u^t^a" is filtered, even if you're saying "I'd like to put a cup on my table"

    Just because you don't recognize something as such, doesn't mean it couldn't possibly be. Your experience, knowledge and perception is not the end all-be all of existence. As a matter of fact, it's quite a small, insignificant portion of reality. Open your mind up a bit.

    As others have suggested: toggle the filter your damn self.
    Edited by Twenty0zTsunami on March 8, 2018 5:23PM
  • CountEdmondDantes
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    To be quite frank I don't give a *** if anyone wants it.
    Turelus wrote: »
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    I mean both,and yes I know I can turn the stupid ass thing off.I shouldn't have to though.It shouldn't even *** be there.
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    Why? You haven’t really given us a reason why you want it gone.
    Toggles are hard.

    Having to turn it off every time you create a new toon is kind of a pain isn't it?Why isn't it off by default?

    The hardest part is that moment when you try to recall how to turn it off. The two clicks to turn it off are not hard at all.
  • Rouven
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    Once day a single letter will become the ultimate insult. Forums around the globe fear that day.

    I think it will be a.

    Just a hunch.
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  • frausty
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    Nobody wants it.

    Well as a fully grown adult who can choose to use profanity or not I have a few questions.

    1) I want the filter. Why do you presume I don't? If my niece is staying over and I'm playing ESO I want the ability to restrict what she see's even if I turn it off most of the time.
    2) If you believe a genuine word is blocked have you raised a ticket? This is the way email filtering works in every company. If there is no reason to exclude the word it can easily be added to a whitelist.
    3) Why do you need to swear at all in text or voice chat? Fine if you are in your guild and that is accepted behaviour but in a public area common decency states that you don't
    4) If there is an issue with the filter and you get nowhere with the ticket you have raised, is it so difficult to type whisper or whisp me instead of whisper me?

    People are free to make their own choices but if a product contains a profanity filter, or in fact any type of filter to stem abusive behaviour this is surely not a bad thing? I know for a fact that people from all races, religions, sexual orientation and people with illnesses both physical and mental may not want to read a lot of the content in text chat so filtering is good and the ability to control the filter is kindly provided by the developers.
  • Jayman1000
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    Nobody wants it.

    I disagree, I actually think that it should be enforced. Additionally we should have blasphemy filters too, such that you could not take the Lords name in your mouth, do not say "Thank God" or similar blasphemous utterings. Also I think there should be an "annoying filter" to filter away anything too annoying. For example: a filter to block out any guild advertizing (for example block the entire post if it contains the word "guild" or "join" or is more than 100 characters long. And a filter to block people who attempt to write non english characters, for example russian, german... these are just example languages, could be any non-english language.

    All of this should be enforced; and there are probably more possible filters we could implement to block people from saying what they want, we just need to think creatively.
    Edited by Jayman1000 on March 8, 2018 9:31PM
  • Jayman1000
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    Ratzkifal wrote: »
    @ZOS_Edward
    A problem I am seeing with the profanity filter right now is that it censores too many things unnecessarily.
    Sure, you can turn it off, but suppose you want it on. If you play on EU and speak let's say German you actually have to work around things that trigger the English profanity filter that just happen to appear in German sentenses. Without trying I am almost certain that the spanish word for black can't even be written because of the English filter.
    It is too strict to the point that people who would prefer it being on, turn it off anyway as it just disturbs the flow of a conversation. I would like the option of having a selection of multiple language based profanity filters for at least the main languages of the game (English, German, French and Japanese?).

    The spanish word for black is ***. Is it not a bad word and the ingame profanity filter does not filter it out. But for some reason the forum filter does. That other n-word that is actually derogatory IS filtered out ingame as it should.
    Edited by Jayman1000 on March 8, 2018 9:39PM
  • Ihatenightblades
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    ZOS_Edward wrote: »
    We have the option to turn it off for those that don't want it, so there's no reason to remove it completely.

    We much prefer to give an option for settings like this instead of leaving them out completely.[/quote

    Ya i dont see why anybody would want less options.
  • Ratzkifal
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    I wonder if advertisement is getting censored because of the [adverti***t] between the [adverti***t]s

    Edit: I knew it!
    Edited by Ratzkifal on March 9, 2018 12:50AM
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  • frausty
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    Jayman1000 wrote: »
    Ratzkifal wrote: »
    @ZOS_Edward
    A problem I am seeing with the profanity filter right now is that it censores too many things unnecessarily.
    Sure, you can turn it off, but suppose you want it on. If you play on EU and speak let's say German you actually have to work around things that trigger the English profanity filter that just happen to appear in German sentenses. Without trying I am almost certain that the spanish word for black can't even be written because of the English filter.
    It is too strict to the point that people who would prefer it being on, turn it off anyway as it just disturbs the flow of a conversation. I would like the option of having a selection of multiple language based profanity filters for at least the main languages of the game (English, German, French and Japanese?).

    The spanish word for black is ***. Is it not a bad word and the ingame profanity filter does not filter it out. But for some reason the forum filter does. That other n-word that is actually derogatory IS filtered out ingame as it should.

    Unfortunately this isn't always the case. That work you reference at the end of your comment popped up in my zone chat about a month ago with someone using it in very derogatory terms. I reported the issue and thankfully haven't seen that word since so hopefully it is fully blocked now. But this is an example of what we should do when we see an issue with the filter. Report it and the admins/devs can do something about it.
  • Auldjohn
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    Nobody wants it.

    I want it. Prefer to play without profanity!
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