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Please stop vulgar name combinations! /sigh :(

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Please stop vulgar name combinations! /sigh :(

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CyberneticDucks
07.06.2014 , 08:51 AM | #11
Quote: Originally Posted by DomiSotto View Post
General chat filters Saturday and shooter. I am still not sure why. But I can see putting that filter to the name selection might create unnecessary gates to completely innocent names. I can't really see why someone give their character a swear word for a name... oh, well. Something new every day.
can't we just let people have offensive names? as long as they aren't harassing people no one should care.
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horrorfaneightys
07.06.2014 , 09:00 AM | #12
Quote: Originally Posted by CyberneticDucks View Post
can't we just let people have offensive names? as long as they aren't harassing people no one should care.
The very fact that you use the word offensive in your post should really answer your question. Sometimes, the very name is only used because they know it will offend someone - to me that is harassment. If they're going out of their way to do that, then they deserve whatever they get.
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MSchuyler
07.06.2014 , 12:48 PM | #13
Quote: Originally Posted by horrorfaneightys View Post
The very fact that you use the word offensive in your post should really answer your question. Sometimes, the very name is only used because they know it will offend someone - to me that is harassment. If they're going out of their way to do that, then they deserve whatever they get.
The problem is equating "being offended" with "harassment." What happened to you after you were "offended"? Nothing in particular. Why should everyone else walk on egg shells around you just because you MIGHT be offended? Nowadays you can't open your mouth or make a joke without the fear that someone might be "offended." No one else should have to take the brunt of you being so easily "offended." In fact, you could call your expressing "offense" at some comment harassment as well. What, I said something you didn't like? Suck it up!

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CKNORTH
07.06.2014 , 12:56 PM | #14
Quote: Originally Posted by MSchuyler View Post
The problem is equating "being offended" with "harassment." What happened to you after you were "offended"? Nothing in particular. Why should everyone else walk on egg shells around you just because you MIGHT be offended? Nowadays you can't open your mouth or make a joke without the fear that someone might be "offended." No one else should have to take the brunt of you being so easily "offended." In fact, you could call your expressing "offense" at some comment harassment as well. What, I said something you didn't like? Suck it up!
Listen pal I am not a dumb *** here there is a difference between joking around than there is purely out right harassing someone. In fact I was target for being female and i had to leave due to the absolute degenerate behaviour. Now I can take a lot of crap. But I won't stand for the vulgarity or down right inhuman belittlement of women or any other racist/sexist remarks.. Do people have to walk on egg shells around me no, but for the love of god people need to be more respectful and read the dang terms of service this kind of behaviour should not be tolerated anywhere!

Edit: my apologies to you I see you weren't pertaining to my situation and I jumped the gun. However it is the point that it has to end in this game, and in life in general. Again I apologize for my outburst without fully reading your quote you know what they say about assuming....
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Damask_Rose
07.06.2014 , 02:33 PM | #15
All we can do is report and ignore. There is an option to report both name and legacy name. If the problem is the combination, I'd be sure to write out the whole name to be sure the person reading the report fully understands why the name is nasty.
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horrorfaneightys
07.06.2014 , 02:46 PM | #16
Quote: Originally Posted by MSchuyler View Post
The problem is equating "being offended" with "harassment." What happened to you after you were "offended"? Nothing in particular. Why should everyone else walk on egg shells around you just because you MIGHT be offended? Nowadays you can't open your mouth or make a joke without the fear that someone might be "offended." No one else should have to take the brunt of you being so easily "offended." In fact, you could call your expressing "offense" at some comment harassment as well. What, I said something you didn't like? Suck it up!
Perhaps I should have been clearer. I meant names that are based off of racist/homophobic/anti-Semitic insults, as an example. Really extreme stuff. Because I don't tend to report names. But anyones right to say what they want/ call their characters whatever they want doesn't trump other people's rights to play the game in peace. But again, I'm talking about really extreme circumstances.
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Gidrea
07.06.2014 , 03:08 PM | #17
Quote: Originally Posted by grrrly View Post
I have always found it odd that people can create character names using words that would be filtered if used in general chat. It doesn't seem to me that Bioware takes any action on these names either when they are reported.
Sometimes they do. It's worth trying. I think it depends on the person who reviews it. If they're as immature as the player you're reporting, then nothing gets changed.
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ivanhedgehog
07.06.2014 , 04:49 PM | #18
Quote: Originally Posted by MSchuyler View Post
The problem is equating "being offended" with "harassment." What happened to you after you were "offended"? Nothing in particular. Why should everyone else walk on egg shells around you just because you MIGHT be offended? Nowadays you can't open your mouth or make a joke without the fear that someone might be "offended." No one else should have to take the brunt of you being so easily "offended." In fact, you could call your expressing "offense" at some comment harassment as well. What, I said something you didn't like? Suck it up!
there is a big difference between easily offended and being offended. you just cant figure it out. It is a private game, the devs have the right to define offensive. driving around with an obscene name for a piece of female anatomy as your name is harrassment. the devs want to continue to have women customers( which is a good business decision) allowing 12 year olds that want to be able to insult people with impunity behave badly would cost them money.
FYI I am a 48 year old male veteran, I have heard more profanity than you can probably imagine(in several languages) when you tell these kids saying some of these things that they are flirting with an old guy, they run away fast.

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Obviousenuendo
07.06.2014 , 06:44 PM | #19
I've never seen any name even remotely offensive or any of that, and I don't have any reason to believe your claim unless you umm..you know.. put down some of these names for us to see.
Myself and a lot of other people wouldn't even know what to consider offensive, let alone care about.

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there is a big difference between easily offended and being offended. you just cant figure it out.

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Herang
07.06.2014 , 06:46 PM | #20
Dont like it ignore them simple as that. Pull up your britches and right click that offensive name and hit ignore.