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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
07.07.2014 , 05:33 AM | #31
Quote: Originally Posted by CKNORTH View Post
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....
i'm not talking about people bombarding others with hurtful words, i'm talking about having character names like "p*n*s sucker 69" or something like that. if someone gets all touchy about that it isn't anyone's problem, they can just ignore it.

there are also some really inappropriate fleet chats that i think are ok, so long as they aren't directed at any group. if people want to talk about gross sexual things that is there right. i think censorship is wrong because it blocks out freedom of speech.
people on the internet are only mean because they can get away with it

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CyberneticDucks
07.07.2014 , 05:37 AM | #32
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.
most names are used because the user finds it funny or they want attention from others. nothing is wrong with just messin' with people, the word 'harassment' should really be reserved for people whispering horrible comments to someone.
people on the internet are only mean because they can get away with it

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CyberneticDucks
07.07.2014 , 05:48 AM | #33
Quote: Originally Posted by ivanhedgehog View Post
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.
having a vulgar name referring to a female body part is not harassment because it is not maliciously targeting women, it is just mentioning a part that they happen to have. i don't think it would have any effect on how many women players there are, talking about ***** all the time certainly wouldn't effect guys.

really people should grow a thicker skin and ignore people who try to get attention. if it was someone degrading women on the chat that is a totally different story, but mentioning a "characteristic" is not harassment.
people on the internet are only mean because they can get away with it

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Spetulhu
07.07.2014 , 05:48 AM | #34
Quote: Originally Posted by CyberneticDucks View Post
there are also some really inappropriate fleet chats that i think are ok, so long as they aren't directed at any group. if people want to talk about gross sexual things that is there right. i think censorship is wrong because it blocks out freedom of speech.
Or maybe people should keep their sexual conquests in a private channel instead of discussing them where everyone can hear? That would be the polite thing to do, just as you avoid discussing religion or politics in polite company. Freedom of speech is something for governments - no closing newspapers for printing the "wrong" news, no silencing of political dissidents. And it's not freedom from consequences...

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CyberneticDucks
07.07.2014 , 05:53 AM | #35
Quote: Originally Posted by Spetulhu View Post
Or maybe people should keep their sexual conquests in a private channel instead of discussing them where everyone can hear? That would be the polite thing to do, just as you avoid discussing religion or politics in polite company. Freedom of speech is something for governments - no closing newspapers for printing the "wrong" news, no silencing of political dissidents. And it's not freedom from consequences...
yup, we just have to hope people would do the right thing and be polite. this is a two-way street, and we all have to be responsible when someone isn't polite just as much as they have a responsibility to be courteous. we can't just flip out and rant about things if we get upset.

freedom of speech is a right, so it belongs everywhere. of course this is the dev's game and they can certainly control what is allowed, but i can definitely complain about it.
people on the internet are only mean because they can get away with it

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Nightfalll
07.07.2014 , 06:34 AM | #36
I'm in the /ignore offenders camp.


It's silly letting people get to you. Shame on you for letting some juvenile behavior cross your eyes. And your an adult?


Time to grow up, acknowledge this is the type of world we live in and deal with it. Want to wear blinders and pretend we don't?

You are going to go thru life being 'offended'. Good luck with that........

Silly
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Incarnatus
07.07.2014 , 06:46 AM | #37
Quote: Originally Posted by CyberneticDucks View Post
yup, we just have to hope people would do the right thing and be polite. this is a two-way street, and we all have to be responsible when someone isn't polite just as much as they have a responsibility to be courteous. we can't just flip out and rant about things if we get upset.

freedom of speech is a right, so it belongs everywhere. of course this is the dev's game and they can certainly control what is allowed, but i can definitely complain about it.
There is something called civility, which unfortunately many have lost. It is a shame it is not also a right. However rights can and are carried too far in my opinion as is what happens when one may carry fire-arms into one's local store .....

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Miffypiffy
07.07.2014 , 07:01 AM | #38
Quote: Originally Posted by Herang View Post
Dont like it ignore them simple as that. Pull up your britches and right click that offensive name and hit ignore.
^^ This. If People are being 'offended'. Ignore it. Plain and simple.

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ImmortalLowlife
07.07.2014 , 08:04 AM | #39
Quote: Originally Posted by Nightfalll View Post
I'm in the /ignore offenders camp.


It's silly letting people get to you. Shame on you for letting some juvenile behavior cross your eyes. And your an adult?


Time to grow up, acknowledge this is the type of world we live in and deal with it. Want to wear blinders and pretend we don't?

You are going to go thru life being 'offended'. Good luck with that........

Silly
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DomiSotto
07.07.2014 , 08:11 AM | #40
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Reasons for filter:

Saturday - third through sixth letter.
Shooter - Second through seventh letter.

They are filtering on a list of words even if found in the middle of another word.
It makes a conversation for a group that happens to meet on Saturday hard to hold. I am tired of typing the "Day of the Week before Sunday". Which is annoying, because when people do want to cuss, they would find a way to cuss by misspelling the words on purpose, and the filter won't catch it, but we all will be the proud receptors of their self-expression.

For the record, when I am not grouped, I switch the chat to "other" the moment I hit the Fleet or a capital city.