Sorry, started from the beginning of the post.
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Reasons just fall into report buckets if you are talking about the automated messages you are getting. The actual reason a Mod does it vs what the categories are can be a bit different.
That you are only getting posts removed means they are attempting to educate you about what is, and what is not allowed on the forums. If you were being penalized you would be suspended here.
You now know you can’t use profanity, or masked profanity anywhere on Blizzard games or platforms.
Just read the code of conduct and follow it. Turning this back into a discussion about language instead of your actual issue - locked for payment issues, is not productive.
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I’m not sure why you would be shocked. You were told by many MANY posters before Orlyia came and cleaned it up. Profanity and masked profanity, even in the sense of just discussing what may have happened, is not allowed.
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Yes, there are two different sets of rules. One for game companies on content they produce and have reviewed. Another for real time content made by players (names and chat). This has always been the rule with WoW, going back to 2004.
That was covered in this thread already, here.
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My problem is with the interpretation of “masked profanity”. The context of me using the masking here is akin to me saying
- “the other day someone said “bad word” to me, is that okay?” and then Me getting my post removed for using “bad word” as a masking of profanity.
It’s like… referencing a “bad word” to reference the word is considered masking… but I am pretty sure that policy isn’t meant to be applied that way lol.
I will have to contact legal to find out I guess…
You already explained it yourself above somewhere. If you use the symbols or spelling change to say a specific word, and other can get the idea, that is “masked profanity”. You are not allowed to do that.
If you instead had used “bad word” then nothing would have been reported or removed. And I mean exactly the quoted words. It is the symbols intended to mask an actual swear word that got it removed.
You were told all that though. I thought you understood.
Good luck with that. Your lawyer can contact them, but I doubt they are going to get into the details of the rules with your lawyer. They will likely point out that the EULA states you agree to follow the game and forum policies. That failure to do so has penalties that are legally able to be upheld. Such as removing posts, or suspending access to games or forums.
They may also point out you don’t own your Battlenet account, characters, items, or anything else. You buy a license to access Blizzard’s platforms providing you follow the contract you agreed to.
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Quite frankly? Too bad. Blizzard’s interpretation is the only thing that matters.
Having said that, I’ll address the next points.
Correct. It’s not allowed, under any context. But as has been said, there are no actions being given for that, BECAUSE you’re asking for clarification. That’s really what this forum is about: providing clarification on current policies.
This issue is, when you get the answer/clarification, this is not the place to rail against it or suggest they change it.
No, it is. There is no masked profanity, for any reason at any time in any form. There’s no theorizing as to when it could be allowed.
It’s not allowed. At all. For ANY reason. You can’t do it. That’s the policy. None at all. NONE.
Do you mean Blizzard’s legal team? They do not take customer complaints. And you have already been given the explanation. Not liking the explanation does not mean anything to anyone.
Do you mean your own legal team? Well, that’s where you should’ve read the ToS that you claim no one could possibly do. Threatening legal action does not get anywhere with Blizzard.
And quite frankly, it’s a dumb thing to do, since this has nothing to do with why your account is locked in the first place, and you have not been actioned for anything you have said in here.
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Was just a joke about contacting legal lol. Just making a joke that I need a lawyer to explain how this is being applied.
Had you read the EULA, you’d know it’s written in plain English, not legal jargon, and it’s easy enough to understand.
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Because a lot of players are frankly tired of it and the toxicity in game.
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Fair enough. Sometimes, as regulars in here, we see people threaten this stuff. A little touchy on our part. Apologies for that.
But you really don’t. It’s not allowed. At all.
It doesn’t take a lawyer to understand that these are the rules Blizzard has set, and you must follow them to be allowed in their game or on their forums. That’s it. There’s no flowchart needed, because it all ends with “Not allowed at all”.
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Not to mention a lot of them are children.
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Lets be real, age demo of wow is probably middle aged. Lol
Probably, but whether you believe it or not, kids play it, too. Probably explains that ESRB rating.
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Not the issue Stormfury – Orlyia
Honestly I feel age is irrelevant. I’d like to say I’m at or at least near middle age and I don’t want to see someone cursing and carrying on like a sailor, especially in anger.
I’m not going to say someone throwing out a curse is going to ruin my day or anything of the sort, but I don’t want to see it nor does it has a place in the game. Really as simple as that.
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Okay Orylia.
pretty sure you should be able to copy these files/profiles over from one folder to another if that’s your biggest hurdle
This may shock you, but what you just did is what I am referencing as crazy. You just broke the TOS, by giving an example of what is not allowed, using masked language… which is the thing I was saying is crazy. Your post is just as bad as what I did that got removed. Actually its worse, because it used an unmasked profanity aswell.
My example was if I just said “can I use asterisk asterisk asterisk” to describe a bad word? but me asking the question with asterisks got removed, for using asterisks. Which is what you just did
Since OP’s issue (which had nothing to do with language) has been addressed, it’s probably unnecessary to keep this going.