I understand that now after making this thread. To be honest, I didn’t realize curse words were not permitted unless they were used to insult/aggravate another player. In fact, I looked at the last appeal and I inquired what I wrote which constituted “abusive chat” but was only met with the automated response:
"Greetings,
This action has been taken in accordance with our Terms of Use and our In-game Policies ( https://blizzard.com/support/article/42673 ), which all players acknowledge and agree to prior to playing. These policies and conditions allow us to maintain a fun and safe game environment for all of our players.
I actually re-opened that ticket four times to ask what was deemed “abusive chat” since there was never any context on the suspension. I was only met with the same aforementioned generic automated response four times. I assumed it was the macro; however, when I reviewed the In-Game Code of Conduct, crowd-control macro spam was not mentioned. I questioned whether it fell into the Behavior category as others may have found it annoying.
Had I known that curse words were strictly not permitted, I would have been more mindful about not using it. In my community, it’s really not a big deal to say curse words so it never seemed like an issue to me. I’ll be honest though knowing that now, it makes me question the purpose of the Mature Language Filter since one would think someone who would be offended by mature language would activate that feature.
Either way, a Game Master did review the appeal and reversed the ban.
Thank you to those who provided constructive and insightful feedback.
It truly for all practical reasons has been the same thing for the last twenty years, We have agreed to the Code of Conduct multiple times over the years. I’m happy you have had your appeal processed and it went in your favor. Please Follow the CoC so this will never happen to you again, And happy adventures
The filter is to protect themselves from such language and not an excuse by others to use such language. There are myriad ways to circumvent this and is meant as a first barrier.
Is there to provide a layer of protection for those that don’t want to see the words or for their children to see them. Even though they would have it on, the filtered chat can still be reported.
It is still not an excuse or reason to break the rules.
Affording someone extra protection against a prohibited activity does not give you license to engage in that activity. Think of it like a bulletproof vest for profanity. Just because someone wears one doesn’t mean you can shoot at them without consequence.
World of Warcraft has an ESRB Rating of “T”, meaning Teen - Ages 13 and up. On top of that, Blizzard has it’s own rules and terms in the ToS and EULA. One of those being that no cussing of any kind, written, abbreviated, masked, or in any form.
So, there are minors that play this game. The Mature Language Filter is in place as an extra layer of protection for those that want to protect their children or themselves from seeing what is typed by those that don’t seem to be able to follow the rules.
Also don’t try lawyering this which is what you’re doing trying to find out how to bypass the profanity filter it ain’t going to work. Just try google and see what it says I’m sure it will be an eye opener for you.
