nothing racist or sexist. not calling people derogatory things… but saying the f word is banable? if players choose to see language how is it possible to report someone?
game is rated T for teen. violence, alcohol etc but bad words are ruining players in game experience?
The filter is there for people who don’t want to see things that others players can’t control in their typing.
Not hard to self-censor before pressing the enter key, but seems impossible for some.
You’ll probably find those with the filter turned off reported.
Yes, that’s the rating rules Blizzard has to follow.
You agreed to the terms of use AND the social contract, which is just a small summary of the terms of use. They are the rules that players abide by, else suffer the consequences.
Silences etc didn’t work. So Blizzard has stepped up punishments to include suspensions, and eventually permanent bans.
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Yes. Why is this even a question?
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The rating covers the pre-made content produced by Blizzard. Content that can be reviewed and evaluated. That is rated Teen.
Player interactions (chat and names) are not rated and follow the game company policy, which for ALL Blizzard games, is rather family friendly. Always has been. Blizzard has never allowed profanity, masked profanity, obscene, vulgar, offensive language, slurs, etc.
Filters protect players from those who can’t follow the rules they agreed to, esp children. This has been true since the start.
And is true today
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There is no accidentally swearing in game, it’s a conscience effort. Next time think before you type.
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who do you tell irl when bad words happen?
We aren’t talking IRL though.
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This is a video game.
How old are you?
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The IRL comparison is not relevant here. You agreed to the rules, you accept the consequences of breaking them.
IRL there are similar rules. I would have been punished at school, fired at work, or removed from a business if I ran my mouth the wrong way.
There is a time and a place for things. Learning that and learning to control your fingers or language is a important thing.
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Me, a swift punch to the mouth from a stranger or a slap upside to my head by my parents. I learned a long time ago to not run my mouth, but I slip up sometimes on the forums.
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That, and getting my mouth washed out with soap, made to stand in the corner, sent to my room, and/or grounded.
Thankfully that does not happen here and I hope does not really happen IRL anymore either. People just have to realize that if they can’t follow the rules, don’t be shocked when they get Silenced or Suspended.
People can say what they want, but nobody else has to put up with it.
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I have been told swearing is a sign of poor up bringing.
Not gonna say we’ll miss you. You’ll find other game companies not so lenient as Blizzard when it comes to language. I believe Sony (Final Fantasy Online) perma banns for the first offense.
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There are ways to doing this without profanity, racism though.
Plenty of other game companies are taking a tough stance towards toxic behaviour too though.
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Profanity has never ever been allowed in WoW. Not now. Not in 2004. Nobody is “removing it”.
If someone manages to get a perma ban for language they REALLY had a lot of infractions on the account and refused to learn.
You play a game that has never allowed profanity or masked profanity. Don’t be shocked when someone gets penalized for it.
2004
Original User Manual from 2004 https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/template_resource/LO0VQ46XB1281555957773363.pdf - which has the EULA at the end. It points to the requirements for accepting Terms of Use with the website for it. I selected the first archived Wayback Machine TOU for WoW from 2004.
https://web.archive.org/web/20041217101250/http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.shtml
B. Rules Related to “Chat” and Interaction With Other Users.
Communicating with other Users and Blizzard Entertainment representatives is an integral part of World of Warcraft and is referred to in this document as “Chat.” Your Chats may be subject to review, modification, and deletion without notice by Blizzard Entertainment. Additionally, you hereby acknowledge that Blizzard Entertainment is under no obligation to monitor Chat and you engage in Chat at your own risk. When engaging in Chat in World of Warcraft, or otherwise utilizing World of Warcraft, you may not:
(i) Transmit or post sexually explicit images or other content or language which in the sole discretion of Blizzard Entertainment is deemed to be offensive; nor shall you transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable content or language, nor may you use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the content and language restrictions listed above;
(ii) Carry out any action with a disruptive effect, such as cause the Chat screen to “scroll” faster than other users are able to type to it, including setting up macros with large amounts of text that, when used, can have a disruptive effect on the normal flow of Chat;
(iii) Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue in Chat or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users, individuals or entities, including, but not limited to, posting “Spam” messages on World of Warcraft (“Spam” messages as used in this document include, but are not limited to, any effort to use a computer or other electronic device to post an unauthorized and/or unsolicited advertisement to World of Warcraft);
(iv) “Spam” by posting or sending more than one unsolicited message or piece of mail to a single address or in a chat area;
(v) Communicate or post any user’s personal information in or on the World of Warcraft, or websites or forums related to World of Warcraft;
(vi) Use bots or other automated techniques to collect information or communicate or post any user’s personal information in or on World of Warcraft, or websites or forums related to World of Warcraft or Blizzard Entertainment
(vii) Harass, threaten, stalk, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort to another user of World of Warcraft or other person or entity; or
(viii) Cheat during game play, including but not limited to modification of the game program files.
(ix) Participate in any action that, in the opinion of Blizzard Entertainment results in an authorized user of World of Warcraft being "scammed " or ‘defrauded’ out of gold, weapons, armor, or any other items that he/she has earned through authorized game play in World of Warcraft.
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Say that to someone at your job, and you’ll be talking to HR. You say that at my business, you’d be out the door on your chin.
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I think this is going in circles at this point. OP has their mind made up, I really don’t see any convincing happening here. Best to just ignore and move on.
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Kids were kicked out of my house by my parents when they couldn’t follow simple rules, including inappropriate language.
Yes, they remained friends, but there were still consequences to their actions.
You agreed to follow simple rules. If you’re struggling with those rules, find a game with fewer rules to agree to?!?
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Oh boy! We’re on this topic again, let’s discuss everyone be prepared for a short little quiz at the end.
Why do we have a language filter? We have a language filter because some people don’t wish to see those words, we can still say swear words but we cannot directly swear at a player, let’s say I said ducky duck u gamerogue. That’d be a reportable offense, now obviously, I am not going to say the actual words on here but you can use your imagination.
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