I believe this has been covered, ad nauseam, but to reinforce a few things.
The ESRB rating is for game content and provides a gauge for what people who are looking to play the game, or parents who may allow their minor children to play, may expect in the game.
The Code of Conduct, are the policies and standards for what people who are looking to play the game, or parents who may allow their minor children to play, are expected to abide by when playing the game.
Regardless of if our games are T for Teen, or rated M for Mature, the policies that we set forth for player behavior is the same. Those policies have been basically the same since we started.
Well, it would depend where you are. If you are at an establishment that generally has children frequenting it, there are likely rules in place that the owners of that business have established.
Beyond that, if this were my home, much would depends on the situation. Someone using profanity as an exclamation or good naturedly, I wouldn’t care, as I would probably be too. If they were simply shouting vulgarities, and causing a disturbance, they’d be ejected from my home.
That is fantastic. Entirely different situation though isn’t it?
Not exactly as they are written, no. There have been some changes to the language over the years, but at their core, they are the same rules.
To be fair, unless you are referring to a different Battle.net account, you haven’t really been playing the last 10+ years. You established the account in 2011, but this account has only really been active since around early 2020.
I’ve been here nearly 17 years, and actively and often daily, discuss and enforce our policies so can attest that you are emphatically wrong.
However, that really isn’t relevant. That you weren’t reported and/or penalized doesn’t make your point, it just means if you have been violating chat policy then you have been lucky. You have been around folks who either don’t know, or it seems like you, may not care about policy or apathetic towards it, which is far more common.
You may dislike those rules, but those rules have been in place for a very very long time. That you are only recently noticing them now, doesn’t support your narrative.
The bottom line is that we have policies in place that you have agreed to abide by. If you do not abide by those rules and are reported, penalties may be applied to the account that typically start with a silence but may escalate to suspension or account closure.
It’s late, and I believe we’ve had enough of this … whatever this is.