Censorship script
 

Here's a censorship NPC weapon I am releasing for the good of Graal. Most of the banned words are removed so as to not break forum rules. If you want the full script, including humorous exceptions, please email me.


EDIT: Function you() doesn't work correctly as it removes all quotes. It is remarked until I can devise a better solution for fixing these nuisances.

NPC Code:

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//by Jeff (email: [email protected])

//to censor a word add it to the this.restrictedwords list

//Use at will so long as credits are intact

//#CLIENTSIDE

function you(){   //Borrowed from Kaimetsu.  I am lazy.

  //Function to check spelling of the words "you" and "are"

 /* tokenize #c; for (i=0;i<tokenscount;i++) {

    if(strequals(#t(i),u)){

      setstring local.chat,#s(local.chat)you#K(160);

    }else if(strequals(#t(i),r)){

      setstring local.chat,#s(local.chat)are#K(160);

    }else{setstring local.chat,#s(local.chat)#t(i)#K(160);}

  }

  setplayerprop #c,#s(local.chat); setstring local.chat,;*/

}





function generateCensor(){

  //Exceptions to asterisking

  setstring this.censor,;

  if(strequals(#I(this.restrictedwords,i),plz)){

    setstring this.censor,please;

  }else if(strequals(#I(this.restrictedwords,i),pls)){

    setstring this.censor,please;

  }else{

    //Asterisk generation

    for(j=0;j<strlen(#I(this.restrictedwords,i));j++){  setstring this.censor,#s(this.censor)*;}

  }

}

if (playerchats || created || playerenters) {

  this.u=0;

  setstring this.restrictedwords,ghey,plz,pls;//censored words

  for(i=0;i<sarraylen(this.restrictedwords);i++){  //run through restricted words

    if(indexof(#I(this.restrictedwords,i),#c)>=0){ //check for censored words

      generateCensor(); //generate censor

      setstring this.newchatstring,#e(0,indexof(#I(this.restricted  words,i),#c),#c)#s(this.censor)#e(indexof(#I(this.  restrictedwords,i),#c)+strlen(#I(this.restrictedwo  rds,i)),-1,#c);

      setplayerprop #c,#s(this.newchatstring);

      addstring client.message,The word "#I(this.restrictedwords,i)" is not permitted on this server.;

      i-=2;

    }//end check for censored words

  }//end run through restricted words

  you();  //fix you

} //end playerchats

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Again, put this on your server if you want. Hey, I even encourage you.

too bad there's nothing to force people to use "you're" instead of "your stuipd"... :\

That'd require the thing to be able to parse the English language. Fat chance of that happening, especially with the poor grammar prevalent on Graal.

One thing to do would be to ban leetspeak and internettalk like.. ur and u... and things like that... I did on my CS server :D

Not really effective. All a player has to do is put quotation marks (" ") around what s/he says to avoide making the script tokenize correctly.

[edit] Nevermind, that is only on Kai's part. Because he uses tokenize and not indexof.

Well, for the "u" and "r" thing you can use quotes...but in fact, this thing evidently removes all quotes. To fix this bug, just remark or remove the function "you"

Oasis has something 500 times better than a censor, thanks to Falados.

Oasis chat doesn't block out profanity or anything, so it's not a pain if someone says a curse word now and then. But it logs players using profanity, so if you use too much profanity, it will report you to RC, and from there, actions can be taken.

It's a censor, I don't really see how one can be all that much better than another.

no, it's a counter, counter + censor = different

Yeah, I just noticed that. I thought Koni had said "a 500 times better censor" for some reason.

The counter does nothing to actually inhibit the language, though. A good censor blocks the usage and provides a built-in warning that the word involved isn't allowed.

Konidias's system isn't really a censor. More of a system to dissalow overuse of specific words.

Occasional swearing is even allowed in the Graal CoC...

I agree this "big bother" approach of koni's isn't the best way to go

Freedom of speech. :(

Graal got something called Graal Police.

Idea¬
 

Didny anyone think that you could make a script to log any suspicious words, and then let the Police Team do something about it instead of the script doing something about it?

He likes to try and brag. It gives himself a sense of superiority.

Re: Re: Idea¬
 

Kaimetsu does pay attention...o.o.

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Thank you, Captain Obvious.




And yes, people, a Big Brother approach to prevention of foul language is pointless, as it does nothing to actually inhibit the language.


As for those of you who point out that some swearing is permitted, on newmain we allow words like "damn" and even the S word. But not the F word, the N word or other major racial slurs, or certain words most often used as insults.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Idea¬
 

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thats just...no...aftershock's obvious pic is so much better

yeah i loved the old captain obvious

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Idea¬
 

Show me it.

But, even if you have a censor thing, then people still find a way.
There is this online game i won't mention, that has censore.
If you type Da*n, it goes **** (Da*n is censored by me 0.o).
But people then use dam, and everyone recognizes. With msn, people do f*ck with o instead of a u.

Well that's because people are ignorent. There is no possible way to actually abolish cursing whether it be spelled right or they avoid the censor. Least I can say for that is a couple of warning if caught avoiding censor and then a jailing after sometime, only if they enforce it to that extent.

Re: Censorship script
 

I am not too big on censorship...:-/

agreed.

I think a random character censoring approach is best...based on intensity.

Like the f word = @$(*

While, say, B or A words = *&!


So they still back a punch, but have no direct meaning hehe.

Just set a stringlist with all the characters and you want to be written over the censored word. Then use #R to select a random one.

edit: nvm, this wouldn't work since #R is serverside only.

Or, y'know, just create an asterisk string of equal length.

But this time I was only misreading what he said.

hey can you contact me? [email protected] thanks ;)