Thor is out of control - Page 5

DarkCloud_PK · #61 03-04-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by StrykerTFFD

I never said in what manner a filter would be place so any theory on how it would affect player count is purely speculation. Mass messages have been crossing the line lately and that's our concern for filtering.

I'm just going by the words you have used. Eliminating sounds like a permanant blocking of profanity.
Yes I know masses are getting ridiculous, however filtering it out completely will enrage a lot of casual swearers, such as myself.
I don't like seeing asteriks any more than I like watching an R rated moved on a network that uses the heavily editted PG version.

StrykerTFFD · #62 03-04-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkCloud_PK

I'm just going by the words you have used. Eliminating sounds like a permanant blocking of profanity.

I was going for the extreme case to make a point. I don't think I'd ever have to completely filter everything.

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Originally Posted by Rufus

Complaints for what though, swearing?

Whenever I look at the logs I have two things on my mind:

1) Staff swearing. There's a finer line for staff than players.
2) Anything that supports a complaint. Simple swear words aren't the only thing that are logged. Words commonly used during harassment (be it racism or sexual) are logged as well.

Rufus · #63 03-04-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by StrykerTFFD

Whenever I look at the logs I have two things on my mind:

1) Staff swearing. There's a finer line for staff than players.
2) Anything that supports a complaint. Simple swear words aren't the only thing that are logged. Words commonly used during harassment (be it racism or sexual) are logged as well.

In that case guild messages don't need to be included in the log and it can be scripted for them to be ignored.

StrykerTFFD · #64 03-04-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rufus

In that case guild messages don't need to be included in the log and it can be scripted for them to be ignored.

The logs aren't checked unless a complaint is made. If a guild member is complaining about a toguild then I need to see it, otherwise I'd never know about it.

Honestly the situation has never come up.

Rufus · #65 03-04-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by StrykerTFFD

The logs aren't checked unless a complaint is made. If a guild member is complaining about a toguild then I need to see it, otherwise I'd never know about it.

Honestly the situation has never come up.

Guild messages are supposed to have the same level of privacy as private messages do, so they shouldn't really be picked up by the swear logger, because it is picking up a lot of text that is clearly not viable for jail time, most of it is discussion between friends. I don't think I've ever seen a toguild that has lead to the jailing of someone in any guild I've been in. At best, the player who made the toguild would be removed from the guild. I know that some admins have spied on some of our guild messages through the chat logs and if it has never been an issue after 4 years, they shouldn't really be placed in the filter.

In light of this, it would be nice to have your permission for toguilds to be removed from the filter.

MysticX2X · #66 03-04-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Polo

Just to reiterate what Bell said, but I'm fairly relaxed on swearing. The way I see it is that if no-one is offended by what you are saying, then there's no reason for me to punish it. Pretty much the most you'll get from me is the occasional gagging.

Relaxed? You don't even allow crap to be said without trying to scold someone for saying it.

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Originally Posted by StrykerTFFD

1) Staff swearing. There's a finer line for staff than players.
2) Anything that supports a complaint. Simple swear words aren't the only thing that are logged. Words commonly used during harassment (be it racism or sexual) are logged as well.

So Staff can't generally swear at all without getting **** from you? Sounds a bit like a dictatorship here especially when you should not care so much for other staff fields as their respective admin or the manager should. (If what is said stays out of harassment.)

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Originally Posted by Rufus

In light of this, it would be nice to have your permission for toguilds to be removed from the filter.

I would not do that. In events themselves, people are teamed with other people who may just be foes on the same guild tag. Thus harassment occurs sometimes. And no, the GC can't always spot those.

Rufus · #67 03-04-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticX2X

I would not do that. In events themselves, people are teamed with other people who may just be foes on the same guild tag. Thus harassment occurs sometimes. And no, the GC can't always spot those.

Ah a valid point I didn't think of that, events tags such as Red Team, Blue Team, Babord Infantry, etc could and should be included however. These tags are a very small minority and they wouldn't pass for global guilds if someone attempted to make them, so there's no issue there, but it is good that you pointed it out.

That also brings up an interesting point. Perhaps the Game Coordinator team should receive a similar NPC to what the GPs have in order to track harassment in a more real time situation, as you're expected to deal with people acting up in events where it's not always possible. If the NPC showed what people were doing during the event levels in terms of swearing and harassment, you will have a more accurate way of tackling issues. A little off topic there but yeah.

BlackSolider · #68 03-04-2009, 07:13 PM

Erm....whatever happened to freedom of speech?

Obviously harassment is not allowed and all, but how is recording swear words allowed? Excessive and/or spam swearing is not necessary, but the occasional "bad word" (w/e that means) doesn't need to be logged.

Most people use swear words to emphasize what they're feeling. Rather than say "well this sucks" they say "well this ****ing sucks". Would saying "well this really sucks" add the same emphasis to their statement? Probably. But I don't feel like staff should be monitoring certain words just b/c a few ppl dislike them.

Here's an example. During my senior year of high school, I had two "dual credit" classes where a college prof from the nearby community college would come and teach. One class had a complete ***** for a teacher (english) and she was completely anti-swear and had a strict set of rules for everything. Hell one time she failed me on a paper just b/c I had three swear words in it. However, my other teacher was almost the opposite. She'd swear in class and was pretty relaxed about everything. One time we moved class to a pizza place down the street.

Ironically I swore less in my gov class (cool teacher) than in my english class (***** teacher). I think that perhaps the more you harden the rules, the more people resist. Right now we're probably good as is. But do not ever put in a swear filter b/c I theorize that people will do anything and everything possible to get around it and/or fight it.

Honestly I don't like this monitoring or bleeping of any words at all. I want to be able to say what I feel; if that includes an occasional "swear word" then so be it. Words are just words. If people chose to be offended by them, that's their problem. If you call me a redneck, I will be disappointed on how uninformed and misguided you are, but I won't request that redneck is filtered or bleeped or anything. If you call me a short, slow white boy, I'll laugh b/c its true. Now if you call me a mother ****er or ***** or something, I won't be very happy with you; but although I might disagree with what they say, I'll defend to the death their right to say it without it being bleeped out.

StrykerTFFD · #69 03-04-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticX2X

So Staff can't generally swear at all without getting **** from you? Sounds a bit like a dictatorship here especially when you should not care so much for other staff fields as their respective admin or the manager should. (If what is said stays out of harassment.)

It is my job to enforce the rules for anyone. I'm best equipped to catch people breaking the rules and that includes staff members. Yes, I do include the Admin of the division where I can, but that is not always possible. This should not give that staff member a free pass nor excuse them.

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Originally Posted by BlackSolider

Words are just words. If people chose to be offended by them, that's their problem.

This is where your opinion differs from the reality of the rules

BlackSolider · #70 03-04-2009, 07:30 PM

What are the rules made off of again? Someone's opinion? (smart ass remark)

What do the rules exactly say, btw? (question)

DarkCloud_PK · #71 03-04-2009, 07:32 PM

All I'm going to say is that it is incredibly easy to omit guild messages from the vulgar chat log, and also include guilds from events(i.e. Red Team) in the vulgar chat log, so event harassment gets recorded.

If Stryker gives the go ahead for you guys, I'll add that in, but its his department, his rules, and his call, ultimately.

jorollychu · #72 03-04-2009, 07:34 PM

the rules say **** off nerds

BlackSolider · #73 03-04-2009, 07:41 PM

Oh. I'm offended.

/end sacrasm

Cetellic · #74 03-07-2009, 04:47 AM

I dont care, I can handle being harassed anyway, if anything whoever started it would it end calling the GP on me LOL.

If it's being abuse by the people who can view the logs, then obviously it's a problem, otherwise there's a rule against vulgar chat, let em enforce it.

xnervNATx · #75 03-12-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jorollychu

the rules say **** off nerds

your a nerd !!!!!