I should probably clear something up for those of you who are so closed-minded that you can't even think that I am posting out of an objective viewpoint, not some self-serving desire for a right to force you to hear my cussing. I cuss on the squad channel. I don't cuss on the public channel.
Just because I don't cuss on the public channel doesn't mean I don't have a reason to belive that the server-side filter is the wrong solution to carrying out HTC's goal.
No server-side solution, short of simply banning someone, will ever fix the problem of people saying things you don't like to hear.
I feel like the majority of the people responding don't really understand my point, so I will try to rephrase it and see if that helps.
#1 - A server-side filter is not the best solution to HTC's desire to change/steer the atmosphere of the game.
#2 - Picking out certain cuss words to filter is the first step in a long line of steps to total thought control
You start with muting people for saying "Shit"...it's only a matter of time before you move on to muting people who say "Jap". What kind of bellybutton would mute someone for saying "Jap" but not someone who says "Brit". Once you've picked out all the words that each segment of the arena finds offensive..what then?
Its more than clear...once you have banned certain words, next will be banning topics of discussion. Hell, thats already old news, there are plenty of small-minded people here who would love to ban any public discussion of World War II, nationality, sexuality, history, politics, religion.
Its an endless train of hobgoblins. You start with words...already there are people on the boards asking for more words to be banned, and for racial words/slurs to be banned. Then there are people asking for words in other languages to be banned. People have long since asked people not to discuss certain topics, adn it wont be long now until someone is asking for HTC to filter those topics, or to simply take reports and screenshots and ban users altogether for talking about certain things.
Mark my words....
A few days ago, they banned a small list of American English profanities.
The same night, people were on the boards asking for more American English profanities to be banned.
After that, people were asking for profanities in many other languages to be banned.
The next day, people were on the boards asking for racial slurs to be banned. Not even just racial slurs, but culturally significant abbreviations like Gerry, Jap, etc.
In the past, people have asked that NUMEROUS
topics not even be discussed, such as World War II history, world history, religion, politics, etc
If you can't see that coming, then you're as blind and small-minded as your posts make you sound.
There is one simple solution to not liking what someone else is saying.
IGNORE THEM
SQUELCH THEM
CLIENT-SIDE FILTER
TURN OFF THE CHANNEL
ASK THEM TO STOP
