Main Arena Language

[Serenity]

Ive seen this a LOT in the Main Arenas. Maybe I'm the only one so touchy about it, but I REALLY don't like seeing this:

"Dude, I just RAPED him!!!"

"We TOTALLY raped [insert base here]"

"Man he just got RAPED!"

I always ask nicely for them to please find a different word to use, and some of them listen. So I guess this is for all the kids out there who don't:

Rape has some very negative connotations. Some people don't like hearing that. I am one of those people. Find another word to use, especially when you are asked nicely to find an alternative. The squelch list doesn't permit us to silence all of you.

[Yenny]

just gotta replace the word Raped w/ Pwned or Pwnt for PC or something

[OOZ662]

Shooting people has negative connotations. I demand guns be removed.
Blowing up towns (with churches) has negative connotations. I demand bombs be removed.
Killing people has negative connotations. I demand everyone be invincible.

We now have MSFS on Easy difficulty with no chat, but...we're PC!

[Serenity]

Shooting people has negative connotations. I demand guns be removed.
Blowing up towns (with churches) has negative connotations. I demand bombs be removed.
Killing people has negative connotations. I demand everyone be invincible.

We now have MSFS on Easy difficulty with no chat, but...we're PC!

There's a difference there. A BIG one.

[wrongwayric]

The word "owned" works much better than what they are using i agree.

[kilz]

Ive seen this a LOT in the Main Arenas. Maybe I'm the only one so touchy about it, but I REALLY don't like seeing this:

"Dude, I just RAPED him!!!"

"We TOTALLY raped [insert base here]"

"Man he just got RAPED!"

I always ask nicely for them to please find a different word to use, and some of them listen. So I guess this is for all the kids out there who don't:

Rape has some very negative connotations. Some people don't like hearing that. I am one of those people. Find another word to use, especially when you are asked nicely to find an alternative. The squelch list doesn't permit us to silence all of you.

your vox over range is not too much better. (only when you get pissed off)

[zoozoo]

i like pwnt and newbie better.

Dude we totally "newb" a36. 

[Ghastly]

The biggest issue is that somewhere along the line the younger set decided that that word is "cool" - so this isn't in any way purely an Aces High phenomenon - it's endemic.  And since I bet only about 1% of the ones using it read the BBS, "educating the masses" isn't likely to be much of a solution.

For those of you who are classing this as a "purely PC issue" and rolling your eyes, I'd like to point out that if yourself or someone you knew and loved had ever been subjected to the kind of violation meant by the word in it's normal context, you too might feel a little uncomfortable with the word being thrown around as casually as it is.  (And as Forrest Gump would say - "That's all I have to say about that....")

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[CAP1]

Ive seen this a LOT in the Main Arenas. Maybe I'm the only one so touchy about it, but I REALLY don't like seeing this:

"Dude, I just RAPED him!!!"

"We TOTALLY raped [insert base here]"

"Man he just got RAPED!"

I always ask nicely for them to please find a different word to use, and some of them listen. So I guess this is for all the kids out there who don't:

Rape has some very negative connotations. Some people don't like hearing that. I am one of those people. Find another word to use, especially when you are asked nicely to find an alternative. The squelch list doesn't permit us to silence all of you.

i think there's a .report function if someone continues to use what you may consider offensive language dude.........

[WMLute]

For me it all boils down to "would I say it infront of a six year old".

I "try" to use that guidline before I type/say anything in AcesHigh.

When my kiddo's were young, they would sit there for hours and watch me fly.  There are lots of children that DO fly AH.  Show some self respect and keep the garbage off of vox/text.

[DDogs98]

<S> Lute

Our freedom of speech, our freedom of anything, is subject to some personal governance.

I lost control recently and was astonished by what came out of my mouth and onto the room radio.

It was not suitable for a 6-year old, or my wife, or my mother, or my boss.

Good point made, Lute.

-Raider

[MajIssue]

For me it all boils down to "would I say it infront of a six year old".

I "try" to use that guidline before I type/say anything in AcesHigh.

When my kiddo's were young, they would sit there for hours and watch me fly.  There are lots of children that DO fly AH.  Show some self respect and keep the garbage off of vox/text.

A good rule of thumb WMLute...

My squad CO ssdruid uses "SCHOOLED" when he downs another GV/aircraft and I use "LEVELED" when we have dropped all the hangers/buildings on a base/town.

It is easy to forget that you aren't in a "bubble" and that there might be youngsters listening. Food for thought. GOOD POST

[CAP1]

For me it all boils down to "would I say it infront of a six year old".

I "try" to use that guidline before I type/say anything in AcesHigh.

When my kiddo's were young, they would sit there for hours and watch me fly.  There are lots of children that DO fly AH.  Show some self respect and keep the garbage off of vox/text.

i keep tellnig people ths........as do all of you.....yet we still seem to get people that just don't seem to understand that they're brining this stuff on themselves.......

[dedalos]

Ive seen this a LOT in the Main Arenas. Maybe I'm the only one so touchy about it, but I REALLY don't like seeing this:

"Dude, I just RAPED him!!!"

"We TOTALLY raped [insert base here]"

"Man he just got RAPED!"

I always ask nicely for them to please find a different word to use, and some of them listen. So I guess this is for all the kids out there who don't:

Rape has some very negative connotations. Some people don't like hearing that. I am one of those people. Find another word to use, especially when you are asked nicely to find an alternative. The squelch list doesn't permit us to silence all of you.

Tune to 201.  The filters there don't let anything through

[SFCHONDO]

A good rule of thumb WMLute...

My squad CO ssdruid uses "SCHOOLED" when he downs another GV/aircraft and I use "LEVELED" when we have dropped all the hangers/buildings on a base/town.

It is easy to forget that you aren't in a "bubble" and that there might be youngsters listening. Food for thought. GOOD POST

I use TOASTED