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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Flossy on December 12, 2001, 06:30:00 PM
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I was in the MA this arena trying to help a new player (Dashaun) while flying with my squad on our Squad Night. I had been helping him for some time, chatting on the country channel to him and also chatting on our Squad channel.... I think I was also chatting to someone on a private channel at the same time.
Suddenly I got a box up in front of me giving me a warning for Profanity!!! So, what did I do to deserve this??? I am a respectable player, and indeed used to be one of the volunteer staff in Air Warrior (so helping newbies seems sort of natural to me) and never use any kind of bad language! So, why did I get this warning? Are they automatic, triggered by something I (mis?-)typed? Or are they sent manually by someone who just didn't like what I was saying for some reason? I can only think I mistyped something, but would appreciate clarification on this issue as I don't wish this event to be repeated!
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It's automatic.
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Originally posted by funkedup:
It's automatic.
OK thanks.... so presumably it was triggered by a typographical error then! Wonderful.... either that, or a word I used in all innocence which was seen as profanity. Thanks for the speedy reply anyway.
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Originally posted by Flossy:
so presumably it was triggered by a typographical error then!
Any idea if it is possible to find out exactly what caused this to happen? I would be very interested to know!
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Yes Flossy, but somewhere in your *permanent record* there is now a checkmark next to "uses profanity in the arena".
Also they can cross check your *permanant record* from AW and they'll find out you just got a TOS warning last month from EA.
You are beginning to look a potty mouth, you know. <EG>
-W
Originally posted by Flossy:
OK thanks.... so presumably it was triggered by a typographical error then! Wonderful.... either that, or a word I used in all innocence which was seen as profanity. Thanks for the speedy reply anyway.
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Originally posted by Ratbo:
You are beginning to look a potty mouth, you know. <EG>
LOL Ratbo! Thanks for reminding me about that!! My TOS warning for telling the truth, and including an link which apparently made my message Unacceptable Discussion! :rolleyes: I think the EA employees just couldn't face up to the facts! :)
[ 12-12-2001: Message edited by: Flossy ]
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Originally posted by Flossy:
Argh! Hit wrong button!
[ 12-12-2001: Message edited by: Flossy ]
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Maybe it knew what you were thinking!!!!
HeHe!!
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Flossy, Flossy, Flossy!
There you go again, dippng into the wine vat and going into drunken sailor mode!
(btw, we love it when you get that way ;) )
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Ya know what? Now I'm really curiose. Just as I posted that little "gotcha" I rememberd just a few nights ago, royally cussing out some moron over my squad channell. Mind you, I rarely go off like that, but I went OFF. I never got a warning.
What On Earth Did You Say???
(sniff) I'm So Proud!
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Originally posted by ROC:
Ya know what? Now I'm really curiose. Just as I posted that little "gotcha" I rememberd just a few nights ago, royally cussing out some moron over my squad channell. Mind you, I rarely go off like that, but I went OFF. I never got a warning.
You have to spell the curse words correctly before they become curse words to the profanity filter. :)
curly
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Also I don't think the profanity filter is active on squad channel.
TTFN
snafu
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Hi Flossy.Happened to me once before.I believe the date was Sept11 but I forgot what I said..Got warning message though.<SirLoin out>
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Originally posted by SirLoin:
Hi Flossy.Happened to me once before.I believe the date was Sept11 but I forgot what I said..Got warning message though.<SirLoin out>
I once forgot letter "f" in a word Shift, when helping some of newbies :) May be your case too.
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Originally posted by AKcurly:
You have to spell the curse words correctly before they become curse words to the profanity filter. :)
curly
Ahh that's why the nitwits never get any profanity warnings. Cause they can't spell ;)
Gremlin.
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Originally posted by Flossy:
LOL Ratbo! Thanks for reminding me about that!! My TOS warning for telling the truth, and including an link which apparently made my message Unacceptable Discussion! :rolleyes: I think the EA employees just couldn't face up to the facts! :)
No this sounds very entertaining.......anyone wanna fill old Swoopy in so he can have a laugh?
(http://www.swoop.com/images/logo_small.jpg)
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First the TOS and now this, FLOS you've been hanging around Big Week a little too much. We're starting to rub off on you <BG>
Originally posted by Flossy:
LOL Ratbo! Thanks for reminding me about that!! My TOS warning for telling the truth, and including an link which apparently made my message Unacceptable Discussion! :rolleyes: I think the EA employees just couldn't face up to the facts! :)
[ 12-12-2001: Message edited by: Flossy ]
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During the fall of AW - Flossy got a TOS on the EA boards for something she said and including a link (to here I think?).
The FACTS don't mattter. It's accusation and innuendo that reign supreme here!!
-W
Originally posted by Swoop:
No this sounds very entertaining.......anyone wanna fill old Swoopy in so he can have a laugh?
(http://www.swoop.com/images/logo_small.jpg)
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Hangtime: "Hullo Flossy, I thank you for being an active member of our community"
Flossy: "SHUT UP, you retarded piece of a monkeys butt!
Hangtime: "Oh, well, I just wanted to say I respect you."
Flossy: "Listen here, you shrimp dick. If the oozing smegma that comes from a putrid, leaking rotting wound would have legs, it'd call you its brother. I loathe you, you little whiny communist tard"
Hangtime: "Well wishes and love to you, my fellow human"
Flossy: <Silence>.
Flossy: I wonder if you can teach dogs to s<typo>h</typo>it.
System: "You're a very, very naughty girl!"
Ah yes, there's a dark side of Flossy.
:D
[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: StSanta ]
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LOL "Santababy"!
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The Lady of Aces High is not capable of such a TOS infraction. We all know her to well. :) but for ROC.....
Dear Player ROC
We received and reviewed numerous petty complaints against you in Aces High. After
careful review of the logs, our impression is you were cooperating in exchanging meaningless insults. We understand that conflicts can occur in the game for many reasons. In cases where there is no clear-cut offender, our hope is that players will cool off and learn to live with their differences if they are unable to resolve them. Apparently you have not cooled off and have not learned that only sticks and stones can break ewer bones and words cannot hurt thee. Therefore we have no choice but to insert your foot into your mouth as a permanent reminder and to teach you a lesson you will never forget.
Roc your CPID has now been changed to
MOKESTER :eek:
Sincerely
The Good :)
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LOL, reminds me of the time I had a mission going, a guy named "noodlester" or "noodleswager" or something joined it...I decided to call the target in the air once we launched to avoid "spies"...well, I started to assign specific targets, and typed in "Cock"(for short) and got the warning...ooops! Okay, continued with assignments and did it again! Muted for 10 min...with alot of folks confused as to what we should do...luckily, a squaddie was on RW and I relayed everything to him, which he relayed to the text buffer!
:eek:
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LOL Fariz!
i have muted myself for ten minutes two times (that i can remeber) by leaving the "f" out of "Shift" accidentally when helping out a new player.
i think the filter is fun. just last night i muted myself for swearing on a private channel. Thank god i had RW.
Flossy i bet that (or similiar) is what caused the warning
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Profanity filters are useless anyway. If I ever wanted to mouth off and cuss I can certainly mispell stuff enough to avoid the filter but be obvious of what I mean to say
*F* replaced by *ph* in the 4 letter word and ding! no filter warning.
I would rather have a VOTE system to have someone muted.
playerinch1: you $#@$# , 4@#$@ I hope your mom $@#@#%$# $%#%#$ dog #$@%$@# .
A vote is started, once you get 12 votes (only 1 vote allowed per person) that mouthed off person is muted for an hour.
Works wonders in other online games. l33t sP34K always beats filters anyway.
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Originally posted by ROC:
What On Earth Did You Say???
(sniff) I'm So Proud!
That's just it - I don't know! I was so shocked, I just sat and stared at the box for some time before clicking OK, and by then my last lines of typing were rapidly scrolling up the text buffer. I couldn't see anything obvious, but it was scrolling fast. :o
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Originally posted by Fariz:
I once forgot letter "f" in a word Shift, when helping some of newbies :) May be your case too.
I suppose that is one possibility....
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Originally posted by Swoop:
No this sounds very entertaining.......anyone wanna fill old Swoopy in so he can have a laugh?
Hehe.... OK - here is my EA.com TOS warning, complete with my original message included (not sure if the links still work!):
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Hi awflossy ,
Your message below, which was located in the EA Worlds: Air Warrior III: General Discussions: Auger Inn: message board was removed because it was in violation of EA.com Terms of Service. It has been deemed to contain Unacceptable Discussion. If you have any questions about the EA.com Terms of Service, please visit: http://ea.com/global/legal/tos.jsp. (http://ea.com/global/legal/tos.jsp.) We appreciate your interest in our service and we encourage you to continue to participate in our forums as long as you comply with our rules. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
EAVetMajesticSpy
EA.com Disciplinary Action Team
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Copy of Hidden Message:
I can''t spend a lot of time answering right now, because my son is champing at the bit to continue getting stuff reinstalled for me after an upgrade of my Windows to XP... :-)
However, I will say again, there are several references to what has been happening over the last week. The first was a news report, stating that EA.com were laying off 200-250 online staff:
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011023/n23252332_2.html (http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011023/n23252332_2.html)
The fact that Mage, Kelton, Arnold, as well as the entire Development Team (everyone at Kesmai Studios as it was closed) were laid off is not just heresay. Mage himself has confirmed this over in the Bigweek newsgroup (news.kraits.org).
Another site to check out is this one:
http://www.fatbabies.com/wc.dll?poe~showforummsg~GENERALIN~267461~FATBABIESX (http://www.fatbabies.com/wc.dll?poe~showforummsg~GENERALIN~267461~FATBABIESX)
This site reckons EA.com itself will close by the end of Q4 this year.
Have a look at the posts on Bigweek... Mage, Quarters, Kelly and other former Kesmoids post there on a daily basis at the moment.
There are just too many signs that AW does not have a future - but, like you, I will be here until the end, whenever that will be!
< S > ;-)
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Yes, it can be bypassed, and is quite often. But in all fairness, since the profanity filter was implemented, the tone of the Chan. 1 and 2 discussions has improved.
Of course, there's also the secret police, who silently monitor public-channel conversations and are capable of sending anonymous warnings.
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Originally posted by Ratbo:
During the fall of AW - Flossy got a TOS on the EA boards for something she said and including a link
I believe it was this one:
http://www.fatbabies.com/wc.dll?poe~showforummsg~GENERALIN~267461~FATBABIESX (http://www.fatbabies.com/wc.dll?poe~showforummsg~GENERALIN~267461~FATBABIESX)
:)
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Originally posted by Ripsnort:
typed in "Cock"(for short) and got the warning...ooops! Okay, continued with assignments and did it again! Muted for 10 min... :eek:
LOL! Remind me never to talk about poultry on the radio! :p Ratbo, you had also better be careful what you say about your ddddddddddducks! :)
[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: Flossy ]
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Did you say the word "woombiboombi" by any chance? Cos that's a swear word in Swahili. Just thought I'd mention it in the off chance. ;)
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You have to spell the curse words correctly before they become curse words to the profanity filter.
curly
What's the point of being able to spell, half these dimwits can't read ;)
And on that note, if you think about it, flying with one hand on a joystick while evading a 109 which is locked onto your 6 all the while trying to type the waypoints into the textbuffer with 1 hand while arming the bombs, opening doors, setting the sight can really go a long way towards developing a new language.
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Originally posted by ROC:
What's the point of being able to spell, half these dimwits can't read ;)
Hehe! :)
And on that note, if you think about it, flying with one hand on a joystick while evading a 109 which is locked onto your 6 all the while trying to type the waypoints into the textbuffer with 1 hand while arming the bombs, opening doors, setting the sight can really go a long way towards developing a new language.
Yeah, sometimes an extra pair of hands would be handy.... :D
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Only if your a woman. Guys can get by with just one.
-W
Originally posted by Flossy:
Yeah, sometimes an extra pair of hands would be handy.... :D
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Originally posted by Ratbo:
Only if your a woman. Guys can get by with just one.
I don't think I want to know! :eek: ROFLMAO!
;)
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Originally posted by Tac:
Profanity filters are useless anyway. If I ever wanted to mouth off and cuss I can certainly mispell stuff enough to avoid the filter but be obvious of what I mean to say
*F* replaced by *ph* in the 4 letter word and ding! no filter warning.
I would rather have a VOTE system to have someone muted.
playerinch1: you $#@$# , 4@#$@ I hope your mom $@#@#%$# $%#%#$ dog #$@%$@# .
A vote is started, once you get 12 votes (only 1 vote allowed per person) that mouthed off person is muted for an hour.
Works wonders in other online games. l33t sP34K always beats filters anyway.
vote 1 for tac :)
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you %$#%#$ ;)
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Originally posted by Flossy:
So, why did I get this warning? Are they automatic, triggered by something I (mis?-)typed?
So... HiTech? Pyro? Can anyone shed any light on exactly what I typed that triggered this message, please?
I was extremely embarrassed to receive this warning and am hoping it hasn't tarnished my reputation in the game or on the boards. :(