You are assuming things you have no knowledge of and I submit it imparts upon all of us certain knowledge of your true character (in other words no sympathy concerning your position). The entire arena does not cuss so implying that is just wrong of you and a misrepresentation to support your argument. Until this is handled (and handled consistently by the entire community) it will be unsafe and unwise to allow even young teenagers to watch let alone to play this game. Just because some people have been led astray by 'reality' as you say does not mean its acceptible. I assert such individuals are not 'men' at all.
Unfortunately I have to agree with Bipolar.
While it may not be desirable. And while it doesnt bother me in most instances. I certainly dont condone it.Its going to at least occasionally happen no matter what you do. And thats just the harsh,ugly reality of it.
The entire arena doesnt cuss...consistently. But it is a very safe bet to say that a great deal and even most of it does...occasionally. Particularly on Vox.
Right or wrong I know of very very few of even the normally best behaved people who havent let one slip now and again in the heat of the moment.
I know of very very few perfect angels in the game. Including some of the nay sayers I see posting on the subject on the boards.
Curious how you figure it would be unsafe/unwise for young teen to play the game? Exactly what is it you think your protecting them from that in all but very few cases they arent doing themselves when out of their parents earshot?
Little kids say for example 11 and under. I could buy into. But after 12-13, odds are they are using it themselves. Its just that their parents dont hear them using it.
Now Im not condoning kids using that language either. but if anyone has a kid/s 12-13 and up and thinks their "kid doesnt talk like that ever"
Unless they keep their kids within earshot 24/7 or keeps them locked in their room. That parent is probably being pretty delusional.
But then again. Most parents dont like to believe their kids are anything but near perfect angels anyway.
As an example. A couple of years ago I got into this very discussion with a lady I know. while walking to pick my kid up from her friends house and she was headed to the park to pick her kids up. She claimed her 13& 14 year olds "never used curse words" I laughed and said basically what I've said here. But she was insistant that "we dont talk like that" As we neared the park we hear kids yelling. Low and behold its her kid yelling at another kid "Thats such B%## S!#^*! Your a real @ hole Kyle!"
I smiled. looked at her now deeply reddened face and said "You were saying?"
"Well..they would never talk like that in front of me."
"exactly my point"
Not condoning it. And we can even condemn it. But young teens cuss. Thats just the reality of it.
Likewise in the arenas. We can condemn it all we like. Using whatever argument we like. And be right in doing so. And in a perfect nice nice world with perfect nice nice people,we could expect that most if not all people are going to behave correctly 100% of the time. But in the real world in which we live and play. The harsh reality of it is that the majority of people are imperfect at best, and people are going to let one slip once in a while no matter what safeguards are in place short of no text and no vox for anyone.
Another reality is that the vast majority people simply dont care enough to report such activity with any regularity on anything but prolonged profane rants. which honestly while is much more rare, is the greater problem.
But even then its safe to say that when witnessing such activity in an area. only a handful will bother to report it. So expecting the entire community to start reporting even the occasional infraction just isnt realistic
However I do witness people in the arenas taking care of people who rant in a prolonged manner in other ways. I've seen people get chastised over vox so badly for ranting. That the person either apologized,shut up, Went to another part of the arena. Or logged off.
In the extreme cases from what I witness. The arena usually does a pretty good job of taking care of itself
