"Cocksucker" is also "just" a word. It's still quite offensive, and I would be willing to bet that you can easily find people who will be offended by it, even when it is just presented alone.
Dyke is also offensive to many people. Despite the fact that it is also used to refer to a dike, the slang usage (which, more often than not, is used in the same derogatory sense as "faggot") is the primary use of the word in many places.
Are you seriously on Blizzard's side with this? that's my real question.
There are two key things you need to realize - context and connotation.
The context of a word is as relevant as its meaning. This is why Nexus Word Wars was hit so hard - it wasn't some character saying shit in a campaign in a situation where it would make sense. You have to realize that a good amount of people actually have to be offended and report the map to even do anything - people don't get offended because the word "dyke" is used in reference to a levee, but when you remove any context from it, it could very easily be interpreted as offensive (also, in the US, I've never heard anyone use the word "dyke" in reference to a levee). It's probably just best to stay away from having words with ambiguous meanings that could be interpreted as offensive, especially when given without context. A word like "tug" would not be offensive, because no one would even think of that as sexual, and even if they did no one reasonable would be annoyed by it.
Secondly, about half of the "draconian restrictions" that Blizzard is enforcing specifically mention connotations, not reference. This means that it doesn't matter that your map references the continent of Europe or the countries within. What matters is if you try to imply that Great Britain is the worst country in the world to live in, that everyone who lives there is actually moderately retarded, etc.
@illegal drugs/activities, stimulants aren't necessarily illegal drugs, and stimpacks are obviously not illegal. If you want to depict illegal actions (someone mentioned the party game "Mafia"), try doing it in a way that doesn't actually imply illegal actions. For example, regarding Mafia, you could have the mafia be a bunch of shapeshifting aliens, and suddenly you can end up with the same game, but without anything that could even remotely imply illegal actions.
Extreme violence does not mean "people shooting each other". I would recommend you try to avoid including mutilation and brutally explicit torture.
the words in NWW have no context they are just words... how can someone get offended by them? Your argument is not on par my friend.
Blizzard sent me an email with the list of bad words that caused Nexus Word Wars to be banned. Apparently, there was more offensive words on my dictionary, such as "jesus."
This is actually quite funny because if this is truly their view on things, then there are a lot of content in the campaign that should be deemed inappropriate.
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Are you seriously on Blizzard's side with this? that's my real question.
the words in NWW have no context they are just words... how can someone get offended by them? Your argument is not on par my friend.
This is actually quite funny because if this is truly their view on things, then there are a lot of content in the campaign that should be deemed inappropriate.