I personally have no problems spamming whoremongerer and cocksucker but I can see where you are coming from. The main reason I'm against blizzard banning due to words or discriminatory ideas is due to past maps that are extremely fun but offensive at the same time. Maps like Mexican Border Crossing (or something, forgot original name), Escape to Gay Heaven, etc. Those fun and interesting maps would be instantly banned due to the name. Of course, map makers can just rename the maps and change the names in the map but I feel that would ruin the concept that made the game fun in the first place.
Considering whiremongere and cocksucker are being typed in [allies] chat and people don't really pay attention to char in NWW (too busy looking for words anyways), most likely it'll be like 'huh that's actually a word?' and type it, move on, etc.
Whatever the case I feel that Blizzard is going overboard. In the US, StarCraft II is rated T for Teens, and falls under:
Contains content that might be considered unsuitable for children under 12 years of age. Titles in this category may contain more intense violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, blood, simulated gambling, and/or use of strong language (which is uncensored). Some examples include WWE Smackdown vs. Raw, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, The Sims series, the Castlevania series, the Guitar Hero series,and the first four Ratchet and Clank games.
Erm, something the players dislike pops up? So what if people dislike Jesus (oh wait it's already disliked!), Buddha, Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc. What if Africa offends someone? What is we add in a model of Muhammad and the Muslims emails Blizzard? Muslims who doesn't even play the game (no seriously this kind of thing happens)! You're analogy is fairly accurate, but the problem here is the past and the present. Football was never filled with streakers. WC3 and SC:BW was! And I enjoyed some of those games. If you don't enjoy them then why bother joining? Also this is the internet. This is where 4chan resides (though not in SC2)!
That and I'm a strong supporter of free speach. I hate how Blizzard is making shit rules for shitty 12 years olds. Hell I think all 12 year olds who can't handle the things on the internet shouldn't be on the internet in the first place. CYBER-BULLING DOESN'T EXIST. Does my school love to bitch about that.
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I personally have no problems spamming whoremongerer and cocksucker but I can see where you are coming from. The main reason I'm against blizzard banning due to words or discriminatory ideas is due to past maps that are extremely fun but offensive at the same time. Maps like Mexican Border Crossing (or something, forgot original name), Escape to Gay Heaven, etc. Those fun and interesting maps would be instantly banned due to the name. Of course, map makers can just rename the maps and change the names in the map but I feel that would ruin the concept that made the game fun in the first place.
Considering whiremongere and cocksucker are being typed in [allies] chat and people don't really pay attention to char in NWW (too busy looking for words anyways), most likely it'll be like 'huh that's actually a word?' and type it, move on, etc.
Whatever the case I feel that Blizzard is going overboard. In the US, StarCraft II is rated T for Teens, and falls under:
Contains content that might be considered unsuitable for children under 12 years of age. Titles in this category may contain more intense violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, blood, simulated gambling, and/or use of strong language (which is uncensored). Some examples include WWE Smackdown vs. Raw, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, The Sims series, the Castlevania series, the Guitar Hero series,and the first four Ratchet and Clank games.
@Mozared: Go
Erm, something the players dislike pops up? So what if people dislike Jesus (oh wait it's already disliked!), Buddha, Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc. What if Africa offends someone? What is we add in a model of Muhammad and the Muslims emails Blizzard? Muslims who doesn't even play the game (no seriously this kind of thing happens)! You're analogy is fairly accurate, but the problem here is the past and the present. Football was never filled with streakers. WC3 and SC:BW was! And I enjoyed some of those games. If you don't enjoy them then why bother joining? Also this is the internet. This is where 4chan resides (though not in SC2)!
That and I'm a strong supporter of free speach. I hate how Blizzard is making shit rules for shitty 12 years olds. Hell I think all 12 year olds who can't handle the things on the internet shouldn't be on the internet in the first place. CYBER-BULLING DOESN'T EXIST. Does my school love to bitch about that. /rant