Noproblem22 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I'll start it off by asking a very simple question. Am I the only person in all of runescape that finds it funny you can get banned for saying a curse word that is censored? I understand the fact that some people do not like the use of curse words, which is fine by me. For that reason, we have censors. There are other people who use curse words at times to vent frustrations. Because of the censor, noone around them has to read everything they type, but can sense that there is something troubling the other person. This allows the happy person to stay happy, and the angry person to become happy. Okay thats all understandable I guess. Coming from someone elses point of view, you could argue that even though it is censored, most people can still pick up on what words are being used, and I guess this is where the problem lies, a maturity problem in my eyes. Even though it is censored, you can still see it. That brings up the maturity issue here at hand. I don't know about anyone else, but at the age of 13, I had heard all the curse words around, coming from slip-ups, just normal talk, and multiple other ways. If I remember correctly, you need to be atleast 13 to signup and play this game anyway. That means that you should be able to handle a couple of curse words here and there, censored on top of that. If you are 13 years old and can't handle a censored curse word, I would just like to wish you luck in your upcoming life, because it's gonna be one hell of a trip. With all of that being said, there needs to be something done over being banned for saying a curse word that is censored in the first place. It is censored for a reason, so it does not offend someone. Then going and being banned for that is just crazy in my opinion. That is like being banned for something you didn't do. You didn't even have the chance to say something offensive to the other person because it was blocked, and then you are banned for that. It just boggles my mind. If someone would like to add some insight to this for me, show me how being banned for a crime you couldn't commit is wrong, please feel free to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 If you got banned from a censored word you got banned unfairly, and this is acording to Jagex's own rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam007 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I'm pretty sure jagex stated that it views starred out words only as starred out words when deciding over bans - not the swear word. If you know someone who got banned, it wasn't because of the starred out words, it was because of the surrounding context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayjest Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 And even if the words get starred out, there's no guarentee you can tell what was under it originally. E.g. '**** it!' The stars could be several words. One of which is very rude, another fairly, and others (such as dang, yet I have had star on me at one point) that are only offensive if you find words such as 'if', 'then', 'and' and 'which' offensive. Or if your of such a nervous disposition you jump at the noise your mouse makes when you click it. In either case, you shouldn't be playing RS. I think there should be a second layer to the report abuse feature, similar to the second trade screen. It should repeat the official rule in it's entirety, as well as some general advice (such as spelling out very obviously that starred words are not reportable offences). It would probably help reduce the amount of bogus and useless abuse reports Jagex recieves daily. Unless of course that function was already added a while ago, and I haven't reported abuse in that long! :-w Goals to get my skills back up to a barely respectable level on the high scores: Currently going for Bone to Peaches spell. It's amazing how boring doing the same repetitive task is! Stupid MTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 to the poster above most of these people reporting for stared out words have their hearts set out on pmod status and prob didn't even read the rules that much. i don't think people get banned for starred out words but i do agree with the censor so n00bs don't go cybersexing and to protect from predators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordkrohn1626 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 well, the words don't bother me, but I understand the rule. If they didn't enforce it, or even if they didn't have the censor there in the first place, can you imagine the atmosphere in the game? Every third word would be a curseword, it would be the first time that these little adolescents could run around and freely say what they wanted. Well that sounds all good, but it would be chaos, rude and hardly an environment new players would stick around long for. Imagine logging in and you are surrounded by 100 kids screaming profanities at each other... It is bad enough if I walk through Cathebry or step into the new Cathebry (fishing guild) and listen to the kindergardeners talk about their profound knowledge of procreation, or giggle over body parts and gastro-intestinal noises. no thanks. As far as being banned for **** showing up on your screen, yeah that is a bit extreme, I can fully understand someone getting banned for creatively typing around the censor, but banned for ****.....hmmmm RS name: lord krohn Combat 138slayer specific: 103 whips, 38 dark bows and 250+ dragon boots dropped to date.Dragon drops: 5 Half shields, 21 drag legs, 8 dragon skirts, and 9 drag meds dropped to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfboy Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 If anyone is banned for stars, then they were banned unfairly. Chances are it's a mistake, and an appeal should solve it. I'd be very interested in how the conversation went leading up to the stars. I'll bet there were good examples of censor evasion, or other rules being broken, that the guilty party "forgot" to mention when complaining about being "banned for stars." Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown; ignorance can be educated and drunkeness sobered, but stupid is forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einsteven Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Okay, this is actually beginning to scare me. I read about a month ago in Rule 1 that starred out words are not reportable. However, this topic prompted me to try and quote those words.... and will you look at that, its not there anymore! The rule, as stated on the page, says it was changed on January 16. Did they remove that point and so now starred out words ARE offensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 People find was around the stars and like said before context of the sentence . Its as simple as that for the reason why people get banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTallestDwarf Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I got a few black marks for using swear words. Which I find that ridiculous. It's funny how you can get reported for saying a curse word, but, not using the stars. Fun with paint. Drink night cough medicine, take pills for sleeping, or just start playing with your Pokeman balls! In your Gameboy SP that is. =P~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious_Ice Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 It really comes down to 2 points: Jagex likes money, and the average mental age of the population of runescape is around 10. If you think putting up with random "**** you noob", "shut up you ****ing noob"'s all day is irritating, then imagine what runescape would be like if jagex wasn't so strict about swearing. With the mature players, it would be no problem, but sadly there aren't too many mature players. Also, most parents do not want their children subjected to swearing. If runescape had swearing in it, jagex could lose customers due to parents not wanting their kids playing a game full of immature kids that has no swearing censorship. Don't be afraid your life will end, be afraid it will never begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noproblem22 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Also, most parents do not want their children subjected to swearing. If runescape had swearing in it, jagex could lose customers due to parents not wanting their kids playing a game full of immature kids that has no swearing censorship. Did Jagex take out the part about having to be 13 years of age to play the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious_Ice Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 No but still, kids can easily get past it, plus parents might not want their 13-16 yo swearing. Don't be afraid your life will end, be afraid it will never begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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