Guild Wars 2

You ban people over it, then filter it. I honestly don’t see why its not filtered if you(anet) view it as an offensive and bannable thing to say. Fix this please. Such a silly reason to ban people for 72h or more.

Oh, so its filtered on the forums, but not in game? Thats classy. The word is “grape” without the g.

Whut? Seriously?

Got a screenshot or is this one of the ‘my uncles third cousin twice removed’ stories?

If I knew who put the report, or I actually kept a log of the convo, I would. Unless you want to see the screenshot of my client with the x amount of hours left on my ban.

Masamoon.3864:

You ban people over it, then filter it. I honestly don’t see why its not filtered if you(anet) view it as an offensive and bannable thing to say. Fix this please. Such a silly reason to ban people for 72h or more.

On the one hand, if ANet views use of the word as sufficient in and of itself to justify an account lock, it should obviously be filtered and left at that.

On the other hand, I suspect that in this case usage matters. I highly doubt a 3d+ ban was handed out on the basis of the word alone.

According to what I read, they don’t do bans lower than three days, and it scales up per infraction.

I don’t really see how a convo between two guildies really matters in bans either, but it still remains if you get banned for using said word, it should be filtered, there is a filter for a reason.

So, I’m not allowed to talk to my guildies about how I once used Rapeseed Oil in a recipe for cookies while working as an analyst in Skittenhorpe? (Ha, see? Typical, it’s even called the Skittenhorpe Problem).

What if two people were having a real and intellectual discussion about the subject?

TBFH, swear filters are beyond idiotic. If you’re “offended” by what people say you have no business interacting with other people, period, let alone on the internet.

Masamoon.3864:

According to what I read, they don’t do bans lower than three days, and it scales up per infraction.

The term of lockout was irrelevant, my point is that if the decision was made to move ahead with a ban, it seems unlikely that the basis was the use of the word alone.

Masamoon.3864:

I don’t really see how a convo between two guildies really matters in bans either, but it still remains if you get banned for using said word, it should be filtered, there is a filter for a reason.

The filter is their passive form of protection, bans are active. More than a simple automated system detecting the word is in play here.

The TOS has two passages which have the possibility of applying to the situation.

While playing Guild Wars 2, you must respect the rights of others and their rights to play and enjoy the Game. To this end, you may not defraud, harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players. This includes posting insulting, offensive, or abusive comments about players, repeatedly sending unwanted messages, reporting players maliciously, attacking a player based on race, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, etc. Hate speech is not tolerated.

You may not create character names or otherwise transmit, post, link to or facilitate the distribution of any sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, hateful, vulgar, racially or ethnically offensive, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, or objectionable in a reasonable person’s view imagery or content.

Simple use of the word alone appears to fill neither of these criteria, therefore it is reasonable to assume that a GM examined the situation and found it to be a violation. This, in turn, suggests that someone have reported the content as a violation. In other words, the appearance is that the ban was not for posting the word itself, but for a usage of the word which was somehow offensive.

From what I got out of the support ticket, I should just report anything that seems offensive to me just to get a player banned. Saying “oh we kitten those guys” or something along the lines of that being offensive is just silly. I’d just say watch what you say in all chat, cause its stupidly easy to get banned from what i’ve been told.