Guild Wars 2

can somebody give me a rundown of what this means
i see it used on this forum alot
i can understand what each sentence is generally trying to say

It’s used to censor curse words and other “vulgar” terms that Anet deems offensive.

It happens automatically. I don’t think many people use it. The forum inserts it.

kitten lets see if the forum does it

ok yea the forum censors it automatically, ty to both of you

it also inserts it when words are separated by a space. Kitten completely confuses the sentence

Examples
- the word for where weapons are kept and the name of a famous English Premier league soccer team -> kitten nal
- “pen” and “is”. The kitten mightier than the sword.

These days people just use it as part of the joke. Instead of censoring a swear word with kitten, people just type kitten instead.

Vayne.8563:

It happens automatically. I don’t think many people use it. The forum inserts it.

Actually I’ve just started typing kitten to save the poor censorship bot from working too hard.

I have to admit sometimes when I want to add emphasis to a sentence but can’t think of the right word I just type ‘kitten’ and let people insert their own swear word.

E.g. “that is so kitten annoying!”

You can use a different type of space sign to avoid censoring non-offensive words or word parts.

Some people litter their text with swear words as they become more and more angry. By replacing those swear words with “kitten” much of that anger is dissipated. One of the first times I noticed this, and still one of my favorites, is “Bullkitten”.

Anets are completely anal about saying kitten and kitten on the forum so it ends up being kitten, which btw is kittened up who the kitten even says kitten? Its a kittening kittened insult to kittens everywhere.

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Vayne.8563:

It happens automatically. I don’t think many people use it. The forum inserts it.

Actually I’ve just started typing kitten to save the poor censorship bot from working too hard.

I do that too, kitten!

You motherkittening kittenfaced kittenhole doesn’t really have a lot of impact don’t ye know

Its a overzealous censorship tool. My favorite is this contraction that gets caught all the time.

doesn’kitten from doesn ’ t it

Thanks to this thread, I now know that it doesn’t censor the word anal. evil grin

Vayne.8563:

It happens automatically. I don’t think many people use it. The forum inserts it.

its funny i type kitten instead of curse word on the forum cause i know its the filter word they use but im weird in that sense i hate typing real curse words cause i never utter one in real life. o i guess i censor myself

By the way .. as somebody who is no native english speaking person i always think
that kitten has something to do with cats .. maybe because of names like Kitty Cat or
KitKat .. or whatever.

Is it somehow related to cats .. or is it just me ?

Beldin.5498:

Is it somehow related to cats .. or is it just me ?

‘Kitten’ is the English word for a young cat, just as ‘puppy’ is the English word for a young dog.

What about “cheese build” or chessy build, what does it mean?

In that term, “cheese” refers to something that’s particularly easy and/or unfair. It implies that the build doesn’t require skill, that it abuses game mechanics somehow.

I don’t know for sure, Fire Bullet, but “cheesy” is slang for something that is .. ok, this is also slang … corny or lame. Of poor quality, slapped together. A stupid way to achieve something. The connotations are of something one cannot be proud of. Hmm — maybe it’s like “sure, we won the tournament, but only because the better team’s bus broke down. Sure feels like a cheesy win.”

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Actually I’ve just started typing kitten to save the poor censorship bot from working too hard.

Me too, haha. It’s going to change my words anyway, might as well do it myself.

I like it, actually.

Takes the bite out of swearing; makes it have the exact opposite effect than intended. More forums could stand to use the trick.