The Old Republic & Word Filters

[Apr 28, 2009, 12:10 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Star Wars: The Old Republic Forums continue to hash out issues related to threads and posts that have been deleted relating to terms that will be censored in the upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. At one point there were indications that terms related to gay and lesbian lifestyles were to be forbidden, though this policy has already been changed based on the ensuing outcry. Thanks Kotaku. There is an editorial on this topic on GameBizBlog discussing this dust-up and issues related to word filters in general.

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Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters

Apr 28, 2009, 21:08

Nucas

it's called being overly sensitive and politically correct, and it does no one any good that's kind of how i view word censorship in the first place. i would rather just be called a fuckhead than have to read global chatlogs filled with "u @$$h0l3. f\|_\|kc u" also, i have to assume gay people take issue with the words being censored in the first place because it futher marginalizes them, placing the lables for their lifestyle in the same "FORBIDDEN TERMS" catagory as "shit fuck balls" which doesn't make any sense. gay people exist. it really is ridiculous that someone thought censoring those words out was at all appropriate.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Apr 28, 14:04	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	theyarecomingforyou
	2.	Apr 28, 15:43	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	Techie714 ©
	3.	Apr 28, 17:07	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	PropheT
	4.	Apr 28, 17:32	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	theyarecomingforyou
	5.	Apr 28, 17:39	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	Ataneruo
	6.	Apr 28, 17:52	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	StingingVelvet
>>	7.	Apr 28, 21:08	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	Nucas
	9.	Apr 28, 22:51	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	StingingVelvet
	10.	Apr 28, 23:03	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	Jerykk
	11.	Apr 29, 00:12	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	Nucas
	8.	Apr 28, 21:27	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	Proudfoot
	12.	Apr 29, 07:21	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	theyarecomingforyou
	13.	Apr 29, 12:57	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	VoodooV
	14.	Apr 29, 14:06	Re: The Old Republic & Word Filters	nin