As part of a larger effort to combat disruptive behavior, Riot Games recently updated its Privacy Notice and Terms of Service to allow us to record and evaluate in-game voice communications when a report for that type of behavior is submitted—with the goal of kicking this off in VALORANT first.
Earlier this year, we also mentioned that as a part of our current game systems that combat disruptive behavior, voice evaluation would provide a way to collect clear evidence that could verify any violations of behavioral policies before we can take any action. This would also help us share back to players why a particular action resulted in a penalty.
On July 13 we will begin a background launch of the voice evaluation system in North America/English-only to help train our language models and get the tech in a good enough place for a beta launch later this year.
Voice evaluation during this period will not be used for disruptive behavior reports. That will only begin with the future beta. And we know that before we can even think of expanding this tool, we’ll have to be confident it’s effective, and if mistakes happen, we have systems in place to make sure we can correct any false positives (or negatives for that matter).
This is brand new tech and there will for sure be growing pains. But the promise of a safer and more inclusive environment for everyone who chooses to play is worth it.
jdreyer wrote on Jun 28, 2022, 14:39:milspecmonkey wrote on Jun 27, 2022, 21:41:Technically it means "Let's run away," but I see your point: it's hard to prevent racist obscene language in online games when those words often have innocent meanings in other languages and games are increasingly international in nature. Relatedly: In Japan, a popular yogurt drink is called "Calpis." When they tried to market in America, they ran into trouble since it sounds too much like "cow piss." So it can work both ways.
Guess we'll see if they'll do a better job than Apex Legends.....
Another Japanese Apex Legends Player Banned for Using “Nigero” – Japanese for “Run”
RedEye9 wrote on Jun 28, 2022, 15:07:
Look
They used wordy words.
"This is brand new tech and there will for sure be growing pains."
Whatever could that mean. sigh
milspecmonkey wrote on Jun 27, 2022, 21:41:Technically it means "Let's run away," but I see your point: it's hard to prevent racist obscene language in online games when those words often have innocent meanings in other languages and games are increasingly international in nature. Relatedly: In Japan, a popular yogurt drink is called "Calpis." When they tried to market in America, they ran into trouble since it sounds too much like "cow piss." So it can work both ways.
Guess we'll see if they'll do a better job than Apex Legends.....
Another Japanese Apex Legends Player Banned for Using “Nigero” – Japanese for “Run”
RedEye9 wrote on Jun 27, 2022, 00:13:Proscribed. His speech rights are not proscribed either.Hardline Mike wrote on Jun 27, 2022, 00:11:Codified?Dev wrote on Jun 26, 2022, 22:37:Hardline Mike wrote on Jun 26, 2022, 16:50:Fortunately it's not abrogated.
But what about my constitutional right to hurl slurs at people?!
Whoa whoa whoa you can't just say that word.
Hardline Mike wrote on Jun 27, 2022, 00:11:Codified?Dev wrote on Jun 26, 2022, 22:37:Hardline Mike wrote on Jun 26, 2022, 16:50:Fortunately it's not abrogated.
But what about my constitutional right to hurl slurs at people?!
Whoa whoa whoa you can't just say that word.
Hardline Mike wrote on Jun 26, 2022, 16:50:Fortunately it's not abrogated.
But what about my constitutional right to hurl slurs at people?!
Hardline Mike wrote on Jun 26, 2022, 16:50:
But what about my constitutional right to hurl slurs at people?!