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[Juhosaphat]

My ip was banned for no apparent reason. I was given no warning, and was just logged off automatically. I was just wondering if I could get a little insight into why I was banned? My main crit is Chad.

[jurian]

looks like you just said a bad word. and bans are without warning. look at your crits profile by using the website and look if it got a comment. itherwise contact jlh. e-mnail him or talk to him on msn

[Sean]

Staff Comment: (Aidon on 01-19-2005) Daybanned for cussing in open chat.

Theres your reason.

[Juhosaphat]

I don't cuss in open chat, only in friends and in pages, and if I can't talk the way I want there, then where the hell can I? Nobody is offended by my language on my friends list, and I have never recieved any complaints of it from anyone else either. You'd figure that a ban would be a little more deserving than one or two cuss words.

[Crane]

You know the rules about swearing in Nightmist... don't do it, even in private. There are some people offended by swearing, and this game is for all ages... so no bad language.

[Juhosaphat]

All the people I talk to know that if I do something they don't like, they can tell me about it and I'll fix it. I don't do it in open chat, and in private chat, why does it matter what I say to those who can't read it?

How about instead of just banning everybody that cusses, why not just make an optional language filter? Those who don't care, can turn it off, and those who get offended by language can turn it on. That way people wouldn't get pissed for being banned for dumbass reasons.

[Thunderja]

Crane, on Jan 20 2005, 01:05 AM, said:

You know the rules about swearing in Nightmist... don't do it, even in private. There are some people offended by swearing, and this game is for all ages... so no bad language.

Moose you

[Juhosaphat]

What the moose is wrong with this dumbass cussing bullnuts that gets you day banned for no mooseing reason? lol.....*waits for ban*

^I was asking for a ban this time, but really, would a language filter be so hard to impliment into the game?

Edited by Juhosaphat, 22 January 2005 - 07:09 AM.

[Sean]

Yes because you can easily get around it by usong things like $,£,@,! etc.

[Crane]

Juhosaphat, on Jan 20 2005, 03:28 AM, said:

All the people I talk to know that if I do something they don't like, they can tell me about it and I'll fix it. I don't do it in open chat, and in private chat, why does it matter what I say to those who can't read it?

How about instead of just banning everybody that cusses, why not just make an optional language filter? Those who don't care, can turn it off, and those who get offended by language can turn it on. That way people wouldn't get pissed for being banned for dumbass reasons.

Filters are too easily bypassed, but some of the staff are starting to clamp down on bad language, so you may be banned without warning if you do curse. Swear at your own risk.

[Carbon]

Crane, just because you think cussing is wrong don't mean that it actually is... c'mon we all know your a *goody goody* who licks up to staff...

I was told by JLH that if someone is cussing in open chat, and no-one is offended by it then he has no problems with it so stfu???

[JLH]

that's because i don't know about it, so it doesn't bother me
however if i see it, a ban/warn will occur

[Juhosaphat]

So why couldn't you impliment the same kind of filter that's on the forums into the game? That way it wouldn't be so easy to bypass. Even with the @ and ! and all that. And if people really want to take the time to type all their cuss words like @ss or $h!t, then I say let them. Just makes them look like a complete dumbass.

[Crane]

You are right, it does make them look stupid when putting extra spaces in the middle of swear words or replacing one of the letters with an accented vowel or a dollar sign or whatever... but they do it anyway! And humans can see what they mean.

[Penguin]

just as a note, JLH told me once that naughty words are fine in friend/enmey/clan, being they can just remove you if they don't like it.

[Sean]

Call me mad but wasnt Aidon monitoring all chat and banning people for it?

[Aidon]

Nah just call you out on not reading rest of forums and making assumptions. As stated before, by me, I monitor ALL chat, but only ban for open chat.

[Shadic]

Juhosaphat, on Jan 20 2005, 03:28 AM, said:

All the people I talk to know that if I do something they don't like, they can tell me about it and I'll fix it. I don't do it in open chat, and in private chat, why does it matter what I say to those who can't read it?

How about instead of just banning everybody that cusses, why not just make an optional language filter? Those who don't care, can turn it off, and those who get offended by language can turn it on. That way people wouldn't get pissed for being banned for dumbass reasons.

I might be a bit naive, but perhaps THAT is why you were banned? O.o

I believe we should be able to say the "moderately bad" type of words, of which I won't list here, for my account's well-being.

[Deathwish]

Aidon, on Jan 26 2005, 03:12 AM, said:

Nah just call you out on not reading rest of forums and making assumptions. As stated before, by me, I monitor ALL chat, but only ban for open chat.

Omg so I can't plot my evil plans anymore? You know everything =(

[Ryuku]

JLH accidentally banned me once, good thing it was only for 45 minutes /wink JLH

[Thunderja]

Ryuku, on Jan 26 2005, 01:45 PM, said:

JLH accidentally banned me once, good thing it was only for 45 minutes /wink JLH

That was the best 45 mins of my Nightmist life.....

[Payne]

apperently i was banned for saying "as" just like that so look what nightmist has become to. but when i report someone saying an actual curse word all they get is a stupid warning. gotta love favortism upon staff

[Bun]

yer i caught jen swearing in open chat at sgh nothing what so ever happened to her jlh teleported her away for about 20 secs and she came back and just said john thinks pissed is a swear word i evan got the logs somewhere

[Momba]

Pissed is a swear word?

[Exodia]

yeh i remember seein 3 ppl banned for saying "pissed" in open chat, so yeh in my eyes it is if some ppl got banned over it

[Kalypso]

maybe in the UK but here it is definately not a swear word.

[dingleo]

I run on a network with 4 other people.. Its just like our computers are 1.. and if u ban one computer that means that all the computers are banned i dont think that is fair everyone that is on my network plays and if one swears and u bann them thats not fair to me is it?

[Nocturnal]

Beating a dead horse aren't we?

[Echo]

(To Dingleo) oh well if you are on a network you can just get on one of their pcs and get right back on nm and if you are making Racist comments they should put you on a perm bann instead.

[MysticStorm]

A-F'n-men Echo! Hell one night me and several people reported about someone sprouting off racist jokes and wouldn't stop. Would that staff member do anything? Nope.