Anyone notice this?
Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:50 pm
Arthal says, "I bet you were looking for these stairs, huh? They're blocked off. Damn those dark faeries!"
off of neoquest 2. one of the faeries in the faerie palace...can you say damn on neopets? kid friendly?
off of neoquest 2. one of the faeries in the faerie palace...can you say damn on neopets? kid friendly?
Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:56 pm
*shrug* i guess so...i've seen numerous boards and userlookups where it wasn't filtered out/blocked. i thought it was kinda weird then too...
Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:43 pm
as far as I can tell, damn, hell, and crap are unfiltered. I use "craptastic" a lot, lol.
Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:43 pm
I'm not completely sure, but I think you can say it. Even then, if someone reports you, it's very possible you'll get frozen for it.
Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:12 pm
I've seen darn on NQII too. They got lots of damn/darns in chapter 5.
Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:13 pm
schnozbrry wrote:as far as I can tell, damn, hell, and crap are unfiltered.
Crap's not a swear word. If they ban crap, I will be very VERY angry.
Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:26 pm
I'm not sure about crap, I think I remember someone getting warned for saying that...I do know someone got warned for saying damn on the boards.
I did a copy and paste of the warning they got:
I added the bold - I think that's an important sentence. It seems to be a " Do As I say, Not As I Do" situation, like so many others.
We really DO need a list of all the words that you can't type on the site! And if they're going to warn/freeze people for saying damn, hell, crap, ebay or anything else, then they sure should NOT be using those words anywhere themselves!
I did a copy and paste of the warning they got:
You have received an official warning from the Neopets Team for violating the Neopets Terms and Conditions.Profanity is not allowed anywhere on Neopets (including in NeoMail, the Battledome, on the Boards, in Shops, Guilds, trades, etc. even if it’s from a song or movie), and using spaces, internet slang or symbols to try to hide it is not fooling anyone. (Also, just because the filters dont change a word doesnt mean youre allowed to say it.) If you continue to break the rules, your account will be permanently frozen. To see a list of Neo Rules, please visit http://www.neopets.com/chatrules.phtml. Please do not reply to this NeoMessage.
I added the bold - I think that's an important sentence. It seems to be a " Do As I say, Not As I Do" situation, like so many others.
We really DO need a list of all the words that you can't type on the site! And if they're going to warn/freeze people for saying damn, hell, crap, ebay or anything else, then they sure should NOT be using those words anywhere themselves!
Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:29 pm
Well, they don't allow "PPT" or anything with it. It's temporarily blocked.
Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:11 am
everconfused wrote:And if they're going to warn/freeze people for saying damn, hell, crap, ebay or anything else, then they sure should NOT be using those words anywhere themselves!
Yeah see, I don't understand why they're freezing people for saying Ebay. I might be wrong, but on the news or editorial in the past (when neo merch was only available in the USA) they said that if you live outside the US that people were selling plushies or whatever on ebay. Maybe they said 'auction site'
Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:25 am
Zero wrote:schnozbrry wrote:as far as I can tell, damn, hell, and crap are unfiltered.
Crap's not a swear word. If they ban crap, I will be very VERY angry.
Hell isn't a swear word either. It's a place.
I don't consider darn a swear word either.
That's the problem with the whole bad words thing, people have different ideas of what's bad and what isn't.
Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:34 am
Strechii wrote:That's the problem with the whole bad words thing, people have different ideas of what's bad and what isn't.
the other problem with it is: SWEAR WORDS DON'T HURT ANYBODY. seriously. what a bizarre form of censorship, to put stigmas on certain words. i'm not just talking about neopets; i'm talking about the whole world. (well, western world anyway. i don't claim to know about the whole actual world.)
it just strikes me as strange that a world that will happily display people (and pets) hitting each other and causing each other actual, physical harm will shriek and gasp over a simple four-letter utterance. sticks and stones (and wrestling and battling) will break bones, but words will never, ever hurt me.
it's stupid. effing stupid.
Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:37 am
DM was on fire! wrote:Well, they don't allow "PPT" or anything with it. It's temporarily blocked.
Lol. Which I figured out the hard way. XD
Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:58 am
Yes and they say "see you in hell" at the end of the Maraquan plot. 
But you'll still get warned if you say it because idiots will go and report you because you say something like "darn"
But you'll still get warned if you say it because idiots will go and report you because you say something like "darn"
Tue Sep 07, 2004 1:04 am
Fallen Tear wrote:Yes and they say "see you in hell" at the end of the Maraquan plot.
OMG LEIK SAID TEH FORBIDDN WURD IM GOING 2 REPORT U!!!!11111!!!1!!!
Tue Sep 07, 2004 1:29 am
the other problem with it is: SWEAR WORDS DON'T HURT ANYBODY. seriously. what a bizarre form of censorship, to put stigmas on certain words. i'm not just talking about neopets; i'm talking about the whole world. (well, western world anyway. i don't claim to know about the whole actual world.)
That is where you are wrong. They hurt me. Maybe not physicly,but mentally.