Horrible censorship...

[Im_On_56k]

Document text has unacceptable words (Smack) [English (US)]

When trying to publish...really Blizzard?

If smack is censored I can only imagine what else is censored.

 

[13lade619]

they should censor 'kill' then.

 

[Dave312]

Don't forget attack and the letter f. The list could go on and on...

 

[Failenx]

I'm sorry but I couldn't help but laugh.

This most likely (and by 'most likely' i mean 99%) will be fixed before release. Atleast I hope so! This is beyond rediculous.

 

[Jimpy]

"Christian Wife" gets censored too, yet from in game you can check chat logs, and the censoring is all gone.

 

[13lade619]

what about color coding? cant you hide the text using |c00000 or something?

 

[Siretu]

I was unable to name my account "sireto" or "siretu". I don't know why that would be prohibited though. "Smack" is also ridiculous.

 

[Cookiemaster]

"Cookiemaster" wasn't allowed before this patch as a playername, and now it is.

Hmm.

 

[XxMayhemxX]

that sucks.. i like to use swear words in stories in maps... the characters in them are adults.. not children... a marine isnt a teen... i should be allowed to Oh shit!! the Zerg!!!

 

[13lade619]

just try to put things a little softer. like these guys did!

[youtube]z4t6zNZ-b0A[/youtube]

 

[Ice Bane]

Xordiah said they will fix that blacklist indeed!

Just look at B.net: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25026393323&sid=5010

Quoting: "Let's not overdramatize the situation and keep this in perspective. It is annoying, I give you that. We will be sure to look into the whole blacklist issue, we are aware that there are quite a few words that are on that list that shouldn't be. " - Xordiah

 

[Zalinian]

just try to put things a little softer. like these guys did!

[youtube]z4t6zNZ-b0A[/youtube]

Epic censorship ftw.

 

[Renendaru]

I can't even log in using the editor. o.o

 

[Lyerae]

If they're going to censor, they should at least give us the option to turn it on and off, instead of making us...

 

[Sensang]

If they're going to censor, they should at least give us the option to turn it on and off, instead of making us...

wheres the point in censorship then? there are topics id rather not see in maps... like racism
cuz lets face it, there are some sick minds in this world :banghead:

 

[Vicboy]

Is Starcraft II going for a T rating? If not, this isn't really necessary for then to do.

 

[Artificial]

> there are topics id rather not see in maps... like racism
Yeah, I'd hate to see a game where you play as a character in a racistic place and your goal is to stop the racism and bring equality in to the society. Such a map would be unbelievably unethical. Oh, and I'd also hate to see maps with such topics as killing - such an action is simply not acceptable! No one should be allowed to play games with such offensive, monstrous topics in them!

Or how about making the filtering optional to the players, so if they have it on they won't see such maps, and the people less afraid of being offended by maps having the word "Smack" or the phrase "Racism is bad" in them will still be able to play them?

 

[Ancanus]

Yeah, I'd hate to see a game where you play as a character in a racistic place and your goal is to stop the racism and bring equality in to the society.

On the other hand, I would hate to play that game. :shades:

 

[Daskunk]

If they're going to censor, they should at least give us the option to turn it on and off, instead of making us...

You CAN turn it off. Check in your options.

I wish they would improve it for the people that use it, but since its entirely optional, it doesn't bother me.

@Siretu: I think blizzard doesn't allow "Sir" in their names, or any other title. I don't know why, but I presume they don't want you to proclaim yourself as having a certain title like "King" "Lieutenant" or anything else like that.

 

[Monovertex]

You CAN turn it off. Check in your options.

I wish they would improve it for the people that use it, but since its entirely optional, it doesn't bother me.

@Siretu: I think blizzard doesn't allow "Sir" in their names, or any other title. I don't know why, but I presume they don't want you to proclaim yourself as having a certain title like "King" "Lieutenant" or anything else like that.

As I can tell, this thread is discussing censorship on map submitting, not the in-game censorship.

Back on the topic, it's pretty funny how they censor words, but they have models like this in the game: