03 Sep 12, 08:29PM
(This post was last modified: 03 Sep 12, 08:43PM by Ronald_Reagan.)
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I'll go through some of the reasoning behind common nickname blacklistings and such, from my own perspective.
Cheater Names - I don't want those cheaters on my server, nor do I want people impersonating those cheaters and distracting others, getting other mad, and just making trouble.
Names of infamous people - People who use names like Hitler are most likely there to get a reaction and cause trouble. There is also a slight chance that it may be offensive to other people. How is this different from my own name? I like to think I don't roam around on servers trying to cause trouble.
So called "Bad Words" - Not sure if these are banned on the B} servers which I help run. Personally I don't care, but here are some legitimate reasonings behind them. For some people "Bad Words" carry some weight and it is awkward to see them being said all the time casually. For them "Bad Words" should remain bad and not be used everywhere. In order to make the server a place they want to be, they may put them in the forbidden words list. Another reason might be to try to cut down on somewhat immature chatter. Which this does a poor job of doing, see D!CK F*CK A$$ - those substitutes are worse than the actual words in my mind. The substitutes show that you do not care about what you are saying enough to risk whatever consequences using those words might have. And being ignorant because the substitutes wont prevent you from some sort of consequences.
Tell me if I missed some commonly banned types of words, or some words banned on B} servers that you don't understand. Afaik, we something like the default list or the kiwi lists.
I'll go through some of the reasoning behind common nickname blacklistings and such, from my own perspective.
Cheater Names - I don't want those cheaters on my server, nor do I want people impersonating those cheaters and distracting others, getting other mad, and just making trouble.
Names of infamous people - People who use names like Hitler are most likely there to get a reaction and cause trouble. There is also a slight chance that it may be offensive to other people. How is this different from my own name? I like to think I don't roam around on servers trying to cause trouble.
So called "Bad Words" - Not sure if these are banned on the B} servers which I help run. Personally I don't care, but here are some legitimate reasonings behind them. For some people "Bad Words" carry some weight and it is awkward to see them being said all the time casually. For them "Bad Words" should remain bad and not be used everywhere. In order to make the server a place they want to be, they may put them in the forbidden words list. Another reason might be to try to cut down on somewhat immature chatter. Which this does a poor job of doing, see D!CK F*CK A$$ - those substitutes are worse than the actual words in my mind. The substitutes show that you do not care about what you are saying enough to risk whatever consequences using those words might have. And being ignorant because the substitutes wont prevent you from some sort of consequences.
Tell me if I missed some commonly banned types of words, or some words banned on B} servers that you don't understand. Afaik, we something like the default list or the kiwi lists.