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So I have always wondered about the banned words.

Why is it that "Retard" Is banned? Is it cuz most of the time you are aiming it at someone saying they are mentally slow?

Also, if retard is a banned word, why are "Hell" And "Damn" allowed? To me they are much worse words.

Lastly, why is it that auto admin doesnt catch cuss words sometimes? Like On occasion someone cusses and auto admin doesnt warn, I have seen people Fbomb and auto admin didnt catch it. is that a bug or did the warning message go on team chat for that player or what?

Just curious.

Hell and Damn are general expressions of anger, but not personal assaults. I'd even go so far as to say they are used in Church here and there. Retard is obviously an attack on an individual, that is capable of generating an emotional response, thereby causing game disruption.

The chat log does it's best, but I will not go into the 'why'.

Actually, our auto admin broke about a year ago and we've had Duel parked at a computer watching the chat logs ever since.

poor duel haha

You can't say bastard anymore either. Too bad about that because sometimes it's really needed.

MATTHEW'S_DAD wrote:You can't say bastard anymore either. Too bad about that because sometimes it's really needed.

Well, you can, but you have to face the consequences..

MATTHEW'S_DAD wrote:You can't say bastard anymore either. Too bad about that because sometimes it's really needed.

rofl

WD-40 wrote:Hell and Damn are general expressions of anger, but not personal assaults

So is [poo] in my book, it's still banned though

MT

WD-40 wrote:Hell and Damn are general expressions of anger, but not personal assaults. I'd even go so far as to say they are used in Church here and there. Retard is obviously an attack on an individual, that is capable of generating an emotional response, thereby causing game disruption.

The chat log does it's best, but I will not go into the 'why'.

While it might be said in the church, Hell and Damn are not used as expressions of anger. They are more often only said when quoting scripture, in my church anyway. Though I am sure in other churches they might use it losely.

If retard isnt allowed then what about Moron? "disused term for a person with a mental age between 8 and 12" lol.

So when you say "Damn you! Go to hell!" Is that not a personal attack on that person? You are wishing they would be condemned to hell. seems harsh to me over a video game.