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****! (The Censorship Thread)
« on: December 31, 2012, 03:13:37 pm »
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So, werothegreat and I were playing some Rebuild/Saboteur games just now, and I noticed that by censoring very mild 'swear' words, Goko makes me sound like a real foul-mouthed motherf****r.

During the game, it censored me when I cursed my mistakes by saying, "Crap!" That surprised me a bit, but it's understandable. But after our last game, by way of parting I said, "Well, I gotta ******. Hopefully we can continue this later." 10 points if you can guess which fairly innocuous word was censored. Wero, don't give away the answer!  :D
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2012, 03:17:00 pm »
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Is it bounce?
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 03:18:50 pm »
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I wanted to ask someone else "age/sex/location", and it censored "sex."  It doesn't, however, censor "coitus."
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2012, 03:19:08 pm »
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2012, 03:20:06 pm »
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"Well, I gotta crap. Hopefully we can continue this later."

Doesn't sound that bad to me.
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2012, 03:22:00 pm »
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I love their censor. I am always surprised by the words it blocks, and then I'm confused and it makes me look like I am saying worse things than I am. lol
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2012, 03:30:20 pm »
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"Well, I gotta crap. Hopefully we can continue this later."

Doesn't sound that bad to me.

Ha, nice. It was a six-letter word, though.

At first I thought it was censored because of its connection to bodily processes, but after consulting Urban Dictionary, I discovered it can also be used as a term for a certain ethnic demographic. I feel a bit like Randal in Clerks II, although I'm guessing my usage of the term is still perfectly acceptable in mixed company.

EDIT: Ah, I might as well give it away before people start guessing off-color things. The censored word was 'boogie'.
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2012, 03:56:25 pm »
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2012, 05:23:17 pm »
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"Well, I gotta crap. Hopefully we can continue this later."

Doesn't sound that bad to me.

Ha, nice. It was a six-letter word, though.

At first I thought it was censored because of its connection to bodily processes, but after consulting Urban Dictionary, I discovered it can also be used as a term for a certain ethnic demographic. I feel a bit like Randal in Clerks II, although I'm guessing my usage of the term is still perfectly acceptable in mixed company.

EDIT: Ah, I might as well give it away before people start guessing off-color things. The censored word was 'boogie'.

I'm pretty certain multiple meanings of that word are acceptable in mixed company.  For instance:

http://www.boogiewipes.com/

Warning: Kids blowing their noses...
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2012, 08:19:23 pm »
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No wonder black people look at me funny when I call my dog...
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2013, 09:14:13 am »
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If given the option on a site, I always turn off censorship. Some of those things are silly.

I was on one site where I submitted short stories about a sci-fi RPG session. I got annoyed when it would block "cockpit."

I had never heard of a site blocking "boogie" though. That's pretty funny.

I guess they don't like listening to doowop either.
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2013, 09:16:29 am »
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Of course, one of the biggest problems with such censorship is that there are so many dialects that perfectly innocuous words in one country may be verboten in another country. So, the censorship brush has to paint some pretty broad strokes to get them all.
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2013, 09:19:12 am »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2013, 09:29:36 am »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D

Yeah, the Blizzard forums had that problem with the word "Drape" for quite a while, which was amusing given how many pieces of equipment were the "Drape of Foo."
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2013, 09:44:36 am »
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A clbuttic mistake.  Also known as the Scunthorpe problem.  My favorite are news articles about buttbuttination.
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2013, 09:49:35 am »
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A clbuttic mistake.  Also known as the Scunthorpe problem.  My favorite are news articles about buttbuttination.

To be fair, have you ever seen Scunthorpe? It really should be blocked
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2013, 10:15:37 am »
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A clbuttic mistake.  Also known as the Scunthorpe problem.  My favorite are news articles about buttbuttination.

You said "butt."
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #17 on: January 02, 2013, 10:23:42 am »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D

Yeah, the Blizzard forums had that problem with the word "Drape" for quite a while, which was amusing given how many pieces of equipment were the "Drape of Foo."
I can't recall the details, but there also was some German translation of a class/ability that happend to have a dick or nigger or something in it.
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« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2013, 10:24:05 am »
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So, werothegreat and I were playing some Rebuild/Saboteur games just now, and I noticed that by censoring very mild 'swear' words, Goko makes me sound like a real foul-mouthed motherf****r.

During the game, it censored me when I cursed my mistakes by saying, "Crap!" That surprised me a bit, but it's understandable. But after our last game, by way of parting I said, "Well, I gotta ******. Hopefully we can continue this later." 10 points if you can guess which fairly innocuous word was censored. Wero, don't give away the answer!  :D

Is the missing word VAMOOSE?
It should be
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2013, 10:36:43 am »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D

That must have had you all taking about the City of Bras.
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2013, 10:36:47 am »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D

Yeah, the Blizzard forums had that problem with the word "Drape" for quite a while, which was amusing given how many pieces of equipment were the "Drape of Foo."
I can't recall the details, but there also was some German translation of a class/ability that happend to have a dick or nigger or something in it.

Well, dick means "fat" in German, so..
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2013, 10:37:31 am »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D

That must have had you all taking about the City of Bras.

They've also, later, made a Joke Card:


(It's not legal or anything, it's from a joke set).
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« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2013, 10:42:32 am »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D

Yeah, the Blizzard forums had that problem with the word "Drape" for quite a while, which was amusing given how many pieces of equipment were the "Drape of Foo."
I can't recall the details, but there also was some German translation of a class/ability that happend to have a dick or nigger or something in it.

Well, dick means "fat" in German, so..
It was a bit more hidden inside the word
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2013, 10:55:23 am »
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A clbuttic mistake.  Also known as the Scunthorpe problem.  My favorite are news articles about buttbuttination.

The best is still the multitude of news articles about Olympic runner Tyson Homosexual.
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Re: ****! (The Censorship Thread)
« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2013, 04:35:02 pm »
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Heh, the most funny censor was on MtG Gatherer site. It was very strict, and would censor even if a swear word is in another word. But the fun part was that there were actual MtG card names, that were censored, like "City of Brass" :D

That must have had you all taking about the City of Bras.

They've also, later, made a Joke Card:


(It's not legal or anything, it's from a joke set).

"Comes into play tapped."  Brilliant.
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