08-31-2003, 12:42 AM
First, I agree about getting rid of the messages that are sent to chat. Many other servers in other mods that have a filter that does something like this: you say a word that's filtered, and it sends a personal message only to your screen that is perhaps in a csay or tsay style that says you said a filtered word, don't say it again. If you say it like 3 times, you get kicked. All the while, when you say that word, your entire chat message is not displayed to other players, it's like being gagged. That not only means no one else notices, but also if they say something over and over, they get kicked and problem solved.
About that certain word... I personally completely agree that it shouldn't be filtered, I say it quite a bit, along with a certain f word that also refers to someone's sexuality. In most cases, I don't say it to mean anything about sexuality. I think the word has had an evolution... started to mean happy, then homosexual, now it still retains some of the first two, but also means "that sucks" or "you're an idiot" kind of a thing. *However* I have never argued about it being filtered, because I can respect the view that GRITS doesn't want a word like that used in any way. Besides, I never say either of those words in public, mostly just with private convos with a few friends. And, I've gotten very used to it, because I do have plenty of alternate words that aren't filtered for ones that are... damn, shit, retarded, sucks, moron, ######, etc etc. So I can live with it being filtered.
About that certain word... I personally completely agree that it shouldn't be filtered, I say it quite a bit, along with a certain f word that also refers to someone's sexuality. In most cases, I don't say it to mean anything about sexuality. I think the word has had an evolution... started to mean happy, then homosexual, now it still retains some of the first two, but also means "that sucks" or "you're an idiot" kind of a thing. *However* I have never argued about it being filtered, because I can respect the view that GRITS doesn't want a word like that used in any way. Besides, I never say either of those words in public, mostly just with private convos with a few friends. And, I've gotten very used to it, because I do have plenty of alternate words that aren't filtered for ones that are... damn, shit, retarded, sucks, moron, ######, etc etc. So I can live with it being filtered.