EVE New Citizens Q&A

Does reporting these people do any good? I see people say both F words, and other such garbage all the time in Local, as if they aren't worried at all.

Thank you. I hope that irregardless of a person's motives, a person that chooses to break the code of conduct receives due penalty for such things.

Offended by the "F-word?" What are we in? Primary school? I've seen and heard MUCH worse just walking down the street.

But yeah... you can totally report it. Just don't expect much punishment to come out of mere trash talking or mildly foul language. The only times I've seen GMs or DEVs enforce their "foul language/content" rule is when it is REALLY bad (like, "whoa" or "omg" bad).

Not really. CCP just doesn't have the manpower (or the inclination, it seems) to keep a handle on all the filth spewed in chats. The new player chat is about the only one policed on a regular basis. I've seen some pretty vile stuff even in Jita local that must have been flagged by multiple people yet went on and on.

Mr Epeen

Hmz, if you are already offended by the F-word, as Shah said, it might be better to close all chats in EVE.

I'd say that's more of a sign of how bad CCP's enforcement of their rules is rather than being easily offended.

It goes both ways.

On one hand, you have a company of 500 to 700 people trying to moderate the language of 400,000 people (with 10,000 to 25,000 on at any given time). It is nearly impossible to get to every possible report as it is happening.

At the same time, different people have different levels of tolerance. One person can be mightily offended by being called "prepubescent child" and file a report for that. And then another can file a report because someone called them a "mentally challenged." Now add up dozens of those petitions with one or two actual real cases of offensive content.
Then there is the fact that each case has to be investigated and reviewed (because just clicking the gag or ban button without knowing the context of the situation is just bad practice) and you have a system that is slow to act.

Oh... and you can't hire too many more people. It's a small company with only so many resources. And you can't hire too many volunteers without putting them through a strict screening and training process (because you don't want someone on a "crusade" to just get the power and then start gagging/banning anything he/she personally doesn't like).

You could add automatic filters into the game... but that would not stop .gifs from being posted. And it's a little hippocritical to censor certain language when the lore is full of it and MUCH worse. Hell, even some mission text has swearing. And I've seen the DEVs themselves drop a couple loaded words here or there.


All that said... there are lines that should not be crossed. But you need context to know for certain if that "line" was tongue and cheek or actual malignant material.

tldr; don't be so serious. If you don't like it, ignore it. If you see something REALLY bad, you'll know it.

The real slur here is against Mr Brain's delicious low budget meal for 2.

It gets dealt with just as much as trolling in newbie Q&A, like the OP has done with this thread.

unfortunately asshats are a problem in most mmos. People (especially gammer geeks) sometimes say things that they wouldnt say in person because of the anonymity of being behind a computer. If the slurs are on teamspeak or something like that - it is highly unlikely ccp will do anything. As for the in game chat - it is prohibited by the end user agreement to make such slurs, but I have yet to have seen someone banned or suspended or even warned because of it (doesnt mean it doesnt happen - just that im unaware of it happening). I have seen folk get their names changed through for using offensive names.

BTW if you are thin skinned do some research before you join a null alliance - some of them (cough cough - goons) are known for using offensive slurs regularly, even going so far as naming fleets various offensive names - they claim its just them being ironically funny but its not funny at all imo.