I’d like to know why it is that CCP has to spend so much time and money paying GM’s to handle petitions from players who claim they were so tragically offended by words in local when theres a Block Player option available to anyone who can click a goddamn right mouse button. I could have sworn that when I first started playing EVE that there was a language filter option that you had the choice to leave active or not. But I cant remember what I did last month so… I dunno.

So where was I, ah the Dirt Nap EULA Griefers. So it would seem to most people that in a game as harsh as EVE, especially when it comes to PvP and player killing, a game that encourages players to use (in game) drugs, the trading of alcohol, tobacco, strippers, and slaves, that the option to block a players comments that some of the more ’sensitive players’ would find offensive is a logical option for those players to take. And did anyone notice the TEEN rating for EvE Online?

Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language

I believe that a vast majority of petitions that are filed under ‘harassment’ are by players who are not offended but who are abusing the system to their advantage as a form of griefing while having some GM unwittingly assists them with it.
Case in point… EULA Griefing 101

[ 2008.10.19 06:40:36 ] Teister > interweb spaceships are serious fuckin’ business
[ 2008.10.19 06:40:45 ] B > dont swear pl
[ 2008.10.19 06:41:01 ] Teister > no swearing?
[ 2008.10.19 06:41:00 ] B > shotty trit
[ 2008.10.19 06:41:11 ] B > its against eula plz dont
[ 2008.10.19 06:41:24 ] Teister > and it isn’t against the eula
[ 2008.10.19 06:41:30 ] B > read it
[ 2008.10.19 06:41:38 ] Teister > i did… i fuckin’ wrote it
[ 2008.10.19 06:41:49 ] B > there now i have sufficient text to petition you
[ 2008.10.19 06:42:08 ] Teister > you did?
[ 2008.10.19 06:45:00 ] B > add me to fiends list plz A!! i am adding you
[ 2008.10.19 06:45:13 ] B > i wanna know what you do once ur suspension is over
[ 2008.10.19 06:46:22 ] Teister > you think i’ll get suspended?
[ 2008.10.19 06:46:34 ] B > yes… ive gotten ppl suspended for less actually
[ 2008.10.19 07:00:23 ] B > $5 says Teister goes offline in 10
[ 2008.10.19 07:00:47 ] B > we have 2 responses from our petitions already

1. You may not abuse, harass or threaten another player or authorized representative of CCP, including customer service personnel and volunteers. This includes, but is not limited to: petitioning with false information in an attempt to gain from it or have someone else suffer from it; sending excessive e-mails, EVE-mails or petitions; obstructing CCP Employees from doing their jobs; refusal to follow the instructions of a CCP Employee; or implying favoritism by a CCP Employee

18. You may not publish private communications from CCP, their agents or representatives or EVE Online volunteers without authorization.

Now Im not hip to all the latest south London Cockney insults, but I bet someone could take offense to being called a “Shotty Trit”. Well two can play at that game you currish unchin-snouted gudgeon… toodle pip ya bloody cunt!

Also my understanding of the EULA is that your not allowed to discuss any petition related information and use it to make threats. Bragging about getting people banned also falls under the rules you dumb shit.

Plus you placed an open bet of $5 USD, thats real world currency son, which I’m sure not only violates some part of the EULA but several real world laws regarding online gambling and betting. Starting to see how stupid this bullshit can get? We done yet douche bag? Oh, no wait, theres more…

And ‘B’ if your such an anal retentive righteous pillar in the community for being an upstanding moral high ground kind of a guy, well maybe EvE Online isnt the game for you. I hear theres a nice little christian mmorpg out there where you can save souls, burn people who have potty mouths or who are different from you, and yes ‘B’ you can even burn books that teach ‘questionable’ thought. Should be right up your alley.

I can understand it if someone is making ‘real life threats’ against another player or that ‘personal attacks’ persist over a period of time, any type of rasist bullshit, or posting links to some image of a fat japanese woman using a bath tub for something ‘other than’ what it was intended for. I fully support taking action against that kind of crap, thats one of the many reasons there needs to be a EULA. But having to take the time and effort against a player because someone said a dirty word in local seems like a waste of time and money for CCP when the individual players have the ability to block it.

I’ve read some posts with suggestions about adding an optional language filter to EVE. That might be a great idea there, it would keep everyone happy and cut down on about 80% of the workload on the CCP GM’s so they can have more time to focus on real issues that affect players and not the “But he said a naughty word” or “someone said very mean and hurtful things in local about my space ship today” petitions. Plus it would completely eradicate EULA griefing.

So stop pretending to cry anytime someone who beats you in a fight earlier, says ‘poop’ in local. Throwing some smack talk around happens, and to be honest with you, we generally don’t initiate it as a common practice. We’ve been around long enough to know who the real douche bag pilots, corps, and alliances are in EvE. Heard enough bullshit from them that they’re pretty much permanently labeled on the asshats list, so we’re far from reluctant to call them out in local. Like that petty bullshit you tried to pull in Jorund, heh congratulations, you made the list.

*Disclaimer: No offense directed towards anyone who may have difficulty clicking the right mouse button due to any physical disabilities, anyone who may have any neurological afflictions that cause their skin to be extra sensitive to pressure, sunlight, rag weed, or laundry detergents, anyone who may be suffering from mental or emotional illnesses such as but not limited to, depression, malingering, anxiety, bipolar disorder and/or Munchausen biproxy.

/fuck
~Tolarus~

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