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Anyone have an idea of how the censoring algorithm works?
I swear, more times than not I'll be typing regular ordinary (not swear words or the like) in the chat, but the censoring algorithm decides to have a go at it.
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Trick question: it doesn't.
For real though, censoring algorith OP. pls nerf. It not only blocks cuss words and slurs (as it should), it also blocks certain perk names, people's usernames, things like "face camping" or "tea bagging", the word kill, and things that are just apart of the vocabulary of the DBD realm.
Why can't I say "thank you for face camping and killing that Dwight, he was sandbagging us" in the end game chat???I'm discussing things that happened during the course of the game XD
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This game have the most funny censor in end chat, I just can't say anything sometimes. xD
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I've often wondered the same thing: how in the world is this thing programmed?? It is truly an absurd system. Comically, embarrassingly bad at doing what it's supposed to do.
Surely there's some way to tweak this thing to make it work better?? Does any other game have a chat filter system as bad as this one?
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It blocks the word "youtube"
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You can't say "claudette main"
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Meghead is a slur.
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You can't say "gg".
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One time I wrote "Yun-Jin" in a sentence and it censored "Jin." Can't even talk about that actual characters.
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Simple. Here is the code:
if ( GetWordsCount( sMessage ) > 2 OR Contains( sMessage, GetRandomLetter() ) )
{
sMessage = "###";
}
return sMessage;
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Don't use character names or peoples screen names, they could be used to attack someone directly, don't use perk names, they could be used to draw the attention to bad plays during the game, don't use certain basic swear words in english, spanish, french, german or portuguese (and probably a lot more)((but not russian. Thats pretty much uncensored)).
What is allowed: wishing death, destruction, misfortune, doom and aweful diseases and fates on participants of the match, but ESPECIALLY their family, loved ones and mothers. Throwing racial slurs or insulting your opponents orientation.
Its not THAT hard, so I don't understand OPs confusion. Smh.
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The way I understand it, it throws a coin and if it lands on heads your message gets censored.
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2 nights ago it blocked the world "usually"
I was being a nice killer, and they said thanks for being nice. I said I usually play a nice killer.
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God...Even the chat filter doesn't work properly.
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You can't use "rancor" in a sentence, but you can say "rancor" as a single message if it is your first time typing the word.
Personally, I rather be able to see what people are actually saying (with the option to hide chat entirely), and report them for chat harassment, than to have mundane words blocked while moderate slurs can still be slung around.
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badly. it works badly
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You know that scene in south park where they go to wall street and watch them cut off the head of a chicken and let the body falling decide what they would do?
It's like that.
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I think it just takes a list of words that are banned and algorithmically adds accompanying words to the filter. So if you say something like "cussword Jane!!!" It'll add Jane to the cussword association and you can't say Jane anymore.
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Yeah, the chat censor is pretty bizarre sometimes. I have zero idea why it blocks some of the things it blocks.
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Pretty sure it uses some kind of randomizer to pick random words to censor each time.
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A filter system isn't hard to make. Set a list of string variables and if any of those variables are used, then those letters should be censored. Also, there should be an option to remove censors. This is an adult game. They even have fog whisperers who swear a lot. Besides, it doesn't stop people from saying nasty things to each other. And on console, there is no chat function but people can still send messages if they're on the same platform, which doesn't stop them from doing it.
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Same with TikTok. Think Reddit is blocked, too.
It blocking several character and perk names is the most baffling part of it to me. Rancor, Vigil, Yun-Jin... why has nobody looked over this teeming mess yet? Meanwhile, I've seen a few people slip slurs through it with ridiculous ease, so it doesn't even do the one thing it's supposed to exist for.
Oh yeah; Jane main is blocked too.
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Things you can't say
- GG
- Killer
- Any characters name
- Certain perks
- Killed
- May have been
- Might have been
- Youtube
- Died
- Death
- Dying
This you can say
- Racial slurs
- Doxing someone
- Pretty much any insult
The chat filter makes no sense and doesn't work when it should and works when it shouldn't. They really should just let us turn it off and leave it on by default.
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