Why not a word filter that doesn't let you send rage chats?

VAHtDRUvLQ·Jun 6, 2015·3 votes·964 views

We've all (or most of us pre/post hormonal boys) done it. We rage when our teams let us down and we use bad words. Thing is, in a game like league of legends, there is no, absolutely NO scenarios where hateful words should be sent in the chat. So my question is, why not a system that catches "rage words", or anything mean-spirited, and simply deletes what you typed when you hit enter.

benefits:

no mean thing said
would slowly teach toxic people: "wow, im wasting my time getting angry and typing mean things, the system is just blocking them anyway, maybe i'll start being a good person."

thoughts?

23 Comments

Razgriz990Jun 6, 20155 votes

This would probably delete 90% of the english language.... We are a hateful people

RIP Tahm KenchJun 6, 20151 votes

Probably more if you linked it up to the system Riot just rolled out, which from the incriminating chat logs of some people leads you to believe everything is offensive to someone. And I mean stuff like "nice play" being listed as a ban reason.

VAHtDRUvLQJun 6, 20151 votes

well, it could start off very "top level" by which i mean only catch TRULY hateful words

redniwediSJun 6, 20151 votes

And then the angry people will use less and less hateful words to convey their hate. People are creative, where as the lists of words used by what you're suggesting are not.

VAHtDRUvLQJun 6, 20151 votes

I think sarcasm and rudeness is better than terribly ignorant and hateful cusses...an improvement at least.

redniwediSJun 6, 20151 votes

Perhaps it is, but it's nowhere near a long term solution, and if done incorrectly it can end up punishing more than just the hateful players. Stuff like this has to be taken very slowly to make sure it doesn't infringe on those who are doing nothing wrong.

Sona PingJun 6, 20151 votes

Well, you see that's an opinion. Your personal reaction; that would be a better term for it. To demonstrate, I could very well find this very post of yours far more toxic, bringing an awful, condescending manner to this issue, than some other person's off-hand word choice, picked without any particular regard or meaning to them other than as a means to convey frustration. ...not mention that auto-deleting a message tends to produce a quite a few reactions in people, "calming" isn't one of them.

You see how there can be issues, yes?

58738074DEL1Jun 6, 20151 votes

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VAHtDRUvLQJun 6, 20151 votes

racist, homophobic, and handicapped-insensitive words, to start.

Vistha KaiJun 6, 20151 votes

So all colours would be censored.

WumachineJun 6, 20151 votes

so ekko and lucian will be permabanned?

NoMonkuJun 6, 20151 votes

There isn't an easy way to define a "rage" word. Going by what you are saying I'm assuming you want it to either block the whole chat or specific "rage" words. If it blocks the whole chat, if you slip in a "rage" word you can end up censoring yourself when you aren't doing anything negative, thereby "punishing" you. Also eventually people will probably find a way around it, making the censorship pointless. Also I have said negative things about my OWN gameplay in game to other people. It would frustrate me a LOT trying to communicate with my team if I keep getting censored and have to retype what I say over and over and over again. I'm already having a lot of problems playing(not being good enough), I don't need to have to fight with the chat system itself as well.

Also a positive towards the bans is that its a slap on the wrist. Maybe for you a censorship system would work well, but I feel getting a ban or some form of punishment is more of an immediate wake up call to individuals that tells them they need to work on their behavior if they want to continue playing LoL. Censorship imo doesn't really change them, it just prohibits them from saying what they want. Some may change for the better, but some won't and imo those who won't would be the worst offenders that need to change the most.

VAHtDRUvLQJun 6, 20151 votes

The words I had in mind would never be "slipped" in under any circumstances.

NoMonkuJun 6, 20151 votes

As you say, but you still haven't told me a filter/censorship system would be superior to the current two week minimum ban. Sure it allows them to play, but with the ban they can always just make a new account and play with that.

LukeTheSheppyJun 6, 20151 votes

Or you could just....not rage in chat.

WolfessJun 6, 20151 votes

no it wouldn't work, because people will just make up new words to try to bypass the filter. Happens in every game.

Vistha KaiJun 6, 20151 votes

#WELCOME TO

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130303155325/crossfirefps/images/5/50/Cf_logo.png

Where you get a cancer trying to write ANYTHING in the chat.

No. We don't need any active chat filters.

WillHealForHonorJun 6, 20151 votes

Fu ck has just become Fak, fuk fuuck and so on.. Doesnt matter u cant stop it.. I type b itch like that.. I cant even write sl ut because in danish because its a swear word in english en danish i means end.. so its already dumb imo

7ha7guy777Jun 6, 20151 votes

Not hitting enter is an option. It's just a pain to dekete long messages especially since you cant use abilities while in chat

Nameless VoiceJun 6, 20151 votes

Hit escape instead of enter.

Nameless VoiceJun 6, 20151 votes

I once was writing a utility to monitor chat in the game and replace/rewrite messages with less hurtful ones.

My idea wasn't so much to completely filter out hostile words, but rather to replace them with something more amusing.

For example:

"omg noob" --> "You remind me of a hideous villain, who is missing knowledge of their parentage." "retard" -> "My good man, you are not unlike a giggling wart on a depraved gargoyle." "this team" -> "This shrivelled flock of inbred gnomes is undeserving of my leadership." "gg wp" -> "It was a glorious fight, however it is now over. It was a waste to have a "battle of skill" against an unarmed individual." "ks" -> "The ne'er-do-well has successfully stolen my opportunity to kill our foe, right from under my nose!"

I got as far as writing the generator to randomly invent the replacement terms, and the utility to hook into League's chat and monitor what you type, but never got around to properly analysing what you type - right now it only responds to specific keywords.

In any case, Riot changed the rules for third-party applications, and technically using the utility now would be against the terms of service, so I discontinued development.