Why is diablo blocked by chat filter but not devil, Satan, or Lucifer?

AlienPrimate··47 votes·2,347 views

They even made a skin called Little Devil Teemo. Who actually finds "diablo" to be offensive but not the other 3? I discovered that it is blocked when I was trying to talk about the game, Diablo 3.

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deathgod528 votes

Maybe they dislike blizzard entertainment :)

AlienPrimate5 votes

This would only make sense if World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Starcraft, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm were also blocked.

deathgod51 votes

I genuinly don't know if they are. World of Warcraft and heroes of the storm seem to contain words that are used way to often to be banned.

TheMoralSupport1 votes

Or hot sauce

A girl Supp Main10 votes

Diablo can be used in a somewhat vulgar manner in Spanish. It's sorta like saying 'hell' if you drop it somewhere by itself.

Wildlife11 votes

Nobody uses that as an insult in spanish, its just the translation of devil/satan in spanish. Its not a big deal.

Terozu2 votes

Tell that to a high school classroom...

Dextix LT8 votes

Satan is actually blocked too.

Papa Andrei5 votes

Fun fact: Dio is also banned for some reason

Melledoneus3 votes

D*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Melledoneus4 votes

Easy.

The first one is a reference to a demonic king of hell. The other 3 are alternative titles for Teemo.

SparksFFF3 votes

blizzard

LostFr0st2 votes

The last three are synonyms with Teemo ; can't block champ names ofc.

AlienPrimate1 votes

Diablo isn't even a synonym. It is the literal translation of devil in Spanish. On that note, do they censer their own skin name if you play in Spanish?

LostFr0st1 votes

It's likely censored since it's so close to the french version "diable" which is used for coarse language. In french church/religion related stuff is what they swear about.

And no, the skin name wouldn't be censored if playing in Spanish. I don't even know what they ended up calling it after localization to any spanish server (EU, EUW, and LAN?). It may not have "devil" in the title at all, they may have changed it to "demon" which would be more culturally acceptable. The NA server only supports english.

Edit: added context http://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/2017/06/dev-on-naming-skins/

Zelorxon2 votes

Diablo is owned by blizzard.

AlienPrimate4 votes

That has nothing to do with "diablo" being blocked in the chat filter.

TheMoralSupport4 votes

Pretty sure it's a joke, lol

koshkyra2 votes

Satan is blocked.

Terozu2 votes

Lucifer means Angel of light. The other 2, Satan is blocked, they probably block specific names of evil gods. But Lucifer is still ok... appatently.

Leaf on Bush1 votes

You should have done a google search. There is no angel in "lucifer". It just means "light-bringing".

Lux = Light Ferre = to bear, to carry

Terozu1 votes

But it was the name of the Angel of Light, who later blasphemed against god and was banished from heaven, becoming Satan. And even with what you said, it'd be "Light Bearer" wouldn't it?

Leaf on Bush1 votes

And still nothing about angel... the word existed before there were any christians. They just took the term and used it as name for their fiction.

Lucifer was the name that the romans used for the planet Venus, because it shines bright in the morning. Thats why it's also translated as "morningstar".

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Venus_over_Otter_Lake%2C_from_Goddard_Bay.JPG

Because people back then didn't know better they often associated such celestial phenomenons with gods they thought its the god of the morningstar and the christians turned it into an angel.

Btw my chat filter is turned off so what am I even doing here. Idc lul

Terozu1 votes

Lucifer is actually just a translation from hebrew, the proper name, Hêlêl(again meaning light bearer, or more commonly Shining One)(It's pronounced Hey-Lel), existed long before Latin. About 300 years to be proper. Christianity didn't adopt it as an angel, since the idea existed before Rome's founding. The reason they use Lucifer is because Catholic was mostly just the old teachings translated to Latin. And Hêlêl in Latin is lucifer, but Hebrew (and the idea of the Angel) came first, it wasn't adopted from morning star, they only took the name, since it was the closest translation available. Similarly, God isn't actually God, the proper name is Jehovah, (Ya-hu-wah, not Je-hov-ah), or Yaweh(ya-way). The reason this name isn't in the present bibles is because it is tradition not to say his name for fear of desecration, though why it was actually removed is anyone's guess. And Jesus is also from Latin and goes back to Zeus if you trace origin. The proper name is pronounced Ya-shu-A. And is the hebrew equivalent of Joshua. In other words Jesus' real name was Joshua, and never Jesus, that started with Roman Catholicism. And Christ was Ma-shi-ac, or now, Messiah. Meaning the proper way of saying Jesus Christ, would be Yashua Ha Mashiac. Do not quote spellings, it's confusing.

EvilDustMan1 votes

Because there are terrifying things out there. Like.

EL POLLO DIABLO

The King Discord1 votes

diablo is owned by bliz

AlienPrimate3 votes

And Halo is owned by Bungie. What of it?

Robert Smith5 votes

You're right. Censor Halo too

Kappa

Barcid1 votes

Fuck it, censor English. Fuck this language.

Sukishoo1 votes

We must now speak in ******* ** ***?! xD

TheFancySkeleton1 votes

You can't even say "idiot." I was trying to say that I had an idiot Kayn build but it censored it.

The build isn't that idiotic though.

IM JlNX1 votes

Good question*[slayer-jinx-wink]*

Naching1 votes

Because DIABLO is a publicity stun of a game.

Starcraft243ver1 votes

The chat filter is totaly bugged, it blocks some series of meaningless numbers as well.

aspects11 votes

satan is i can confirm

Rozzeta1 votes

Because Spanish is master language.

DeadUnborn1 votes

It might be used as an insult in spanish or italian speaking countries? not sure. Alternatively, it could be that it is muted from a previous Riot rule of censorship on religious matters that has since changed, but the filter wasn't updated

The Soulforged1 votes

Satan is blocked by the chat filter I always get bleeped when I refer to teemo's true name.

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