So no post in a while... I have missed writing so much but life was getting on top of me last week. However, I'm 100% back to daily writing again on the blog so let's head into the latest outrage at SSO by the community. SSO decided to introduce an automatic chat banning system. This means that if someone says certain filtered words (e.g. swear words) or spams the chat, they will get some form of sanction. This will either be a warning or a straight out banning from the game which may be anywhere between 3 and 10 days (as far as I've seen). So what's the issue with this filter? Surely it's good that the chat is now a safer environment for everyone, right? Well I think wrong. I do agree in an automatic system for spammers because they're annoying and if you spam it's clearly something you do on purpose for attention but not for filtered words. Here's my issue: a word or phrase either will or will not get picked up by SSO's software as an offensive word or phrase. If it goes get flagged up, it will get filtered and the player will be blocked? Where is the sense in this? They haven't done any harm anyway as no one was able to see their offensive language. If they can say it and the filter doesn't pick it up then it won't get flagged up to chat ban them.
Also, that's not to mention the fact that SSO have managed to block plenty of players without any cause as the software is still in early stages. They should have done more testing before deciding to release a feature into the game that will cause so many issues for their customers. Overall, I think that this was a bad idea by SSO, despite good intentions. It has ruined the experience of the game for a lot of people and I hope that they sort it out soon. What is your opinion on this?
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Zelda Candleweb
28/3/2018 19:48:29
25/3/2018 - the day I got banned for 5 days. I agree with your post. I recalled SSO was testing on UK server with filter system. I didn't realize it did also applied to North America. I got banned just because of my typing errors. It was very difficult to try type neatly and careful to avoid censored words. The next day, I went on my 2nd account and I made some new friends who are also banned from chat. I really wonder how much statistic of banned players... I really hope Star Stables have their statistic to see how bad North America really struggle with chat. In my opinion for those spammers and inappropriate people should be able allow us "report" them than let the filter system do all of the work banning wrong people like me and you.
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