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I am bb why u hating this guy? N y u dumping points to a 600 rated player playing queen sacs h4 etc that was like watching ali frazier 2. Wat happened u were concussed? Go easy people have questions if its offensive why troll here
Could we have an option to accept swear words in chat? I don't mind it. And I like to say Fuck You or Eat My Pussy when opportunity plays dirty. But I can a temporary chat ban. I should be allowed to express myself if others are ok with it.
chuckpierce wrote:
I was playing creakesoh from Japan. I was getting ready to put him in checkmate. In Japan (where I live 5 months of the year) the whole of society is based upon acting in a manner to ensure that you do not offend others. So before I put him in checkmate I sent a chat statement "shitsure shimasu" which means excuse me for the rudeness I am about to commit. For trying to send this message, I was banned from chatting for 60 minutes. I rarely chat because many people become rude. I was surprised to be banned from chatting for attempting to be socially cohesive before check mate.
Cheers
Charlie
he may have thought u said a bad word
The vulgarity filter can be a tad aggressive at times, and doesn't understand that sometimes a non-english word (and sometimes even an english word) may have an english vulgarity contained within it and, thus, penalize you for something that is actually innocuous.