****, we didn't mean for that to happen. This was the answer from Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Activation developers for people discovering that you couldn't type the name of others shooter Arc Raiders in the chat of the beta version of the game, without being censored. Yes you could reportedly Go with arcs or raiders, but put them together and he was in the star naughty corner.
Naturally, people wondered why this was a thing, especially since you could be talking about a more obvious competitor to Black Ops 7 Battlefield 6 to your heart content without facing any stellar consequences.
Well, as reported Penguin Choir GamerA text filter bug was to blame according to Activision. Insider Games The report offered more specifics regarding the nature of the error, and the activation stated that it was the word “dug” listed as an alternative for a naughty word, and combining it with “raiders” resulted in the moderation system preventing the inappropriate phrase.
It seems strange that if “arc” was the root of the problem, you'd only be pinged after adding seemingly harmless “raiders”, but hey, text filters can be weird sometimes. Since then, a quick stealth patch has been released and the name Arc Raiders can now be typed. It's also worth noting that EA should have Resolved a similar Arc Raiders censorship issue with their app earlier this yearso it looks a lot like it's just a standard text moderation quirk.
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At least Arc Raiders Devs Embark Studios were able to have some fun with the free publicity they got from bad filter behavior.
Even if it involved shooter publishers brazenly blocking competitors' names from their games' chats, it would probably rate relatively low on the outrage scale for me. An inconvenience perhaps if you're talking to friends and comparing two shooters during a game, but there are plenty of third-party chat software that seem like a more practical forum for such discussions anyway. Or maybe I just need to get better so I can comfortably type: “I see your esteemed colleague, but I feel the recoil [insert game]Guns is three percent more satisfying” between headshots.
You can also discuss the ups and downs of ***** ****, ********** and *** ******* in the RPS comment section. The beta version of the Ex just extended until October 9th, in case you didn't already know.
