Comments on: Hold up Profanity Update

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:24:39 +0000

sorry,
puerile not peurile

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:23:30 +0000

I like a good toilet joke as much as the next guy, but if you have visited Halo 2 live recently you will find, I suspect, even more profound verbal abuse and obscenity. It is not the governments job to police the site. It is Bungie’s job to enforce their eula’s. The idea that a site frequented by preasolescents should allow the degree of peurile, misogynistic, scatologic, meanspirited profanity that is spewed out by older teens and young adults is unconscionable.

By: Mom of Two youngsters

Mom of Two youngsters — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:33:01 +0000

This was just what I f-ing needed! I and my husband are sailors, and have been known to curse a blue streak, but not in the improper places…our kids have been harping on us to let them play XBOX Halo at their friends’ houses because “everybody else does” and we said no because of the M rating…the kids are 6 and 8! Without a doubt, your profanity article helped me make that decision immediately!!

By: Cale

Cale — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:00:20 +0000

Did one of these guys just say he lets his 6 year old play Halo online?
Quick: Call Jack Thompson!
Incidentally, by the time that kids old enough to buy his own copy of the game, he will own SO hard…

By: costa

costa — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:58:00 +0000

I’m with you Josh!

Get the lamer 14 year olds who clutter chat channels and can’t play outta the game so we can have somre REAL fun!

By: Frac

Frac — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:14:27 +0000

I’d be interested in seeing the (obviously subjective) breakdown of slurs intended as slurs vs. slurs used as non-descript outbursts.

For example, if someone says (in the context of online gaming), “Oh, fuck you, ya fag! That was gay!” to a friend the words essentially hold nothing more than the emotion of being unfairly sniped or killed by dumb luck.

The exact same phrase can easily be said in such a way to imply the speaker means precisely what the words denote.

I would expect/hope that it would be 90/10 or better in favour of simple outbursts.

There would be some real hatred out there, as with any population. I’d be curious if the percentage is different from a “real-world” sample. If it were, and heavily skewed, that is what would concern me.

By: spyderqueen

spyderqueen — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:33:42 +0000

This is awesome. I’m a linguist, so collecting any kind of usage corpora for anything, even video game chatter is fascinating to me.

By: Dennis Ryan

Dennis Ryan — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:47:37 +0000

Cool study. I don’t play Halo 2 but my kid does. I just don’t let him talk or hear others talking. I used the mute option, cause he is only six but loves the game. And after I spent time on Halo 2 and seen how alot of the gamers acted, I didn’t think he needed to be subjected to any of that.

And, BTW, I have been known to throw alot of curse words in Ghost Recon, as I’m entering the dead room. lol It’s not so much the cursing as just the overall attitudes of alot of Halo 2 gamers I’ve personally encountered……that’s why I ban him from communicating. That and as I said, he’s only six.

By: Josh Smith Online » Frequency of Profanity in Halo 2

Josh Smith Online » Frequency of Profanity in Halo 2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:29:41 +0000

[...] !UPDATE! If you are unclear of the intent of this study or think I am a prude who wants the government to regulate our lives please read the update. Link [...]

By: mojotek

mojotek — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:14:54 +0000

I think it’s hilarious that you did a study. Could it have been more scientific? Probably, but that doesn’t mean its completely useless. And anyone who’s trying to give you crap about you wanting the government involved in gaming is just a fanboy who likes to leave rants on every page/forum/blog they can… don’t listen to them.

Congrats on getting listed to fark!