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I actually ran into the Pokémon nickname problem on Ultra Sun. I had just caught a Cubone so I could beat Olivia's grand trial. I wanted to nickname it "Lonely Boner" as a sort of joke, buuuuuuut Pokémon Ultra Sun is rated E and doesn't like references to erect penises, so the Cubone just went by Lonely Boney.
Thousand Dreamers, Watashi wa Saikyo, and Believe slap so hard.
Pine is now a dirty word?! Society is Ruined Forever!
Seriously! Why? And what'll be next? Water?
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The anime news network thing is a trait of Hayate no Gotoku, the anime the article is referencing. I don't think it counts as this trope because the gag is about copyright aversion, not censoring obscene words.
Not sure if this counts, but in Tomodachi Life, you can't name anyone "Violet" or "Viola" or have "ravioli" in your Miis' catchphrases because "Viol" is French for rape.
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Yep, that is because of a word filter. And since "Violet" or "viola" are being caught for having the wordstring "viol" and they aren't rape words, it fits this trope.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
"And speaking of aviation, discussions of old-school navigation become more difficult when you can't talk about a certain important piece of equipment: the ***tant."
Shittant? Asstant? Fucktant? Cocktant? Dicktant? Tittant? Cumtant? Cunttant? Bitchtant? Sluttant? Whoretant? Helltant?
Okay, I give up! What is that word supposed to be?
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Sextant.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Ok, now I did see the example to show what the programmers have to work with.
I KNOW it's not easy, however, they're PAID for this, it's their JOB or their expertise. They could try harder to avoid this kind of thing.
It could be just my views, but if you've got work to do, do it and do it right.
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There is no way to fully avoid having something not being censored when it should be or being censored when it should not be despite you essentially claiming it's easy. It's therefore better to err on the side of safety rather than being sorry later, especially since people can learn what strings are removed quite quickly and replace them, explaining why the trope is common.
AgProv
Er... what's the problem with "tard", which isn't even a word? You get "tardy" for "slow" or "late", but that's a different word...
Confused here. Is this an American thing?
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Yeah, so if a mentally challenged kid is late for class, it's NOT OK to call him "tardy"...
OK, I'm curious here. In the Virgin Media example what exactly was the "m***in shop" before it got censored? I can't think of any swear word that could go in there and make any kind of sense.
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Muffin? Virgin took issue with the "muff" part of it? That's the only thing that comes to mind.
"Words such as something, document, circumstances, facepalm, hello, birdy, skill, and so on would be blocked. It takes the dirtiest sort of gutter mind to see why those words are blocked.
- Uncle, is also not allowed, for some reason"
OK, I give up on "facepalm", "birdy" and "uncle". (surely they can't censor the string "bi"...)
It's a Scunthorpe sign. Scunthorpe's an acutal British town, and the sign is fine. The caption does make it kind of funny, though, even for a native. (It's not LO Lworthy for me, but you get the idea.)
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Split/Cleanup
, started by EmilyD on Dec 24th 2010 at 10:48:45 PM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman