EA and Dice censor "White man" in BFV

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The OP is a piece of garbage.

EA is trying to make hate speech harder. The phrase 'white man' is used, in video games, in the context of hate speech. No one is having meaningful conversations about race in video game text chat.

The build in question is old, and the game itself is not done. It is likely that 'DLC' is censored in error. Same for 'nazi' - they are likely using the shared EA text chat bad word list that EA uses in other, non-WW2 games. DLC is likely the result of a parsing error, and Nazi is likely the result of the list being shared with, you know, FIFA and Madden and all that.

They'll fix the stuff that is wrong before the game ships. There is no need for YouTube Gamer Outrage stuff here.

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"Nazi" censored in a WW2 game.
Can they be any more retarded?

Don't use ableist slurs.

 

[Subtle Demise]

The OP is a piece of garbage.

EA is trying to make hate speech harder. The phrase 'white man' is used, in video games, in the context of hate speech. No one is having meaningful conversations about race in video game text chat.

The build in question is old, and the game itself is not done. It is likely that 'DLC' is censored in error. Same for 'nazi' - they are likely using the shared EA text chat bad word list that EA uses in other, non-WW2 games. DLC is likely the result of a parsing error, and Nazi is likely the result of the list being shared with, you know, FIFA and Madden and all that.

They'll fix the stuff that is wrong before the game ships. There is no need for YouTube Gamer Outrage stuff here.

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Don't use ableist slurs.

LMAO! So if I describe myself as a white man, I'm using hate speech against myself? That's the funny thing about hate speech, it's like 98% subjective.

 

[dAVID_]

LMAO! So if I describe myself as a white man, I'm using hate speech against myself? That's the funny thing about hate speech, it's like 98% subjective.

*100% FTFY

 

[FAST6191]

Guess I am out. Unless I can quote lyrics from my favourite songs as smack talk then it is no good to me

 

[Taleweaver]

If I'm honest: I wonder why people care anymore. It's EA. People complain about them having buggy games. Everyone complains about micro transactions.

Seriously...if you're still buying EA games at this point, then you're a masochist.


Meanwhile, at EA headquarters:

Marketeer 1: all right, guys. Our publicity is once again taken care of by the internet who complain to each other of Battlefield's features.
Marketeer 2: I told you: having female soldiers wouldn't do enough to piss off history buffs: we needed something more obvious.
Marketeer 1: that's true. Still, you risked a lot by suggesting that the word nazi be expelled of a WW2 game
Marketeer 2: the hilarious part is that we're halfway denying the holocaust and the Jew community actually backs us on this
Marketeer 3: so...how will we top this next time?
Marketeer 1: oooh...how about having random checks in the DRM during mid-fights so that all but the most powerful PC's can play it without slowdowns. Nvidia is practically begging us for such a feature
Coffee lady: shouldn't you guys...y'know...NOT hinder your customers? That would make the next game better...right? And good publicity outsells bad publicity...
Marketeers:
Marketeer: ...okay, but in all seriousness: that's just plain wrong.