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You're going to have to do better than that. (media.piefed.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 55 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some games instantly ban you from chat if you write alt f4 as an anti-hazing measure. I, being of patrician’s taste, ask in global chat for the command to close a window and giddily watch as microphone icons disappear from the player list.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

A blacklist for words is such a lazy solution, lol.

I remember back in the old days of Westwood, their online games had a strict list of bannable words, and it was always fun to bait people into using them with seemingly innocent questions. "Hey, I'm doing a history report on WWII, does anyone know the name of the leader of the SS? Himm-something?"

Some poor schmuck: "You mean Himmler?"

User "Poor Schmuck" has been banned for 6 hours.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Even funnier when the devs or admins strolled by and offered a simple “lol” immediately after the ban. Very goofy times.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Everything related to the internet was so unserious and fun.

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now it’s all “please don’t swear think of the advertisers/shareholders/profits!”

And pissing off some random idiot teenager could mean having their 1.5 million Twitch followers weaponised against you.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

my response would always be something like "be sure to touch some grass on your walk to the library to look that up."

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

A blacklist for words is such a lazy solution, lol.

Plenty of games have a little pop-up window that says "are you sure you want to exit?" when you press Alt+F4. That's a much more elegant solution than banning the phrase.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's just stupid, it is stupid prank but ultimately harmless.

I can almost guarantee there are more important things they should be worrying about.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Getting kids, and the bait takers were overwhelmingly children, to recognize the value in avoiding internet people felt like more good than harm. Plenty of casual bigots. Feeling welcome among them is unhealthy