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GoonerB
Seasoned Adventurer
2 years ago

Profanity Filter is out of control

EA needs to rethink the profanity filter and take control of it away from third part companies.

I'm all for restrictions in place to stop people naming clubs or players things that might offend, but the "black list" is totally out of control.

There also doesn't appear to be any form of "white list", so words that are already in the game (existing club names, player names etc) cannot be used either. 

We logged in a couple nights ago to find out our club name - which we've used since pro clubs was first introduced 15 years ago - is now deemed offensive. This was also up until very recently part of the commentary package featured in a decade+ of games.

"TFF 08" we can no longer use.

In what reality can that possibly be offensive?  We tried a few different combos trying to figure out what was causing it. In the trials we ended up stuck with "TFF FC".. so the offensive part was "08" or "F 08"!!

This is complete ridiculous.

EA, you need step up and take control of these block lists. Stop farming it out to third party companies on the cheap, that do not have any planning in place to use their lists on games like these. They are generic lists.

It is not fit for purpose, and clearly isn't working at all as we still run into clubs and players daily that push their racist & homophobic ideas onto other people with creative slang.

There's many other issues with the game that need addressing, and having to jump through these hurdles to try and play the game we used to love is getting tedious. 

Keep treating the community this way and we'll be the first to jump ship when another option arrives - as will a lot of other game mode players no doubt.

2 Replies

  • I get this problem but mainly when I try to make a public post for players on xbox.

    The filter seems to think ST is offensive so I can't write "div 1 need st" for some reason. I need to type the word Striker which doesn't sound like much but is a chore when typing on a virtual keyboard using a game pad to slowly go letter by letter.

    I see other people post up ST so why can't I?

    I also can't write FK for free kick, among other stupid restrictions. That might be a Microsoft thing and not EA, but I have to say other games I play haven't restricted anything I've posted, it seems EA Sports games have a stricter one.

    EA, this is YET another thing you need to sort out.

  • Its been an actual joke since the launch.  We can't name some of our players after actual real footballers, yet we play against teams with blatantly racist names, that EA do nothing about when you report them.

    I can't use my own PS tag name as a name in the game, even though I have every year, and still do on PS, as it's not actually offensive.    

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