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.
