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We're not the government. That doesn't really apply. Of course we don't want names like "Larry" causing people to be banned and in most cases, that's not going to happen. If you combine it with something else that makes it offensive, then we have a problem. People get very creative. Also, this is not a mature rated game. We need to keep the content suitable for everyone. Having a high amount of people using offensive names doesn't fit in to this.
I agree people get really creative and i definitely have no issues as i said i dont use anything crazy or offensive. My point of the government comment was EA is being the “government” in this situation, you pay ea for the game and they are telling you how to play it. Either way doesnt effect me in any way but i think it’s ridiculous people are getting banned for using their real names and standard names like “larry” are showing up as “offensive” when trying to create your own name. I would agree since its not a mature rated game you cant have swear words in names. I would also suggest that EA devs put more effort into making the game with less bugs and issues vs banning names or spending time configuring censorship of names. Theres bigger issues with the game than someone putting in an offensive name, and i think most players would agree with that. If the game was perfect or had very minimal issues then by all means after release go in and configure all your filters and censorships at that point. Not againt you Aljo I appreciate all your feedback and work you do with the community!
- EA_Aljo2 years ago
Community Manager
I know some names are getting flagged as offensive when they're not. This isn't intended. As I said before, it's the potential to use them combined with other names that causes them to be offensive. If someone contacts me here, I can normally get a non-offensive name flagged so it can be used.
We are working on bigger issues than names currently. Which is why you don't see name issues addressed in patches.
Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate it.