Pure (PC)

Cory · 12-04-2008, 05:59 PM

Just got my $5 copy of Pure today from Amazon. After installation, I took a look in the game's folder:

um, what?

sorry if you are easily offended

The list goes on and on...

Equisilus · 12-04-2008, 06:03 PM

Some sort of ban filter of words you can't use in the game? Is there an online gameplay feature?

I know nothing of the game, though, and am only guessing. Unless this is some obscure joke that I don't get.

PeterGinsberg · 12-04-2008, 06:13 PM

Yeah, it's obviously some kind of word filter list, although why you would keep such a list client side and in plain text is beyond me.

EDIT: Maybe it's a directory that was intended for the server and was unintentionally left in the client install?

Coca Cola Zero · 12-04-2008, 06:16 PM

I agree. Having the list makes perfect sense (assuming it uses a peer to peer network model or a standard PC client server setup where one player runs the 'server'). But, yeah, having it in plaintext like that does not make sense... it is like some textual Hot Coffee shit just waiting to get blown all out of proportion... the developer and publisher should have known better.

Lh'owon · 12-04-2008, 06:17 PM

That's bizarre. It can't be simply a ban filter (my first thought) because many of those words would be absurd to ban, and it's way too comprehensive and orderly to be a joke. Maybe it's a generic ban list which is given to the company to specify for themselves?

EDIT: For those who think it's a straight filter list... "Beaver"? Really?

Coca Cola Zero · 12-04-2008, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lh'owon

EDIT: For those who think it's a straight filter list... "Beaver"? Really?

Sure... I've seen words on such lists that were much more unlikely than beaver.

EDIT: I guess since you're from New Zealand I should mention beaver is slang for vagina here in the US, in case you were unaware.

Union Carbide · 12-04-2008, 06:21 PM

That's the Disney "bad words" list. I've worked on products that had to follow it before.

frank austin · 12-04-2008, 06:21 PM

6... 66. The number of the beaaast!

What a weird list.

Cory · 12-04-2008, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Union Carbide

That's the Disney "bad words" list. I've worked on products that had to follow it before.

Pure is Disney published. Whats odd though is how these lists in all languages are just, like others have mentioned, in plain text format for any ol' kid to stumble upon. Even I'm learning new words. I can imagine Disney would have some angry parents on their hands if any of them discovered this list the game installed on their computer.

Enduro_Man · 12-04-2008, 06:56 PM

Well, I'll be a schlonging koolielicker... You can't even say 'sexy'?

ZekeDMS · 12-04-2008, 07:16 PM

The best part of this is that the directory is "urbandictionary." Damn inner city minority youths!

Also, bitchin, really? Is that even cussing? I remember that back during the Genesis days in several mags. "Skatin'! Hitchin'! BITCHIN'!"

Heehee. Choad is on the list. Heehee. Mammaries too.

Spanking? This is a game for kids, what if you just got one for yelling about chocolate milk?

Humps is banned! What if you always get stuck on the humps on a certain course?

Zylon · 12-04-2008, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lh'owon

EDIT: For those who think it's a straight filter list... "Beaver"? Really?

Cory · 12-04-2008, 07:34 PM

gay is on the list too

Alan Friesen · 12-04-2008, 07:40 PM

I've always wanted to learn how to swear in Dutch. Now, thanks to Disney, I can!

Gladguy · 12-04-2008, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cubit

Pure is Disney published. Whats odd though is how these lists in all languages are just, like others have mentioned, in plain text format for any ol' kid to stumble upon. Even I'm learning new words. I can imagine Disney would have some angry parents on their hands if any of them discovered this list the game installed on their computer.

And not to mention... this is a major, Class-A ESRB violation.

Lh'owon · 12-04-2008, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coca Cola Zero

Sure... I've seen words on such lists that were much more unlikely than beaver.

EDIT: I guess since you're from New Zealand I should mention beaver is slang for vagina here in the US, in case you were unaware.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zylon

Oh lol, thanks but I was well aware. My point was the filter would **** out "beaver" even if used perfectly innocently, and I thought it unlikely, considering it isn't exactly an uncommon word. The picture made me laugh though :P

PixelTsunami · 12-04-2008, 08:08 PM

$5? Was it the sale of the day for games or something?

Cory · 12-04-2008, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PixelTsunami

$5? Was it the sale of the day for games or something?

yeah, the weekend after black friday amazon really marked it down and by sunday it was five bucks.

Morberis · 12-04-2008, 08:13 PM

Wow, there are words there I don't know.

Hell one of them is the name of CGI cartoon character on Adult Swim.

Lunch of Kong · 12-04-2008, 08:21 PM

chogglepants is NOT on the list!

Coca Cola Zero · 12-04-2008, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lh'owon

Oh lol, thanks but I was well aware. My point was the filter would **** out "beaver" even if used perfectly innocently, and I thought it unlikely, considering it isn't exactly an uncommon word. The picture made me laugh though :P

Well, I don't disagree that banning beaver is overboard, but I've seen worse. A friend tried to name a band 5ht in Rock Band (5-hydroxytryptamine aka serotonin) when the game first came out and got denied (band name disallowed from Live play), presumably because they thought he was trying to write 'shit' in some variant of l33t sp34k.

Tim James · 12-04-2008, 08:43 PM

What is all this woman2woman shit? Does that get said a lot in online games?

I like how they included the mispelling of 'nazies.'

SwampIrish · 12-04-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coca Cola Zero

Well, I don't disagree that banning beaver is overboard, but I've seen worse. A friend tried to name a band 5ht in Rock Band (5-hydroxytryptamine aka serotonin) when the game first came out and got denied (band name disallowed from Live play), presumably because they thought he was trying to write 'shit' in some variant of l33t sp34k.

Wouldn't that be 5h1t? Those idiots.

ZekeDMS · 12-04-2008, 10:55 PM

And yet, xXoicu8cmen2dayXx is still an Xbox Live member.

Lh'owon · 12-05-2008, 01:08 AM

Haha that's awesome

KieronGillen · 12-05-2008, 02:56 AM

This is incrediawesome. I especially like "Slattern", just in case your gran gets online and starts to trash-talk.

KG

krayzkrok · 12-05-2008, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Union Carbide

That's the Disney "bad words" list. I've worked on products that had to follow it before.

What gets me is the Disney guy who had to put that together.

"Ah, welcome to your new job at Disney. For your first task, I want you to write down every cuss and swearword you can think of and put it into a text file that we'll include in all our game releases!"

KieronGillen · 12-05-2008, 04:08 AM

I want to see what the other language files are like from that folder. I need to catch up on my russian swearing.

KG

Hans Lauring · 12-05-2008, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krayzkrok

What gets me is the Disney guy who had to put that together.

"Ah, welcome to your new job at Disney. For your first task, I want you to write down every cuss and swearword you can think of and put it into a text file that we'll include in all our game releases!"

As someone who was a cunning linguist back at university that would be my dream job. This was one of my favourite resources.

red guy · 12-05-2008, 04:28 AM

I'm wondering: are there differences between the English_USA and English_UK list?

edit: never mind. I found a compound list at http://pastebin.com/pastebin.php?dl=f1ae46962 and they are different.

I love it that "breezersletje" made it into the Dutch list. Alan, if you need any help with the pronunciation, just ask!

12-04-2008, 05:59 PM	#1
Cory New Romantic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN ---> XBL: Cubit33 --------------> PSN: Cubit85 --------------> Posts: 9,413	Pure (PC) Just got my $5 copy of Pure today from Amazon. After installation, I took a look in the game's folder: um, what? sorry if you are easily offended The list goes on and on... Last edited by Cory; 12-04-2008 at 07:44 PM..

12-04-2008, 07:16 PM	#11
ZekeDMS Social Worker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ, 3rd circle of Hell Posts: 2,153	The best part of this is that the directory is "urbandictionary." Damn inner city minority youths! Also, bitchin, really? Is that even cussing? I remember that back during the Genesis days in several mags. "Skatin'! Hitchin'! BITCHIN'!" Heehee. Choad is on the list. Heehee. Mammaries too. Spanking? This is a game for kids, what if you just got one for yelling about chocolate milk? Humps is banned! What if you always get stuck on the humps on a certain course? Last edited by ZekeDMS; 12-04-2008 at 07:22 PM..

12-04-2008, 06:03 PM	#2
Equisilus Social Worker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,429	Some sort of ban filter of words you can't use in the game? Is there an online gameplay feature? I know nothing of the game, though, and am only guessing. Unless this is some obscure joke that I don't get.

12-04-2008, 06:13 PM	#3
PeterGinsberg Social Worker Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Maplewood, NJ AlsoKnownAs: malphigian Posts: 2,810	Yeah, it's obviously some kind of word filter list, although why you would keep such a list client side and in plain text is beyond me. EDIT: Maybe it's a directory that was intended for the server and was unintentionally left in the client install?

12-04-2008, 06:16 PM	#4
Coca Cola Zero New Romantic Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 8,237	I agree. Having the list makes perfect sense (assuming it uses a peer to peer network model or a standard PC client server setup where one player runs the 'server'). But, yeah, having it in plaintext like that does not make sense... it is like some textual Hot Coffee shit just waiting to get blown all out of proportion... the developer and publisher should have known better.

12-04-2008, 06:17 PM	#5
Lh'owon Mad Chester Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,002	That's bizarre. It can't be simply a ban filter (my first thought) because many of those words would be absurd to ban, and it's way too comprehensive and orderly to be a joke. Maybe it's a generic ban list which is given to the company to specify for themselves? EDIT: For those who think it's a straight filter list... "Beaver"? Really?

12-04-2008, 06:21 PM	#7
Union Carbide Social Worker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bhopal, India and Institute, WV Gamertag: MonkeyBunker Posts: 3,520	That's the Disney "bad words" list. I've worked on products that had to follow it before.

12-04-2008, 06:21 PM	#8
frank austin Social Worker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: oakland Posts: 2,993	6... 66. The number of the beaaast! What a weird list.

12-04-2008, 06:56 PM	#10
Enduro_Man Social Worker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GMT +8 Posts: 3,019	Well, I'll be a schlonging koolielicker... You can't even say 'sexy'?

12-04-2008, 07:34 PM	#13
Cory New Romantic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN ---> XBL: Cubit33 --------------> PSN: Cubit85 --------------> Posts: 9,413	gay is on the list too

12-04-2008, 07:40 PM	#14
Alan Friesen Hustle Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 399	I've always wanted to learn how to swear in Dutch. Now, thanks to Disney, I can!

12-04-2008, 08:08 PM	#17
PixelTsunami Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California/Connecticut Posts: 2	$5? Was it the sale of the day for games or something?

12-04-2008, 08:13 PM	#19
Morberis Social Worker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,001	Wow, there are words there I don't know. Hell one of them is the name of CGI cartoon character on Adult Swim.

12-04-2008, 08:21 PM	#20
Lunch of Kong How To Go Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX. XBOX: Wonginator Posts: 10,937	chogglepants is NOT on the list!

12-04-2008, 08:43 PM	#22
Tim James New Romantic Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9,760	What is all this woman2woman shit? Does that get said a lot in online games? I like how they included the mispelling of 'nazies.'

12-04-2008, 10:55 PM	#24
ZekeDMS Social Worker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ, 3rd circle of Hell Posts: 2,153	And yet, xXoicu8cmen2dayXx is still an Xbox Live member.

12-05-2008, 01:08 AM	#25
Lh'owon Mad Chester Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,002	Haha that's awesome

12-05-2008, 02:56 AM	#26
KieronGillen Neo Acoustic Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,710	This is incrediawesome. I especially like "Slattern", just in case your gran gets online and starts to trash-talk. KG

12-05-2008, 04:08 AM	#28
KieronGillen Neo Acoustic Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,710	I want to see what the other language files are like from that folder. I need to catch up on my russian swearing. KG

12-05-2008, 04:28 AM	#30
red guy Spinning Toe Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 599	I'm wondering: are there differences between the English_USA and English_UK list? edit: never mind. I found a compound list at http://pastebin.com/pastebin.php?dl=f1ae46962 and they are different. I love it that "breezersletje" made it into the Dutch list. Alan, if you need any help with the pronunciation, just ask!

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