# The Chat filter is out of control **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490 "2020-02-21T15:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hawxxeye](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/hawxxeye/32/101036_2.png) [@Hawxxeye](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Hawxxeye)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/41 "2020-05-21T10:38:00Z")
> [@SirBobdk](#): > > > [@iigloo](#): > > > > I don’t use the chat anymore, sadly. People are so rude and spend more time to mock people in the chat instead of playing. > > Agree. Its rare you see any being friendly I still cannot turn it off cause I would miss the few times someone has something important to say ---
**Author:** ![SirBobdk](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sirbobdk/32/103491_2.png) [@SirBobdk](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SirBobdk)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/42 "2020-05-21T10:44:00Z")
> [@Hawxxeye](#): > > > [@SirBobdk](#): > > > > > [@iigloo](#): > > > > > > I don’t use the chat anymore, sadly. People are so rude and spend more time to mock people in the chat instead of playing. > > > > Agree. Its rare you see any being friendly > > I still cannot turn it off cause I would miss the few times someone has something important to say Same here. ---
**Author:** ![VOLBANKER](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/dec6dc/32.png) [@VOLBANKER](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/VOLBANKER)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/43 "2020-05-21T12:50:00Z")
Well, I personally find it’s a lot of fun trolling those who say stupid, often demeaning stuff on chat 🙂 For example many times you see a top player of the opposite team say “shotgun loser”, “\*\*\* campers” etc. on chat. Then I may respond with something like “Awwww, #2 out of 32 on his team and still whining like a little girl!” 😃 It’s so much fun! Of course you yourself then become the target of whoever you’re trolling, but as long as you can handle that with humour and self-irony, the mocking person typically gets more and more frustrated and lose his temper because he feels such a noob as myself has no right to make fun of such a good player as himself ! And I’m loving every second of it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![losthunter340](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/losthunter340/32/106894_2.png) [@losthunter340](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/losthunter340)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/44 "2020-05-21T13:04:00Z")
I remember in the beta you could not say “white people” but you could say “Black people” preatty wierd in my opinion. Anyway, yesterday a friend joined our squad and I said “Hello mate” and mate was sencored? WHY!? ---
**Author:** ![HANSGRUBER30](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/hansgruber30/32/102169_2.png) [@HANSGRUBER30](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/HANSGRUBER30)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/45 "2020-05-21T22:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@NuttysKunKs](#): > > > > GG all is apparent a swear now,.. > > > > ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ system > > The filter probably thinks your saying “get good” rather than “good game” or “gotta go” like how most people use it. ---
**Author:** ![NuttysKunKs](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f1d935/32.png) [@NuttysKunKs](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/NuttysKunKs)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/46 "2020-05-21T22:30:00Z")
> [@HANSGRUBER30](#): > > (Quote) It’s a silly AI. ---
**Author:** ![HANSGRUBER30](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/hansgruber30/32/102169_2.png) [@HANSGRUBER30](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/HANSGRUBER30)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/47 "2020-05-21T23:03:00Z")
> [@NuttysKunKs](#): > > > [@HANSGRUBER30](#): > > > > (Quote) > > It’s a silly AI. Surprised the word “silly” hasn’t been censored. ---
**Author:** ![Nudelauflauf9F](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@Nudelauflauf9F](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Nudelauflauf9F)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/48 "2020-05-22T03:55:00Z")
We can disable chat, good people need communicate to ban/punish the cheaters out there. Chat box should be always enable man. What a multiplayer game without chat? better they add mute system, when there is racist and anything, just mute them. In example, we want campign people not to resapwn when there are blatant aimboters, how? All hiding the chat! i want promote everyone to leave the cheaters and play in communty game? HOW!? This is 18+ game,not a kindergarten ---
**Author:** ![CPU\_UK](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/cpu_uk/32/100941_2.png) [@CPU\_UK](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CPU_UK)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/49 "2020-05-22T17:21:00Z")
“mate” got censored- what’s that all about 0\_o ---
**Author:** ![CloneTrooperCT](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@CloneTrooperCT](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CloneTrooperCT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/50 "2020-05-23T05:25:00Z")
I cant even use the words skins, when I talk about the golden skin of my gun. What I do now is type sniks, read Right to left. Even other normal words are not excepted, Like rules? But suler will be except, again from right to left. ---
**Author:** ![StarscreamUK](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@StarscreamUK](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/StarscreamUK)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/51 "2020-05-23T08:29:00Z")
> [@losthunter340](#): > > I remember in the beta you could not say “white people” but you could say “Black people” preatty wierd in my opinion. > > Anyway, yesterday a friend joined our squad and I said “Hello mate” and mate was sencored? WHY!? it wasn’t people but man and it was because of racial overtones. but again, its one of those situations, why in game chat would you need to say black people/man? You cant possibly expect me to believe that typing in game chat “there is a black man near A” or “White people near the flag” is in anyway going to be of any use to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/llphantom_limbll/32/102656_2.png) [@llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/llPhantom_Limbll)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/52 "2020-05-23T08:41:00Z")
> [@StarscreamUK](#): > > > [@losthunter340](#): > > > > I remember in the beta you could not say “white people” but you could say “Black people” preatty wierd in my opinion. > > > > Anyway, yesterday a friend joined our squad and I said “Hello mate” and mate was sencored? WHY!? > > it wasn’t people but man and it was because of racial overtones. but again, its one of those situations, why in game chat would you need to say black people/man? > > You cant possibly expect me to believe that typing in game chat “there is a black man near A” or “White people near the flag” is in anyway going to be of any use to anyone. I do not think people questioned the ability to type “white/black man” in chat. It’s been about the fact that one was filtered and another one was not. If something is considered offensive or racist or whatnot shouldn’t it be filtered as a whole thing and not partially? But again such heavy censorship will lead to loads of harmles words being in prohibited list because people will always find a way to insult others. And you can’t do anything about that unless you filter the enormous amount of words preventing others from typing things like “sniper” or “do” and so on. Filters have to be an optional thing for those who find something offensive and intolerable. ---
**Author:** ![StarscreamUK](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@StarscreamUK](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/StarscreamUK)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/53 "2020-05-23T09:25:00Z")
I don’t care for the filter, but its no different to the filters server admins put on in bf3/4/hardline i was banned from a server for telling my team mate I had dropped ammo for him… his name was noobsniper I was banned for calling another player noob so its not restricted to this title, its just that this title has it built in. I’d much rather it was optional as it is in a different game featuring a modern warzone 😉 I have it turned off so that I can see if it is some sore troll or genuine chat ---
**Author:** ![llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/llphantom_limbll/32/102656_2.png) [@llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/llPhantom_Limbll)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/54 "2020-05-23T09:29:00Z")
> [@StarscreamUK](#): > > I don’t care for the filter, but its no different to the filters server admins put on in bf3/4/hardline > > i was banned from a server for telling my team mate I had dropped ammo for him… his name was noobsniper I was banned for calling another player noob > so its not restricted to this title, its just that this title has it built in. I’d much rather it was optional as it is in a different game featuring a modern warzone 😉 I have it turned off so that I can see if it is some sore troll or genuine chat It is different because 3rd party filters made some sence while the current one mostly doesn’t . But I guess the tech is also not here to make it reasonable and also optional. ---
**Author:** ![LOLGotYerTags](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/lolgotyertags/32/101041_2.png) [@LOLGotYerTags](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/LOLGotYerTags)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/55 "2020-05-23T10:21:00Z")
> [@llPhantom\_Limbll](#): > > > [@StarscreamUK](#): > > > > I don’t care for the filter, but its no different to the filters server admins put on in bf3/4/hardline > > > > i was banned from a server for telling my team mate I had dropped ammo for him… his name was noobsniper I was banned for calling another player noob > > so its not restricted to this title, its just that this title has it built in. I’d much rather it was optional as it is in a different game featuring a modern warzone 😉 I have it turned off so that I can see if it is some sore troll or genuine chat > > It is different because 3rd party filters made some sence while the current one mostly doesn’t . But I guess the tech is also not here to make it reasonable and also optional. See, That’s the thing with regex filters. In a third party server ala BF3/BF4 etc, You can install a procon plugin and add full words to a filter, each word is on a new line. Regex filter takes a word or a combination of letters that can begin to spell a restricted word, And filter it out even if the word ISN’T a forbidden word. It’s not that they “Don’t have the tech”, Its just that the detection is a little too ambitious and it censors perfectly legitimate words and strings of words or letters. A good example of the filter being in action would be me typing in team chat regarding losing the E flag in the event my team hasn’t noticed, And so I type in chat "they’re taking E " That sentence would be censored because “E” is a street name for an illegal substance, So.. “Taking (x)” would be filtered because.. well.. I don’t need to spell that one out. That is just one example I can give but you just have to look at the words in the order they are typed to see a plausible link between what is typed and what the filter is being triggered by. You just need to think a little more about what is being typed before you hit the enter key. That said, I do believe I saw recently one of the community managers mention that he would be bringing this up in due course. ---
**Author:** ![llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/llphantom_limbll/32/102656_2.png) [@llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/llPhantom_Limbll)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/56 "2020-05-23T11:55:00Z")
> [@LOLGotYerTags](#): > > > [@llPhantom\_Limbll](#): > > > > > [@StarscreamUK](#): > > > > > > I don’t care for the filter, but its no different to the filters server admins put on in bf3/4/hardline > > > > > > i was banned from a server for telling my team mate I had dropped ammo for him… his name was noobsniper I was banned for calling another player noob > > > so its not restricted to this title, its just that this title has it built in. I’d much rather it was optional as it is in a different game featuring a modern warzone 😉 I have it turned off so that I can see if it is some sore troll or genuine chat > > > > It is different because 3rd party filters made some sence while the current one mostly doesn’t . But I guess the tech is also not here to make it reasonable and also optional. > > See, That’s the thing with regex filters. > > In a third party server ala BF3/BF4 etc, You can install a procon plugin and add full words to a filter, each word is on a new line. > > Regex filter takes a word or a combination of letters that can begin to spell a restricted word, And filter it out even if the word ISN’T a forbidden word. > > It’s not that they “Don’t have the tech”, Its just that the detection is a little too ambitious and it censors perfectly legitimate words and strings of words or letters. > > A good example of the filter being in action would be me typing in team chat regarding losing the E flag in the event my team hasn’t noticed, And so I type in chat "they’re taking E " > > That sentence would be censored because “E” is a street name for an illegal substance, So.. “Taking (x)” would be filtered because.. well.. I don’t need to spell that one out. > > That is just one example I can give but you just have to look at the words in the order they are typed to see a plausible link between what is typed and what the filter is being triggered by. > > You just need to think a little more about what is being typed before you hit the enter key. > > That said, I do believe I saw recently one of the community managers mention that he would be bringing this up in due course. Imagine knowing all sorts of street language and making sure you don’t type anything like that in a videogame chat. That’s too deep to comprehend for me. And there is some person responsible for putting all those word combinations into the system to make sure ingame chat is as clean as possible. Don’t they have a better and more useful things to do? Like providing more space in game’s UI to support all game modes? I guess that’s not as important as chat filters available only on one platform out of three. ---
**Author:** ![Carbonic](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/carbonic/32/101470_2.png) [@Carbonic](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Carbonic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/57 "2020-05-23T12:52:00Z")
> [@llPhantom\_Limbll](#): > > > [@LOLGotYerTags](#): > > > > > [@llPhantom\_Limbll](#): > > > > > > > [@StarscreamUK](#): > > > > > > > > I don’t care for the filter, but its no different to the filters server admins put on in bf3/4/hardline > > > > > > > > i was banned from a server for telling my team mate I had dropped ammo for him… his name was noobsniper I was banned for calling another player noob > > > > so its not restricted to this title, its just that this title has it built in. I’d much rather it was optional as it is in a different game featuring a modern warzone 😉 I have it turned off so that I can see if it is some sore troll or genuine chat > > > > > > It is different because 3rd party filters made some sence while the current one mostly doesn’t . But I guess the tech is also not here to make it reasonable and also optional. > > > > See, That’s the thing with regex filters. > > > > In a third party server ala BF3/BF4 etc, You can install a procon plugin and add full words to a filter, each word is on a new line. > > > > Regex filter takes a word or a combination of letters that can begin to spell a restricted word, And filter it out even if the word ISN’T a forbidden word. > > > > It’s not that they “Don’t have the tech”, Its just that the detection is a little too ambitious and it censors perfectly legitimate words and strings of words or letters. > > > > A good example of the filter being in action would be me typing in team chat regarding losing the E flag in the event my team hasn’t noticed, And so I type in chat "they’re taking E " > > > > That sentence would be censored because “E” is a street name for an illegal substance, So.. “Taking (x)” would be filtered because.. well.. I don’t need to spell that one out. > > > > That is just one example I can give but you just have to look at the words in the order they are typed to see a plausible link between what is typed and what the filter is being triggered by. > > > > You just need to think a little more about what is being typed before you hit the enter key. > > > > That said, I do believe I saw recently one of the community managers mention that he would be bringing this up in due course. > > Imagine knowing all sorts of street language and making sure you don’t type anything like that in a videogame chat. That’s too deep to comprehend for me. And there is some person responsible for putting all those word combinations into the system to make sure ingame chat is as clean as possible. Don’t they have a better and more useful things to do? Like providing more space in game’s UI to support all game modes? I guess that’s not as important as chat filters available only on one platform out of three. That is a very limited way of looking at being a game company. You are not taking into account all the governments, game ranking bureaus and politicians etc. that are after game companies for making sure their youth are protected in in-game chat environments. Besides, I doubt that a BF developer has been taken off for making this change - it’s likely the same person for a bunch, if not all, EA games. ---
**Author:** ![llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/llphantom_limbll/32/102656_2.png) [@llPhantom\_Limbll](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/llPhantom_Limbll)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/58 "2020-05-23T12:56:00Z")
> [@Carbonic](#): > > > [@llPhantom\_Limbll](#): > > > > > [@LOLGotYerTags](#): > > > > > > > [@llPhantom\_Limbll](#): > > > > > > > > > [@StarscreamUK](#): > > > > > > > > > > I don’t care for the filter, but its no different to the filters server admins put on in bf3/4/hardline > > > > > > > > > > i was banned from a server for telling my team mate I had dropped ammo for him… his name was noobsniper I was banned for calling another player noob > > > > > so its not restricted to this title, its just that this title has it built in. I’d much rather it was optional as it is in a different game featuring a modern warzone 😉 I have it turned off so that I can see if it is some sore troll or genuine chat > > > > > > > > It is different because 3rd party filters made some sence while the current one mostly doesn’t . But I guess the tech is also not here to make it reasonable and also optional. > > > > > > See, That’s the thing with regex filters. > > > > > > In a third party server ala BF3/BF4 etc, You can install a procon plugin and add full words to a filter, each word is on a new line. > > > > > > Regex filter takes a word or a combination of letters that can begin to spell a restricted word, And filter it out even if the word ISN’T a forbidden word. > > > > > > It’s not that they “Don’t have the tech”, Its just that the detection is a little too ambitious and it censors perfectly legitimate words and strings of words or letters. > > > > > > A good example of the filter being in action would be me typing in team chat regarding losing the E flag in the event my team hasn’t noticed, And so I type in chat "they’re taking E " > > > > > > That sentence would be censored because “E” is a street name for an illegal substance, So.. “Taking (x)” would be filtered because.. well.. I don’t need to spell that one out. > > > > > > That is just one example I can give but you just have to look at the words in the order they are typed to see a plausible link between what is typed and what the filter is being triggered by. > > > > > > You just need to think a little more about what is being typed before you hit the enter key. > > > > > > That said, I do believe I saw recently one of the community managers mention that he would be bringing this up in due course. > > > > Imagine knowing all sorts of street language and making sure you don’t type anything like that in a videogame chat. That’s too deep to comprehend for me. And there is some person responsible for putting all those word combinations into the system to make sure ingame chat is as clean as possible. Don’t they have a better and more useful things to do? Like providing more space in game’s UI to support all game modes? I guess that’s not as important as chat filters available only on one platform out of three. > > That is a very limited way of looking at being a game company. You are not taking into account all the governments, game ranking bureaus and politicians etc. that are after game companies for making sure their youth are protected in in-game chat environments. Besides, I doubt that a BF developer has been taken off for making this change - it’s likely the same person for a bunch, if not all, EA games. Well that’s definitely a possibility. Still why couldn’t they provide us an option to turn it off? People have been asking for that since beta tests. Is it all about tech limitations once again? Or lack of priority amoung Dice devs? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefSniper](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/chiefsniper/32/106554_2.png) [@ChiefSniper](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ChiefSniper)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/59 "2020-05-23T20:32:00Z")
We also just discovered the word “rules” is censored in-game last night, when we were letting people know our rifle-only rules. Why on earth would the word “Rules” be censored?!?! The mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![losthunter340](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/losthunter340/32/106894_2.png) [@losthunter340](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/losthunter340)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490/60 "2020-05-23T21:34:00Z")
> [@StarscreamUK](#): > > > [@losthunter340](#): > > > > I remember in the beta you could not say “white people” but you could say “Black people” preatty wierd in my opinion. > > > > Anyway, yesterday a friend joined our squad and I said “Hello mate” and mate was sencored? WHY!? > > it wasn’t people but man and it was because of racial overtones. but again, its one of those situations, why in game chat would you need to say black people/man? > > You cant possibly expect me to believe that typing in game chat “there is a black man near A” or “White people near the flag” is in anyway going to be of any use to anyone. What Phantom said, one you could say and another one was cencored, that was just wierd for me, and ofc I dont call “White /black man at A” but why is one cencored and anothers not? I dont know if it is in right now and I dont care but I found it funny to make different due to colors, it make it seems like “white” was a bad word… Anyway, just wondering about my current problem, why cant we say “mate” ? I say mate to all my friends and I have some “random” friends on my friendlist I have enjoyed playing with and he joined and just found out some days ago I cant say it, just wierd tbh… [Previous page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490.md?page=2) [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/the-chat-filter-is-out-of-control/107490.md?page=4)