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This is my favourite topic
Posted May 30, 2012
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gameon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASS_%28car%29
http://www.acronymfinder.com/ASS.html
Posted May 30, 2012
I hope escapist23 doesn't mind that he's being the center of attention, and that this makes it sound like GOG was kicking his personal butt, and not just a random butt that was lying around. :p
Posted May 30, 2012
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xyem:
Agreed, this was overreacted censorship, worst of all I had to google what gluteus maximus was (at first I thought it was a severe case obese disaese).
Posted May 30, 2012
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jamyskis: The laugh of it is that in British English, the word "ass" really does only mean a donkey. The word everyone's thinking about is "arse".
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gameon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASS_%28car%29
The German word "Ass" also means "ace" as in an expert or an ace in pack of cards.
Posted May 30, 2012
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gameon: And the word Azz could be still used probably.
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jamyskis: The laugh of it is that in British English, the word "ass" really does only mean a donkey. The word everyone's thinking about is "arse".
Which was possible to use in UO. British slang words were not censored (at least not when I played)
Posted May 30, 2012
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amok: and what's the point of that?
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xyem: To promote my hidden agenda of being able to spam The Seven Words in 100 topic titles a day!

Or it could be because I believe that people should be informed of what goes on in the communities they partake in, so they can voice their disapproval (or approval) of said activity.

Take your pick.
or pointing out that JudasIscarriot got a little overzealous on in his first days at work?

or not understanding that this forum is not a democracy, but part of gog's business and they need to be able to cower their own asses? as corporate forums go there is extremely little censorship and a lot more freedom then you will usually find

or making an issue out of an non-issue?

or creating a way for the forum uses to re-use all the ass jokes again?

I think either of these are more plausible.
Posted May 30, 2012
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jamyskis: The German word "Ass" also means "ace" as in an expert or an ace in pack of cards.
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gameon: Lol, das is sehr gut. Ich spreche deutsch. Mein deutsche ist nicht so gut!
Deine Bratwurst blauhelmlaterne in die bierwagen mit schitzel!

Ah, you gotta love the intricate and delicate design of the german language. Automatic translators never get it right...
Posted May 30, 2012
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gameon: Lol, das is sehr gut. Ich spreche deutsch. Mein deutsche ist nicht so gut!
Careful now. I briefly understood that your German girl wasn't that good (of course, that would have been "Meine Deutsche") :-)

But as we say in Germany: It goes past my ass (es geht mir am Arsch vorbei, i.e. I don't care).
Post edited May 30, 2012 by jamyskis
Posted May 30, 2012
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gameon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASS_%28car%29
Man, that's a sweet ass-car
Posted May 30, 2012
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xyem: GOG changed the title of one of the topics on the forum.. for containing the word 'ass'. More information and a discussion about the censorship with GOG can be found in the thread, which was originally called "GOG.com kicks ass", but now reads 'GOG.com kicks gluteus maximus'.
Allow me to voice my approval/disapproval of this occurence as well.
GOG.com has a new employee, who is a regular of these forums and very happy to be able to help both the community and the company. He sees something that may or may not be considered offensive, and decides to play it safe and change it, using a long latin like phrase, hopefully trying to make it more lighthearted. He gets a lot of flak for that.
The time that the change was done was late afternoon, so it was most likely his call to do that, though he may have first consulted his superior for the course to take. The matter blew up in his face, which is certainly not something someone wants in his first days at a new workplace.
I do not expect any clear answer from GOG.com as to whether this is company policy or not, since if they say that this is company policy, they alienate us, if they say that the employee was out of line, it's bad for the employee. However, if this does kick up a "serious" storm, they have to do something about it.
Now, I have voted on your suggestion, since I do find it a part of the lighthearted atmosphere of the GOG.com forums, but there has been a post of "I also don't think it's so offensive" in that thread.
I will also put this down as "overeagerness to please", but I would drop this since it is the first occurence. It's not as if they've added any swear filters, or if they've started banning users for using a bit more colorful language.
So, while I do understand your concern over the over-censorship, I do not agree with this thread .
Posted May 30, 2012
I agree! If GOG.com was practicing censorship, I'd be appalled. Thankfully, we aren't.
Posted May 30, 2012
What if the poor OP was just talking about Grumpy Old Graham the COMmunist (and old fella living in their village) kicking his donkey too hard? =/
Posted May 30, 2012
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xyem: Okay, I feel it is time to take this to a more public arena as the (offtopic) discussion has gone quiet.

GOG changed the title of one of the topics on the forum.. for containing the word 'ass'. More information and a discussion about the censorship with GOG can be found in the thread, which was originally called "GOG.com kicks ass", but now reads 'GOG.com kicks gluteus maximus'.

The reasoning was "it might be offensive". The precipice of a slippery slope indeed. We have the likes of Duke Nukem and Postal here, two very controversial games. Yet they remain while a commonly known, extremely positive term gets censored.

Let's vote to give escapist23 his ass back!
You might want to reformulate your first post. People might think you want Postal and Duke Nukem kicked of GoG:P
Posted May 30, 2012
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gameon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASS_%28car%29
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Barefoot_Monkey: Man, that's a sweet ass-car
Dude, whole companies in Germany keep your ASS fit

http://www.ass-team.net/

Edit: I feel the need to mention that this is not porn!
Post edited May 30, 2012 by SimonG
Posted May 30, 2012
Fsck!
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