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  • Figured I could add my two cents to this thread since I've had my fair share of, let's say, odd experiences with this chat filter too.

    Since I'm German and meet quite a lot of German players in the game as well, I often write, you guessed it, German words in the chat. And sometimes, the chat filter redacts certain words that are not offensive at all? Which is funny because in this tweet

    https://twitter.com/DeadByBHVR/status/1362480767905988618?s=20&t=APZascbEGvUS_rS3GwQ1xA

    they clearly claim that it should work with "20 different commonly spoken languages" which German, if Wikipedia is to be believed, is a part of. So I'm all the more confused, if I'm being honest.

    I haven't really been keeping track of all words that are being censored (my bad) but here are a few that I can remember:

    • wenigstens (at least)
    • anscheinend (apparently)
    • Herr (Mister)

    There might be more but I can't remember them at the moment. Might add them later, if that helps in any way.


    I also found this response from the official DBD account to someone who asked a similar question to OP's.

    https://twitter.com/DeadByBHVR/status/1362498632709271554?s=20&t=q9byUE4EpBhpLSs-bot62w

    Imho, this might be a good idea for / approach to a chat filter but the execution, the way it is implemented in the game is just (and I am really trying to not #########-talk anyone's work here but sometimes, you just gotta be honest and name the elefant in the room) really really bad and should be reworked and/or made optional.

    Honestly, I don't get why it wasn't made optional in the first place. Most other games I've played (e.g. Overwatch) do give you the choice to "filter mature language". That's a game that even teens and older kids can play. And you're trying to tell me that DBD, a game where you can watch others and yourself get brutally murdered by well-known killers from today's pop culture, tries to "force-protect" its players from profanity / "offensive" words? Something isn't adding up here.

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