Regarding Favela map being removed from public playlist rotation

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UPDATE #6 (22/10/2018) - Nothing has changed so this can be considered a final update. IW have confirmed they are aware this is still outstanding but for whatever reason have not bothered to restore it for the PC version despite it being done for both PS3 / Xbox years ago. At this rate we will likely see it ever again in a remastered version of MW2 that we will likely be shelling out full price for rather than them adding it for the current version out of the kindness of their own heart. If anyone does any have further info or wants to go bug IW for us all then feel free to let me know, but at this rate the only time you will see Favela on the PC is a hacked public lobby or in a private match.

UPDATE #5 (28/04/2017) - Date is not really relevant but Favela is still not restored for unknown reasons to mankind... At this point I think we're just going to have to call it a day. If it is ever restored or anyone does get in touch with the right person at IW or whatnot over this map then I'll be sure to update this and let you you all know. I've spoken to various parties at Activision and IW countless times over this and nothing is ever heard back, at this point we can assume they don't want to restore it even though it has been restored for the PS3 + Xbox 360 (and is on the PS4 / Xbox One re-release platforms).

UPDATE #4 (09/02/2017) - Been forwarded to somebody else at IW who was not aware of this before. It will be passed to the right person and we will see what happens.

UPDATE #3 (05/04/2013) - Somebody asked an IW employee on Twitter, they finally replied: https://twitter.com/candyslexia/status/342046749445193729 [Credit goes to - L1nKas. for letting me know]

UPDATE #2 (05/04/2013) - Contacted Activision again, they said IW had already been notified and it is up to them to do something.

UPDATE #1 (26/02/2013) - Spoke to Activision they said they would forward the message onto IW.

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Hey guys,

As some of you may have noticed, the multiplayer map Favela has been removed from public playlists. This was essentially done as on the picture frames in-game there was text which stated "Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty." which offended some Muslim players because in the Islamic religion, you are not allowed to say or write anything about Islam in bathrooms.

This picture frame was also featured in some Modern Warfare 2 Single Player missions and a few Special Ops missions also, however this wasn't brought up in the video either because the uploader wasn't aware or because the Campaign / Special Ops is not as popular as the online.

The video which started all of this is still up on YouTube for those wishing to view it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M6JIUn9bDU
The map was removed from public playlist rotation (not the actual game) from all three platforms on October 8th 2012 by Activision while IW dealt with the map(s) containing the offensive text. In the meantime however the map was still playable in private matches, just not on public playlists.

Favela (and the Campaign / Special Ops) maps were then edited by IW to have all the picture frames removed and instead be replaced with a black texture where the frame would be.

On October 23rd 2012 the map was then restored to public playlists for the Playstation 3.

On December 10th 2012 the map was then restored to public playlists for the Xbox 360.

However, at the moment Favela has yet to return to public playlists for the PC. If you start up a private match and go into Favela, you will see that the offensive text in question has actually been removed and replaced with a black texture, only it hasn't been re-added to the public playlists for PC.

Unlike the Multiplayer matchmaking problem a few months back which you can see my thread on in this section, this problem should be a lot easier to fix. The problem is on Infinity Ward's end to restore the map to public playlists.

Long story short: The offensive text has been removed, just it hasn't been re-added to public playlists for the PC yet.

There are many news articles online about this, a few have been linked below -

"Modern Warfare 2's Favela map removed for offensive religious imagery" - http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/cod_modern_warfare_2/news/modern_warfare_2s_favela_map_removed_for_offensive_religious_imagery.html

"Favela Map Temporarily Removed Due to Offensive Islamic Imagery" - http://www.insidegamingdaily.com/2012/10/08/favela-map-temporarily-removed-from-mw2-due-to-offensive-islamic-imagery/

"Favela Returns to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3" - http://mp1st.com/2012/10/22/favela-returns-to-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-on-the-ps3-new-mw3-247-playlists-inbound/

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[CausingUsToLose]

Origineel geplaatst door Laptop:

Added a final update, but at this point I don't see the map returning for MW2 on PC (unless it were a remastered version).

MW2 was updated today?

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Origineel geplaatst door CausingUsToLose:

MW2 was updated today?

No, I posted an update to the thread.

[Yokorushi]

I want to kill them now. They just don't give a ♥♥♥♥ about pc community, this is ridiculous. I was about to buy BO4, now I'm sure that I will not.

[Bawkr]

Yeah I ended up re-buying the DLC(had got my money back once on it) not sure if I had it when I released my youtube vid but got it so I could experience some of the newer maps. The game is still fine without it also bought MW3, thinking about trying ghosts although I always go back to MW2s TTK and feel. Sure there's spikes and random laggy games but when it works it feels just right as far as on the foot military shooting FPS action goes I don't think anything other than a remaster could come close to this title. Althought I haven't played BF4, I have heard it was pretty good. I own BF3 and don't like it as much.

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Origineel geplaatst door Yokorushi:

I want to kill them now. They just don't give a ♥♥♥♥ about pc community, this is ridiculous. I was about to buy BO4, now I'm sure that I will not.

Their middle finger to the PC community is the main reason I stopped buying cod games.

[Bawkr]

It's been removed from the game already, anyways they just don't care about selling old games and want to push the new more costly titles. I checked it in single player.

[Shintogod : LOVE TRAIN REQUIEM]

we been asking for this map to return for over 10 years now

[Shintogod : LOVE TRAIN REQUIEM]

lol we gonna get in mw3 and warzone 2.0 ayy lmao
i wish we had voice chat back in the lobby too