Beware about the emblems you use

[Κασσάνδρα ☣]

I used to have a Hammer and Sickle as my emblem, I was planning to change it for a while because I wasn't vibing with it anymore but never got around to it. Well, apparently that by itself is an offense worth a one week ban for by EA. Ignore the fact that there is an entire campaign taking place around the Russian Civil War in which you play as the red army and ignore the fact that the game is full of neo-nazis running around with all sorts of far right symbols. And also ignore the fact that the game is full of Cheaters that no matter how many times you report the problem never gets addressed.

Regardless, if you got any emblems that might be considered political or "offensive" I would advice you to remove them immediately. Apparently this is all EA cares about as far as BF1 is concerned. No quality of life improvements, not addressing the cheater issue but cracking down on players for nonsense like that.

[Mistah Haskins]

I doubt it was EA's doing, they don't enforce emblem bans manually anymore. If you've been playing online then your emblem was more than likely reported more than usual and it was automated for the ban.

They use a AI to detect what is and isn't classified as inappropriate. Is it a good bot? No but it was made for them to forget about this game.

[Κασσάνδρα ☣]

Originally posted by Mistah Haskins:

I doubt it was EA's doing, they don't enforce emblem bans manually anymore. If you've been playing online then your emblem was more than likely reported more than usual and it was automated for the ban.

They use a AI to detect what is and isn't classified as inappropriate. Is it a good bot? No but it was made for them to forget about this game.

The thing is that the e-mail that was sent to me directly states that the hammer and sickle is an offensive and inappropriate symbol that is worthy of a ban.

Look, I ain't gonna tell John EA how to run his business however the playerbase needs to know. A lot of people use 20th century political symbols in the game as a form of RP or meme or whatever, obviously, it is a world war 1 game (that INCLUDES communists as a playable faction) and it invites such behavior.

Now if some kid gets mad at dying constantly they technically have the option to get someone banned over this very innocent behavior. I bet this is what happened to me. It is messed up and people should be aware.

[Mistah Haskins]

Originally posted by Dark Sun ⭐:

Originally posted by Mistah Haskins:

I doubt it was EA's doing, they don't enforce emblem bans manually anymore. If you've been playing online then your emblem was more than likely reported more than usual and it was automated for the ban.

They use a AI to detect what is and isn't classified as inappropriate. Is it a good bot? No but it was made for them to forget about this game.

The thing is that the e-mail that was sent to me directly states that the hammer and sickle is an offensive and inappropriate symbol that is worthy of a ban.

Look, I ain't gonna tell John EA how to run his business however the playerbase needs to know. A lot of people use 20th century political symbols in the game as a form of RP or meme or whatever, obviously, it is a world war 1 game (that INCLUDES communists as a playable faction) and it invites such behavior.

Now if some kid gets mad at dying constantly they technically have the option to get someone banned over this very innocent behavior. I bet this is what happened to me. It is messed up and people should be aware.

Its a flawed system, I agree however even with the setting of the game EA still has to uphold their super unrealistic and unmeasured rules with emblems. Regardless of how dumb the rule may be in this particular case.

Should it be banned? Yes; but I think differently than others. Does the setting allow for this to be allowed? Maybe; but EA doesn't define these lines UNTIL they are crossed which is honestly a dumb way to do things.

[Κασσάνδρα ☣]

Originally posted by Mistah Haskins:

Originally posted by Dark Sun ⭐:

The thing is that the e-mail that was sent to me directly states that the hammer and sickle is an offensive and inappropriate symbol that is worthy of a ban.

Look, I ain't gonna tell John EA how to run his business however the playerbase needs to know. A lot of people use 20th century political symbols in the game as a form of RP or meme or whatever, obviously, it is a world war 1 game (that INCLUDES communists as a playable faction) and it invites such behavior.

Now if some kid gets mad at dying constantly they technically have the option to get someone banned over this very innocent behavior. I bet this is what happened to me. It is messed up and people should be aware.

Its a flawed system, I agree however even with the setting of the game EA still has to uphold their super unrealistic and unmeasured rules with emblems. Regardless of how dumb the rule may be in this particular case.

Should it be banned? Yes; but I think differently than others. Does the setting allow for this to be allowed? Maybe; but EA doesn't define these lines UNTIL they are crossed which is honestly a dumb way to do things.

Honestly it feels like EA wants to stay one step ahead of what is considered offensive by pop-culture which is why we are not given specifics, it needs to post-hoc rationalize banning people.

I can prove EA does not believe the hammer and sickle is inappropriate. They literally made Red Alert 3 and even created a custom EA logo with the symbol in question that pops up when you enter the game. https://youtu.be/ssDK0C-LP4Q

[SlimPickens]

honestly what did you expect from a big game company. The bot probably outed you or some pissy 5 year old. in battlefield 4 i see nudes on the side of tanks and like you said literal fascist symbols. EA is the fattest joke of the gaming world right now.

[Deedog]

Nazi were far left bro
Hitler was a socialist

[Κασσάνδρα ☣]

Originally posted by Deedog:

Nazi were far left bro
Hitler was a socialist

Not a thread about politics

[Deedog]

Originally posted by Dark Sun ⭐:

Originally posted by Deedog:

Nazi were far left bro
Hitler was a socialist

Not a thread about politics

cool but you just mentioned politics just now in your post, so im just correcting you

[Dootslayer]

You still used a symbol related to genocide and terror even if for just memes

[Κασσάνδρα ☣]

Originally posted by Dootslayer:

You still used a symbol related to genocide and terror even if for just memes

Clutch em pearls

[Dootslayer]

Originally posted by Dark Sun ⭐:

Originally posted by Dootslayer:

You still used a symbol related to genocide and terror even if for just memes

Clutch em pearls

I have no idea what that means for real

[Mistah Haskins]

Originally posted by Dark Sun ⭐:

Originally posted by Mistah Haskins:

Its a flawed system, I agree however even with the setting of the game EA still has to uphold their super unrealistic and unmeasured rules with emblems. Regardless of how dumb the rule may be in this particular case.

Should it be banned? Yes; but I think differently than others. Does the setting allow for this to be allowed? Maybe; but EA doesn't define these lines UNTIL they are crossed which is honestly a dumb way to do things.

Honestly it feels like EA wants to stay one step ahead of what is considered offensive by pop-culture which is why we are not given specifics, it needs to post-hoc rationalize banning people.

I can prove EA does not believe the hammer and sickle is inappropriate. They literally made Red Alert 3 and even created a custom EA logo with the symbol in question that pops up when you enter the game. https://youtu.be/ssDK0C-LP4Q

It released in 2008, back then nobody cared about these political images being in video games because people weren't snowflakes like they are now.

Now; you have to cater to these people or else the media will boycott you to death. There is no downside for EA to prohibit people from using them. A: They don't get canceled by the general population with the poor reasoning of "EA supports Russia" or something dumb like that. And B: They remain neutral and can just avoid controversy about it in general

[Dootslayer]

Originally posted by Mistah Haskins:

Originally posted by Dark Sun ⭐:

Honestly it feels like EA wants to stay one step ahead of what is considered offensive by pop-culture which is why we are not given specifics, it needs to post-hoc rationalize banning people.

I can prove EA does not believe the hammer and sickle is inappropriate. They literally made Red Alert 3 and even created a custom EA logo with the symbol in question that pops up when you enter the game. https://youtu.be/ssDK0C-LP4Q

It released in 2008, back then nobody cared about these political images being in video games because people weren't snowflakes like they are now.

Now; you have to cater to these people or else the media will boycott you to death. There is no downside for EA to prohibit people from using them. A: They don't get canceled by the general population with the poor reasoning of "EA supports Russia" or something dumb like that. And B: They remain neutral and can just avoid controversy about it in general

You are just wrong on so many levels, but keep romanticizing communism mate.

[Κασσάνδρα ☣]

Originally posted by Mistah Haskins:

Originally posted by Dark Sun ⭐:

Honestly it feels like EA wants to stay one step ahead of what is considered offensive by pop-culture which is why we are not given specifics, it needs to post-hoc rationalize banning people.

I can prove EA does not believe the hammer and sickle is inappropriate. They literally made Red Alert 3 and even created a custom EA logo with the symbol in question that pops up when you enter the game. https://youtu.be/ssDK0C-LP4Q

It released in 2008, back then nobody cared about these political images being in video games because people weren't snowflakes like they are now.

Now; you have to cater to these people or else the media will boycott you to death. There is no downside for EA to prohibit people from using them. A: They don't get canceled by the general population with the poor reasoning of "EA supports Russia" or something dumb like that. And B: They remain neutral and can just avoid controversy about it in general

I couldn't have said it better. I remember playing World At War as a teen. The game pulled no punches nor did it try to whitewash history. Most games back in the day were like that. World At War would have never been made today, at least without it being seriously castrated from anything that gives it an edge.

The whole triple AAA gaming scene feels like a weird display of Twitter Activists informing Journalists about what is appropriate, then journalists inform the general public and then any games that are not fitting this extremely narrow moralistic view of what is appropriate suffer for it.