# Overly Aggressive Chat Filter **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [December 16, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691 "2020-12-16T16:56:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gractmingull](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gractmingull/32/65977_2.png) [@gractmingull](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gractmingull)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/1 "2020-12-16T16:56:37Z")
I bit silly, but in game’s Guild Chat room, I used the term “data analysis” and the game filtered out that four character substring of the second word that it didn’t like and replaced it with asterisks. Masking parts of valid words because the game thinks those substrings are nasty is a bit of overkill. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/2 "2020-12-16T16:58:56Z")
Use the word data buttysis instead. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Nemesis\_Online](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nemesis_online/32/56361_2.png) [@Nemesis\_Online](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nemesis_Online)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/3 "2020-12-16T23:56:50Z")
Just don’t get cocky. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/4 "2020-12-17T00:12:24Z")
Just be careful not to pussy foot around the chat filter. ---
**Author:** ![jpraveensn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jpraveensn/32/74494_2.png) [@jpraveensn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jpraveensn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/5 "2020-12-17T05:42:12Z")
Basically, just don’t use the game chat. That’s what the devs seem to ask you to do. ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/6 "2020-12-17T05:50:51Z")
Good old Scunthorpe. > **[Scunthorpe problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem)** > > The Scunthorpe problem is the unintentional blocking of websites, e-mails, forum posts or search results by a spam filter or search engine because their text contains a string (or substring) of letters that appear to have an obscene or otherwise unacceptable meaning. Names, abbreviations, and technical terms are most often cited as being affected by the issue. > The problem arises since computers can easily identify strings of text within a document, but interpreting words of this kind requires ... ---
**Author:** ![CyberZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CyberZ](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CyberZ)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/7 "2020-12-17T06:12:07Z")
In French, a recent unit is filtered by the system 🤣 🤣 Good translation job ^^ ---
**Author:** ![Arelana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/arelana/32/16081_2.png) [@Arelana](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Arelana)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/8 "2020-12-17T07:22:11Z")
Try being blocked from chat entirely because your invite code triggered the chat filter…and you don’t even chat with your invite code, you chat with your nickname. (Yes, this really happened to me. The devs fixed it the next day so at least it was a quick response…but it never should have happened. And no, my invite code contains no profanity/“sneaky” profanity.) ---
**Author:** ![Snooj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/snooj/32/65852_2.png) [@Snooj](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Snooj)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/9 "2020-12-18T15:15:36Z")
> [@Arelana](#): > > Try being blocked from chat entirely because your invite code triggered the chat filter… I am sorry but I laughed at this! ---
**Author:** ![Arelana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/arelana/32/16081_2.png) [@Arelana](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Arelana)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/overly-aggressive-chat-filter/67691/10 "2020-12-18T15:32:12Z")
No apology needed - I did too, even though it was frustrating as heck at the time. It’s just one of those silly “sanity checks” that probably got overlooked.