Ban List

[Dr. Zeppers]

It is likely that after a volume of suspensions, they put certain pirates in a category of "probation" which they may scrutinize a bit more on chat because of past descretions.

I have been suspended one time only, due to passing some airport information one time to my friend that worked for Orbitz. 3 days off pirates, saved me $100+ off my travel costs, honestly, it was a deal.

I have not received any further correspondence other than monthly newsletters and bug report responses (ie Test).

I have said many many of the things in game that I see people getting banned for and have never heard a peep from Disney, now of course, company at the time, other chatter putting certain context on the phrase they decided was 'bad' could be taken into consideration and perhaps thats why I have never had any problems.

They have definately tightened down on in game chitchat, and im sure their moderation staff varies in individual personality, and attitude. They are also human and have good and bad days. Similarly here to POF, we have several admins/moderators, all have a different flare for things, and in theory, this actually helps keep things well rounded, albeit sometimes inconsistent (which I assure you we try to avoid) and im sure the same goes for Disneys customer service/moderation staff.

[Shnoodell]

Thats a really accurate statement Zep, thinks for posting this! I myself have experienced this, I wish they would just let there moderating bot do all the work and them actually do work.

[Basil Dreadflint]

Anyone who thinks that the people who give out the suspensions/bannings and the people who develop the content are one and the same, you are dead wrong. Totally different group. Software developers would never be allowed to just sit and review chat logs.

The way that works is:
The filters are set to look for particular words, phrases, or context. The algorithms will flag and immediately send a response for outright swearing. This is ongame and immediate. It will also send a report to your account.
Other phrases and words do not send an immediate response to you, but send a notice to the reviewers that there was something questionable. They then go and pull the chat logs for review. (Here's where individual personalities come into play.)
I also believe that there are times when a reviewer will just sit and watch the chat scroll by at random. In-game live review of the chat. I can't prove this, but strongly suspect it.
And, I agree with Zep, I believe that they will target a person, or group of people, after handing out a suspension. They seem to come in bunches. Almost immediately after someone gets suspended, their friends, guildmates, and even others who just happened to be nearby start getting watched.


Welcome to the ban section of the guild Aod! It's obvious that Amp wasn't a Pixie before coming here.

[JM Ohara]

Originally Posted by Basil Dreadflint

The way that works is:
The filters are set to look for particular words, phrases, or context. The algorithms will flag and immediately send a response for outright swearing. This is ongame and immediate. It will also send a report to your account.

Not to be contrary, but very early on I did flat out swear at a pirate not once, but twice. I told him he was being a pain... Ya know. Never got a warning or anything. Was not very happy with myself after that. In fact, not long after doing that I decided I hated who I was as a pirate and left the game.

We see how that lasted! I'm very glad to be back, and yet even 7 weeks later I'm still in shock that I never got a permaban for all out swearing. I really was incredibly rude that day. I haven't been that mean since, but I'll tell you what, I am very careful about what I say in chat.

[Basil Dreadflint]

That was probably BEFORE they put the newest chat monitoring software in. Nowadays, if you swear, it tells you right away. There's bunches of posts and threads about it. Ask Sarah, she potty mouthed on Test just to see if it worked.

Originally Posted by TheHawke

Not to be contrary, but very early on I did flat out swear at a pirate not once, but twice. I told him he was being a pain... Ya know. Never got a warning or anything. Was not very happy with myself after that. In fact, not long after doing that I decided I hated who I was as a pirate and left the game.

We see how that lasted! I'm very glad to be back, and yet even 7 weeks later I'm still in shock that I never got a permaban for all out swearing. I really was incredibly rude that day. I haven't been that mean since, but I'll tell you what, I am very careful about what I say in chat.

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by Dr. Zeppers

3 days off pirates, saved me $100+ off my travel costs, honestly, it was a deal.

Hahahaha, nice, Zep!