It is only inappropriate in the right context. I can say suck, and it could mean sucking a straw, which is obviously not inappropriate. How is 69 by itself inappropriate. If I say suck a phallic, then that is inappropriate, and I should not be saying it, but I want to make my point.

We act as mature as we can, without being so mature it gets boring because of what seems taboo to society as a whole. I mean I can chat porn with some of my friends privately, without leaking out to the rest of the public.

But is it our fault when a hatchling stumbles upon inappropriate content, I think not. When that happens, who should be the one to act mature then?

Well considering it is taboo, I would not use it unless it is towards people I know very well, so as to express the true extent of my anger or otherwise.

I know I see this happening a lot, there were also people complaining to youtubers like Pewdiepie for using such taboo words, and youtube is easily accessible. But is it Pewdiepie's fault for promoting the use of such vulgarities?

You are honestly acting childish to care so much about subjectively vulgar language. This is an online game. Online games are full of it. If you find it disturbing, either go to a single-player Early Childhood game or a MMO for 5 year-olds.

It is also established that the forums do not have a filter. The only sensible move is to add <69 to the standard game filter so that easily disturbed people can not be enlightened about it.

Besides that, I find it comical that somebody in today's society is complaining about such a thing. Most 8 years olds probably know what <69 and 69 mean. Even more amazing, I took a state-made mathematics test before, and multiple answers were conspicuously 69. Sorry to break it to you, but it is way less severe than say, the F word.

My recommendation is to either adapt to modern society, go play a game that is rated for younger people by the ESRB, or ask for a more legitimate addition to the game, which would be adding <69 to the game's minor filter. A problematic thing (for you maybe) is that 69 cannot be blocked, as it is a number. <69 can be, for what .001% of the game population actually cares.

The way you're going with it, there are numerous symbols that are not filtered that someone like you might start spazzing about.

EDIT: lol, Njthug.

I think that damn and hell should be banned too, but of course somebody HAD to change SEGA's policies.

I'm suprised how that game was rated E10+ with a bunch of aliens, constant swearing, and super realistic guns, meanwhile SK is rated T with no voice acting, swear words filterable (except those two), cartooney weapons, and no blood or gore.

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/96702?page=1#comment-868336

You're still ostensibly naming and shaming.

As for removing the use of a symbol, I counter suggest that we just remove you. At the risk of being offensive, I'm going to be blatant about this. I don't know you, nor have I heard of you prior to this. I haven't seen you in game. The guys and gals from EoS, I've known for 3 years, since the game launched, and I was part of my own guild, not EoS. I've been in contact with EoS since the start, been involved in their community work here, their giveaways, and all else that they've done.
What have YOU done, outside of cry about numbers? EoS contributes to this game, both financially and in the overall community. You don't like 69? You have an issue with it? May i suggest avoiding the internet as a whole.

All in favor of removing ArchKnightDelta's ability to post on the forums, say "AYE".

I don't think it can be considered derailing threads when the actual thread itself is pretty worthless.
You're presenting opinions as facts here, and discussing opinions is for people with too much time on their hands.

If you're really wondering why OOO doesn't feel the need to 'do anything about this',
you should consider that the percentage of the community actively making an issue out of it is restricted to you and about 3 others.
There was no such issue until you people made it one. You can't ask them to step in for problems you yourselves create.

Also; as Ret mentioned you have literally said a couple of times this thread is your attempt to remove persons from the game.
That makes this whole thread nothing more than an empty vehicle for trying to achieve your own gains.
That is not what the suggestions forum is for.

Forever yours, in all of the dirtiest ways you can imagine <96

How vulgar is this slang?

Average of 387 votes: 69% (See the most vulgar words.)

HAH.

While "<69" represents a meaning, it should not be banned. I find it illogical to ban the "<69" symbol on a 13+ year old game. What Zaffy-Laffy said before, it can be inappropriate in the right context. In this case, EoS usually does it for a joke. They aren't using it as attacks for minors or anybody.

You must be annoyed to see the symbol "<69". In that case, why not remove some of the structures of Haven? Because they look like a @#&^$. That's what I can see from this thread. How about when you're doing some math? You have to find out whenever a number is worth more or less. So if you something like this: 68 [] 69 - Which would be worth less? 68. So you would put a "<" symbol. Would you tell the teacher that they should be fired because they put an example with "<69"? You weren't forced to search into an online dictionary to find out the meaning of it. If you don't like the meaning of it, then just ignore the people that use it. You aren't forced to read their comments that contain "<69".

Again, it sounds illogical to ban this symbol. The only valid reason to ban someone using "<69" is if they use it in the wrong context. Otherwise, there is no reason to ban someone for using it. This is why the game is for 13+ year olds. By bringing up the definition of "<69", you are encouraging people who don't know what it means to know the definition and use it, which would probably make you complain even more.

I respect your opinion though. However, I think you've gone too far.

"<69" poses no harm nor is an offense in itself. though it can have interpretations, i can interpret a commercial on shampoo as bad omen for my pancakes. it's mostly subjective and/or psychological.

(out of topic: i see 96 as the symbol of death for some reason)

All those 69,s nj

Well it isn't mature if they start attracting young boys and girls into the guild and asks them to strip online in front of their web cam. In fact that's illegal, so of course they won't do it.

The word SEGA itself is in Italian the act of touching yourself (if you're male).
Go tell SEGA to change their name please, so many Italian children got offended and oh gosh... hearing that word definitely changed their lives and turned them into naughty, dirty evil people.

Please Arc, save us!

<69

And you were just told NOT to make a forum thread about it.
Dayum you're smart.

"&orz" should be banned but isn't; in fact, it's everpresent in a lot of FPS games where your average 12-year old actually frequents.

It's also amusing how you blatantly ignored the assertion that you're championing this idea because of a personal issue with us and not the supposed symbolism you're attaching to it without actually asking why we use it the way we do. So, that being said, I can't really say I'm done "fuming", because I never really started it to begin with. You're too busy with your head lodged up your own @*# to where you can't see any other viewpoint of your own. And that's evident in the fact that any time you can't "argue" (I'm using the term incredibly loosely right now, because I'm convinced I could give a toddler a can of Spaghetti-Os for dinner and they'd @"*! out a better argument) a point, you accuse them of derailing a thread. The suggestion forum isn't just for making suggestions, it's for discussing them as well. And so far, you've done nothing to prove that your intent with this isn't personally driven beyond the scope of "think of the children"!

So do us all a favor and take the faux-humanitarianism somewhere else. Or do some research and find out why we do it.

@Everyone who supports the use of 69 in it's contexts: Your argument for 69 is rather shallow. It's also lacking in points. All I keep hearing is, "It's only bad if you look at it that way!" Or, "You're only trying to make it dirty!" The fact is that <69 used as a symbol rather than a number has a vulgar definition. I think we are aware that you aren't ignorant to that fact, so why is it that you are playing ignorant? As for dealing with it because this is the internet and those "arguments," well then OOO shouldn't have any words filtered by that logic. The fact is that OOO has standards and guidelines. So why doesn't 69 fit into those guidelines? There's other words that are filtered and I honestly can't see why as they have no bad meaning or definition that I can find.

Your counter arguments of "it's just a number" is rather immature. We aren't talking about the number 69 used as a value or measurement, rather as a symbol with a meaning. You can't go around saying <3 and say that you "just like to use it" and you're "not using it because it looks like a heart." People would think you were idiots if you gave that as a reason. We aren't trying to make something dirty about the 69 symbols, there is something dirty with it and you are a fool to play ignorant to it.

I hear ya Hollows, but just because it is used as something sexual by some does not justify that it is offensive to everyone. It is still a number for the ignorant, but is the proper way of handling '69' just avoiding it's supposed hidden meaning?

If you could find me one, so be it.

And I'm saying, for the ignorant, if they found out the hidden meaning of 69, so be it. If they are mature enough, they will just knock it off, not rant everywhere like it's a downgrade to humanity and that we must save humanity from knowing all these sexual stuff.

I think the accurate representation of this thread should be that we are suggesting that OOO incorporate the vulgar context of the symbol 69 into their guidelines. I hope this is what this thread is for.

@Ret: If you want us to know so badly why you use <69 so insistently, then please do tell us.