Question regarding posting

Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong place, but is related to recent post I have put up on this board. Just noticed that there is some automatic censoring that happens with the posts.

My question is, is if i self censor, i.e. place *@#+%£ at relevant points in my story e.g. sh*t. Is this ok? Or does this voilate some sort of board rule?

I don't like the fact that the auto sensor pretty much interrupts the flow of some of speech in stories I've written, plus sometimes see a big [censored] label against a word you automatically think of the worse swear word in that place, when actually i was going for something a lot LESS harsh in my eyes.

If someone can let me know what the etiquette for this kind of thing would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

This may be better off in Player Questions, but since it's concerning creative, it may be fine here.

In response to your question, I found this under the General Conduct section of the message board rules;

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6. Bad Word Filter.

The CoH message board has a bad word filter. CoH is rated 12+ and is therefore censored for language. Any attempt to circumvent this filter will not be tolerated. First offenders will have their posts removed and will be warned. Subsequent offenses will result in the poster being banned from the message board. Also, working around a ban to continue posting is also prohibited and may incur an extension of a current ban.

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Personally, in some stories I have written in the past I have put a disclaimer at the top of the thread for bad language, even if it has been censored out with a * in one letter of a particular word. In my opinion though, just one * covering the word isn't particularly effective censorship, especially if a particular word contains many letters . I think this matter would be best solved though by messaging Bridger for a more detailed explanation. Hope it helps!

Cpt A