We received a few tips this afternoon, pointing to a Forzamotorsport.net forum post, in which user Slim135 says he was banned for a Breast Cancer Awareness bumper sticker as part of his custom livery setup in Forza 3. The way we heard it, the sticker got him banned for having the word "breast" on it. Sounds a little ridiculous, right? Turns out it is.
We contacted Turn 10's Community Manager, Che Chou, to find out why someone would be banned for a relatively tame word like "breast." As it turns out, the bumper sticker actually said "Save the Ta-Tas" on it, which some users found offensive and subsequently reported as such. Not knowing this was an actual slogan from an actual breast cancer foundation, Turn 10 issued a ban in response to a number of inappropriate content complaints from the Forza community.
Afterward, they were pointed toward this website, which is part of a real breast cancer foundation that actually does use the slogan, "Save the Ta-Tas." With the misunderstanding cleared up, the ban was promptly lifted. If the internet mobs put down their pitchforks long enough to take notice, they'd see that all is well.
That's not to say you should go about pasting boobs all over your Nissan in Forza 3. But if you heard that Turn 10 will ban you for the text "Breast Cancer" because "breast" is a naughty, naughty word, you heard wrong.
Contest:
6:20 PM on 10.30.2009
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NOW THAT'S offensive
I mean come the hell on.
If the issue was that people really thought he was mocking breast cancer, then that makes a lot more sense.
My question would be, why were the people reporting it offended? Because if they modded it just to shut the mob up, and the mob was pissed off about the word alone, then their actions were still lame. Without knowing anything about it though, I could just be making a drama up in my head.
Post made me lol uncontrollably for some reason
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Yes please!
normal people aren't offended by words or pictures but ideas. Forza 2 had boobies all over the place. Noone got banned there as far as I can tell. and they shouldn't either.
lol imagine if we had jpeg importing. actually I would like that Turn 10.
And what exactly is the difference between a few idiots getting offended at someone randomly using a term and them getting offended at an "actual ad campaign"?
If you get offended by words you are a cunt and I hope you die. I'm sure at least one or two of those tools read Destructoid.
Kudos to Turn 10 for being responsive to their community!
It's pretty pathetic when actors/actresses can swear like sailors in PG-13 movies, yet people see the word "ta tas" and issue complaints about it. Don't mean to make a big deal out of this, just seizing the opportunity to complain about stupid people!
Dude the MPAA is so fucking corrupt it's not funny.
The censorship filter is already borderline insanity, I was told the phrase "F430 battle" was banned as a photo name. I still can't work out why.
Bloody stupid.
What if it was a breast cancer survivor? That would have been terrible.
Whoever did the ban was irresponsible.
and those who flagged it are Either Idiot Sexist Women who feel that you aren't allowed to call Female Parts anything they deem offensive no matter what the cause
or Douchey guys who were Butt Hurt that they lost and wanted Revenge and saw that they could flag the Sticker because there was nothing else they could really do......well unless they wanted to whine on the Intrerwebs
Glad this got resolved
and I hope those who flagged it are on a Watch list to keep them from causing Shenanigans like this again
Glad to see Turn 10 figure out the mistake and right it.
mistake? they are idiots! this are the same people that love lara croft and that contract models to put their big TITS in front of your screen! this is just ditatorial and i hope that this kind of behavior gets punished by law one day . its like the cutting of the word "sony" in xbl! are these people that stupid? get over with this kind of atitude make something better! if its about ages , put some option in my storefront so i can make it only available for 18 years old and above! its that simple! theres no need for this shit!
Grow up people.
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