whatsthis Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I'm working on a story in the Neopian Adventure Generator, and I keep trying to submit it before being told that I've used "one or more inappropriate words." I literally cannot figure out what word I've used. The story as of now stands like this: You decide to move on. After several more unfruitful hours of looking, you decide to just get your mother some Jazan cake from Qasalan Delights. Mother's Day comes. You give your mother a book from the Faerieland Bookshop and the cake from Qasala. As she nibbles on the sandy cake, you notice the headline of The Neopian Times: CEO DISAPPEARS AFTER MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT The accompanying picture looks vaguely familiar, but you can't quite place him... The original was something like this: You decide to move on. After several more unfruitful hours of looking, you decide to just get your mother some Jazan cake from Qasalan Delights. Mother's Day comes. You give your mother a book from the Faerieland Bookshop and the cake from Qasala. As she munches on the sandy cake, you notice the headline of The Neopian Times: NEOPIAN CEO KILLED IN FREAK ACCIDENT The accompanying picture looks vaguely familiar, but you can't quite place him... I thought it might be "killed" or "freak" or even "neopian" "ceo" or "munches", but I changed those and it's still not accepting it. Is it just locking me out because I used "freak" or "killed"? Or is there some secretly salacious word I'm using that I'm not getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyplasticdinos Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 "Killed" is the most likely culprit. I doubt "munches" would do it, but I wouldn't be surprised if "freak" also tipped them off. I've found the best way to avoid having trouble with the filters is to write as though you're speaking to a young child that you have just met. It tends to keep me out of trouble :P cleomiele, vyvren and Emily 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsthis Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 That's what I thought too, but even submitting the new version it won't let me. What's the whole issue with "killed"? I remember reading the Ski Lodge Murder Mystery when I was 8 or 9, there was definitely a lot of killing going on then. Edit: So I don't know which words it was, but here's the version that got through: You decide to move on. After several more unfruitful hours of looking, you decide to just get your mother some Jazan cake from Qasalan Delights. Mothers Day arrives. You give your mother a book from the Faerieland Bookshop and the cake from Qasala. As she nibbles on the sandy cake, you notice the headline of The Neopian Times: CEO DISAPPEARS AFTER MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT The picture of him looks familiar, but you're not sure where you've seen him before... Your life continues on as normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peabrain Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Might have been "vaguely" because of the first 3 letters but I'm not sure because I don't submit text a lot on the site and don't have to experience the horror of the Neo-filters all that often :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamppost Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 That's what I thought too, but even submitting the new version it won't let me. What's the whole issue with "killed"? I remember reading the Ski Lodge Murder Mystery when I was 8 or 9, there was definitely a lot of killing going on then. . When Neopets was originally created, its target audience was college students. They weren't really worried about offending or corrupting young children because there weren't a lot of young children on the site. As Neopets has aged, its target audience has gotten younger. Plus, with being a larger, more famous site and being owned by a corporation now, they are likely more worried about lawsuits. Because of that, they are ultra-careful with their filters now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg394551 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Wow. Thats for that info Lamppost! I had no idea Neo was initially targetted for College students. I started playing it when I was quite young, maybe 10 years old? And have been off and on the site ever since. Now that I'm playing as an adult I definitely see the appeal to an older audience as well. Interesting nonethelesss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starstruck004 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I've had this problem many of times as well when I was making an adventure on my side account! What I did was just type the paragraph again, and make it a little bit shorter, but add the topic of the longer paragraph I had before. This usually works the best for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.