[UPDATE] So, Minecraft (Isn't actually...) racist.

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Zoop

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Legiondude said:
The slightly less-sketchy word "Negro" just means black in Spanish and Portuguese, if they didn't know that, would they order a complete revision of the Spanish translation just because of one word that has racist connotations?

So no, skimming wouldn't be helpful here. They'd need context.
Not really, no. Not only is ****** not anywhere close to Negro, even though negro is probably the origin of the word, but "You are a ******" isn't even afrikaans. If they didn't spot the offensive word, they should at least have spotted the english phrase in an afrikaans language pack.
 

Legiondude

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Zoop said:
Legiondude said:
The slightly less-sketchy word "Negro" just means black in Spanish and Portuguese, if they didn't know that, would they order a complete revision of the Spanish translation just because of one word that has racist connotations?

So no, skimming wouldn't be helpful here. They'd need context.
Not really, no. Not only is ****** not anywhere close to Negro, even though negro is probably the origin of the word, but "You are a ******" isn't even afrikaans. If they didn't spot the offensive word, they should at least have spotted the english phrase in an afrikaans language pack.
Because they're obviously experts on which is which right?
 

Nathan Atkinson

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Words aren't offensive, people who make them offensive are. Seriously, a lot of people who are here are adults, and this isn't grade school where when someone calls us a name we start crying and whining. People need to learn to just shrug it off, it's JUST A WORD.
If someone starts adding reprehensible actions to those words, THAT'S when it's bad. But when it's just a prank played on a dev who really has about two people actually coding the game, stop going up in arms. It's not like they're starting a race war, it was just a small oversight, in a DEVELOPERS version of the game.
No, I don't like the word either, it's a rude disgraceful word no matter who says it and in what context. But it's still a word, if you're still offended by such a tiny thing, you need to grow up, because a lot worse things could happen than being called a name, and being offended by every small thing will lead to a life of unhappiness.
 

Zoop

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Not entirely sure what you're getting at here. Are you referring to 1) ******/negro or 2) afrikaans/english?

In the case of 1, they should still have spotted the english phrase in the afrikaans language pack, considering it's instantly noticeable and english is absolutely nothing like afrikaans. In the case of 2, see previous reason.

In afrikaans Play would be either 'Speel' or 'Begin Speel/Spel'. Doesn't look or sound remotely like 'You are a ******' to me.