September 2021
I used the word "Lesbos" in a description and apparently it isn't allowed...it's literally a place, it's an island in Greece
September 2021
I just posted my house edit, I couldn't figure out the disallowed word... It was DLC. I tried to say "..from the Spellcasters DLC", and it was blocked.
September 2021
I made a household recently, and I couldn't include "Hugh's" in the description, had to use "His" instead. Like, how can a possessive 'Hugh' be bad
December 2021
Muffet is banned. i'm doing an underswap story and when i went to save Muffet, the game gave me a warning
December 2021
i know this is a very late reply but spade used to be a slur so that could be why
February 2022
I swear Feb is a disallowed word. I was literally only writing that it was first created on February. Apparently we're not allowed to mention months now.
February 2022
My Sim met an NPC (I believe from Mt. K??) and I swear he had on every item known to CAS. I spent so much time making him over and when I went to save him, I couldn't because the GAME-ASSIGNED-SURNAME wasn't allowed. It wasn't a name like Cox, but I remember that whatever was deemed inappropriate was like three or four letters IN the name. I was so mad. LOL
February 2022 - last edited February 2022
I attempted to upload a family to the gallery of me and my Fiancé. I was unable to share to the gallery because it included "Jewish-Muslim". After a thorough check, it's come to my attention that "Jewish/Muslim" and "Jew" (all of these words/combos should NOT be banned), while other religious combinations, as well as actually inappropriate words such as "murder", "terrorist", and "Islamist" are not banned. The assumption was EA wants to avoid talk of the I/P conflict, but "Israel", "Palestine", "Israel Palestine", "Israeli", and "Israel-Palestine" or "Israel/Palestine" are not banned.
This is extremely Islamophobic and antisemitic. I'm going through various channels to try and report this.
Jews and Muslims already lack the representation other religions and cultures have within the game. The hijab-compliant clothing is severely lacking, and both Jewish and Muslim simmers have extreme difficulty creating ourselves in-game. There has been a big push on Sims Twitter for more Tzniut and Hijab-compliant clothing, including undershirts in the gloves tab which are available in "hot weather" clothing tab, more hijab styles, more modest clothing in general, as well as Jewish foods and other cultural items which we lack.
It is extremely important to the Jewish/Muslim community that this oversight be fixed, and quickly. Several simmers are already boycotting the game until this is fixed, and more representation given. You can find my posts about this on twitter: @RivkaZee
PLEASE work with Jewish and Muslim simmers and help us to be able to be represented in-game the same way Hindu/Desi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other Asian simmers are able to do so.
I do have screenshots of my research on the gallery's banned words. People are also requesting an updated list of what words are banned and why, if actual humans are not moderating the gallery.
Banned words/combos:
- Jewish/Muslim
- Jewish-Muslim
- Jew
Not banned:
- Jewish
- Muslim
- Jewish Muslim
- Israel
- Israeli
- Palestine
- Israel-Palestine
- Israel/Palestine
- Christian
- Christian-Muslim
- Hindu
- Sikh
- Wicca
- Pagan
- Murder
- Muslim murder
- Terrorist
- Islamist
February 2022
My sims cat is named Cailleach. it's a hag type being from Scottish folklore/mythology. apparently Not Allowed.
March 2022
So the names of a family consisting of an elder sim and her daughter and their description include these words and characters:
Koharu
Sayako
Fukuda
Mom
&
Daughter
Which one is the disallowed one? That's all the text there is at this point and the family cannot be shared to the gallery.
EA folks, do you consider actual Japanese names as disallowed words? That's rude af.