Call of Duty Community Calls Out Infinity Ward for Not Acting on Modern Warfare Racist Player IDs

There are loads of Modern Warfare racist player IDs and clan tags in the game, and the community has called out Infinity Ward for staying silent on it.

[Majin-vegeta]

Pretty sure mods are locking them cuz they usually turn into shit shows.

[SpaceRanger]

I wonder how the system allows it in the first place.

There’s usually some pretty bad ones overall in big warzone lobbies. Not to mention the ridiculous use of the n-word by most players. Something that’s been around since early days of online gaming.

[excaliburps]

Thing is, stuff like "IDGAF" are blocked, I think even "peen" or something gets blocked. But the racist N word isn't? That's insane. Just see the screenshots. IW has been super silent about it too. Never said anything about it.

[Nitrowolf2]

I'm surprise they allow those words, most games dont'

[FPSRUSSIA]

Infinity ward just posted about it there banning them

https://twitter.com/Infinit...

[excaliburps]

Only took them what? Six months to actually post a tweet about it. Yeesh.

[Jrios355]

Better late than never, I guess.

[Games1st]

"thousands of bans a day" and more systems in place to increase that number.

[hanko14]

it didnt stop them when covid hit.

[Rowco147]

Its a freaking user name. Snowflakes get over it and play the game. They're just trying to get attention

[Hayter456]

So it is fine to have usernames with offensives words or when it clearly being used to spread hate? How about you stop being ignorant. Pretty sure you cant use offensive usernames on here either and normal not to be allowed anywhere.

[Rowco147]

I mean freedom of speech and expression. I'm not promoting im just saying ignore the trolls trap for attention. If not then their job is complete. They win.. plus how long have you been gaming man? usernames against every race and gender has shown up in a lobby for years. This isn't anything new

[SpinalRemains138]

Rowco this is not a first amendment issue. Are you kidding? No one says arrest the player. The game is run by a private outfit.

[outsider1624]

There was a username going by "GeorgeFloyeddeservesit&q uot;.

That's pretty messed up.

[medman]

Meanwhile these junkless types online won't even look a real man in the eye on the street. Typical for that kind. Cowering behind a screen and a controller and fake names to hide their impotence. It is to laugh.

[ReignMan_27]

While I get what you're trying to say by just overlooking it, as a black man growing up in the south it's not that easy. People have been ignoring racism for years now and look where it's gotten us. The people that have racist usernames and etc are typically thinking like those police officers and others that's racially profiling and killing people because of the color of their skin. When racism is ignored, the racists win. I've been playing CoD since 4 Modern Warfare so I know how the lobbies can be, but should it really be like that? Throughout the years I've been playing more single player games than multiplayer because of this.

[medman]

@rowco147
Yet another cretin belittling a problem it doesn't understand. Wake up skunk, and realize your pathetic little mind isn't capable of understanding basic concepts. Talk less, listen more, and seek to improve yourself. If not, you will undoubtedly suffer the consequences of such sheer stupidity. Good luck.

[SpinalRemains138]

Grow up. Plz.

[CanadianTurtle]

How bad was this? What did the usernames look like?

[Juancho51]

Should ban players if you have captures of them in the act too

[AK91]

Kinda ironic the community calling out the devs when a majority of them are responsible for the issue in the first place.

[medman]

You cannot blame an entire community for the stupidity of the few....most gamers aren't degenerates, just like most cops aren't racist. But the few can lead to problems for the many, and there are very real life and death consequences for that. If you fail to eradicate the bad ones, don't be surprised when it impacts the whole.

[CertifiedGamer]

Seems like snowflakes are infecting everything on the web. I really don’t care what people say on the web because I believe in freedom of speech and that comes with the good and the bad. Speech I like and dislike. You know what you can do to players you don’t like, mute them.

[Pughski]

Saw someone saying with their name as "GeorgeFlyodsNeck" of course I reported him but that's a disgrace.

[Dirtnapstor]

Here we go....Infinity Ward should have kept their mouth shut. Didn't we already see this with pandering to the sjw's. Give them an inch, they'll take a mile, because everything will never be enough.
Realistically, what kind of algorithm can be written to detect every possible manipulation of letter/number characters that would spell out 'racist' names? Ever been online listening to the BS gamers spout half the time? Not saying it's okay, but is that next?