This case is more understandable. They essentially contracted for a list of "bad words" in a language they didn't speak for the chat filter. I'm sure the game played fine.

If I were a dev and made this same mistake, I could play test the absolute shit out of it without realizing that someone added something controversial in the German word filters. Is a "Merkel" a political leader or a depraved sex act? I certainly don't know; could be either. The only way this particular one gets caught is if you proofread the entire filter list with the awareness of every language it covers.

My problem is that this third-party clearly sucks at their job and should be avoided, but protecting their identity lets them fuck up other studios' projects. There is a severe lack of accountability in business-to-business relationships because no one wants to say, "these guys are 0/5 star, don't ever hire," because they think it makes them look hard to work with.

This case is more understandable. They essentially contracted for a list of "bad words" in a language they didn't speak for the chat filter. I'm sure the game played fine.

If I were a dev and made this same mistake, I could play test the absolute shit out of it without realizing that someone added something controversial in the German word filters. Is a "Merkel" a political leader or a depraved sex act? I certainly don't know; could be either. The only way this particular one gets caught is if you proofread the entire filter list with the awareness of every language it covers.

My problem is that this third-party clearly sucks at their job and should be avoided, but protecting their identity lets them fuck up other studio's projects. There is a severe lack of accountability in business-to-business relationships because no one wants to say, "these guys are 0/5 star, don't ever hire," because they think it makes them look hard to work with.