{"id":37579,"date":"2024-09-26T17:17:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T08:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37579"},"modified":"2024-09-26T17:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T08:17:21","slug":"japanese-street-fighter-6-players-cant-rename-themselves-after-terry-bogards-triple-geyser-because-it-has-the-word-gey-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-street-fighter-6-players-cant-rename-themselves-after-terry-bogards-triple-geyser-because-it-has-the-word-gey-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Street Fighter 6 players can\u2019t rename themselves after Terry Bogard\u2019s Triple Geyser because it has the word \u201cgey\u201d in it\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As is the custom whenever a new playable character is launched in a fighting game, Japanese <strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong> players have taken to renaming themselves after guest character Terry Bogard and his iconic moves. While most of Terry\u2019s English moves are inoffensive when translated to Japanese, some have discovered that typing the katakana \u201cTriple Geyser\u201d in the character name screen causes an invalid error.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u304a\u3044\uff01\u9055\u3046\u3093\u3060\uff01\uff01www <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ihLoDSXMQS\">pic.twitter.com\/ihLoDSXMQS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30dc\u30f3\u30c9\ud83e\udead (@GRBond278) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRBond278\/status\/1838409818639601878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon closer inspection, it is the \u201cgey\u201d in \u201cgeyser\u201d that prompts the error, as it is this part of the word that gets highlighted in red. This is most likely because its spelling (\u201cgei\u201d) overlaps with the Japanese version of the word \u201cgay.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It follows naturally that all of Terry\u2019s moves with the word \u201cgeyser\u201d are prohibited from player names. This includes Power Geyser, Twin Geyser, and Triple Geyser &#8211; all three of which are in Street Fighter 6. Likewise, moves that aren\u2019t in Street Fighter 6, such as Dunk Geyser, Heat Up Geyser, High Angle Geyser, Trinity Geyser, and Cosmic Strike Geyser, are prohibited as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"633\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37579-001.jpg\" alt=\"Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6\" class=\"wp-image-37585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37579-001.jpg 1118w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37579-001-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37579-001-768x435.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Funnily enough, several people are looking for workarounds so they can use the word \u201cgeyser\u201d in their names. One person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/akiba_nekoudon\/status\/1838502388677943305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggests<\/a> typing it out censored like \u201cPower (*bleep*)ser,\u201d while another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shumiyuukiy\/status\/1838603954672013813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposes<\/a> writing out just the \u201cgey\u201d part in alphabet. While many Street Fighter 6 players found the whole thing funny, others <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shumiyuukiy\/status\/1838603954672013813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed out<\/a> that banning the term \u201cgay\u201d is actually kind of offensive in itself. While Terry\u2019s Geyser-based moves are banned in Street Fighter 6 names, perhaps players would consider using his other actions instead. \u201cBurn Knuckle\u201d is still available, and comes with a cool hand-raising animation as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;gey&#8221; in Terry Bogard&#8217;s Triple Geyser is being flagged as offensive in the Japanese version of Street Fighter 6, players have discovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":37584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japanese Street Fighter 6 players can\u2019t rename themselves after Terry Bogard\u2019s Triple Geyser because it has the word \u201cgey\u201d in it\u00a0 - 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