Tenmar said:
Seriously though, you all had to realize this was coming when you started supporting groups like Extra Credits and trying to get rid of "toxic" people from the hobby of video games. Same when people agreed that video games should be more accommodating to women as well(really don't get this one to be honest considering women have been playing games for decades but hey new social movements an all). Ya have only yourselves to blame for this when you decided to trade in your freedom to speak how you personally speak in your leisure time to try and make your hobby be so professional it was like a second job.
it's not nearly as black and white as you make it sound. Yeah, freedom of speech is important, but I would be all for handing out bans for foul language if it was targeted at morons who harass people in online play, rather than private calls and livestreams. People pay microsoft for the right to use their servers, which puts microsoft in the position of having to decide whether to protect the rights of whiny manchildren to abuse whoever they please, or to protect the happiness and comfort of the greatest number of people possible. Honestly, it's a no brainer.
granted, that's all off topic, since at the end of the day this is an action that helps no one and hurts everyone. Since the rating of the game may decide whether you get banned or not, and the bans themselves occurred from a personal stream, which people can choose of their own free will to view.
... and that's not even touching the unfortunate implications involved in banning for the content of a private call.
