That ToS update that ruffled some jimmies a few months ago

[RoyalBeef]

Don't be a jerk and you won't get banned

[NanaWiloh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqLlZQmepY4

[TheForce]

No that's just being immature.

Don't post, say or act in a manner that might put you in a bad situation. Walk away from it or don't say anything.

It will always baffle me how communication is so touchy and fiercely regulated in an MMO.

[RoyalBeef]

Exactly because companies run around banning people for no reason from the typical other side of the argument.

Lately we've seen companies and celebreties pulling a lot of virtue signalling stunts that backfired horribly... think of the Captain Marvel actress openly saying she doesn't want "old white men" to see her movie... yeah we all know how that went at the boxoffice xD Or Gillette loosing like 8 billion USD net worth after slandering 95% of their customerbase simply for being male xD
The first generation of snowflakes is now out of universities, got jobs at mayor companies, influencing their course (and costing them a lot of money in the process until they get fired ^^). So yeah, companies alienating and driving away their customers for no other reason than virtue signalling is an actual thing these days.

[Theodric]

In-game.. the environment is not hostile. The forum though is hostile and seems all SE did was adapt the forum rules to the game's ToS. A lot of posters here think they are clever with thier wording, but I see the BS underneath. If the rules were loose here, there would be profanity everywhere, thread hijacking and even witch hunting that sprawls out into the game, not to mention the hardcore group that has yet figured out that beating a savage boss glaringly the only then they can do right in a social setting. I can FEEL the superiority complex among many here.

Profanity everywhere? Just like it is over in the comments in some posts on their official Twitter feed? They seem to be completely fine with people commenting in various ways over on Twitter. It's only here that we see rigid enforcement and minimal engagement - and it's not because this place is some terrible, awful thing because it absolutely isn't. Nor would it be if the rules were loosened to a reasonable degree.

[Enla]

Given how the first to report often seems to be the one to profit in game and on the forums it's hard not to find this clause particularly abusable. I'm sure it has caught a fair amount of people who needed a good warning or two, and I can't say I particularly enjoyed how things could be before where I saw an abusive individual skate past numerous reports because 'technically' they weren't breaking any rules in spite of documented patterns of harassment in game. (And out of game but SE has no jurisdiction over that.) But overall it just feels like a blanket ruling to give moderators the ability to work more indiscriminately.

I do also feel like the parties I'm in tend to be quieter ever since the rule was put in place as well.

[SaberMaxwell]

I feel out of the loop. What happened last weekend?

[Reynhart]

I feel out of the loop. What happened last weekend?

Someone has been banned off Heartstone tournaments (And confiscated his gain) by Blizzard for expressing political opinions about Hong-Kong.

[SaberMaxwell]

Someone has been banned off Heartstone tournaments (And confiscated his gain) by Blizzard for expressing political opinions about Hong-Kong.

Oh, yikes.

I'll have to do some research before I weigh in any. Thanks for the tip!

[Skogli]

If people would just "read the room" more often before starting stupid arguments both here and in game, this wouldnt have happened.

Most major disagreements I see in game is from someone aggressively pushing a point or opinion when the recipient has already let go.

I have a thick skin but I'll Block and report if it infects the FC chat, group chat or novice network because it's distracting, it's annoying and it has nothing to do with the game most likely.

This is all just my personal opinion based on personal experience though.