Quote Originally Posted by Vnolan View Post
How? Are they going to lose subs as a result?
Because you shouldn’t arbitrarily decide when to enforce rules and when not to. It leads to inconsistency in moderation, and I know you’ve been around long enough to know how people feel about that. Just because they’re still subscribed doesn’t mean it’s an okay thing to do, and it doesn’t mean that people are okay with it.

How many players have canceled their sub because SE does not enforce their ToS? The argument could be made they get more subs from allowing players to use bots and sell content for money.
It doesn’t matter if players are still subscribed or not. It’s the principle of the matter and the possibility of bad press as a result. These forums are a good example of how inconsistent and bad moderation has earned them a not-so-favorable reputation with a portion of the playerbase. The bad press surrounding them and previous bans is what caused the moderation team to set up a “ban appeal system”. Sadly, the system is pretty much a flimsy attempt to save face. It hasn’t reversed any previous ban—no matter how silly—to my knowledge.

Only if they were to go after parsing, which they won't given how many use it and the current rules around it.
I wasn’t talking about going after parsing? I was talking about cherry-picking moderation and how that can hurt the reputation of the game. Where are you coming up with these statements?

Doesn't mean anything if they stay subbed.
I disagree. It can still very well hurt the reputation of the game and the company. Using this as a defense of poor practice is as concerning as your statement appearing to support SE enforcing their rules whenever it’s deemed convenient for them. That’s not how rules should be enforced.

They should start banning for use of hunt radar, triggers, visual mods that provide combat advantages, automated waymark placement and account piloting? What about uploading logs? You can't argue it falls into what's allowed regarding parsing. That's a lot of people to ban.
Where on earth was I talking about any of this? My entire post was dealing with my concern over your statement (“SE’s game, SE’s rules; they can enforce them whenever they want”) being problematic because inconsistency in punishment and moderation is problematic. Did you actually read what I wrote, or are you too busy coming up with illogical responses to do that?