Why not a warning?

[Reap00]

Do people really think a 10 day ban after years of calling things grey areas and 'just don't harass people' is an appropriate response? Don't come in saying "THEY HAVE THE RIGHT", no one cares or argues they are within their rights. I'm not even saying "let them have the tools still..." I'm simply saying that pulling them to gaol, warning them, and then letting them go when they remove the offending material, accomplishes the same effect without making half the userbase angry that people are being pulled mid-prog for sudden 10-day bans.

Please dont reply with no thought comments. Actually think about the question I'm presenting and give real reasons why a ban is better than a warning in this scenario with the context of how things have been treated.

"Its against the rules no sympathy" posts miss the point entirely.

If you are stupid enough to stream a violation of the ToS you deserve to lose your account entirely.

[IdowhatIwant]

If you are stupid enough to stream a violation of the ToS you deserve to lose your account entirely.

The ToS of it was vague, and it still is vague.

The only reason this person was the fall guy and got banned was before a group of people mass reported him, that's it. SE would have never moderated his stream or found out.

Is it probably stupid to stream with add ons? Sure we can agree on that. But it also has been such a grey area and barely enforced for so long many people don't think it matters.
Funny thing is they banned him, then said we want to add some of the things that he was using in the game. Thanks SE.

The vague ToS is why this game doesn't have a lot of streamers, and its the reason people don't communicate in the game much anymore. Combine that with a community that is far more toxic than WoW could ever be by actively trying to get each other banned over petty arguments, it's a mess. Tighten the ToS tell players what the exact rules are.