| Squilliam said: Theres a difference between bashing a platform and criticising the platform holder. The former can yield a ban whilst the latter is perfectly within the rules. In the case of Valve, its fine to criticise them for what you perceive to be negative remarks IMO but it does go too far when it degrades into simply slamming them eg "Valve games suck balls" or something equivalent which wouldn't be tolerated if the remark was directed towards a platform holder. I just want the same protection for developers/games because it keeps the noise level down and if you're willing to take the time to spell out why you don't like something then you're much more likely to be heard if people on both sides are being calmer and stay within rules which everyone should be familiar with by now. So whilst this was set off by the recent Valve critcism/abuse it has been an issue which has bothered me for a while. |
Wouldn't an unexplained "Valve games suck balls" or any other comment of similar tenor fall under the "substance" rule (5)? Which I also think should be much more heavily enforced and could cover a lot of cases.
