If he had a history of trolling/semitrolling then that should put more weight in the comment he is banned for even when it was more subtle,there are more people that constantly tread the borders of what is accepted on this forum but i assume most cases get monitored for a good amount of time till a ban drops.

What a load.

Many Nintendo threads are able to stay on topic without much negativity but PS/Xbox threads are often swarmed with Nintendo users acting up.
Why do you think so many PS/Xbox users have left VGC?

I'm too old for your games, Rol.

See you in a month or two.

He didn't get away with it. And I brought it up in the mod thread.

Disagreed.

Being negative and critical of Sony's promotion of PS5 and questioning what improvements PS5 will bring, while we know almost nothing about the console itself other than it's weaker than the next Xbox and has a new controller, isn't really trolling or baiting Sony users. The promotion of PS5 has been poor at best thus far and anyone has a right to question what the next console will bring to the table while the competition are bringing positive improvements and ideas. It doesn't matter if you're a die-hard Nintendo guy pointing out these faults, it doesn't matter if you have a long history of trolling in PlayStation topics. If you have a valid addition to the discussion it deserves to be heard.

Furthermore, reading his post it's not entirely clear that he's trying to pass off opinions as facts. Based on what we know right now... Nintendo's 3rd party support is as good as it's been in decades, Nintendo's 1st party is and always has been far beyond the competition and Nintendo will continue to control the Japanese market. Xbox isn't launching with a forced peripheral to go for Nintendo's market and they're launching a platform stronger than the competition. He says he *thinks* they will undercut Sony in price. Saying Sony played on easymode with PS4 isn't controversial when you consider the disasters of WiiU and early Xbox One, while saying it's a certainty they wont have similar success next generation absolutely is *not* worthy of any kind of moderation.

Outside of this, the problem with hitting people with harsh moderation for trying to pass off opinions as facts comes when you have to remain consistent in your moderation. Not only is nit-picky and strong arming, but it also sets a precedent for what other users will expect from the mod team and what is and isn't acceptable.

A senior moderator really should explain the thought process behind this ban and what exactly Pyro as Bill did wrong. Not only for clarification on this decision, but for clarification in what is and isn't deemed acceptable posting etiquette on the forums.

He didn't get a mod note, because it was an informal warning.
He hadn't been moderated in about a year, last ban was a few years ago, so I felt that was a sufficient measure to take to curb his behavior which seems to have been successful.

If it continued or it escalated, then the moderation measures would have thus matched.

Contrary to popular belief we don't run around and just ban everyone willy-nilly for the smallest of infractions, our jobs are to try and guide people to be more civil and constructive, often the simplest approaches are the best... Often that might just be a private message, sometimes an in-thread warning, allot goes on behind the scenes you are not actually be privy to in this regard.

eva01beserk didn't actually call me a troll, could he have been moderated? Perhaps, but that is a very fine line he didn't cross in my opinion. (Other admins/moderators might have disagreed, but that is me personally.)- And again if it continued to escalate, then measures would have been taken.

I do appreciate your concerns though and it's valuable feedback.

That is exactly how it works from my experience. Whether they change things or not depends on if enough people make a stink about it. I get it, no one wants to be hated by the majority, so it's safest to just roll with whatever the popular opinion is, that's just one of the golden rules of life. It just sucks as those of us who stick to being honest and objective no matter what tend to get mislabeled and screwed over.

That's what you'd say of course, but actions tell a different story. I didn't say anything about letting people do whatever they want, but I am of the belief that, as long as whatever it is doesn't hurt anyone, then it's fine. And I mean actually hurt, not just butt hurt over a viewpoint different from their own.

Do people have the impression that if enough people report a post it's going to moderated?

I've only been on I think a couple of weeks now... but in that time, I think I've seen like one post actually get reported multiple times. So... if people think that a particular fanbase is just mass reporting posts and employing some sort of mob rule... it's just not really happening.

Going from a regular user to a moderator, the actual amount of reported posts is considerably less than I imagined. I'm not saying go on a reporting spree, but if you legitimately think someone is crossing the line, be the change you wish to see in the world.