Sir Sprockett let's face it, right-wing bigots)

where is this evidence?

1. 7SD - the slaver group was supposedly named after the 7PD - a nazi panzer division of the Wehrmacht. Frontier reached out to the group to demonstrate that 7SD (and its spin off 7LD) is not based on said Nazi Panzer division. The group have since stated that the name is instead a "reference to an active United States infantry division".  However, the official statement from fDev makes it clear that they do not consider the matter closed as of 5th Feb - "We do not condone the behaviour of these rogue Commanders ... We continue to monitor both the situation and in game communications and will not hesitate to act if players are found to have breached our community guidelines in any way.” (fDev quoted in Polygon article - updated 5th Feb).
2. Evidence of racial attacks on 7SD discord channel. Reputed screenshots and complaints upheld by Discord moderators to the point where LatexRoach admitted the 7LD group had been put on notice. He did condemn the racist abuse and vowed to clear it up.
3. LatexRoach admitted: “If the shoe fits, wear it; they’re slaves, we’re slavers, whatever.” He went on to say a couple of the group’s fleet carriers are named after historical slaver ships.
4. LatexRoach's description of his squad as "a military command type structure" which aims to be "cult-like; a cult full of chaos and evil". (Pilot Interview)

ArtieIn my opinion, the entire thing isn't about "caring about 7 years old players" or whether the players were or weren't able to solve the situation they were in on their own. In my view Frontier decided that way because of the rules set and broken. Simple as that.

If I should use another general example, it's (especially in MMOs) the matter of accessing accounts of other players. You can have a big bold "do not share your password with anybody" left and right and yet there will be players that will share their password with the other player(s) and then they get robbed. It's their fault? It certainly is. But that doesn't mean that the rule was not broken and consequences shouldn't be drawn even if the damage was entirely minimal (like just 1 gold/credit stolen from their account or so). Technically speaking, even the account sharing can be punishable by ToC of some games, even with no damage done (rather the opposite), but as old Czech proverb says: "Where there is no plaintiff, there is no judge."

So, when Frontier was given the situation where some players complain about the rules breaking (and that may have happened not just publicly (vaguely), but directly via tickets, etc.) they simply needed to do something and enforce the rules. They cannot do otherwise. Then it's just a matter of how exactly they will enforce the rules.

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Sir Sprockett let's face it, right-wing bigots)

where is this evidence?

1. 7SD - the slaver group was supposedly named after the 7PD - a nazi panzer division of the Wehrmacht. Frontier reached out to the group to demonstrate that 7SD (and its spin off 7LD) is not based on said Nazi Panzer division. The group have since stated that the name is instead a "reference to an active United States infantry division". However, the official statement from fDev makes it clear that they do not consider the matter closed as of 5th Feb - "We do not condone the behaviour of these rogue Commanders ... We continue to monitor both the situation and in game communications and will not hesitate to act if players are found to have breached our community guidelines in any way.” (fDev quoted in Polygon article - updated 5th Feb).
2. Evidence of racial attacks on 7SD discord channel. Reputed screenshots and complaints upheld by Discord moderators to the point where LatexRoach admitted the 7LD group had been put on notice. He did condemn the racist abuse and vowed to clear it up.
3. LatexRoach admitted: “If the shoe fits, wear it; they’re slaves, we’re slavers, whatever.” He went on to say a couple of the group’s fleet carriers are named after historical slaver ships.
4. LatexRoach's description of his squad as "a military command type structure" which aims to be "cult-like; a cult full of chaos and evil". (Pilot Interview)

True, the last two are in-game and can be attributed to roleplay. Honestly have no problem with that, but the moral issue remains.

Episparh "OK. My work day is over! Let's see what's going on Inara"

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Sir Sprocketti also think that the ability to HIjack other players FCs should they choose certain in game routes (ie Slavery/Piracy and even smuggling.) needs thought but would be fun again High risk / high reward - with maybe a cooldown period after you maybe have  moment of morality and decide that you want to be a good human again!

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Aleksander Majjam

Episparh"OK. My work day is over! Let's see what's going on Inara"

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I miss the days of yesteryear where the only arguments you'd really see were ganking and OP mining.

Rho TefnutetWe can always argue about the CGs and their rewards and how they are basically shaping the story like FDev wants. Because, let's be honest, if Jupiter Division offered 20% on all sold ships and modules for a few weeks - it would be already Tier 4 by now.

Sir Sprockettwell been in the CG and have resorted to Solo due to a high level of Jupiter supported ganking. Far too much fun winning the CG from under their noses...