I can has steam street cred.

You have to be very good at hiding that.

Just to chime in on this real quick, another side of things that needs to be considered is that we get numerous reported posts a day and sorting through these reports is a part of the community team's myriad of responsibilities. There have been many warnings and bans given that we were alerted to due to the reports that were coming in. The point I'm making is that even if a member thinks that treading the line is generally accepted by their peers in the community, you might be surprised by how many members will silently take issue, by way of anonymously reporting said posts, with the way a member is conducting themselves. We're not banning members just to pick on them or because we disagree with what they say. That's not the kind of community culture we want to foster and it's certainly not the kind of community team we want to be. So it's usually a mix of maintaining the rules, taking reports into account, and ensuring that the community is a welcoming place for all members regardless of their opinions.

Being a good community team member is a bit like being a restaurant host and a party host all at the same time. A party host will connect people together, praise incoming guests appropriately, maintain conversations throughout the event, and see everyone safely off with a smile and a wave. A restaurant host must be certain the ambiance is just right, know that the kitchen is functioning appropriately, and help the rest of the staff pull off a flawless dining experience. The blend of the two mindsets suit a community team member well. So, along those lines, if one of the guests at this dinner party is becoming unruly to the other guests and even the host, it is often the host's responsibility to try to veer things back in a positive direction and, failing that, to then politely ask the guest to excuse themselves from the party.

Now I know there's some holes that could no doubt be picked in the above metaphor, but I'm sure you get the general spirit of the idea. Likewise, do keep in mind that reporting goes both ways. If there's a member of the community team that you feel is overstepping their bounds then please do report it, if only so we can get a feel for where the community's temperament is to the community team and where we need to be careful and improve. We all sort through reports so it's always useful for us to see that kind of feedback when appropriate.

And that's why I usually refrain from participating in those kinds of threads; I am neither a braggart nor an antagonist, and thus distance myself from those discussions (tho still prone to the occasional lapse). I generally make an effort to not support or condone that type of behavior.

TBH telling someone or something to go die in a fire is probably ill considered as many people could easily and justifiably take offence from this. If we want 22cans to engage with us we do need to be balanced and measured in our comments.

I just want to state that while I am often critical of 22cans and think they show both a lack of vision and competence at times I do genuinely want them to succeed l. The realist in me thinks the company is more likely to GDIAF. That is a challenge to 22cans to succeed and I hope they do. The best way to deal with your detractors is to prove them wrong and no community would be happier to be wrong than this one.

ignorance by design, they choose to over react and are stunned it bites them in the ass.

24 hours, a week, or 20 years are all of no relevance.  The intent is to chill by threat for purely short term gain.  22cans abused kickstarter, continue to lie about their actions, and have shown no intent of ever producing the rewards they sold me.  I shall never allow 22cans to have the facts disappeared.

because tolerance breeds respect and repression breed contempt.  I assure you I took your "devil's advocacy" far more seriously than Muir's anything.

I respect your PoV.
and had the reply been "that's offensive please reword it I would have as the intent was not remotely as it is being represented.
I said, "Yeah, sure, believe ther is no P2W in the plan given track record.
Again, prove it.
Until 22cans does, they may kindly DIAF. Thanks."

Now here comes the "I am an asshole" part, in my mind only an idiot or willful choice make a threat from that.

Intent is obvious not "I want you to" but "put up or shut up"

However it is always easier to take offense, and play "semantic minutia polka" to focus attention away, than to argue for the indefensible.
I understand why 22can's employees choose to reinterpret for an excuse to abuse their authority rather than defend the actions of their company. 

yup, more of the same.
Loved the "how do we know they have not yet worked on the PC game?", um, history of action perhaps?
Because obviously we should all blindly wait and never consider facts actually on the table 'cause surely it isn't all lies again.

and of course were I the troll you wish to paint me, there would be dozens of proxied IP accounts posting via script.
Sadly, for your narrative, I my be rude and poorly mannered but I an seldom utterly off base.

Getting folks scared to confront the bullshit won't actually do any good.
Short term fix until the game press again excoriates the waste of drive space.

But feel free to declare victory and claim I am the problem despite having never done anything but tell the truth and pass damned good advice.

Reality, is that until 22cans provides more than tongue wag and denial of reality, the company is doomed.