There are far worse stuff being said in shout box than anything you are accusing VonAsten of.
It is not my intention to defend him, but to defend objective truth.
The SB is a cesspit, I agree. Hopefully, some 'contributors' have now diverted onto Discord, and away from the front pages.
However, that does not excuse the attacks on the creators, even if worse things happen in the SB (which I agree, they do)
I think history has shown dat being mindlessly trolled in coh community is equivalent to getting shot in a ghetto; there are no innocent victims. You have to be a general, grade a dick to be mindlessly trolled.
I advise staff to keep away from the SB, since I see little to encourage positive discussion. Subjects like maps or modding are too long for that genre, given the toxic state of chat there - and I do think there is a case to go back to showing only the last 10 posts or so, in the SB, which would discourage any seri9ous attempt at discussion (which only ultimately gets derailed)
Not true. In majority of cases creators leave because they start feeling entitled after contributing some content. In tric's case, he made a few maps and started bitching about lack of relic support he felt he was entitled to receive. General bitching will cause trolling. In Ami's case, he felt entitled to get half of Relic's prize money for his "contributing" effort. He screwed relic once but when he couldn't do it again, he stopped with SNF.
Tric wanted support, so that he could make more maps.
Ami offered Relic a very good deal, IMO. I don't Relic felt 'screwed' - he was offered ESL, but not on acceptable terms.
Da bottom line is dat people dat generally like contributing content without expecting anything from anyone will stick around. Guys like Stormless, ImperialDane, GG guys, and anyone else dat contributes for da love of da game.
All three casters whom you mention, seem to do thrive financially from their streams
I don't see those guys getting mindlessly trolled.
I guess, as a Moderator of stormless' stream, you would have to say that.