Thats some logic right there. So just because you are within said group you think revoking the right of speech for people outside that group will make it better and contribute to what you think is a reasoned debate among equals?
I'm going to use the same form of reasoning that you did. albeit with a little more backstory. Here it comes.
You know, we all hate online cheaters. People that go beyond measure to alter a game in such a way to exploit certain mechanics or alter them so that benefits them providing them with an advantage over their online adversaries. It really implies a how sad a person must be if he or she chooses to cheat in online games. Not? So ill rephrase so you'll understand it.
"People who cheat shouldn't be allowed any access to online gaming / forums anymore, getting tired of these script kiddies coming and acting like their opinion still matters"
ofcourse this is easy and does not contribute to the discussion at hand any way. But seeing as your reply didn't either it's fair enough to call you out on your bull pudding before you spout off at others yourself. You can't act all high and mighty when you yourself aren't of unimpeachable conduct. Therefor, nullifying everything you say, because who wants to listen what you have to say, right?
if you're going to explain your vac ban at the hands of your little brother or "friend" that accessed your account, just save yourself the trouble, just. Don't.
Balance is a completely different subject, in a perfect world, it should not be subjective. The problem you have is the majority of people who are beaten by a specific unit, or have troubles beating certain tactics etc believe strongly it is a balance issue rather than a strategy one. I would say almost 80%+ of balance threads belong in the strategy forum. If you go around and take a poll of the amount of threads created and their ladder rank, its usually 500/1000+. This forum had the advantage that it wasn't plagued to much by balance spam. If you go and looked at the official forums balance area, it was literally toxic.. 'panther shouldnt ever die to sherman', 'shermans should be 40 fuel' etc with the odd historical justification thrown in.
I was VAC banned in CSGO a year ago trying to duplicate items using a DDL injected memory hack I wrote, VAC got me
My second ban was in rising storm and I was only banned because I already had a VAC ban (they carry over to ANY VAC protected game :/) Obviously I don't give a shit, otherwise I would simple start a new steam, buy Coh2 in the next sale for $10 and get the same ladder ranks within 1 week.