Thread by @NicoleMay316

I was originally going to avoid posting this on main, but it seems I have no choice to get the word out.

The SWTOR Team, including the Devs and Community Management, are blatantly censoring criticism against 7.0.

At risk of getting my account banned, here's my story.
#SWTOR 1/?

We've all heard about the @Aviriia situation, yes?

Well if you haven't, she was removed from the Content Creator Program and got an in game ban for a week.

2/? #SWTOR

The in game ban especially struck me as odd. It seems to indicate something in game caused the ban and removal from the program.

I was giving the SWTOR team the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it's a mistake. Maybe something triggered in game and led to a domino effect.

3/? #SWTOR

Of course, the community in Fleet Chat, Twitter, Reddit, Allies, etc. all believed it was due to 7.0 criticism.

But no, that couldn't be it, right? The in game ban proves that, yes?

Well....

4/? #SWTOR

I made a post on the SWTOR Forums in regards to this.

I wanted to give the SWTOR team the benefit of the doubt. A chance to apologize, rescind their error, and be better moving forward.

This is that post with 1 reply from someone else.

#SWTOR 5/?

Within an hour, I refreshed the page and it was gone. Removed.

I had a Private Message as well. With a subtle threat to not speak about it any further.

6/? #SWTOR

After a few attempts to spread this info under the radar, out of fear of losing my 9 year old account, I decided I needed to speak on this publicly.

#SWTOR 7/?

I have defended the SWTOR team at every step of 7.0.
Called them out on stuff, yes. But ultimately blamed EA, budgeting, basically all circumstances, not their actions themselves.

#SWTOR 8/?

It is now clear I was wrong to do so. The SWTOR team wants to silence all criticism and backlash from 7.0.

#SWTOR 9/?

The devs do not want any criticism. They ignored all PTS feedback. They have removed one of their best content creators from the program and slapped them with a ban to warn anyone else from speaking bad about 7.0.

#SWTOR 10/?

This behavior is absolutely unacceptable. 48 hours ago, I was giving the SWTOR team every benefit of the doubt, defending whatever I could from them since I love SWTOR so much.

I can't do that anymore.
The SWTOR team is not what it once was.

#SWTOR 11/?

I love SWTOR so much, and it breaks my heart to see how corrupt they have become. Censoring player feedback is absolutely unacceptable, and even more unacceptable is censoring discussion of their censorship.

#SWTOR 12/?

I want them to be better. I expect them to be better. I don't want to quit this galaxy I've come to call home.

At risk of further retaliation on my SWTOR account, I posted this publicly. I implore you all to be as vocal as possible about this.

#SWTOR 13/?

In the wise words of Veggietales Facts, I'd rather die standing, than live kneeling.

SWTOR needs to do better. And if my account gets banned, know it can happen to yours too for speaking legitimate criticism.

14/14

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