Earlier today I read on Examiner.com that EPIC Games was banning people on their official forums for making suggestions on what to change in their hit Xbox 360 game, Gears of War 2. Users of the game have become disgruntled after the release of the TU4 update which accompanied the double XP weekend and added a cringing effect to the smoke grenades. The update has received an overwhelming negative response from players that has filled most of the recent pages on the message boards with complaints about the update and the game in general.

In response, EPIC has been banning people from using the forums that have posted anything that could be consrued as a complaint about the game, even banning a user who asked not to be identified that has been on the forums since 2007 for making a post respectfully asking for Gears of War 3 to be changed so it is no longer “all shotgun battles” and asking them to spend more time on the network code to cut back on inconsistency and lag that has plagued the Gears franchise. The maker of the thread was still banned for his troubles.

While it is their forum and the staff there can run it how they see fit, you might want to think twice before posting there. Posting a legitimate concern may end in you being permenantly banned from the forum. Apparently, a welcoming community is not something EPIC endorses. Regardless, such stringent enforcement and overall rudeness is sure to lose EPIC a few fans and may become a blackeye on their reputation.

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