We're seeing posts that compare a lot of legitimate PVP gameplay as that of griefing. They actively try to frame anyone who engages in griefing as a "PVPer" as if playing the terrorist is illegitimate. They're not making an attempt at a discussion, they're waging a campaign to frame an entire playstyle as that of AC light fighter elitists. That kind of misnomer has no place in a game that was built around emergent conflict and risk. When that kind of language is allowed to stand unchallenged, it normalizes elitism towards an entire segment of the backer community. This is dangerous, because it doesn't just attack griefers, it sets the precedent that any playstyle could be fair game for vilification. Star Citizen was built to be a living universe with risk and opportunity, not a private AC lobby where groups fight in organized elite teams, exclaiming "Good Fight" or "Get Effed" (or whatever they mean by GF). CIG has been clear about this in their Excessive Griefing & Stream Sniping post - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/1/thread/excessive-griefing-stream-sniping: "There is a line that is occasionally crossed where players are going outside the bounds of immersing themselves as a Pirate/PVPer. Some users are going out of their way to leverage livestreams, and other mediums, to excessively grief. In many of these cases, it's no longer about enjoying the game but rather, disrupting it. Stream sniping, pad ramming, firing into armistice zones, or utilizing various exploits to grief others... these are just a few examples of excessive griefing, which we do not tolerate." Demonizing backers who engage in griefing by playing as terrorists, (such as those of us who lock down stations, move hostile NPCs into armistice zones, or even lock down Klescher's work mines) doesn't improve the game. It just confuses the community on terms and diminishes opportunities for emergent conflicts that make Star Citizen playerbase salty. We should be uniting around a push for better mechanics and clearer expectations, not allowing Spectrum to devolve into a place where attacking a playstyle is normalized. If we don't push back now, Spectrum risks becoming an echo chamber where entire playstyles are shamed out of existence.