We do punish players that are reported for DDoSing if the evidence provided is sufficient, or if we know for sure people has or have had parts in DDoSing.
The Staff Team cannot control whether or not people should report someone for DDoSing, or just report someone in general. Because of this, we can only punish those who HAVE been reported for DDoSing (Assuming the evidence is valid ofc.). We don’t have something that just magically notifies us whenever someone DDoSes another player, so we have to rely on people reporting the DDoSer(s).
I don’t know what kinds of procedures the Staff Team had 1.5 year ago since I wasn’t even playing at the time, so I won’t comment on that.
Hatcx wasn’t just banned because he “mentioned” DDoSing. It is clear that he had a big part in the DDoSing, so it doesn’t matter if HE specifically, was the one who sent out the DDoS attack.
I don’t think anyone from the Staff Team disliked/dislikes Hatcx and I seriously doubt that he was banned because of biased player treatment.
I personally don’t care whether or not you’re a content creator (why should it even matter lmao), or any other rank when it comes to punishing someone, though I must admit that there are some people that I dislike/like over others, even then, I still punish with a just mindset no matter who I punish. I strongly believe that my fellow Staff members do AND did the same, and that the decision of banning Hatcx was 100% unbiased.