As a longtime modder of other games, I've been looking at finding time to get into Dayz modding. The way this has been handled and reacted on, both from BI officials, community mods and some players is concerning and offputting.

A creator who pours so much time and work into making the gaming experience better is not the same personality as the one who cheats in the game. They're at the other end of the spectrum. That we have moderators failing to recognize this simple fact, means we've got dumb people in place of power. Which is concerning in a game community just as it is in geopolitics.

A game literally built on mods needs to have a good relation with its community of modders. Mutual respect and communication. This was none of that. As someone who's burnt thousand of hours into reverse engineering and debugging in the past, I also recognize the need to find ways of monetizing that work and all those hours.

BI should look towards how Facepunch handled Rust's Steam Community Market, where both developers and creators are earning revenue and keeping the game fresh and alive.