Here's my two cents.......for what its worth....
Did Sven annoy people with his commentary - Some yes (obviously Woot)
For those active players during beta who played along side of him, did he contribute to the good of the community (Hell Yes, not just YES)
For those more active players on the older survival series and creative worlds who have 'been waiting for a real server before they play', the last several months the active 'Beta' players were forced to ban together to overcome adversity.
We the players were devoting our time to a server that had no moderation, no protection, no where we could go to help....This forced us to ban together, working together to trust and protect each other. Safe havens were created in various towns where we cooperatively worked together...In several of these locations Sven was a VERY active member. During this time we saw griefing run unchecked, trolling unchecked, hours and hours of our work destroyed by a simple flint & steel or lava bucket... We did become cynical and jaded, There was no where to turn to for help except each other. I know I also have personally lost my temper when I could not find any assistance as griefer burned a whole town that was created from scratch to nothing...... laughing at me while he did it.
We all lose our tempers and say things we don't really mean to, to this end; I would say that well Sven may have upset us with comments, but I think that may need to be overlooked as he has always been a solid member of the community to the beta players.... My fellow players may have additional thought but I ask that it be limited to the players that have played with us.
@RSMV2YOU please don't take offense but I'm going to call you out...during beta on the 1.8 and 1.9 PR1-6 you may have been logged on here a total of five minutes...Your previous comments should be stricken as I don't honestly think you've spent enough time to make more than a first impression judgement
Yes, I have, and when I was on I was met to someone acting as if they ran the temp map and I have little to no care for temp maps, considering I have been through at least 10 maps with Team9000 going back to alpha. Nobody really cares what you do on those maps because they usually become history, the attitude though that you have during a temp map, that "will" carry on to a permanent map, and if that attitude is a such a bad one that someone is banned for it, then I don't think he deserves to be on the server.
You obviously aren't aware of his past actions.... Condescending is a "polite" way of saying what he has done...lets put it that way.
People reading this thread, I would ask that you take all of this in consideration, and ONLY if you have played along side with Sven you post your thought....Good or Bad