MVP’s don’t have any moderation powers. I don’t disagree that there are “less” but they are prevalent.
This is not correct, as another player noted earlier a banwave did go out as usual. And as you yourself noted there are financial gains for both sides to ban and remove, while the other re-create bots in their illegal industry.
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As long as players continue to enjoy pirate servers and/or services this problem will continue to perpetuate.