@snowy801 said in Posting Restriction for Balance Discussion:
The point I'm trying to raise is that despite the certainty that many of the lower rated players in these discussions are trying their best to contribute, they are simply incapable of doing so
I don't think that is the problem.
I have yet to see someone wanting to actually contribute but unable to do so because of their lack of game knowledge.
Even if you have no idea what you are talking about as a 500 rated player, making a post with your opinion is contributing to the discussion since it allows people to see how the situation looks to a 500 rated player. Not accepting that a 2k rated player is probably correct and insisting on your stance being the correct one for 100+ messages is the problem. And this is completely unrelated to rating.
The only difference is that most 2k rated players know each other so they are more comfortable in the discussion (since they know the other one has weird takes) and are more engaged (since they know the person), compared to some random guy they don't know, where they have no idea how stupid he is and aren't interested in the person itself, since they don't know him and don't play with him. (you are more interested in your friends opinions that the opinion of some random stranger)
In the post you screenshoted I think me, sylph and lolinekotrap had a fine discussion about the pros and cons about this suggestion (though we were spinning in circles sometimes). Meanwhile two others tried to derail the discussion with "are you retarded. just makes tmd bro".
Also if you check the other threads you'll see that the first guy from your screenshot has opened a few of them while stating his intention of not trying to actually contribute, but to simply derail the balance forum. Banning such behavior would be the correct strategy instead of something that loosely correlates with it like ingame rating.