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Ban Appeal - DarthDipTits - 10-10-2023
Your Character or Steam Name: Jaydogdizzledinner
Your SteamID (Click to retrieve): STEAM_1:1:158050240
Your Discord ID#: 516623728172597249
Reason for ban: FailRP
Length of ban: 3 days.
Reason for appeal (dispute/apology):
Both a dispute and an apology.
Why should you be unbanned?
First and foremost the reason I was pulled into a sit and banned was that, while I was being a little mingey, on my civilian character, I had run into a business and dropped a brick of cocaine on the floor, pulled a camera out, spammed pictures, and ran away.
I understand that what I did can be considered FailRP and that it was poor behavior and for that, I do apologize. It was a lapse in judgment and it was low-quality behavior. However, the reason Marzii had justified to me that a 3-day ban was necessary, despite this being my only real offense in over 4 weeks of server playtime, was that I had planted evidence without UA approval. And I would understand, but as I reviewed the rules, the server rules imply entirely that the rule mentioned in regards to planted evidence (which I had explained I had no intent to actually roleplay with, it was explained that I was just fucking about and that it wasn't at all intended to be used as evidence) is for PD/Government characters and more specifically relates to corruption roleplay. I understand what I did was wrong and attempted to apologize in the sit but I was told that it should be resolved in a ban appeal.
I don't know if I should be unbanned but I do believe that my ban length should be shortened. I've largely been a high-quality user on the server and have had very few issues with following the rules or abiding by staff judgment despite inconsistencies in my understanding of server rules at times. I attempted to explain that my conduct was not intentionally malicious with any intent for detriment to others and I believe, upon researching and reading through other ban appeals, seeing others who have appealed successfully despite having multiple prior offenses, with shorter ban lengths, that the punishment I've received is exaggerated in comparison.
Additional Information (images, videos, etc):
https://gyazo.com/86d0010690be9b8fc002a20152fdfc9b
RE: Ban Appeal - Marzii - 10-10-2023
First and foremost, Hey! I was the banning Administrator as you already mentioned. I took the tickets and during the sit, I spoke to some higher-ups about the situation and I was told that 3 days was a reasonable time length. Also, the rule that you are trying to argue is under the Police/ Government category which you are not apart of on that character which makes that argument invalid and it states that you may NOT plant evidence on people without UA approval.
RE: Ban Appeal - DarthDipTits - 10-10-2023
(10-10-2023, 02:43 AM)Marzii Wrote: First and foremost, Hey! I was the banning Administrator as you already mentioned. I took the tickets and during the sit, I spoke to some higher-ups about the situation and I was told that 3 days was a reasonable time length. Also, the rule that you are trying to argue is under the Police/ Government category which you are not apart of on that character which makes that argument invalid and it states that you may NOT plant evidence on people without UA approval.I understand that fully now but when I read the rules over, as I said, it's ambiguous as it's under a category that dictates rules specifically for Police/Government and there's no other mention of evidence-planting on the server rules page. I'm not arguing that I CAN plant evidence and that I was justified in doing so, I'm just stating that if it is a rule with such a severe punishment as a three-day ban it should be clarified that this doesn't just relate to Police/Government characters/roleplay - and that it's unreasonable to assume that I can come to that conclusion on my own from how the rules are displayed, as all other rules under that category ARE solely related to Police/Government.
I do understand now however that what I did was wrong and in violation of the rules, and I do apologize for violating said rule.
Ban Appeal - Yober - 10-11-2023
Your ban appeal has been reviewed and denied.
We have determined this ban to be reasonable and/or justified.
Ensure you have read our Server Rules