Ban reason:Failed to connect to server: Connect denied: You, or another user of this computer or connection, are banned from playing here. Length of ban:Indefinite Ban Issue: I do not know why I was banned
Events leading to the ban
[ BAN MESSAGE WAS TOO LONG TO FIT WITHIN THE BAN REASON. THE REST OF THE BAN MESSAGE IS HERE:
The ban reason is: “Metacomms with MurphDawg : round(#78555) posted a video in discord with proof of metacomms: the perils of a space chef - Clipped with Medal.tv”
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For quite a while now, I have been playing SS14 while in VC with my friends, not knowing this was a rule. The reason for my ban is referring to a Medal clip which I posted in the SS14 discord server, which showcases me and my friend having a silly moment in the game. Little did we know that Metacomms was a bannable offense. My friend stated through VC and not through ingame text that where we were docking was filled with space carps. Me, not heeding their advice, docked at the station anyway. We were then both killed by the space carps as I screamed. At the time of me writing this appeal, I have educated myself and become fully aware of the reason of my ban, although while I was playing, I did not.
Reason the ban should be removed
I fully admit, I never fully read the game rules. I am a fool for that. I take full responsibility for my actions which led to my ban, and I now recognize the rules I have broken. Wizden servers are my favourite to play on, and I have made many friends on those servers, especially Lizard. Again, I take full responsibility for not reading the game rules and I accept the punishment given out to me. At the time, I did not know I was breaking a rule, and, if given a second chance, I will ensure that I will never break that rule again, as it is a very simple rule to follow, honestly. [SIDE NOTE. I was banned alongside a user named MurphDawg. This is not who I was in a voice chat with, which means this user was falsely banned alongside me, although I have actually broken the rules. This user has already made an appeal of their own, but I feel guilty for somehow bringing someone down with me. The user I was in a voice chat with was the other character who was in the shuttle with me.]
Negative. The borg messages you see in the chat were from when I had previously unknowingly docked my shuttle at evac. The borg there was warning me of that fact. The player I was metacomming with was the other player who was in the shuttle with me. We had both chosen the Chef ghost role.
So, essentially, there’s some confusion on this matter - you said it wasn’t MurphDawg earlier, but the other chef ghost role, the player in the shuttle with you, does appear to be MurphDawg. Can you clarify this at all?
Now I’m confused. Let me explain. I was metacomming with the user CCyson (naturally, I am going to try and defend my friend here; please do not go after him, for he is a much newer player than I am, and if I didn’t know metacommimg was a rule, then he surely didn’t as well. Of course I have told him exactly what I was banned for and I now urge him to fully read the rules as well).
Regarding MurphDawg, I have absolutely no idea who they are. Rewatching the Medal clip, I cannot find proof of them being in the clip at all, and to my knowledge, CCyson and I were the only players on the ship. This is truly all I know of the event.
OKAY. I HAVE CLEARED IT UP WITH MY FRIEND. Throughout this whole incident, my friend was a ghost, spectating me. I was under the assumption that they were the other chef with me. I do hope it doesn’t seem like I am purposefully withholding information from you guys, I’m going off of what I know. You must be right in that MurphDawg was the other player. Sorry about all that.
That clears up a lot of confusion on our end, thank you.
So to bring this back to the appeal proper, I appreciate your words and so long as you make sure to read all the rules when you get back in, I don’t see any issue with removing the ban outright. Seems like a genuine mistake, you’ve tried to be level with us throughout, and I doubt it’ll happen again.
As for your friend, this whole thing’s already been kind of a debacle, and like you said they’re pretty new, so I’m going to opt to just issue a warning to them as a formality - I’m guessing you’ve already talked about this whole shebang with them, since you were just talking to them. I’m lifting your ban now.