Username: Carrie
Ban reason: Message too long for field. Included below.
Length of ban: Indefinite
Ban Issue:
The ban is fair, but I would like a second chance or reduction
Events leading to the ban
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The ban reason is: “Harassing staff through the game; “…unapologetically, FUCK the maints who keep putting [Revolutionaries] back in.””
It was just frustration, really.
Playing on the new alien station, I was playing as station engineer Licks Own Eye. There was no CE that shift. After checking with the team several times and setting up the tesla I got approval to head over to HOP and become acting CE until a real CE showed up. I also got the prerequisite mindshield at sec.
After a short while I found there was evidence of break in at the QM office. I called that out and headed over to repair it. I was let in by a few cargo workers. After an unsuccessful series of flashes I suppose they figured out I couldn’t be converted, so was shot.
My frustration at this point hadn’t yet manifested.
I was obviously quickly stripped of everything, put on a cargo shuttle, then dumped off in deep space about 15-20 minutes in the round, fully removed from the round. This was when frustration really set in, as round removal that early with so few ghost roles is hardly any different from just logging off.
Yes, this is indeed when I began venting about maintainers and the game mode in general. I get that some people enjoy it, and that my distaste for it is opinion. I also know it is quite a broadly shared opinion, though admittedly I’ve always been quite vocal about things in general.
After that (yesterday at time of writing) I had several more much more productive shifts.
Reason the ban should be removed
Reasons I believe the ban should be lifted.
- The game mode is very polarizing. Even among admins it has quite a wide rift in opinions towards it. I just fall on the side of finding it to be an utter slog with roleplay going out the window in favor of just killing everything.
- An appeal only ban feels procedural more than specifically earned. I would have accepted a bwoink and note without complaint, admitting to the pointness of my complaints.
- No staff member was named specifically, and the agitated venting did not last beyond that round. It was not at all intended as harassment, and was merely frustration with the game mode and early round removal.
- Lastly, yes.. I was being quite harsh, I don’t disagree at all and admit it. I can dial that back quite a ways. While I feel the mode is not at all fun, there are much better ways to say that than shouting at maintainers.
I get it, I’m not mad about the ban. I do feel it’s a bit over the top, and again would have similarly settled down with a bwoink, but the reasoning isn’t entirely unreasonable. (Edit enclosed: Of note too I wish to point out this is the first and only enforcement action against me, and I very much intend to not cause any further ones to be made against me. If it wasn’t clear too, I do apologize for the hostility in my initial complaint. Regardless of opinions on the mode, it was uncalled for. )
Thanks folks.
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