Coolbeans - After being warned for metacomms, broke sexual content and bigotry rules by making an inappropriate "Joke" about women and making speciesist remarks about the bartender

Username: Coolbeans

Ban reason: After being warned for metacomms, broke sexual content and bigotry rules by making an inappropriate "Joke" about women and making speciesist remarks about the bartender
Length of ban: Indefinite
Ban Issue:
The ban is fair, but I would like a second chance or reduction

Events leading to the ban

First of all I had just loaded into the game where I played for a little while. This is when I came across a big which caused me to get stuck and unable to move which when happened again later after being warned for “metacomms” I was told was a bug with the game. I was warned about this as I messaged my friend that introduced me to the game where I told him I was stuck and what I should do (Thinking that I had pressed and incorrect button). This I understand is “metacomms” which I understand the warning I got to not do it however considering the circumstances I thought would be an acceptable reason to violate this (I have learnt it is not). After this we continued to play where I then accidently clicked on another player which caused my character to hug them. When this happened this player then screamed and ran off. After this in a sarcastic manner I said (to my friend within the game chat) Women love it when you touch them without consent (This was meant sarcastically and NOT in a sexual manner) however I understand how this could be viewed as inappropriate especially from the outside looking in. After this we went back to the bar where me and my friend previously had been and established ourselves with 2 other players (a customer and a barkeeper) after drinking at this bar and having an altercation with the barkeep (ROLEPLAY) where I threw a glass and the barkeep told me to leave. This is where I said something about xenos, xenimmigrant or something like that which one of the other players already was talking about previously (ROLEPLAY) which I thought would be within the confides of the game and not hurtful to anyone considering mothpeople arnt real so how can I hurt their feelings also considering everyone within this interaction was fine with this already and was just having fun with the encounter (However I have learnt this is not the case and I should avoid talking about a characters species in this way). Shortly after this while still in the bar I received messages about what occurred and was shortly there after banned.

Reason the ban should be removed

I am not saying that I did anything wrong. In fact I understand where the admin was coming from with some of my comments and I understand their action to ban me. However everything I did say was not meant to offend/ hurt anyones feelings. The comment about women was in fact NOT sexual and just about the fact I accidently clicked on her and the speciest stuff that I said was just me being uninformed that this kind of talk was not okay as I had previously seen people talk like this and considering that these species are not real did not think it would offend anyone. I understand where this ban came from however I believe alot of the reason was just misinformation/communication from me and the admin as they themselves didnt know where alot of this stuff was even said (Must have just seen some kind of log). If I do get my ban appealed even if it is after sometime I will make sure to read the rules more thorough so that this does not occur again.

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Hi there, I’ll be processing your appeal.

I have looked at the logs of the round you were in, and the pursuant Ahelp about the comments and the metacomming.

After looking through the logs and your appeal, I have come to the following decision:

Your ban will be reduced to a three day ban. As you have served one day of it thus far, You will be unbanned on the 17th. (Exact time is unknown.)

I would like to remind you of our rules found here: Server Rules - Space Station 14 Wiki and pay particular attention to rules 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 as they all directly pertain to your situation.

I understand you were just trying to Roleplay and that sometimes, we get carried away and say things that later, we regret. That was a determining factor in my decision. I appreciate your willingness to admit to what you had done. It went a long way in this matter.

Final Verdict: Reduction of Ban to 3 day, To be unbanned on 17th of March as one day has already been served.

This matter is now closed. Thank you for your time and have a good day/evening.

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Added appeal-accepted and removed appeal-pending