Username: drunk_experiter
Ban reason: You are connecting from a range of IP addresses that is commonly used for abusive purposes such as raiding. Given your account is new you need at least one connection from a different address before
Length of ban: 172800 minutes, November 8
Ban Issue:
I did not do what I was banned for
Vote Opt-Out: false
Events leading to the ban
Started playing the game this month. I live in Russia, and my IP address is from Rostov-on-Don. I used to use VPNs but I found DPI bypasses and workarounds so don’t use it as much anymore, and I don’t have an exemption. This is the message that I see when I try to join Grasshopper, it’s been around since I started (presumably around 8th October). I’ve never raided in SS14 before (nor any other game for that matter, to be precise), in fact I’m fairly new to the game in general, I’ve only played for around 35 hours.
Full ban reason:
Connect denied: You, or another user of this computer or connection, are banned from playing here.
The ban reason is: “You are connecting from a range of IP addresses that is commonly used for abusive purposes such as raiding. Given your account is new you need at least one connection from a different address before being allowed to play on this server.”
This ban is for 172,800 minutes and will expire at Friday, November 8, 2024 10:44 PM UTC.
Reason the ban should be removed
I’m not a raider, and I feel that this can be proven by my the time I’ve spent playing on other servers in a completely normal, regular fashion: Frontier, Fallout 14, MRC-14 and mostly Delta V.
As of writing, I have around 34H 3M of playtime on Delta V (maybe more, haven’t checked). In all this time I’ve never received a ban or any kind of administrative punishment, and I play by myself the vast majority of the time. I have no knowledge of why my IP was banned, as I had no involvement in any raiding activity at all, nor any other abusive actions. Moreover, as stated in the ban reason, I’ve already connected to multiple addresses (I assume what this means is playing on other servers, though correct me if I’m wrong) and I’ve spent a fair amount of time on them. However, I’m still somewhat new and would like to learn more of the ropes of proper vanilla SS14 on Grasshopper and the likes, and in the future perhaps regular WizDen servers such as Leviathan, Vulture, Lizard, Salamander, Miros, etc.
Even if this ban is considered correct, valid and justified, I would still prefer at least a reduction in ban time, as 172,800 minutes - that is, two whole months - is incredibly harsh and overly long, and I honestly don’t know if it can even be guaranteed that upon the expiration of this ban I would be permitted a connection at all. I would like to at least reduce it to, if possible, elapse this month. If that’s not possible, I’d at least like an admin to confirm that, upon this initial period of 2 months elapsing, I would, in fact, be permitted to play on official WizDen servers. If this is a question of patience, that’s alright and I understand your motivations, and I truly honestly hope that I’m not asking too much of you.