Ban reason: “Repeated self-antag, behavior has not improved since last warnings.”
Length of ban: Appeal Ban
Events leading to the ban: In the round I was banned in, I came across the Warden, who said,
“Kobe! Here’s two new cadets for you to fuck with.”
And with that, I thought there was a game afoot, bit of the old cat and mouse with clear in-character impetus. Love that.
So I commenced to petty theft and soap slipping.
In the midst of all of that, I went and broke into the det’s office to take a Sec radio key, thinking it appropriate for the narrative that was evolving.
Shortly thereafter, I was captured, bwoinked and banned.
Looking back, I can probably think of a couple of other things in the days leading up that could have influenced the ban.
Friend-tagging with one of my buds, who was a thief:
When he asked for help in completing his objective, I asked myself, “Is this friendtagging?” And I thought, “Probably, but he’s just a thief. It’s not as if I’m going to be involved in anyone’s murder, or wanton destruction. This will be funny and fun!” And it was.
I caused a distraction for him by staging a fight with another pal of mine in front of sec. The whole department was there, even the HoS, while homeboy snuck in through the back to yoink the secfab.
As payment for services rendered, I received his thieving gloves, which I did NOT use irresponsibly.
Another event that might have influenced the ban was the ‘murder’ of a chef:
After a fair fight, he crit me and called me stupid while I was on the ground, and I took that personally.
So after RECEIVEING, not stealing, a glock, I went to him.
“Hey man,” I said, “you got me real good. You called me stupid, too!”
“I did.”, he said.
“Yeah, s’funny…” I replied.
After a brief but tense pause I said, “Maybe I’ll shoot ya.”
BAM-BAM-BAM! And he went down, which was a surprise, since he had a bullet vest on and I only shot three times.
The escalation was fast, I admit it, but I dragged him to medbay and tried very hard to revive him. Did everything I could, and we were on the right track until his soul moved on abruptly.
IIRC, the chef also was belligerent and combative with multiple crew, and our initial fight was over the body of somebody else they had crit, the chef seemingly trying to withhold the body from myself and others attempting to render aid.
Beyond those two major events, I’ve also been left wondering if the act of theft itself is now elevated to true antagonism, with the arrival of the Thief antag. If so, I guess I could, with some reservations, slow my roll on that. Although, the descriptor of the Thief role does say that their origins as a Thief Antag arose from performing previous acts of petty theft.
Reason the ban should be removed: I want to be unbanned because I know I have improved as a player, because I like the game and have shown a willingness to modify my behavior in accordance with the rules and especially with communicated moderation. As a fan, I’m not interesting in disrupting the experience; on the contrary, I enjoy being a part of it, I enjoy being a thief and a rascal in it and creating eventful moments, I wanna see it thrive and grow and I look forward to its future.
I already missed Spess-Christmas during a two-week ban for pushing people into a pit created by a Christmas present. HOLEMAS! I was an antag but I see that was a disruptive Murderboning. However, it was a special occasion and not something likely to ever happen again, at least not until next Christmas, and even then, who knows if somebody will get a pit? Even if they do, I won’t be throwing anybody in.
That ban gave me plenty of time to reflect on my actions and miss the game and the characters in it.
Also, if I had been bwoinked at any time during Holemas, and told to stop, I would have. And while dead during that round, I waited and waited for a bwoink that never came. Only days later did I get banned.
If I had been bwoinked at any time leading up to this appeal ban and was told, “You’re acting up. You need to settle down.” I would have.
When a mod told me, “If you blow up sec with IEDs one more time, we’ll appeal ban ya.” I never did it again.
I’ve tried to remain conscious of my actions, and that level of self-awareness within the context of the game has increased over time.
There have been many times, prior to and post-ban, that I’ve done less than I wanted to, even less than what was reasonably called for in the moment for Kobe’s character, because I kept the rules in mind, and didn’t want to get slammed with another two-weeks, or worse.
I’ve made an effort that I think is apparent.