Username: Riles320
Ban reason: Lizard 72666. Broke into RD's office and stole high target items (hardsuit, door remote, teleporter) while not an antagonist. Third offense.
Length of ban: 7 days
Ban Issue:
I did what I was banned for, but the ban is unreasonably harsh
Vote Opt-Out: true
Events leading to the ban
Late into a round as a scientist, zombies started showing up and evac was called, I grabbed the other scientist that was still alive and drilled into rd’s office since there had been no RD that round so we could get the two hardsuits inside and move around the outside of the station to evac. We got in and took the two hardsuits and the intellicard to get the ai. Once we started moving to the outside the evac was recalled as the captain thought the situation was handled and so we returned to science. I went to put the card back and figured if the round was to continue as normal and since science was opened up from explosions earlier and our drilling into the office I shouldnt leave the rest of the rd stuff on the ground where the locker was in case we got a late RD join so i gathered the rest of the RD items to hold on to. Shortly after that I was messaged about stealing the RD items and I explained the situation above. I had explained it was not my intention to steal anything and that I will put it back on the ground if they liked and I was told becuase I’ve had other warnings for things I would be banned for a week which definitely suprised me. If you watch the replay I am communicating these intentions pretty clearly with the other scientist and in no way am I being sneaky or showing signs of trying to steal things.
Reason the ban should be removed
It seemed to me that everything I did was above board, it never crossed my mind that what I was doing could be antag behavior and I never used any of the stuff I had grabbed. I understand the situation is a bit different but clearly there is a distinction because all the time people grab important things to keep them safe like when heads go down and people grab their bags and such to keep the items safe until they are revived, in my eyes this is exactly what I was doing weather they believed it or not. I could see it being stealing if I hadnt handed off the items to RD or whatever command came in after I grabbed them but thats not what happened and I was banned immediately. I’m very aware of past warnings and dont mean to downplay them but I really recommend watching the replay (Lizard 72666) as it should be pretty obvious I wasnt antaging. I dont know how long the banning admin was watching me but I do feel like they got the wrong idea and were too quick and harsh with their decision