[NecromancerAnne] gameaddict07 - Colossus Hitting Shuttle on Ice Box
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:51 am
Ban Details
BYOND account: gameaddict07
Character name: Mines-And-Crafts
Ban type: Server
Ban length: 3 days
Ban reason: In round 223419, an Ice Box round, activated a mining vent that contained a colossus right next to the escape shuttle. While initially, I gave it the benefit of the doubt that maybe it was a mistake; re-examining the logs and your say logs, you also screamed out 'Nukies'. This speaks to me that you actually did this rather deliberately, and means you were also being dishonest about your actions. With your hours, I'm even less impressed. Don't do this again. Since you left, feel free to appeal on the forums so we can discuss this further - viewforum.php?f=7
Time ban was placed: 2024-02-08 22:39:02
Server you were playing on when banned: Manuel
Round ID in which ban was placed: 223419
Reasons for Appealing
Is the reason/note factually accurate and fair?: No
If no, please provide more details: The reason given is only partially accurate. The ending suggests this is something I did on purpose to grief. My intention was merely to fight for the sake of fighting. The round was ending after the SM blew and the Captain killed himself, so I went out into the wastes to look for vents (and to blow up the copious amounts of gibtonite for fun). This is the approximate route I travelled:
I did not see the right side of the station from this distance. The only sense of distance I had from the station was that I saw the bomb test site to my left, which I understood to be reasonably far from the station, and the edge of the map was visible if I moved several tiles to the right. The vent was located at 236,143. I activated the vent before the shuttle landed, so this is an accurate view of my surroundings:
Something potentially important to note here is that the station had a trait that made the snowstorm outside last forever - something I wasn't aware of. I assumed it would eventually die down, but it did not, so everything was already very hard to see.
After the Colossus spawned, I started kiting it to the right, specifically to get it even further away from the station just in case it wasn't already far enough. I brought it all the way to the very edge of the map, at which point I could not go any further and had to turn back. This can be seen from the logs of it speaking every time it attacked:
As you can see, I was wrong about being far enough away from the shuttle, even though I was literally up against the border of the map. But while I was mistaken, I was not malicious. I took precautions on making sure it was as far from the station as I could get it. I then received an Admin PM. This is the entirety of the ticket:
As soon as I got the Admin PM, I ran off from the Colossus so that it would stop firing bolts. I was unaware it was hitting the shuttle. The round ended shortly after this exchange, and I left for a bit to do something IRL. I came back a bit later, tried to reconnect, and was met with my ban message.
This was originally going to be a note, which I believe is fair. I made a mistake that lead to a dangerous situation, and was lucky it didn't kill anyone. However, after I had left, the Admin seems to have changed their mind based on the fact that I said "OH FUCK NUKIES" mid-fight. There's a very clear explanation for this. The shuttle for this round was the Humpback shuttle (one I'd never even heard about before):
Looking at that shuttle should make it clear how, in the middle of a heavy snow storm, while fighting against megafauna, seeing a fraction of it for a couple seconds at most, someone could confuse it for a nukie shuttle.
Do you disagree with the admin's interpretation of rules or policy?: No
If no, please provide more details: If I intentionally caused the Colossus to attack the shuttle, then I absolutely would have deserved this ban. However, that is not what happened.
Do you feel the ban length or decision to note was unjustifiably harsh?: Yes
If yes, please provide more details: A three day ban for what was initially going to be a reasonably deserved note based off of a single line of text taken out of context while I was gone for 30 minutes is pretty extreme, in my opinion.
BYOND account: gameaddict07
Character name: Mines-And-Crafts
Ban type: Server
Ban length: 3 days
Ban reason: In round 223419, an Ice Box round, activated a mining vent that contained a colossus right next to the escape shuttle. While initially, I gave it the benefit of the doubt that maybe it was a mistake; re-examining the logs and your say logs, you also screamed out 'Nukies'. This speaks to me that you actually did this rather deliberately, and means you were also being dishonest about your actions. With your hours, I'm even less impressed. Don't do this again. Since you left, feel free to appeal on the forums so we can discuss this further - viewforum.php?f=7
Time ban was placed: 2024-02-08 22:39:02
Server you were playing on when banned: Manuel
Round ID in which ban was placed: 223419
Reasons for Appealing
Is the reason/note factually accurate and fair?: No
If no, please provide more details: The reason given is only partially accurate. The ending suggests this is something I did on purpose to grief. My intention was merely to fight for the sake of fighting. The round was ending after the SM blew and the Captain killed himself, so I went out into the wastes to look for vents (and to blow up the copious amounts of gibtonite for fun). This is the approximate route I travelled:
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
After the Colossus spawned, I started kiting it to the right, specifically to get it even further away from the station just in case it wasn't already far enough. I brought it all the way to the very edge of the map, at which point I could not go any further and had to turn back. This can be seen from the logs of it speaking every time it attacked:
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
This was originally going to be a note, which I believe is fair. I made a mistake that lead to a dangerous situation, and was lucky it didn't kill anyone. However, after I had left, the Admin seems to have changed their mind based on the fact that I said "OH FUCK NUKIES" mid-fight. There's a very clear explanation for this. The shuttle for this round was the Humpback shuttle (one I'd never even heard about before):
Spoiler:
Do you disagree with the admin's interpretation of rules or policy?: No
If no, please provide more details: If I intentionally caused the Colossus to attack the shuttle, then I absolutely would have deserved this ban. However, that is not what happened.
Do you feel the ban length or decision to note was unjustifiably harsh?: Yes
If yes, please provide more details: A three day ban for what was initially going to be a reasonably deserved note based off of a single line of text taken out of context while I was gone for 30 minutes is pretty extreme, in my opinion.