Character name: Bobman Bobberton Jr.
Ban type: Server.
Ban length: ONE WHOLE DAY.
Ban reason: As a security officer tabled a mime for writing on paper instead of emoting, also said, "Suck my fucking big Security cock." A higher level of role play is expected here, that does not include acting like an asshole security officer who does these kinds of things.
Time ban was placed: 2020-01-24 01:40:24.
Server you were playing on when banned: Manuel.
Round ID in which ban was placed: 128806.
Your side of the story:
I had no intention to appeal this in the first place. But since an Admin told me to, I might as well. For the sake of saving everyone some time I bothered to save the logs from the round. Take into account that since BYOND is beyond shit, it also saved the logs from the round prior to that one and cut out the end of the one the appeal is about. The first round is just a run of the mill Wiz round. Fortunately, though, the end bit of the last round isn't important since it's just me making my case to the Bwoinkman that banned me moments later. If need be, I'm sure you can read those logs with the Round ID. Without further ado:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/hw3 ... 23002.html
The round starts about when I say 'A GIRL SECURITY?', if you CTRL + F it.
To preface with some context; I main Bobman as Security Officer most of the time. Only recently have I started to play tg properly, around the time Manuel was made, and typically played Bagil. Few years ago or so I played on and off since I was largely used to Baycode. When I figured out that there was now a server with tgcode and roleplay, I was hype as fuck about it since I'm a bit of an RPfag.
I've mained Security across the servers I've played for years now because crayon eating is in my blood. That doesn't mean, however, that I play a bad Officer. Being familiar enough with how Security works means that I specifically go out of my way to try and be kind to antags and the crew alike. Whether it's always attempting to talk to a suspect before making any sort of arrest or doing my best effort to set someone who is actually innocent free, I really do try to make things as interesting as I can for everyone.
That also does not mean that I play Officer Fedora McNiceguy. Bobman specifically is meant to be an asshole character and I have other characters that are complete polar opposites in terms of politeness. Not in the way that he goes out of his way to be corrupt, or that he harmbatons the ever living shit out of every traitor he comes across. But in the way that he has a sailormouth and is just rude in general. The kindness principle still applies, and it's shown in both the rounds that show up in the logs. He speaks like a cunt and acts like a cunt, but he doesn't doesn't do his job like a cunt. It's roleplay. I was bwoinked by the same Admin that banned me right before they brought up the tabling and 'cock' thing about the investigation I was doing on the traitor Mime. He checks twice to see if I'm doing a shit investigation - which I'm not, and he says so himself - and clears me of any illdoings about improperly arresting the Mime. The logs show it well enough.
Onto the round and ban specifics though:
The first of the two offenses I was banned for was tabling a mime because they wrote on paper instead of emoting what they needed to say.
Spoiler:
It was just a really dumb joke, and one that I roleplayed through. As soon as the Mime came up to me and placed some paper on the table next to us, I knew they were about to write instead of actually doing mime things, so I warned I would table them if they didn't. You know. Emote. Like they were already doing. It's really not that hard to emote 'lawyer = criminal'. I have a Mime character that has emoted their way out of an entire trial in Manuel already.
They wrote down what they didn't mime out, and as I warned them I would, I grabbed them and tabled them. It did a little damage and I said 'DAB', then casually walked off and started investigating the claim that the Lawyer was a traitor. Lo and behold, the Lawyer ran the fuck away from Security and sprinted into Maints instead of allowing themselves for a little questioning regarding the claim. That instantly branded him as a suspect and we started talking to him over Security comms.
That's where the second offense comes in. The ban reason makes it a little bit misleading. I didn't table the Mime and told them to suck my cock. I tabled the Mime for writing instead of miming, then walked off. The 'Suck my fucking big Security cock' was in response to the Lawyer, Percy Simple, threatening me over Security comms that they would let Central know about this whole 'we're arresting you for running when we're trying to question you' ordeal that they would have me demoted and fired. The logs for that are these:
Spoiler:
Those are two offenses I was banned for.
BUT SLUM LORD/INQUISITORJOHN/CRAYON EATING RETARD, WHY ARE YOU APPEALING A ONE DAY BAN???
Because there's something that really bothers me here. What 'higher standards of roleplaying' actually means. I have never ever gotten a solid response from an Admin as to what that means. The best I've gotten is a Trial Admin on the /tg/ discord saying that they just ripped off Goon's rules and are loosely enforcing them as they see fit, then told me to get fucked because 'We don't want an Officer who violently beats people' and appeal. Hence why I'm appealing. I can provide screenshots if necessary, but for now it's irrelevant to the topic. Every conversation with an Admin over the topic I've had in Manuel ends up in them saying 'We want higher standards of roleplaying' or 'This is an MRP server'. What even is an MRP server to the people that bwoink me? As far as I know, MRP consists of players having characters that have at least some sense of a story/background/personality to them and act accordingly to that story/background/personality. That doesn't excuse rulebreaking, of course, but there's no rules broken here. I didn't end someone's round, I didn't shittalk someone in OOC. I'm just roleplaying.
Spoiler:
Needless to say, Coconut didn't care to discuss it with me at all. The whole thing ended in a ban despite me trying to make my case to him. The logs end just before I post a full paragraph summarizing what I've said here. But, I can't really say much on that without the rest of the logs to back it up.
Why you think you should be unbanned:
I'm just trying my best to get some roleplay going and do some proper Security work. Sure, the logs of a round where a Wiz was doing a number on the station and of a round where the Lawyer was so pissed at being sold out by the traitor Mime that he ragequit in the Interrogation room don't show it too well, but I've had amazing rounds with some players that honestly class as good memories. I always try my best to make sure I'm doing the job right and if I get into a banter match with somebody, that it's memorable at least. I don't think I have a verifiable way of proving that I try my best with Security aside from my word and the logs showing me trying to talk with suspects before attempting an arrest. That's about it.
References of good conduct:
Somewhere in between 4-6 years of maining Security like the true crayon eater I am. I have no idea how to actually prove this, though. I also write full-length emotes like a true RPfag when I can get roleplay going.
