Character name: Doktur Explosion
Ban type: 7 day server ban, permanent role ban from the entire medical department, namely chemist
Ban reason: "You have absolutely no control when it comes to explosives, and you have had too many instances of self-antagging with explosive chems in a short period of time."
Time ban was placed: 2021-11-8 6:20:55
Server you were playing on when banned: Sybil
Round ID in which ban was placed: 172697
Your side of the story: I disagree with everything stated in the ban reason, and I believe the ruling to be far too extreme. It's difficult to pin point the circumstances for which I was banned, for reasons I'll go into shortly, but I suspect it may be due to a run-in with the lavaland syndicate base. MrAlphonzo, the ruling admin, did not disclose the specifics regarding my ban, so I'm really just speculating here. Doing a bit of research, I found this post by sinfulbliss in the "tgstation-general" text channel in the tgstation official discord (exhibit 1, featured at the bottom of this page), describing an account of possible "self-antagging", for which I was the perpetrator. I believe this instance to be the catalyst for my role-restriction, but I may be wrong. In the round preceding my ban (round ID: 172695), I entered the syndicate base and got shot at by a syndicate agent, to which I retaliated by throwing bombs, which would maim and eventually kill him (exhibit 2). Unfortunately, sinfulbliss had this same idea, and in my infiltration, I had mistaken sinfulbliss for another syndicate agent (exhibit 3). I then threw a primed chemical grenade at sinfulbliss, killing him shortly after (exhibit 4). As I had run away from the explosion, I was not sure if the supposed syndicate agent was dead, so I threw one last chemical grenade off screen for safe measure. This grenade had unintentionally triggered the syndicate self-destruction device, destroying the lavaland base and killing everyone on board (exhibit 5 and 6).
Why you think you should be unbanned: I don't think this situation unfolded due to my lack of "control when it comes to explosives" or my tendency towards "self-antagging", as much as it was due to the nature of ss13 and the imperfect information players are working with. Given the circumstances, I believe my actions are quite reasonable, considering I was being shot at, and that sinfulbliss was holding syndicate gear. As for the destruction of the syndicate base, I believe it was unforeseeable and that the stray bomb that created the chain reaction was thrown in good faith. What has occurred has absolutely nothing to do with my player conduct, and let alone my chemistry conduct, and I'm confident that my play was well within the bounds of normal. The station blowing up is too far removed from my reasonable actions as chemist to be considered banworthy.
As for the implication that my behavior is problematic due to the repeat nature of my offenses, I would have to disagree. In my 125 hours of chemist, I had accumulated 2 explosion-relevant notes, both of which were quite distinct from each other. I won't go into too much detail about them here, but I think it is worth mentioning that in the 85 hours of play since the last note, I had never repeated either offense. I'd argue that it is unreasonable to suggest that I've had "too many instances of self-antagging", when my note history is this lackluster. I simply believe it is far too excessive to jump from a scarce amount of admin remarks and never being banned for in-game behavior to a permanent department-wide ban.
On top of this, MrAlphonzo did not notify me of why I was being banned or give me a chance to talk candidly about what he suspected I had done. There was no bwoink, and there was no explanation. This is unfair to me as a player, and I believe that the severity of the ban is a result of MrAlphonzo not going through the proper channels of investigation. I'm confident that if he did, he'd come to the same conclusion I've come to. To wrap this up, the accusations in the ban reason are verifiably untrue, and everything that went wrong in the round mentioned above is simply a product of unfortunate circumstance. I should not be held accountable for either the misunderstanding that got sinfulbliss killed, or the subsequent explosion that destroyed the station and killed one fellow crewmember, Ser Lout. I would also argue that it is unfair to base the ruling on the basis of my past history, due to how unsubstantiated the claim is. The evidence I have presented seems to overwhelmingly suggest that this ban should be reduced or overturned, and I believe that thoughtful reconsideration will lead to the same conclusion.
exhibit 1:
https://imgur.com/a/jbREwlk
exhibit 2:
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(5:48:45) toastgoats/(Donald Newton) has fired at [floor] with 9mm bullet from Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway
(5:48:46) toastgoats/(Donald Newton) has shot WeenMachine4003/(Doktur Explosion) with 9mm bullet (NEWHP: 100)
(5:48:46) toastgoats/(Donald Newton) has fired at [firelock] with 9mm bullet from Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway
(5:48:48) toastgoats/(Donald Newton) has fired at [floor] with 9mm bullet from Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway
(5:48:48) WeenMachine4003/(Doktur Explosion) has thrown the chemical grenade (Doktur Explosion Special v2.0)
(5:48:48) toastgoats/(Donald Newton) has shot WeenMachine4003/(Doktur Explosion) with 9mm bullet (NEWHP: 79)
[2021-11-08 05:48:58.655] WHISPER: toastgoats/(Donald Newton) "Shid" (Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway (147,75,5))
[2021-11-08 05:48:58.658] EMOTE: toastgoats/(Donald Newton) seizes up and falls limp, his eyes dead and lifeless... (Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway (147,75,5))
exhibit 3: I did not see Axle Brady kill the syndicate operative with his e-sword, but I believe this should prove that he had syndicate weaponry and that it wasn't too unreasonable to mistake Axle Brady for a syndicate operative given the circumstances.
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(5:49:05) SinfulBliss/(Axle Brady) has attacked *no key*/(Leroy Griffiths) with energy sword (COMBAT MODE: 0) (DAMTYPE: BRUTE) (NEWHP: -193.7)
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(5:49:50) WeenMachine4003/(Doktur Explosion) has thrown the chemical grenade (Doktur Explosion Special v2.0)
(5:49:50) WeenMachine4003/(Doktur Explosion) has threw and hit SinfulBliss/(Axle Brady) with the chemical grenade (Doktur Explosion Special v2.0) (NEWHP: 60)
(5:49:51) SinfulBliss/(Axle Brady) has died (BRUTE: 148.8, BURN: 88.7, TOX: 0, OXY: 0, CLONE: 0)
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[2021-11-08 05:49:49.610] GAME: WeenMachine4003/(Doktur Explosion) primed a chemical grenade (Doktur Explosion Special v2.0) at Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway (135,73,5) containing: (Teslium bottle 1 : Teslium, 6); (RDX bottle 2 : RDX, 6);. (Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway (135,73,5))
[2021-11-08 05:49:50.846] GAME: Explosion with size (1, 2, 4, 0) in (Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway (136,74,5)).
[2021-11-08 05:49:50.895] GAME: Explosion with size (5, 10, 20, 20) in (Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway (134,76,5)). Possible cause: the large bomb payload.
[2021-11-08 05:49:53.464] EMOTE: Aoeeee/(Ser Lout) seizes up and falls limp, her eyes dead and lifeless... (Syndicate Lavaland Dormitories (138,72,5))
[2021-11-08 05:50:22.343] EMOTE: WeenMachine4003/(Doktur Explosion) seizes up and falls limp, his eyes dead and lifeless... (Syndicate Lavaland Primary Hallway (142,79,5))
https://imgur.com/a/b6MypM6