Gamemode [CS:S ALL/CS:GO ZM]
Ingame name Holydonut
SteamID STEAM_0:1:7792640
Ban/Gag reason Provocative behaviour
Desired outcome Lift my punishment
Statement of grounds
Dear Community,
I was gagged for two entire weeks for what was clearly understood by everyone as a joke.
Check:
First, I'll apologise if I offended anyone. I'd like to make clear that is something players usually write, in a jokingly fashion, when we 'rock the vote' and the map 4way is listed. It's a simple joke that, as you can see from chatlogs, people thought it was funny and went along with it.
One of the admins, however, didn't think the same. And decided to gag me for 30mins, as it can been seen here:
That was until I noticed my gag has been inexplicably extended for a whole two weeks, can be seen here:
Please consider the reasons why this is unfair and that justify that my punishment be lifted or at least reduced:
1. It was a joke and understood as a joke by the players, as per the chatlogs show. Other players went along with it because they understood the lack of malice in my words.
2. Despite that, let's imagine it was not understood a joke. It is still easy to understand that a two week long gag is disproportional and too long. Even if my words were not understood as a joke, which frankly it's easily contradicted by the other players' reactions. We have seen players throwing insults and real provocations get a mere day long gag for example.
3. It's unfair to gag a player for 30 mins only to have it extended it, without any given explanation for such extension, shortly after. Proof can be seen here: vs , as was shown above.
4. As briefly mentioned before, this punishment doesn't seem to be proportional to what other players have received for worse offences. This is irrefutable and indisputable. Even I, like many other players, have reported others for their behaviour and witnessed first hand softer punishments for worse behaviour than mine. Taking a look at these particular cases that I reported earlier this year: https://forum.elite-hunterz.com/thr...port-a-player-notorious-b-i-g-7sen-7n_.12884/ and https://forum.elite-hunterz.com/threads/cs-s-all-cs-go-zm-report-a-player-sick-my-duckkk.12928/. Was my practical joke worse than these attacks, behaviours and levels of player harassment, and therefore deserved a harsher punishment?
Shouldn't a player's degree of harassment, or language use, matter more than their previous offences?
Are we really comparing 'I will c*m on your mum' (https://forum.elite-hunterz.com/threads/cs-s-all-cs-go-zm-report-a-player-notorious-b-i-g.12774/), which resulted in a mere 12 hour gag, to my practical joke? Was my joke more severe than what this player for example said?
If this is an issue of apologising, I have addressed that already. It's a practical joke and the punishment really isn't proportional to the actions.
I trust Admins and other players can see the lack of evidence to support such ban on communications.
Thank you,
Holydonut
Ingame name Holydonut
SteamID STEAM_0:1:7792640
Ban/Gag reason Provocative behaviour
Desired outcome Lift my punishment
Statement of grounds
Dear Community,
I was gagged for two entire weeks for what was clearly understood by everyone as a joke.
Check:
First, I'll apologise if I offended anyone. I'd like to make clear that is something players usually write, in a jokingly fashion, when we 'rock the vote' and the map 4way is listed. It's a simple joke that, as you can see from chatlogs, people thought it was funny and went along with it.
One of the admins, however, didn't think the same. And decided to gag me for 30mins, as it can been seen here:
That was until I noticed my gag has been inexplicably extended for a whole two weeks, can be seen here:
Please consider the reasons why this is unfair and that justify that my punishment be lifted or at least reduced:
1. It was a joke and understood as a joke by the players, as per the chatlogs show. Other players went along with it because they understood the lack of malice in my words.
2. Despite that, let's imagine it was not understood a joke. It is still easy to understand that a two week long gag is disproportional and too long. Even if my words were not understood as a joke, which frankly it's easily contradicted by the other players' reactions. We have seen players throwing insults and real provocations get a mere day long gag for example.
3. It's unfair to gag a player for 30 mins only to have it extended it, without any given explanation for such extension, shortly after. Proof can be seen here: vs , as was shown above.
4. As briefly mentioned before, this punishment doesn't seem to be proportional to what other players have received for worse offences. This is irrefutable and indisputable. Even I, like many other players, have reported others for their behaviour and witnessed first hand softer punishments for worse behaviour than mine. Taking a look at these particular cases that I reported earlier this year: https://forum.elite-hunterz.com/thr...port-a-player-notorious-b-i-g-7sen-7n_.12884/ and https://forum.elite-hunterz.com/threads/cs-s-all-cs-go-zm-report-a-player-sick-my-duckkk.12928/. Was my practical joke worse than these attacks, behaviours and levels of player harassment, and therefore deserved a harsher punishment?
Shouldn't a player's degree of harassment, or language use, matter more than their previous offences?
Are we really comparing 'I will c*m on your mum' (https://forum.elite-hunterz.com/threads/cs-s-all-cs-go-zm-report-a-player-notorious-b-i-g.12774/), which resulted in a mere 12 hour gag, to my practical joke? Was my joke more severe than what this player for example said?
If this is an issue of apologising, I have addressed that already. It's a practical joke and the punishment really isn't proportional to the actions.
I trust Admins and other players can see the lack of evidence to support such ban on communications.
Thank you,
Holydonut