Darkly | Hole Of Air
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| steam name at that time: Darkly | Ass Of Hats
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:85860811
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198131987350
| customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/holeofair
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198131987350
Game: TF2
Server: The awesome Darkly TF2 trade servers
(Slightly Incorrect) Ban Reason : Adverting an buy-in raffle on Darkly | Trade servers without getting an admin's permission
Report link: http://darklygaming.com/forum/threads/spy-crab-with-buy-in-darkly-ass-of-hats.11805/#post-177929
My case: While it is correct that I did advert a buy-in raffle without asking an mod or admin, I need to go over again a few very very important details seen and not seen in the ban report.
1. I did not take any buy-ins while on the server
2. Specifically mentioned it's not going to be on a darkly server.
3. Did not state, show, say, advert or even mention briefly the server in which the crab will take place
4. Did not state, show, say, advert or even mention briefly the server the time in which the crab will take place
5. I only told people to add me if interested, and that details will be discussed later
6. I stopped as soon as instructed by Mod: Darkly | Locate (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198047055690), but after I asked 3 repetitive questions I had regarding the allowance of this advert.
7. I did not call him rude, instead only stated once that "You don't have to be so rude about it" in response to his explanation, which I now see wasn't actually rude, and I would like to apologize to him if possible.
8. I only asked once to see if he could then direct me to a mod or admin to authorize this spycrab.
9.. I did not in fact storm off to a Neon heights trade server, but instead simply went there to continue the advert, because I now understood it was against Darkly rules
My reason of my ban was due to the small inaccuracies within Locate's post. I will address these 1 by 1.
1. Locate said it is unknown if I took any buy-ins. I didn't. Although I do not have screen shots, you may ask one of the people who reported me, Newb. (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198083418912)
2. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report," ...for another server, unknown". To be clear this didn't mean unknown to him. I just didn't say it at all.
3. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report," ...for another server,unknown".To be clear this didn't mean unknown to him. I just didn't say it at all.
4. Not mentioned in the report at all. I don't have proof for this one, but I honestly didn't say it at all.
5. Not mentioned in the report at all. Although I do not have screen shots, you think you can ask one of the people who reported me, Newb. (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198083418912)
6. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report,"the same question over 3 times with the same answer all 3 times."
7. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report,"called me rude for answering the same question over 3 times with the same answer all 3 times." This is the one point where I am actually knowingly guilty, and I realize it was very impolite on my behalf. I'm sorry, and it will not happen again. Ever.
8. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report,"after which he said if i could point in the direction of a moderator or admin who could let him host it, I told him no you have no permission from any of the admins."
9. Locate assumed I stormed off, and there was no way he could have known whether I stormed off or simply left, so I don't blame him. I don't have proof for this one, but I honestly left with no hard feelings.
Now as you can see from the above, this was all a huge misunderstanding, blown way way out of proportion due to a missing point of view (mine) and bits of evidence. The reason for my PERM ban on the report was as follows: "His behavior falls underadvertising and attempts to lure users away from our servers. Had such buy-ins took place then we would have a case. However due to the use of our DARKLY tag, he is permanently banned". Of course, as you all saw from the my case, I did not in fact advert and attempt to lure people away from the amazing darkly tf2 trade servers. I love Darkly servers, and I always tell people about them to keep our vivid community going. The tag on my name expresses my love towards the Darkly community. This can be best seen on my friend's list (http://steamcommunity.com/id/holeofair/friends/), with familiar faces spread far and wide. After all this, hopefully you can see how devastating this Perm ban would be for me. Of course, I would love a complete unban, but due to my solely rude behavior, I expect atleast it to be reduced to a week or 2 temp. ban.
P.S. In the case of the spycrab interference with kandi and tankclash, I talked with Kandi right after, and we were cool with it being a joke. It's been resloved and in fact kandi and I are currently friends
P.S.S. This is my first ban on darkly servers and second ban in general on tf2 (My first was on a random unpopular 1 man server on which I along with 5 or 6 friends kept sentry camping, water medic taunting, etc.)
Also if there are any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments, instead of locking the post. Thank you all for taking your time to read through this as I put in a lot of effort into it and I hope soon we can figure this all out and I can get back to my virtual family. Lastly, for those of you who actually care to know why an old darkly tag regular would violate the rules he should know by heart, it's not because I don't know the rules. Oh, I know them full well, and I try to get an mod on whenever a violation occurs. I'm aware it sounds quite cheesy, but I assumed that since I wasn't taking buy-ins, wasn't saying a server or a time, and wasn't even taking people away from server, the advert was allowed. I now know otherwise and have obviously learned my lesson. Even the last two days away from Darkly have been hell for me, so please please, to whomever reads this,
Please help me get un perm banned!
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:85860811
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198131987350
| customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/holeofair
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198131987350
Game: TF2
Server: The awesome Darkly TF2 trade servers
(Slightly Incorrect) Ban Reason : Adverting an buy-in raffle on Darkly | Trade servers without getting an admin's permission
Report link: http://darklygaming.com/forum/threads/spy-crab-with-buy-in-darkly-ass-of-hats.11805/#post-177929
My case: While it is correct that I did advert a buy-in raffle without asking an mod or admin, I need to go over again a few very very important details seen and not seen in the ban report.
1. I did not take any buy-ins while on the server
2. Specifically mentioned it's not going to be on a darkly server.
3. Did not state, show, say, advert or even mention briefly the server in which the crab will take place
4. Did not state, show, say, advert or even mention briefly the server the time in which the crab will take place
5. I only told people to add me if interested, and that details will be discussed later
6. I stopped as soon as instructed by Mod: Darkly | Locate (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198047055690), but after I asked 3 repetitive questions I had regarding the allowance of this advert.
7. I did not call him rude, instead only stated once that "You don't have to be so rude about it" in response to his explanation, which I now see wasn't actually rude, and I would like to apologize to him if possible.
8. I only asked once to see if he could then direct me to a mod or admin to authorize this spycrab.
9.. I did not in fact storm off to a Neon heights trade server, but instead simply went there to continue the advert, because I now understood it was against Darkly rules
My reason of my ban was due to the small inaccuracies within Locate's post. I will address these 1 by 1.
1. Locate said it is unknown if I took any buy-ins. I didn't. Although I do not have screen shots, you may ask one of the people who reported me, Newb. (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198083418912)
2. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report," ...for another server, unknown". To be clear this didn't mean unknown to him. I just didn't say it at all.
3. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report," ...for another server,unknown".To be clear this didn't mean unknown to him. I just didn't say it at all.
4. Not mentioned in the report at all. I don't have proof for this one, but I honestly didn't say it at all.
5. Not mentioned in the report at all. Although I do not have screen shots, you think you can ask one of the people who reported me, Newb. (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198083418912)
6. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report,"the same question over 3 times with the same answer all 3 times."
7. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report,"called me rude for answering the same question over 3 times with the same answer all 3 times." This is the one point where I am actually knowingly guilty, and I realize it was very impolite on my behalf. I'm sorry, and it will not happen again. Ever.
8. Locate mentioned this in the report. I quote directly from the report,"after which he said if i could point in the direction of a moderator or admin who could let him host it, I told him no you have no permission from any of the admins."
9. Locate assumed I stormed off, and there was no way he could have known whether I stormed off or simply left, so I don't blame him. I don't have proof for this one, but I honestly left with no hard feelings.
Now as you can see from the above, this was all a huge misunderstanding, blown way way out of proportion due to a missing point of view (mine) and bits of evidence. The reason for my PERM ban on the report was as follows: "His behavior falls underadvertising and attempts to lure users away from our servers. Had such buy-ins took place then we would have a case. However due to the use of our DARKLY tag, he is permanently banned". Of course, as you all saw from the my case, I did not in fact advert and attempt to lure people away from the amazing darkly tf2 trade servers. I love Darkly servers, and I always tell people about them to keep our vivid community going. The tag on my name expresses my love towards the Darkly community. This can be best seen on my friend's list (http://steamcommunity.com/id/holeofair/friends/), with familiar faces spread far and wide. After all this, hopefully you can see how devastating this Perm ban would be for me. Of course, I would love a complete unban, but due to my solely rude behavior, I expect atleast it to be reduced to a week or 2 temp. ban.
P.S. In the case of the spycrab interference with kandi and tankclash, I talked with Kandi right after, and we were cool with it being a joke. It's been resloved and in fact kandi and I are currently friends
P.S.S. This is my first ban on darkly servers and second ban in general on tf2 (My first was on a random unpopular 1 man server on which I along with 5 or 6 friends kept sentry camping, water medic taunting, etc.)
Also if there are any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments, instead of locking the post. Thank you all for taking your time to read through this as I put in a lot of effort into it and I hope soon we can figure this all out and I can get back to my virtual family. Lastly, for those of you who actually care to know why an old darkly tag regular would violate the rules he should know by heart, it's not because I don't know the rules. Oh, I know them full well, and I try to get an mod on whenever a violation occurs. I'm aware it sounds quite cheesy, but I assumed that since I wasn't taking buy-ins, wasn't saying a server or a time, and wasn't even taking people away from server, the advert was allowed. I now know otherwise and have obviously learned my lesson. Even the last two days away from Darkly have been hell for me, so please please, to whomever reads this,
Please help me get un perm banned!