Denied MattIsAPerson - Ban Appeal

Additional In Game Names: None that I play on.

When you were banned: 3/6/2016
~6:07 P.M. (according to http://prntscr.com/acisok)

Reason for ban: ctf abuse

Ban Length: 7 days

Staff member who issued ban: @junelawnchaired

What have you learned and why should we trust you to do better? http://www.meepcraft.com/pages/rules/#hc

I'm still kind of confused with what I did wrong, and "CTF abuse" doesn't really help me.

I WILL EDIT THIS ONCE IT IS POSTED

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: Okabig, Alexxxxxx, Landonator, krazzybc (something), and more, and I have done the CTF thing where 3 peopel join a team and a fourth player joins another. When the round begins the fourth person goes to spawn and all 3 players auto win. @Okabig can confirm that staff told him it was legal, but will become illegal. (http://prntscr.com/aciovb)

-- I don't think I was banned for this, but no point in lying about doing something legal

The second thing is: To make people leave the server Okabig, Alexxxxxx, and I went on two different teams, Oka and I on blue, and Alexxxxxx on red. He let us claim the flag and then he reclaimed it so we would win. I didn't see how this would be illegal if instantly winning 10k every ~45 seconds is legal (afaik). No where in the rules does it say that CTF abuse is bannable, but only one hologram at CTF spawn that doesn't really explain what "CTF abuse" is. ( The hologram may be for afking, I don't remember.)

When June tpaed to me and told me that he was watching us and that it's illegal, I asked him why he didn't stop us from doing it. All he said was "I'm telling you now lol" (http://prntscr.com/acio9g) and something about @Klitcher. It doesn't say one thing about CTF/CTF "abuse". June told me that it allows a team to choose who gets to win, which is why I could've been banned for either of these things. I admitted that I did it because neither @Okabig @Alexxxxxx or I knew that this was breaking the rules. The second process took around 10 minutes to do, so it doesn't really affect who the winner was, as there was 10 other people in the game. I was willing to give back all 50k I made that day. (30k from the first method, 20k from the second) but instead, June said there was "no way of determining how many times you won".

The first method I made around 600k from, it is legal, so there's no point in lying.
Second method: a whole 20k, we only did it to make the randoms rage quit so we could restart doing the first method.


- Me admitting I did it, I had no idea that it was illegal: http://prntscr.com/acipj2



I don't care if it's cropped, you either believe me or you don't. But seriously, if you think I would photoshop/something this than I can take full screen pictures, just start a convo with me @ staff members.


Please add this for rules, or stop banning for things that aren't in the rules.

If robbing a bank was legal, and you did it, you wouldn't be arrested. If a cop saw someone about to break a law, they wouldn't stand there recording it, would they? They stop "rules" from being broken, they don't allow them to be broken.

-- [ This appeal is not meant to be hostile, it's just the truth. If you don't like it, then don't reply. I was banned for a whole week because a staff allowed a rule (that ISN'T in the rules) to be broken, which means I have been banned unfairly. ] --

 

Any rule that is close to "CTF abuse" (open) Any rule that is close to "CTF abuse" (close)

2. Scamming/Deception for gain

• Scamming
  • Any attempt to deceive another player for gain (usually monetary, or for items) with promise of a service, or money and failing to follow through with the deal made.
  • Failing to pay on a lost bet constitutes as scamming
  • Any attempt to deceive a player through chest-shops, including the use of hidden chest-shop signs (usually backwards). The use of hexidecimal valuesis also prohibited. Also included is the use of decimals in attempt to disguise the price, this will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
  • Rank scamming is strictly forbidden, and if caught will result in a Permanent Ban
• Luring
  • Sending a player a /tpa, or accepting their tpa to you, then killing them is prohibited
  • Using a false pretense in order to get a player to a spot in order to kill him
  • Using any kind of deception in order to kill a player
• Using any kind of deception in order to hurt a player or gain from a player is prohibited
• Gaining access to an account using deception is prohibited

MeepCraft does not tolerate selling or buying anything related to MeepCraft in exchange for real currency or real items. If scammed, MeepCraft or it’s staff hold no liability and is not required to give a refund. The only exception to this rule is with MeepCraft purchasable such as ranks, fireworks, heads, etc. Also note: backing out of auctions is not considered scamming, but feel free to disallow that person from future auctions.

4. Hacking/Cheating

The use of any hack, modification, glitch, or texture pack to give yourself an unfair advantage falls under this category. Suspicion of use of a hacked client is sufficient enough to ban. The things that violate this rule are, but not limited to:

• A modified Minecraft client
• Any Full-Bright modification
• Any X-Ray related mod/texture pack/glitch
• Any form of speed hacks
• Any form of PVP hacks
• Any form of duplication, or “duping”
• Any form of parkour hacks
• Using any glitch that gives you an unfair advantage, or being warped somewhere that requires you to use a glitch
• Altering the Gamma of your client to simulate the effects of a full-bright modification (Donors with a full-bright perk are an exception to this rule)
• Macros, autoclickers, or devices set up to simulate either autoclicker or macro
• Scripts, or bots, or other externally semi-automated or automated functioning

Mods that are allowed on the server:

• Optifine
• MCcapes
• PotionstatusHUD (Or any potion status mod that doesn't also have features listed above)
• ArmorstatusHUD (Or any armor status mod that doesn't also have features listed above)
• TabbyChat
• Minimaps that do not show the location of other players, chests, or entities (if it's togglable, it's still not allowed)
• Coordinate display mods (So long as it doesn't have features listed above)

If you are unsure about a certain modification, ask a staff member before proceeding. Investigating acceptable mods is an ongoing process. Disclosing any information to another player about how to hack/cheat is also considered illegal as well as speaking about hacking/duping casually as if it’s acceptable.


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MeepCraft Staff reserves the right to use good judgement for punishments and ban lengths, along with combined infractions. Lying to a staff member will also result in a harsher punishment.

This rules list cannot possibly hope to cover all instances of behavior that is detrimental to the servers or community, thus the MeepCraft Staff reserves the right to warn, kick, or ban players deemed to be detrimental as well as the right to form new rules when needed. Admins also reserve the right to reset player data as needed.

remove that crap ^^

there's nothing about "CTF abuse" anywhere

 

So we have to type out every single scenario? Or can we just assume that people would use common sense and think, Hmm. Is this abusing a method to make fast cash by doing something thats not intended?
Youve been playing on this server long enough to realize whats right and wrong. We dont need to add everything to the rules list. Just use your brain.

Get me on ts and well talk but Im denying this here.