I received a 5 day ban on account of three infractions, this is my defense on the matter, as the previous thread was closed only two hours after a moderator asked me to justify my actions, during which time I was away from home.
The first, I was sitting on the roof, when a teammate came up to me and started punching me, I started punching back, we were having a fun time, fist fighting each other. If you find her in-game, she will vouch that the tk was a mutual & harmless event (this is the only action for which I can understand being banned for, but a five day ban for boxing a friend is ridiculous).
The second, I tked a friend that I was stuck with outside the boundaries of the map. We got propelled there by a dead ladder, and managed to survive the fall. However, we got stuck inside a small hole (one you can fall into, but cannot climb out of). We spent the rest of the round trying to get out, to no avail. The time came around when we were the last two alive, so we decided to set one another free. Due to me being a strength build, I killed him first, and immediately went to spectator after. Again, if you find him in-game and ask him about the incident, I am positive he will vouch for me.
The third, leeching. There is only one case of me "leeching", and that was when I became stuck with my friend.
Do these actions warrant a five day ban? Maybe a one day ban at most, but even that would be a harsh penalty, as no one was griefed by these actions (one can even go so far as to say that unintentional teamkills grief people more than these two kills). The fact of the matter is, both tks were of mutual consent. Such tks occur on the server on a daily basis between clan-mates (clan-mates killing each other from fist fights, and at end of rounds (my first and second incident, respectively)), but no bans are ever given out for such actions (maybe a warning, or perhaps a kick at most).
Special shout out & my thanks to Bear, who tried to fight against the oppressive fascism by which an immature moderator rules. A moderator who has attempted to grief and harass me many times, both in-game and the forums, especially before he was given the power of moderation. Now, that moderator just gives me unjust overly lengthy bans instead.
Unban Balton, 2011. Remove the moderator rights from Sequel as well, for he clearly only banned out of a personal vendetta. As previously stated, clan-mates & friends killing each other at the end of rounds is often seen, yet Sequel never bans people when this happens in his presence, especially not for five days (biased moderation to the extreme).
