Hello.
No surprise, some might say, yes here I am again.
As a player with quite a ban record, I understand that there are higher expectations on me to behave. Yes, you can only get so many chances. I've had quite a few. Times have changed, as have I and you can no longer use year old ban records for justifying a ban.
That is precisely what happened to me.
I got judged for my ban record, in addition to an admin assuming things about my personality and using it as justification in their decision. This admin was Uther and before I had a talk with him, he believed I had anger management issues which is why he never even bothered to get my side of the story. Not only is this very irresponsible, but also completely unfair.
I sorted this out with Uther and we talked a bit on Steam, and he got a better understanding of who I am as a person.
I think it's very important to know the people you're playing with when you're an admin, so that you don't make assumptions about other people without truly knowing who they are. Especially if you tend to use these judgments when deciding how to deal with an offender.
The result of my conversation with Uther enabled him to understand that I am actually a reasonable guy and that I don't try to disrupt the server or players but that I perhaps fool around a bit.
I find the rules to be important, but I feel that you shouldn't be a fucking fascist when admining the server. If a clanmate hits his other clanmate, you don't have to interfere etc. etc.
Last week I was banned late at night with less than 20 people playing, and I do not agree with this ban at all. I think it was completely unfair and I will present my arguments as to why.
Take a look at the screenshot, and you will see that I teamhit Xesta a total of three times. He claims I hit him an extra three times if you take a look at the other screen.
What happened was, I was a bit inebriated having had a few beers and I got home and felt like playing a bit of good ole' SeaArrPeeGee. I got on, and after drunkedly deciding to respec my alt STF character to an 18/27 build with low armour and +3 katana, I got into a mishap with the gregarious fellow Xesta, who is oh-so enjoyable to have around and is not petty at all.
I had accidentally hit Xesta with my masterful drunken style masterwork katana flurry while we were ganking some poor guy, and he responds in a fit of rage unseen at this unholy hour and hits me with all his baby rage fury in the back.
In good humour and hardly phased, I thought to myself "Ah, bitch. You want to dance?" and hit him once while he desperately tried, ultimately failed to block my godly drunken abilities - then landing the
second intentionalas he was trying to retaliate, ending the whole spectacle with a GODLY headshot from an enemy archer.
* Bjord tips his hat
Now, imagine if you are so reactive as to hit back from an accidental teamhit, HOW fuming you would be if you lost a bitch fight and even got headshotted by an enemy archer, your sworn foe laughing as your feces are no longer held in place by your rectal muscles and you shit yourself into the afterlife.
Who is it then that suffers anger management problems? Just a few minutes playing with Xesta and you will understand that he is a very angry fellow and this angry fellow didn't want to accept the fact that he got classed in a bitch fight, so he went and done made the thread.
Ban mongering is the last thing you want to promote if you want a thriving community, and is something you should actively work against. That is why it's so important to put emphasis on enjoyment and allow people the privilege of fooling around, and not banning for every little rule break.
That's basically the whole story, and then I had to deal with a very rude admin called Rico who just gave me nonchalante, rude and sarcastic remarks whenever I provided fair points as to why this ban was not handled well until I finally got to speak with someone reasonable. So thank you, Uther, and I will be extra careful in the future who I am fooling around with, rest assured.
So guys, in short... If you are an admin, Please stop being a fascist and try to enjoy the game - The difference between fooling around and disruption is huge.
Don't be a robot and learn to see that difference, know when to step in and do your job.
As in this case, if you're going to ban one guy for breaking a rule then don't miss the guy who started the intentional hitting in the first place.
Thank you, and remember to enjoy yourself. It's only a game.
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