Permaban for "Metagaming"

[Pro Streamer Dikran]

Your Steam Name: Pro Streamer Dikran
Your Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:62196932
Your Character Name: Mark Green

Ban Length: Permanent.
Banning Staff Member : @Maher

Ban Reason: Metagaming
Time of Occurrence: 7/8/17
Relevant Evidence: I've waited long enough to make this ban appeal, yet I still don't know what I did wrong. I was in a teamspeak with two good friends of mine; Josh Young, and Asher Young. I had asked my friend Josh Young in teamspeak if he wanted to hop onto some CSGO and he said he couldn't because he was in a sit with Maher and Dennis Hall. Now Dennis Hall is my friend on steam, so I decided to hit him up on steam. I said "please try not to get Josh banned because he's my friend". Then Dennis decided to tell the admin about what I said, his logic was that since I knew about the sit, he claimed that Josh was metagaming. I have done my research and the rules define metagaming as IN-CHARACTER situations. Simply knowing about a sit is not metagaming in any way. Dennis then gave Maher the teamspeak IP and Maher actually takes the time to invade my friends personal teamspeak. But he never heard anything, nor saw anything. He just banned me and my two friends off the fact of being in a teamspeak and knowing about the sit. It was an assumption and it got me and 2 other players (might I add premium players) banned. Not a piece of evidence was shown against our accusations and we received permanent bans for this. Even if, metagaming is not normally a permanent ban. I really wanted to purchase a premium subscription and enjoy the server to it's full potential since I've already clocked so many hours on it. Besides, the initial sit had NOTHING to do with me. Dennis was just frustrated with the other player and Maher just invaded our teamspeak to ban us. I tried explaining the whole crumby situation, but Maher banned me permanently almost instantly. I believe that shows a lack of professionalism, and he could at least talk to me for a minute or two before falsely banning me from a server that I love and support.
Additional members involved/witnessing:

 

[Gregory Lotus]

As far as I remember with this situation, you guys had given horrible excuses for your actions and just did not want to admit to anything. First, I had tailed you all after a raid at the country house (in noclip) where you all happened to mysteriously show up without any communication beforehand. Later, in the sit (either you or a friend) had explained to me that you guys just had the "same idea" when you all happened to show up.

Just as mysteriously, you guys had fled from the cops (I don't remember the situation too well) and that same person who "had the same idea" also explained that it was just a coincidence that he happened to show up at the firehouse top floor conveniently as you guys were about to be arrested. He claimed that he was only coming there to become a firefighter. Your "buddy" (or you, I think) had screwed you guys over, big time by offering those horrible excuses.

Dennis offered me your TeamSpeak server because he was one of the officers that were trying to stop you guys at the firehouse and was pissed that his RP was ruined. I came into your TeamSpeak and you guys were all there, even you and when I had asked you in game, you said stuff like "what do you mean, I'm not in a TeamSpeak with anyone right now" prompting me to unmute and tell you on your TeamSpeak that you're blatantly lying.

The point is: you guys were trying to be smart and it didn't end up well. Your appeal "reason" is you scrapping the bottom of the barrel trying to build up a case when you're in the wrong and trying to accuse me of wrongdoing by "violating your privacy".

Maher actually takes the time to invade my friends personal teamspeak.

You took the time to invade everyone else's RP experience.

But he never heard anything, nor saw anything.

I remember talking to you pretty well on your TeamSpeak.

He just banned me and my two friends off the fact of being in a teamspeak and knowing about the sit.

it got me and 2 other players (might I add premium players)

Pandering

Not a piece of evidence was shown against our accusations and we received permanent bans for this.

This is when a majority of bans are confirmed in my opinion. The decision to ban you all was a big one but with excuses like "you have no evidence" gets thrown around, I automatically know it's the right decision. For the love of God, try to defend your actions in an appealing way to get your point across, once you start throwing a fit and yelling that out, you're practically saying "I did it".

Even if, metagaming is not normally a permanent ban.

Staff's discretion and I have a very good feeling that this was going on way before I was involved in this situation. You're also players that became too prominent, too quickly. Again, this is why I thought you were great RPers but in reality, you're cheating.

I really wanted to purchase a premium subscription and enjoy the server to it's full potential since I've already clocked so many hours on it.

So when you were talking about being premium before, you weren't premium but they were? You're trying to say that having premium automatically vindicates you from any punishment. So if I'm using your logic and going with that, then you agree that my ban was justified since you don't have it?

I believe that shows a lack of professionalism, and he could at least talk to me for a minute or two before falsely banning me from a server that I love and support.

I talked to you folks for quite a bit, once you directly lied to me by saying that you're not in a TeamSpeak, well it turns out I had "invaded" it already and told you that I was there with you. Then your argument went from a friendly and reasonable tone to "you have no evidence". Also, if you "love and support" Monolith, why don't you play the server like everyone else?




And honestly, I took you guys all seriously at one point, believing that you were great players-- this is just flat out disappointing.

Denied. ​

 

[Gregory Lotus]

Thank you for speaking to me on Discord.

Accepted.
You will be placed on a 2-month probation, the terms of it have been discussed. Good luck. ​