Sh4rd Posted October 27, 2021 Posted October 27, 2021 BYOND Key: Sh4rd Total Ban Length: 3 Days (3420 minutes) Banning staff member's Key: mattatlas Reason of Ban: "Making among us references as a vampire gimmick. Yes, while technically saying "There is an impostor upon the station, be warned, they are not a fraid to kill, they could be in the walls or in the vents" and "There is an impostor among us" are not technically among us references, the intent is still quite clear. You have a bad note history that spans from 2018 to 2021.. Reason for Appeal: The note that I wrote was: "A MESSAGE TO ALL OF AURORA. THERE IS AN IMPOSTOR UPON THE STATION. BE WARNED. THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO KILL. THEY COULD BE IN THE WALLS, IN THE VENTS, EVEN RIGHT BEHIND YOU. DO NOT SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU." As mentioned in the ban reason, this was clearly not a direct Among Us reference, nor was it immersion breaking in my opinion. I made this note as a vampire to sow distrust among the crew, so that I could more easily manipulate the crew, and make my life as a vampire easier. I will admit, I got the idea for this note when an admin made an Among Us joke in AOOC, hence the intent. However, I did not intend to go any further with the Among Us references apart from using the words "impostor" and "vents" which are normal words you would use in every day conversations anyway. Before Among Us became popular, this note wouldn't have been considered a meme at all. After putting the notes up all around the station, I heard crewmembers making much more direct Among Us references than my note, saying things like "impostor among us", but I do not believe they were punished, nor do I believe it is fair to do so. I do believe my note to be a simple, light-hearted, and indirect reference to Among Us, a game with many similarities to SS13. But I believe it to be even more a threat to the crew, which was the main intention for the note. mattatlas also mentioned my warning history, which I will admit, isn't great. However, most of my warnings are from many years ago, especially back when I was new to SS13. And some of them, most notably the "going SSD instead of cryo-ing" warning, where a power outage prevented me from being able to return to SS13 and cryo my reporter character, were out of my control. My most recent warning was from 5 months ago, and I accept that I did make a mistake back then, one which I have learnt from and have improved upon. But the next warning is from two, almost three years ago at this point, as I try to stay out of trouble while playing Aurora as it is my favourite server on SS13. In conclusion, I do not believe this three day tempban to be fair, and I try to limit myself to completely unique, immersive roleplaying scenarios while playing in the future. I do hope you understand my point of view and unban me and I have recently gotten back into the habit of playing on Aurora daily, and I would hate to have that passion fizzle out yet again thanks to a simple misunderstanding.
MattAtlas Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, Sh4rd said: this was clearly not a direct Among Us reference The fact that you try to justify it by saying "well it's not a direct reference" is all I need to mention. The references are pretty clear to me: from the joke among us gimmick suggestion in AOOC to the papers containing clear reference elements to you saying "there are impostors among us" on the common radio I have no intention of believing that this wasn't a reference. 14 hours ago, Sh4rd said: I heard crewmembers making much more direct Among Us references than my note They were all talked to about it. At the very least, the ones we saw. 14 hours ago, Sh4rd said: I do believe my note to be a simple, light-hearted, and indirect reference to Among Us You admit here that you did have the intent to make a reference. Whether it's "indirect or direct" does not matter. It's not allowed, end of the story, especially considering how obvious the reference was. Denied. Edited October 28, 2021 by MattAtlas
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