Ban Appeal for Xeaus

> "*I did not get that far by continuing bad behavior and would not risk losing it all by griefing of all things my close friend's town.*" -Xeaus in his Ban Appeal
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On October 29, 2017, Xeaus was temporarily banned through November 12, 2017 for alleged "Extensive griefing and theft from Arandriel". He submitted an appeal later the same day, asserting his innocence on assertions the ordeal had been a "miscommunication" with Arandriel mayor, Alysandra530. On November 3, 2017, Head Moderator Gwenhywar, denied the ban appeal on several grounds. The first was that temp-bans are not meant to be appealed, the second were past transgressions, the third was the public drama between himself and JWCuber. Gwenhywar's response is largely viewed as having inadequately addressed the issue, relying on "other proof" that was never disclosed to accuse Xeaus of "player abuse" and using a ban appeal response as a forum to leave thinly veiled threats of futher bans and painting Xeaus as a manipulator. During this same period, JWCuber was permanently banned though his second appeal, "Ban Appeal for JWCuber" (November 24, 2017), successfully overturned this ban. The two had previously been banned together August 30, 2017 in a mass ban.

## Full Text of the "Ban Appeal for Xeaus"

Greetings staff, I was surprised to see myself banned this morning, but once I checked Here I saw what had occurred and would like to set the record straight.

On the 22nd of this month of October, the town Arandriel was founded by my friend Alysandra530. I joined the town with my alt Zailea (Forum Name TeamRocket1515) and was promoted to Co-mayor on that day. We had begun to start making changes right away such as tearing down town spawn and I had begun to edit the town storage to make it more organized and clean looking. I had permission from the mayor to remove items from the storage.

This Screenshot is a snippet of a conversation me and the mayor had about the "griefing" situation. In fact, I even offered to give the stuff back

I am unsure who submitted the ticket for this "grief and theft"but I do not believe it was the mayor because this situation was very quickly resolved between me and Alysandra. Clearly it was by someone with limited knowledge on what actually occurred. Me and the mayor were on very positive terms last night, I might add. We were having a humorous conversation in kingdom chat about, of all things, choking on mints. We parted ways that evening by saying "good night and take care" as always. This does not seem like the kind of behavior of someone who plans on reporting their fellow council member. I do however apologize to Alysandra530 for posting images of our conversations, something I know does not please her, but I believe she knows these are here for the greater good.

I'd also like to say that in July 2015 I was temp banned for actual griefing, quit in reflection, and came back a much different person in order to become one of, if not the most known mayors of this map. I did not get that far by continuing bad behavior and would not risk losing it all by griefing of all things my close friend's town. I have the highest respects for the town of Arandriel and it's mayor. I thank you for taking your time to read this lengthy ban appeal. I hope this clears up any confusion there once was.

~Xeaus Ranke, Mayor of Troy

## Full Text of Head Moderator Gwenhywar's Response

Hello,

your ban appeal is generally for a temp ban, which aroused the question with some players if you could appeal at all, because temp bans are not supposed to be appealed in here. However, if a ban was not righful in the first place, ofc you are able to appeal them. In your case this is not the case tho.

You were banned for "Extensive griefing and theft from Arandriel" which expires on Nov 12th 2017, at 2:14 am. This is the main reason for banning but you are well aware that there was more and you should feel lucky that the other things that happened do not raise the ban time.

You were warned, muted or banned several times before and do not seem to learn from it. The screenshot proof you posted up in your appeal, does not really prove anything in my eyes. You discussed the situation with the current mayor of Arandriel and claim that your actions were "miscommunication" and you thought they were right. Other proof we have, show clearly that you tend to find flimsy excuses and convince people that they are wrong and you are right - although you are not. It tends strongly in the direction of player abuse, which is strictly going against the rules here and you were (indirecty) warned of before. Your permanent quarreling with JWCuber were annoying staff and players before and even now that you are banned, you have not learned from it, but have to give new deliberate provocation to the banned JWCuber.

I advice you to take your time off the server to think about how you want to proceed on the server. You obviously need the time off. There is no way to be unbanned before the temp ban expires for you. You should rather see this as your last chance to stay in the future.

Therefore the ban appeal is DENIED.

Gwenhywar