Mass Ban of bran bash, JWCuber, SharpyArcher, and Xeaus

> "*Imdeity the server where you get banned for giving the authority any actual work to do.*" -NCR\_Guy's blunt response to the mass ban
>
> "*What. The. Fuck. Happened.*" -Savie2424 upon receiving the news of the bans
>
>

On August 30, 2017, Moderator Sephronia mass banned Araluen mayor, bran\_bash, Wolfington mayor, JWCuber, Luna mayor, SharpyArcher, and Troy mayor, Xeaus for "continued squabbling and drama". The ban was made, in part, as a response to the outcry by members of the Araluen Kingdom, after a video circulated August 29, 2017 of JWCuber and his accomplice, xFuzzehPandeh, harassing GamingWithGinger, then 12 years old, over Discord, including sexual comments and general hostility over Ginger's association with bran\_bash and Xeaus.
Xeaus, already disgruntled by Cuber's continued harassment of his friends, messaged JWCuber privately, but these messages were ignored. Xeaus believed that an equivalent response to the video's brazen content was thus the public calling-out of JWCuber in OT chat, in violation of Imdeity chat rules. Bran\_bash shared the video via a status update on the Imdeity Forums in order to provide the video exposure but it was quickly removed by staff. A report was then submitted to Senior Moderator Vershye by Bran, seeking justice against Cuber. In Discord DMs made public, Versh admits to not watching the video as it did not take place on the server thus claiming "it doesn't concern the server staff no matter what happened." Despite Bran's attempts to rationalize the retaliation levied on Cuber, Vershye dismissed the report. Following the retaliation and report, Sephronia sent this message to Bran, Cuber, Sharpy, and Xeaus informing them of their bans:

> "*Server staff are sick of your continued squabbling and drama. They've been spilling over into the general server, making it an unpleasant place and that is not what this server is meant to be about. You have been told over and over again to stop, to not talk to each other, yet you do not listen. You snipe each other every chance you get, you talk down to each other, you gossip to other people, newbies included. You all should know the server procedures to deal with harassment, and yet I find myself having to remove forum posts that do not belong here. I am handing out temporary bans to those involved, if simply to make it crystal clear to you that we are serious and expect to be listened to.*" -Sephronia
>
>

#### Sharpy's Ban

The circumstances of SharpyArcher's ban alongside the other three is often attributed to his repetition of the "Squidward On A Chair" Vine and general association with Bran and Xeaus rather than any supposed wrongdoing. On August 30, 2017 when the others posted the video exposing JWCuber's harassment of Ginger to their status updates on the forums, SharpyArcher posted "Since everyone is posting links to youtube" with a link to the "Squidward On A Chair" video. On multiple occasions afterward, Sharpy's ban was played for laughs by Xeaus, BlueHouseKatie, and Sharpy himself.

### Responses by those not banned

BlueHouseKatie attempted to have herself temporarily banned alongside those banned but was threatened with a permanent ban by Vershye as she had been banned in the past.

Savie2424 took charge of Troy's town finances while Xeaus was banned. In Discord chat she lamented, "Katie is not in charge for now, I'll take care of town finances when I can tomorrow and check on everything...Ugh."

NCR\_Guy posted the third episode of his satirical JWCuber Youtube series, "Banned! Xeaus dragged down with me for being 100% dbag! Keyboard and mouse cam 100% legit skill!" parodying JWCuber's "handcam" setup as well as the circumstances of the ban, jokingly rejecting the legitimacy of his ban because he was supposedly "the best pvp player this server has ever seen."

### The Video

The video in question is a 1:12 minute YouTube video entitled "Here you go. Full version." posted Aug 29, 2017 by bran\_bash which shows a shaky recording taken by Ginger showcasing Discord chats between 11:04pm and 11:19pm MDT following a Discord call between JWCuber, his friend xFuzzehPandeh, and Ginger. The call is ongoing throughout the video between Cuber and xFuzzehPandeh. The derogatory language directed at Ginger by both Cuber and xFuzzehPandeh stunned even those who were familiar with Cuber's past harassment of players, including SharpyArcher (@riften1229) and NCR\_Guy (@guinnedog9828) whose comments can be viewed below.

##### Transcript

Ginger: 🍆

JWCuber: I'm blocking you Ginger

xFuzzehPandeh: ginger loves dick. she watches porn everyday lol

JWCuber: prob

xFuzzehPandeh: she loves getting raped by xeasus and bran bash

JWCuber: Sounds about right feels good to be Xeaus' and bran's bitch

xFuzzehPandeh: You can just go and leave now. u just stopped typing? happened? what

Ginger: nothing

xFuzzehPandeh: chicken scared

Ginger: shut up

xFuzzehPandeh: little shit

JWCuber: You got nothing to lose that's why you went for Xeaus

xFuzzehPandeh: ginger do u have badlion?

Ginger: yes

xFuzzehPandeh: u should go on it to 1v1 me

Ginger: nah

xFuzzehPandeh: u scared little shit

JWCuber: You fucking scared little cunt

xFuzzehPandeh: whore

Ginger: just bc I sent an eggplant emoji wowww

xFuzzehPandeh: go on badlion area pvp

Ginger: nah

JWCuber: We have more skill than bran and Xeaus combined, just cause Xeaus uses mods jsut to make me mad, doesn't make you good.

Ginger: You have your own opinion about Xeaus Cuber

xFuzzehPandeh: ginger

JWCuber: Yeah I do

xFuzzehPandeh: go on badlion

JWCuber: He's a backstabber, I know

Ginger: DO I have to

xFuzzehPandeh: arenapvp

Ginger: no ur not the boss of me why would I be scared of you

JWCuber: Bitch you a pussy

Ginger: sureeeee

JWCuber: If you can't prove a point then get the fuck off hte internet

xFuzzehPandeh: lol

Ginger: my job is not to prove points

JWCuber: Everything you said in chat or Voice chat was recorded

Ginger: I just wanna play a stupid game

JWCuber: Ginger shut your fucking trap you fucking liar. Pussy. Apparently you happen to be their bitch, that's why we are talking shit. I sure do have plenty of proof to report you for what you did in war. Gotta love cheating the system

Ginger: why are you guys trying to annoy me what did i do