02-22-2019, 01:38 AM
Hi, rushhh and other interested parties,
I just finished taking a shower (r/showerthoughts) and it gave me a little time to think. I realize that I am an adult now and that my responses were unbecoming of that fact. The initial responses on this thread were immature and counterproductive. I was still quite irritated because your friend came on the server to harass and insult me, putting me in a negative mood prior to responding to this here thread.
There was suspicion, by me and several other players, that you were hacking. From what I saw, it looked your your gun was snapping to heads. As my computer can not properly handle recording software, I requested that another staff member online at the time record for me. That staff member went into spectate mode and began to do so.
I tabbed out to look at some other work of mine and at the Discord. When I tabbed back in, the staff member that was recording had written in admin chat that you were indeed hacking. Having two staff members confirm a hacking, I decided to go ahead and issue a ban. When I was in the menu issuing said ban, the staff member recording mentioned that they would like to record for another round prior to making any action. I had not yet read this before I sent in the ban.
Moments after you were banned, your friend, CryptLord, entered the server and began to make nasty remarks to me, insulting me and harassing me. Rather than gag, mute, kick, or ban your friend, I chose to simply allow him to berate me and eventually they left. As this was ongoing, the staff member that was recording informed me that their recording software had failed to adequately record your hacking. Instead, it had only managed to record a few seconds before turning black.
Unfortunately, you were already banned before I came to realize that no "tangible" evidence was collected.
In my initial responses, I should have made this more clear. Instead, I decided to try to use my lengthy experience with hackers and long tenure here to justify my ban. As I have quickly learned, this means absolutely nothing.
So, rushhh, it appears that I "jumped-the-gun" on this ban. I should have waited to ensure that the evidence was properly collected before administering the ban. I didn't want other people to have to suffer from an insta-kill from you, so instead I banned. That was my mistake.
I apologize for this incident, and I take full responsibility. It was my mistake entirely.
In the future I will go about these sorts of bans differently.
If there is anything that I can do to remedy this situation, beyond an unban (as this is now up to the admins to administer and I think it's a guarantee), please let me know.
For certain though, there is an HK45C from my personal collection that I will be giving you to enjoy.
May we all move on from this situation and learn from it.
PS
@queef commando The irony of me praising the thread about recording software is not lost on me, trust me.
I just finished taking a shower (r/showerthoughts) and it gave me a little time to think. I realize that I am an adult now and that my responses were unbecoming of that fact. The initial responses on this thread were immature and counterproductive. I was still quite irritated because your friend came on the server to harass and insult me, putting me in a negative mood prior to responding to this here thread.
There was suspicion, by me and several other players, that you were hacking. From what I saw, it looked your your gun was snapping to heads. As my computer can not properly handle recording software, I requested that another staff member online at the time record for me. That staff member went into spectate mode and began to do so.
I tabbed out to look at some other work of mine and at the Discord. When I tabbed back in, the staff member that was recording had written in admin chat that you were indeed hacking. Having two staff members confirm a hacking, I decided to go ahead and issue a ban. When I was in the menu issuing said ban, the staff member recording mentioned that they would like to record for another round prior to making any action. I had not yet read this before I sent in the ban.
Moments after you were banned, your friend, CryptLord, entered the server and began to make nasty remarks to me, insulting me and harassing me. Rather than gag, mute, kick, or ban your friend, I chose to simply allow him to berate me and eventually they left. As this was ongoing, the staff member that was recording informed me that their recording software had failed to adequately record your hacking. Instead, it had only managed to record a few seconds before turning black.
Unfortunately, you were already banned before I came to realize that no "tangible" evidence was collected.
In my initial responses, I should have made this more clear. Instead, I decided to try to use my lengthy experience with hackers and long tenure here to justify my ban. As I have quickly learned, this means absolutely nothing.
So, rushhh, it appears that I "jumped-the-gun" on this ban. I should have waited to ensure that the evidence was properly collected before administering the ban. I didn't want other people to have to suffer from an insta-kill from you, so instead I banned. That was my mistake.
I apologize for this incident, and I take full responsibility. It was my mistake entirely.
In the future I will go about these sorts of bans differently.
If there is anything that I can do to remedy this situation, beyond an unban (as this is now up to the admins to administer and I think it's a guarantee), please let me know.
For certain though, there is an HK45C from my personal collection that I will be giving you to enjoy.
May we all move on from this situation and learn from it.
PS
@queef commando The irony of me praising the thread about recording software is not lost on me, trust me.
