Socklord's Ban Appeal

What is your IGN? - Socklord


Who banned you? - imaxorz


Why were you banned(ban message)? - I was offline when I was banned and the ban search function displays "ERROR: Could not open file" when I search for Socklord. From what I could gather after the fact it was a ban for inappropriate use of the /tp command and exposing players to a vulgar statue.
When were you banned? - Months ago, September maybe.

How long is your ban? - Eternity, so far as I know.

Can you explain what you know about the ban in more detail? - I came online one day after being gone for several weeks during a cross country move. During the course of my normal activities someone brought to my attention a copy of a player's statue that they had built a large penis onto. Stupidly I talked about it in chat instead of deleting it on the spot and people became curious, asking to see the statue. I made another poor decision and decided to teleport everyone to see the statue. After some laughs the statue was destroyed (it being a copy and not the original). I eventually logged off for the night.

The next day when I tried to log on I found that I was banned. From accounts from other staff members and players, in addition to something written by imaxorz, I believe, I was able to gather that while I was moving there were complaints about staff members abusing the tp command and that he had specifically warned off people from using it to force a tp. So I would imagine that using the forbidden teleport to showcase a statue that was obviously against the rules, and lewd besides, was the reason I was banned.

Why should you be unbanned? - Well I have certainly had time to think about what I did wrong, to realize what I could, and should, have done differently. I am sorry for my actions, and I promise to be on my best behavior. This was the first server I played on for any amount of time, and eventually it became the only server I played on. I was completely loyal to Shadecrest, spending all my mc time here. I was proud when I was chosen to be admin when the creative server was opened, and crushed when I was banned. It was my minecraft home, and I considered the players and staff to be my friends. I miss you all and I would like to come back <3

 

e always felt that you were unfairly banned, especially since you were gone when Imaxorz announced the rule regarding the tp commad, and therefore, unaware of the existence of such a rule. Not only that, but you were banned without notice, reason or warning, after having been a very active and well-respected member and Admin for quite some time who had no prior history of rule breaking or misbehaving in any hhhhhyfghggggffcccccccccway. In fact, IMHO, you were a perfect example of an ideal member as well as a damn good admin, friendly, fair and respectful to everyone you interacted with. I feel that your punishment was excessively harsh, considering your stellar reputation on the server, and at the very most, you should have been let off with a warning and perhaps a temporary ban.

Yes, what you did was immature and definitely a bad judgement call. But we all make mistakes and, in my opinion, we all deserve a second chance. And as stated, the offending statue was not the original, merely a copy. No griefing or actual damage was done, no harm, no foul, other than bruising the ego of the original statues creator. Although I feel the creator of the original statue is mature enough and gracious enough that she will likely be content with a sincere and direct appology from you. So perhaps consider offering one to her via private message, if you really want to come back. Just a suggestion.

So, even though my vote may not count for much, I say YES. You should most definitely be unbanned and allowed back onnnnnnn the server. JMHO. Good luck. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.

~Slappy/Tracy

 

As much as this could be discussed if we wanted, decision is ultimately up to imaxorz

Don't mind me

 

For me, Socklord was a great member of staff when I first joined the server. He helped me out a bunch when I had just started off. Sure, he made a good judgement call but like Slappy said if Liasha can't forgive him then I'd love to see him back on the server.

 

Seeing what the issue was and how much time has passed i have a problem whit it even tho i wasent around at the time so my vote shouldn't be taken lightly in this matter.

 

I never met Socklord in-game, but I knew of his reputation as a friendly and likeable admin from my earliest days on the server. Six plus months of a ban seems more than adequate considering the circumstances, and unless I am unaware of it, I didn't notice any forum outbursts or other belligerent reactions to the ban. A stupid mistake, a swift reprimand, and a thoughtful apology... what more could you ask for?

 

I'm fine with sock being unbanned. I'm not so sure about him getting admin again though... Although, I really want to hear what Liasha has to say... After all, it was her build that was defaced. She deserves as much say as the other creative admins involved in this.

 

hell no sock you were awesome!
Without you, I wouldn't be here! (or maybe that's a bad thing?)
You also showed me this;
http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/
XD

 

Her build was not defaced. And, I'm fairly certain that Liasha is sensible enough to recognize what is obviously a very genuine apology and more than gracious enough to accept it. She doesn't strike me at all as being a petty, grudge-holding type of person.jjjftggh


~Slappy

 

She still deserves a say in this. Copy or not.

 

Of course she does. No one is disputing that.

 

He hasn't been unbanned for long enough, I think he should be unbanned.

 

i would love to see sock unbanned on the server

 

unban naow. After all I think he knows where he went wrong and we unbanned cano for a ddos attack. Compared to that this is way mild. Love to see you back socky boy

 

You seriously over estimate what cano did, do you even have any idea?

/rant

Also, good to have sock back first time I saw you on survival you let snow golems loose in my shop, so +1 for that

 

I'm over it. Not like I'm on creative much anymore anyways.

 

We missed you sock.

Unbanned.

 

Whalecome back TubeSock(i know i am not supposed to post here but what the heck we all miss him )

 

hehe.. I just bumped into liasha on ftb: she's cool with it (I know, i'm late to the party as usual) anyways... welcome back, socklord!! erm... do I get demoted now?? (don't ban me, quiet!!) lol

 

Does anyone here notice that many of our posts here have been tampered with and edited to say something other than what was originally posted? WTF? Not cool at all and should not be allowed, imho.