TI1TED
New Member
The fact that I'm having to make this appeal in the first place is, quite frankly, silly.
After being told that regular mutes "aren't used as punishments" blew me away and just made no sense to me. And the fact that nowhere on the forums does it say what'll happen if you violate the chat rules for swearing baffled me further.
The thing is, I got warned, and I got muted before this mute, and then I stopped. Only slip up was me saying ''ass'' in public chat once, which I think was definitely a bit of a stretch. In addition, there were about 3 people on at the time, nobody complained, and one guy, if my memory isn't being funny, played along with the joke. Now, I understand that this rule is made for all situations it has to apply to, and if I had said it in a chat with more people online, then yeah, I'd sympathise with being warned, not muted, because after all, saying ''ass'' and being perm muted for that is most definitely a stretch, with some staff even describing it as ''disgusting''. Even now I'm not censoring it as I did with the other reason they gave me for my mute. But to continue on from my original point, nobody saw it as an issue when it was said, and therefore I don't believe that it is fair to mute me for using the word. Obviously now, I'm gunna have to proof read every sentence I write to make sure that there's nothing there that can be considered remotely offensive, but sometimes I like to be offensive as a joke, even without cursing, it's part of my personality, and it sucks that I'm gunna have to change my personality purely to be able to talk publicly.
Another reason they gave me as for my mute was saying ''
in DMs to mindblaster. If that counts as ''offensive private messages'', then I don't think I'm ever going to use the /msg command ever again. I was fully aware by the time I got my first mute that it was against the rules to "use any words in public or local chat that could be seen as offensive", as why I hadn't sworn since my original mute. The reason I had sent this message was because of how he had acted in messaged towards us. After his first successful raid on us, mindblaster proceeded to mock me and my townmates after he took a large portion of our gear. Now seeing as we are fairly new to the server, I was annoyed, but I didn't get worked up over it. It;' the fact that he messaged me straight after his failed raid on us, and he had wanted to come to our town to trade, which I obviously wasn't going to allow. So, I told him to f-off, but even then I wasn't even being serious about it, which blends well in to my next point. Another reason I said this was because it was, quite clearly, not meant to be taken all too seriously. I called him a monkey, like do you really think I was really annoyed at him? In addition, I wouldn't have told him to f-off if I hadn't gathered that he could clearly handle a single swear word. After he patronised and made fun of us in my DMs, I knew that he wouldn't take offence to it. I don't go around telling anyone in my DMs that tells me something I don't like to f-off. It was barely offensive, and another silly reason to mute me.
To conclude, if I do get unmuted, it's rare that I'm going to talk in public chat without having to proof read anything I say to make sure nobody gets offended by it, and it's not a measure I should have to take. I think some of the things I have been muted for are outright unjust and blown way out of proportion, and sadly having to make this appeal is only going to contribute to that. Anything I haven't listed for a reason they gave for my ban was stuff that I had already been given punishment for, and yes, I still argue that the mute they originally gave me was punishment. Do I think it was strict enough? No, a 24h mute would've been much more sufficient, as it would've actually given me some perspective as to what I would've been facing if I continued the way I was going. But again, I had done my best to cut out any swearing or offensive behaviour in public chat. Saying ''ass'' was a slip up and I think I was treated too harshly for that, unless you want to argue that ''poop'' was also offensive and a valid reason to ban me.
I should also add that I think mutes should only apply to local and public chat, as the chat rules violated were in public chat and in /msg, but /ignore exists to counter the latter. Also, I think Loka should have some sort of censorship plugin, it prevents people from actually seeing ''disgusting'' language as well as letting you know if those people are doing it.
Peace out, and Long Live the Empire!
After being told that regular mutes "aren't used as punishments" blew me away and just made no sense to me. And the fact that nowhere on the forums does it say what'll happen if you violate the chat rules for swearing baffled me further.
The thing is, I got warned, and I got muted before this mute, and then I stopped. Only slip up was me saying ''ass'' in public chat once, which I think was definitely a bit of a stretch. In addition, there were about 3 people on at the time, nobody complained, and one guy, if my memory isn't being funny, played along with the joke. Now, I understand that this rule is made for all situations it has to apply to, and if I had said it in a chat with more people online, then yeah, I'd sympathise with being warned, not muted, because after all, saying ''ass'' and being perm muted for that is most definitely a stretch, with some staff even describing it as ''disgusting''. Even now I'm not censoring it as I did with the other reason they gave me for my mute. But to continue on from my original point, nobody saw it as an issue when it was said, and therefore I don't believe that it is fair to mute me for using the word. Obviously now, I'm gunna have to proof read every sentence I write to make sure that there's nothing there that can be considered remotely offensive, but sometimes I like to be offensive as a joke, even without cursing, it's part of my personality, and it sucks that I'm gunna have to change my personality purely to be able to talk publicly.
Another reason they gave me as for my mute was saying ''
fuck off monkey''
To conclude, if I do get unmuted, it's rare that I'm going to talk in public chat without having to proof read anything I say to make sure nobody gets offended by it, and it's not a measure I should have to take. I think some of the things I have been muted for are outright unjust and blown way out of proportion, and sadly having to make this appeal is only going to contribute to that. Anything I haven't listed for a reason they gave for my ban was stuff that I had already been given punishment for, and yes, I still argue that the mute they originally gave me was punishment. Do I think it was strict enough? No, a 24h mute would've been much more sufficient, as it would've actually given me some perspective as to what I would've been facing if I continued the way I was going. But again, I had done my best to cut out any swearing or offensive behaviour in public chat. Saying ''ass'' was a slip up and I think I was treated too harshly for that, unless you want to argue that ''poop'' was also offensive and a valid reason to ban me.
I should also add that I think mutes should only apply to local and public chat, as the chat rules violated were in public chat and in /msg, but /ignore exists to counter the latter. Also, I think Loka should have some sort of censorship plugin, it prevents people from actually seeing ''disgusting'' language as well as letting you know if those people are doing it.
Peace out, and Long Live the Empire!
