Marshall L. - Ban Appeal. (Denied)

[Marshall L.]

Your In-game name: Marshall L.
 
Your Steam Profile ID: 76561198223407904
Your GUID (Using this tool input your steam ID and press enter): 

3d9ebce55b425c1c0ca7b4f1db407907
 
Date & Time you was banned: 21:29 (24 hour clock Danish Time)
 
Please copy and paste the rule you broke: "Suspected Hacking - Artillery" ?
 
Please give reasons why we should give you a final chance:
Cause you banned me for something I didn't do and you also banned my friend, Remo. For some reason the third guy in our gang doesn't get banned who also died with us where the artillery smashed down he gets to go free? clearly shows you don't know what you guys are doing, because I guess your intentions was to get rid of all of us. Just banning people randomly because you "suspect" them for "hacking". Banning me for suspected artillery is really dumb, banning me for that fact that you suspect that i'm throwing artillery,is the most retarded thing i have ever heard, I could understand if it was money hacking, aimbotting or wallhacking, but throwing random bombs? It's not april the 1th.  Look in the logs why would I play one week on the server and then all of the sudden throw random bombs. Sorry if I sound mad but I'm because for you clicking a button to ban someone and for me spending days waiting is just killing me. That it is so easy for you to ban someone wrongly, because I dont know who did it, and im surprised you didnt look into the logs and just banned the guy who did it straight away instead of banning someone you suspect...?! 

 
Please help me in this case that you clearly can see something is wrong.
 

Best Regards Marshall.

 

[Dylan]

Hi. I was the player that called Ed to the server.

I believe it was yourself who was shouting ' Allah Akhbar' and then there was explosions everywhere.

I need to find the video but i do have it!! please bare with me!! sorry forum mods for posting, i will add video when i find it

 

[Marshall L.]

I know that was Juan Carlos who were started screaming that shit, I just joined him cause I thought it was funny. It could be him throwing it, it could even be you. Nothing has been proved until some logs gets posted saying that I created a explosion. 

 

[Dylan]

I know that was Juan Carlos who were started screaming that shit, I just joined him cause I thought it was funny. It could be him throwing it, it could even be you. Nothing has been proved until some logs gets posted saying that I created a explosion. 

Well, Ed banned you and its not my place for this lemme find the video i hope it's ok.

@TinyBigJacko

 

[TinyBigJacko]

Dylan was not the only person to report you during your time on the servers this afternoon. I joined server 1 specifically to investigate an accusation (not Dylan's) and spectated you for a while. Almost as soon as I joined the server, the explosions stopped. Soon afterwards, you and Remo left server 1 and joined server 2 - then the reports began coming in from server 2 that there were explosions there now instead. Dylan was just one of the reporters in this incident too. I joined server 2, and you disconnected 8 seconds after my name appeared on the log, and Remo left shortly afterwards. The explosions stopped once again, at the same time.

You and Remo were the only individuals to have switched servers at that time. You were the only individuals to have departed the server when admins arrived.

We have also had several reports that you engaged in fights with people, and if you lost or were killed, those people you were fighting against were specifically targeted with artillery fire almost immediately afterwards.

Be sure that logs *are* being checked, and scrutinised very carefully - but this process takes time and a degree of forensic insight. This is why you have been banned for SUSPECTED hacking at this stage - so we can assess the situation, and limit the damage quickly, if possible, if indeed you or your buddy were the hacker. It is worth mentioning that the explosions have not recurred since you were banned - though of course this is not 100% proof of anything; merely an interesting coincidence.

Your entitled and rude attitude indicates to me that you are not really thinking this through, and whilst I can understand your anger at being banned, there's no excuse for calling admins behaviour 'retarded' or 'dumb' or telling us how to do our tasks. If you're so good and knowledgeable about administrating ARMA3/Altislife servers, please feel free to go away elsewhere and set one up for yourself. You may change your tune, once you've actually done it for a while - assuming you know where to start, even.

Other players affected by this (and similar) incidents in which Marshall L or Remo were involved, please feel free to post video or other direct evidence, while we check the logs. Khandamir - please ensure any spurious "I knew a bloke who knew a bloke whose sister knew someone who was involved' type posts get nuked, but leave the obviously involved ones, if you could. Thanks. Meanwhile, we dumb, retarded admins will endeavour to check the logs and piece together the remaining facts of the case, whilst the explosions in Kavala have gone quiet... oddly. I don't expect we'll be that quick about it, though, given how dumb and retarded we are. It's a wonder I can even spell retarded, frankly. Now where did I leave my ban-hammer and etch-a-sketch...?

 

[Marshall L.]

I'm sorry if I upset you, I really am but you have to understand this from my perspective being banned wrongfully is something that will make everyone mad.

Well I'm only happy the explosions stopped innocent people were getting killed. I also got killed two times by them, but they could be happening somewhere else, what I really want is to see the logs the actual proof that said I created a bomb because im sure it will be in the the logs, and if the logs are made smart you can just search for my name and look if there is anything.

Sorry again if I made you upset I apologize. But I really hope we can sort this out and something like this doesn't happen in the future.

Best regards Marshall.

 

[TinyBigJacko]

OK, I've had a conversation (at length) with Ciaran - our master programmer and ARMA3 wizard - and we've gone through the logs together.

He has found multiple instances of you and Remo doing naughty things - including spawning and handling ammunition for Zafir and Rahim weapons, both of which are banned from this server, and killing individual players with a full-damage (1.0) single hit kill, which is impossible in normal circumstances. The artillery strikes don't involve an actual object (due to the way the ARMA 3 splash damage system works), but he has convinced me that it would be more than feasible for someone to have invoked an Artillery explosion on the server without leaving a direct trace in the logs. We've tuned our scripts a little to make this more likely to leave footprints in the future.

But the arty situation is now irrelevant - your illegal weapon-ammo spawning (and spamming) from the day before yesterday, and again since, have more than rendered your ban solidly permanent. No, I'm not going to post logs here, because you, or someone else who's writing hacks, will merely use them to try and eliminate those small traces of evidence from a future hack revision. I'm sure you'll be angry about that, but there's not much else I can say. You've been caught.

Sorry - bans stand. Both players.