Un-ban Appeal - samuak8 - 03/12/2017 (Unbanned)

[samuak8]

In-game Name
Samuel

Steam ID
76561198059665814

The date of your ban.
03/12/2017

Member of the team that banned you.
Kieran Rhead

Reason given for your ban.
RDM

The Server you initially were banned on.
Server 1

In your own words, please type why you think you were banned.
The reason why I was banned seemed pretty clear at the time: I shot a police officer from his back without warning. Thing is, even though I didn't personally talk to the officer, my gang mates were already RPing with him. The officer didn't seem to know that I was also part of the gang, so he banned me. My mates later explained to him that I was in fact part of the gang and I was just trying to save them, but he answered that this isn't quality roleplay anyways.

Why should we unban you ?
I sincerely thought that what I did wasn't RDM, since my gang was already talking to him. I double-checked the rules in search for any allusion to this kind of situation, but couldn't find any answer as to whether having a gang member RPing with the person is considered to be enough to shoot and not be considered RDM. For this reason I apologize if, in fact, gang RP is not enough. I have video proof of the situation, if needed. Aside from being sincerely sorry for not knowing this, I would appreciate it if you could clarify whether gang RP is enough or not, and to what extent. Sorry for causing trouble.

Please confirm this unban request is for you.
Yes

I have read and understand the unban appeal process
Yes

Please confirm you understand there is no timeframe for your appeal.
Yes

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Yes

 

[Samatlewis]

I'm intrigued to see the situation so if that could be uploaded that would be appreciated (as I don't want to just read your side of the story, I can see the situation in an unbiased video) However that is optional. 

You were banned for not supplying adequate rolepaly towards another player so by that I assume no actual threat was made and the player had no clue as to why they were killed. Do you understand what roleplay means? Do you understand our RDM rules? If so, quote the rule and explain it in your own words.

 

[samuak8]

You are right as far as the absence of threat is concerned. I, however, thought that the fact that the victim was in a threatening environment (arresting my friends) was enough on itself for me to able to shoot to save my gang. I now understand that this is not the case, and I apologize for that. Rule 2.2 states that "Random Deathmatch (also known as RDM) - Shooting at someone without engaging in any form of quality role play (eg. Giving enough time for them to comply with your order. Count downs are not considered quality roleplay, please at least attempt to create an interesting roleplay story before considering shooting.) is considered RDM. (Punishment is a ban).". This means that shooting on sight is not allowed, and a valid reason must be roleplayed before murdering anyone. I fully understand the purpose of this rule, since its absence would make the server an uncontrollable shooting mayhem. I, surprisingly enough, didn't even manage to kill the victim anyways, as you will see in the recorded footage. I also apologize if most of the speech in the video is not understandable: my friends and I are Spanish. I understand that the RDM rule is one of the most important (if not the most important) rule in the server, so I know that you may not want to unban me and that the importance of this rule is a good reason not to.

Thanks for taking your time.

Link of the video: https://youtu.be/1c18sPmP6g4

 

[Samatlewis]

Right your response is good enough to be honest!

Please play by the rules from now on,

unbanned.