Ban Appeal: U-P-G-R-A-Y-E-D-D

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Screen name: U-P-G-R-A-Y-E-D-D

I've played PR for 3 or 4 years on HOG. I once took a 3 month ban once for TKing someone whom I thought stole my kit back in 2015? I took it and then acted properly until a couple months ago, when I was randomly kicked by an admin when I did something not to his liking on a trans mission for him (while he was a SL). I felt it was unfair - he said that since he had to call up the record to look, he'd ban me as a result. I honestly had never been kicked for not meeting a squad leader's expectations - that was a new experience for me. I was insulted and I used a lot of insulting words at that point on the forum - a lot. I really had no idea that questioning a kick was a warrant for getting a ban. If I had known, I never would have even asked - there is no published guideline stating that questioning a kick risks a ban.

I acknowledge that you shouldn't cross a HOG admin either in their role as an admin or as a fellow player. I'm asking for mercy and that you please reinstate me. FCV doesn't really exist anymore and your monopoly hold on English servers means that a ban from HOG means effectively a ban from playing the game.

I had good experiences with HOG admins who liked me. There are also a lot of players who enjoyed my presence. I'm not a troll and I don't disrupt games. I don't know what your records reveal, but you'll see that I have been on HOG servers A LOT. I have proven the ability to correct my behavior in the past and am asking to be let back on.

Again - I had never been subject to a no-warning kick for not meeting operational goals of a squad leader who happened to be an admin. I felt it was inappropriate and reacted poorly, but I now realize that it doesn't f****** matter what I think since it is your server.

Thanks for hearing my plea.

Hi Haley,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I am hoping that after letting time pass, you will be willing to review the matter with some objectivity or at least grant me some mercy.

I admit what I did. I have read the rules. I am not going to keep doing what got me banned.

That said, I need to explain myself because my main error was the way I approached the matter the first time around. I looked at the tape again and it seems to me that there must have been miscommunication during the mission. It's embarrassing to me that I would miss picking up your whole squad - there must have been a comms problem on my end. Being suddenly kicked with no warning either from admin or from my squad lead is something that upset me and I reacted poorly on the forum - I admit that. I understand now that an unwarned kick is perfectly acceptable admin behavior. In the future, I will not take such a thing to the forum.

That the incident went from me disbelieving you (likely because I didn't recall the details and, as I've said reviewing the tape, perhaps had no comms) to you accusing me of being a liar and declaring that you'll get the BR and ban me for lying was, to me, a serious escalation. I was just trying to confront someone I thought inappropriately kicked me with no warning. However, as I've said, I now understand that your kick was justified. I should not have responded so disrespectfully.

I'm not trying to insult you, just explain myself. You state:

"Then u go on and on, only to show up now and ask for a ban lift, u go on about HOG admins etc, as if you did not bring this on yourself."

I don't know what you mean by "go on and on". I stayed away from all of this for a long time. I am indeed showing up asking for a ban lift. I do not "go on about HOG admins" - I explained why I reacted the way I did to one admin kicking me, and that was very clear. I did not know that challenging a kick would result in a ban. I did not know that relying (poorly) on my memory of an incident would constitute "lying". You said that I acted "as if did not bring this on [myself]." However, I have admitted that I brought this on myself in full - by coming onto the forum the way I did, challenging the kick with my braggy (and incorrect) account of what I thought happened, calling into question your decision making, and then spiraling into invectives and curses when you banned me.

The reason I probably seem obtuse to you is that we are misunderstanding each other. I didn't know why I was kicked and it upset me. I approached the issue poorly and you seem to have reacted like I was an affirmative liar trying to cause trouble. That mixed with me being a bristly fellow as well as the fact that I didn't know you're the #1 player obviously led to a major f*** up on my part. I'm asking for another chance and to show you that I am a good member of this community, which I am.

Also - I will never bother you again with forum posts if you unban me

Respectfully,

UPGRAYEDD