Hello Mrloud15,
I'm going to go ahead and request a different head admin takes over this appeal. Your opinion is appreciated, but I would like to ask for someone else to wrap this appeal up, due to the fact I feel there may be unnecessary prejudice against myself for reasons which I'm not aware of (not including this incident, of course).
Initially wasn't planning on commenting, but I wanted to ask the admin who is taking over my appeal a question I had when I was looking at this with my phone today. How come being rude to someone once is harassment now? How was this seen as harassment (which then warrants a one month ban) if I not only did this once, but also did it through a passive-aggressive means? The definition of "harass" is the following:
And your incorrectly defined guideline states the following:
These definitions are not the same due to the bolded part. Harassment is when I make a distinct effort to follow said player around while aggressively calling them rude and offensive names. Let's be honest- it happened once. I understand that what happened was inappropriate, but I definitely don't think it warrants a one month ban. In addition, how is this "harassment" when the user in question had no knowledge of the comment I made passive aggressively? It seems banning me for abusing the vote glitch would've protected the interests of the player this was being indirectly targeted in this case.
From what I see, there are two major portions of this ban:
Abusing the vote glitch (which really should've been fixed prior to the revision's launch)
Being rude to someone by using a different username when voting for your server.
For these reasons, I'd like to see this ban length shortened. I think your definition of harassment is incorrect due to the fact harassment includes a specific person actually consistently being aggressive towards a specific player or group of players, not A) being part of a group of people (assuming that anyone who disagrees with you guys are at any point part of this group) who may have a history of being rude to people, or B) saying something about a player who has been harassed in the past.
I'd like to remind Mrloud15 that he is no longer required to comment here anymore, in respect for the following policy:
For the person who will be handling this appeal for Mrloud15 and for those who are reading this, I appreciate your time.
AvadaKedavra03