Dear Board of Directors and Administrative Manager,
I would like to formally appeal my second admin strike given to me November 16 (http://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27183 ). The complaint was originally submitted on my action of no-clipping into the escape ship on the Death Star escape map, ‘hovering’ until the explosion finished (while I made sure to attract all the CTs’ attention), releasing myself from no-clip and being pinned to a corner by twenty guns, and then barely zombifying a player who thereafter zombified the rest of the CT team. I feel that this strike was not decided by the presented facts, as complaints are supposed to be; therefore, the final decision that was made cannot be and is not justified. As such, my second admin strike should be lifted and removed from my record for the following reasons:
First, as I already stated, the AOs in charge of my admin complaint made a decision that was hardly objective. In the beginning ‘stages’ of the complaint, Daze said he had no sympathy and said my defense was a “weak excuse.” He clearly had already decided, within himself, that I would be punished despite the reality of what happened; how can a reasonable decision be made when it’s influenced by a personal bias?
Next, I would like to mention how other administrators have committed more server actions with little to no punishment. A primary example is the complaint filed against Paul on October 7 ( http://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25952&highlight=Paul ) . Here, Paul changed his own personal gravity as to lower his friction, affecting game-play by disrupting the CT team during these specific rounds. In addition, he later did an action that killed the entire terrorist team. Both these occurrences were well-received by the server (just like my action was well-received in my complaint) though what Paul did was still severely abusive of his own administrative powers. Paul said in this complaint that he did these actions out of boredom and got “a little but too carried away” and admitted to creating a black hole, an action only higher-ups can do, an action that is irresponsible because it had no real fundamental purpose. Still, Paul received absolutely no punishment even though his actions were very abusive of his capabilities. Why am I being punished for committing things far less severe while Paul gets off scotch-free?
Continuing, as I said in my complaint again and again, my actions were out of benevolence. I did them after the round was completed where no harm could be done, where my actions could not alter the game-play of the round. I no-clipped into the ship after the explosion, after the round was essentially completed, and after there was any chance of me assisting either side (humans or zombies). None of this was thoroughly addressed by the AOs in my complaint: why? My actions during that escape round made no difference in the ending results besides the finishing title screen of “Humans Win” to Zombies Win.” Likewise, I also want to emphasize that my actions were well-received by the large majority of the playerbase but was far less abusive than what Paul did during early October. How are my actions truly abuse if they did not affect the overall game-play and outcome of the round?
I also want to mention Potshot and his earlier situation (http://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26599 and http://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26565&highlight=Potshot ). I won’t really link everything, but our situations share one major similarity that is distinct from Paul’s complaint: Potshot and I were making the server fun, doing what we did so our fellow players’ could have an opportune chance to laugh. We did what we did so that we could provide reason for others to return to SG servers with less fear of people being jerks. And unlike Paul, Potshot and I did what we did for everyone else, not for ourselves; we did what we did for the server, not to satisfy our own boredom or self-interests. What Potshot and I did was indirectly done for this community.
Like Potshot, I form these demands: (1) My second admin strike be revoked and erased from my record, and (2) the integrity of some the administrators of this community be re-evaluated.
In conclusion, my second admin strike was unjustly given. The decision was influenced by personal bias, making the decision unjustifiable and questionable. Additionally, other administrators have received little or no punishment even though they committed much worse “crimes” than I did, my primary example being Paul. But unlike Paul, what I did was after the game-play of the round (and with benevolent intent), therefore meaning that I did not affect any game-play (which also means my actions are undeserving of a strike and cannot truly be called “abuse”). Also, like Potshot, my actions were not selfish and were for our fellow players, not for self-entertainment.
I would also like to mention, in concurrence with Potshot’s earlier problem, that this should neither be ignored nor moved. I, myself, am getting tired of the constant political silliness that has grown in this community over the past years. If the higher-ups of this community cannot allow the general population to see my opinion, then can we really call this organization a community?
