Discord ID (if applicable): Apos#8640
Banning admin: PontifexMinimus
Ban type (What are you banned from?): Permanent Ban from Discord and Server
Ban reason given: Repeated hostile and aggressive OOC behavior to the point where you are not welcome in the community. Constant attacks on other people as soon as they do something not going your way. This trend has continued for a while now and I have frankly enough. So, if you feel like you can change this, do appeal and show betterment.
Ban length: Permanent
Approximate time ban was placed (including time zone): Saturday, 21 September 2019
Previous Appeal: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1591
Your side of the story: I spoke with Dragor a short bit about this, just enough to get clarification on the ban itself, and one of the things he stated was: "The way you treat people when they're not of your opinion is very hostile, we constantly get complaints about this and I am sure we already talked about this and Scree and me had enough."
The ban reason is absolutely spot on accurate, I was an asshole, and have been being an asshole for long enough to garner negative attention from the staff team, and from other members of the community. There really isn't a "My side of the story" as it's summed up perfectly in the ban reason itself.
Why you think you should be unbanned: I can't offer much by way of reasoning, other than the fact that I'm going to do better. Being removed from the community happened out of left field, I was at work while it happened, and it felt like there was a pit in my stomach, once I confirmed that I was banned, via Nepox. I've been a dick for a long while, and being removed for it, being smacked down like this has made me keenly aware of the fact that something has to change- and it sure as hell isn't going to be the community. I need to adjust to fit it, not the other way around. This has been my main online space for the better part of two years now, and it deserves more respect than I've been giving it. I've taken a few months since my previous appeal, and the topic has come up in conversation a fair bit with others from the server. I've thought about how I'd been acting in the last few months of me on the server, and all I can offer is that I said above- that I'll do better.
Other information: My notes were provided by Demicus in the previous appeal, so I'll repost them here to keep everything condensed, along with my responses to some of them from later in the thread.
Told to chill when it comes to command/sec stuff. He attempted to demote the CMO while they were giving medical treatment. After the incident, Phi admitted that he was in the wrong.
Borderline self-antag: Keeps within the letter of IC law while still acting and perpetuating hostility. Character Phi is also toeing the line with suspension of disbelief: Uses minor charges and escalates violence, even towards heads of staff. This is repeat behavior and they were spoken to just one day prior. When the entire crew save for one or two exceptions is out for no-holds barred, admins-be-damned heads on a pike... Something is clearly wrong. They're being removed from Security roles for three days to clear their head and decide: Why they want to play Security; What can they do to keep the game enjoyable while still doing the role
I effectively quit playing security and command in their entirety following the above two incidents. That particular incident was a good wake up call that I probably wasn't right for the role, a sentiment shared by a number of people after the fact. 20/20 hindsight and whatnot, but I did take steps to move to a less conflict prone role.
After being told by Kisuke to NOT call out Leigh out in global OOC for "killing people", they immediately switched to the radio and say the exact same thing in ((brackets)). Bro. Just. BRO. Are you beings of serious, comrade?
For context on the incident with Leigh, it wasn't me going after them. There was no spite or malice, and they hadn't literally killed anyone. The comment was made in response to banter over the general comms. As far as Chitin goes, I realized a while back that I'd been having a large number of negative interactions with him, and made an effort to avoid him. As far as I know, Leigh and myself have no ill-feelings towards one another, the last negative interaction I recall with her being where she ended up getting me killed due to xenoarch shenanigans. Still, no excuse for how I popped off to Kisuke. This incident was, in and of itself, deserving of a ban.
Sk1tz (as Iekin) challenged Apos (as Ciphrom) to a thunderdome duel. In response, Ciphrom charged pulled out their machete and charged at Iekin, resulting in them being disarmed of the machete and having it 'confiscated' and hidden away. A few minutes later, Ciphrom returned with a bat and proceeded to attack Iekin, resulting in Iekin reacting by attempting to disarm Ciphrom again, this time failing and being given severe injury that resulted in death. It was resolved ICly as Ciphrom was charged with manslaughter.
Miners requested spice and got it, and phi - as an ENGINEER with absolutely no need to get involved, started bitching in LOOC about the spice unrelated people got because it "involved people". When told to take his complaints about invents to the admins, he just logged off instead.
And the incident that led to the ban itself:
9:30 PM] Apos: Rykka, I'm going to be real with you
[9:30 PM] Apos: And I'm also going to be rude as fuck.
[9:30 PM] Apos: You need to get the fuck over it
[9:30 PM] Apos: Because you've been doing nothing bit bitch, moan, and complain about the changes being made to the xenobio lab since they started. Even when feedback was given, and you ignored it
[9:31 PM] Apos: Grow a fucking spine, and move on.
In regards to the ninja edits, as well, I'd openly stated a number of times during the development and building process of the new Xenobio the main change I would be making, namely removing the SMES unit and returning Xenobio to the research subgrid. Rykka herself gave input on it as I was working on the changes, and it only ended up being such a big change due to other mappers requesting I make other changes, as I was only working on it. This was no way, in no form, a spiteful "Fuck you" to Rykka, she'd openly known that the change was going to be made, even before the PR was merged. My attitude towards her after the fact was completely inexcusable; I was exasperated and more that a little angry due to how the changes had been handled, from DMing me directly, Pinging both myself and Ascian in Dev chat, and all but begging that the PR not be merged. This doesn't excuse my harshness towards her in regards to it, but it should give context for why I reacted the way I did.