[SAM_DA_POPE]

Hello fellow Minerealm users. After over a year and a half of keeping a good record I find myself posting here in the ban section, a place I never expected to be. I was banned for griefing on Friday the 15th. This occurred while I was clearing away a large number of empty chests in a public realm. Upon breaking one of these chests, I was struck with the dreaded ban notice. I fully understand the implications of the automatic ban for griefing, and I won't argue against it. I am now asking for your forgiveness and I promise that in the future I will be more careful with what I will break in any public realms. I have just recently started to really get back into the server again, and I hope to help other players that may need it.

[jackavsfan]

First of all, props for a well written appeal. As far as the ban, I understand you weren't actually trying to harass or grief anybody. However, when clearing out player-placed structures and chests in a public realm, you need to contact staff and have them check the blocks for you to make sure that the area is actually abandoned. In many cases, the staff member will give you the OK to clean up the realm. However, it's still important to contact staff.

[MEMYYSELFANDME!!]

Sam, might be a good idea to state whose chest you broke. If they didn't belong to you, were you given permission to destroy them. If not, then you should know griefing is griefing

[jackavsfan]

Sam, might be a good idea to state whose chest you broke. If they didn't belong to you, were you given permission to destroy them. If not, then you should know griefing is griefing

I think the implication was that he was cleaning up a public realm which happened to be littered with chests. Which is all well and good, but he should have contacted staff.

[SAM_DA_POPE]

Sam, might be a good idea to state whose chest you broke. If they didn't belong to you, were you given permission to destroy them. If not, then you should know griefing is griefing

I think the implication was that he was cleaning up a public realm which happened to be littered with chests. Which is all well and good, but he should have contacted staff.

You are correct jack. This realm happened to be littered with various empty chests that I was cleaning up in order to make a forest. I know that they belonged to U2QU until he decided to sell the realms he had back to the server in the area that I live. This is the same place that he made an auction for just recently. All that was left was the glass and over a stack of various empty chests, so I assumed that he did not want them. I probably should have asked staff first, but I assumed that since it was left behind, no one wanted it. In the future I will be more cautious, and yes MEMYYSELFANDME!!, you are right, griefing is griefing after all.

[MEMYYSELFANDME!!]

+1 you are a very mature person and lived up to your problems and faced them like an amazing player. I hope to see you soon. And if you wanted to get rid of them and Staff weren't on atm, you could have pmed one with an image or at least cords of the place and ask for permission to have them destroyed, since it was being cluttered. Best of luck to you.

[Rokkrwolf]

Unbanned.

[SAM_DA_POPE]

Unbanned.

Thank you. I will be more cautious in the future and gain the consent of others before taking any actions such as this.