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[UNBAN ON JAN 27TH]Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:16 pm
by dsprogis
Dear Admin,

Now I am advocating for my son's accomplice. Many of the reasons are the same, like my son (smash3636) ASpetseris is also 8 and weak with the keyboard and with advocating for himself. His mother asked me to jump in because she not very technical.

I was in the room with my son when both he (smash3636) and ASpetseris were banned. Like my son, he finds this difficult to accept. I drove them both to school this morning and MineRealm was the only subject for the trip. Both kids really enjoy playing on your system and feel terrible about what they did. They were interested in the details of /PvP and the neither so I will read-up on it and share with them. However, I will leave it to ASpetseris's mom to review the general rules of nice behavior with him as it's not my place. (But he knows I won't advocate for him again.)

Kindly unban ASpetseris with Smash3636 on the 27th.

Thank you,
Dave

As a side note, both kids are LD. For LD kids, Minecraft is a double-edge sword. It level's the playing field for kids with social integration issues because everyone is socially handicapped - there are none of the facial cues or body-language/personal-space issues that these kids miss or miss-interpret. The game plays to strengths such as visual/spacial awareness and simple grammar of shapes and recipes for making stuff. For all the reasons it is great for them, too much is bad for them. All these kids want to do all day is play Minecraft or Roblox. So it is offered in moderation. As I mentioned in my appeal for smash3636, your implementation is great and offers these kids a chance to play on an open server, develop other friends and hopefully learn additional socialization strategies (but lighting players on fire is certainly not one of them and they are very sorry!)

Re: Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:39 pm
by Rokkrwolf
He will be unbanned the same day as well.

My only question regarding the situation would be "I thought smash3636 was doing it with a friend?"

Re: [UNBAN ON JAN 27TH]Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:57 pm
by dlgn
I'm a bit skeptical about the same person (a "parent") posting an appeal for both accounts...but it isn't my place to decide, I suppose. But something seems fishy here...

Re: Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:53 pm
by cubeguy314
Rokkrwolf312 wrote:My only question regarding the situation would be "I thought smash3636 was doing it with a friend?"
That's correct. He (smash3636) was illegal PvPing with a friend (aspetseris). They were both moving at the same time when they attacked me. Neither of them are alts. At least, that's what it seemed to me when they were both moving at the same time...

Re: Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:01 pm
by Rokkrwolf
cubeguy314 wrote:
Rokkrwolf312 wrote:My only question regarding the situation would be "I thought smash3636 was doing it with a friend?"
That's correct. He (smash3636) was illegal PvPing with a friend (aspetseris). They were both moving at the same time when they attacked me. Neither of them are alts. At least, that's what it seemed to me when they were both moving at the same time...
Did you even read the appeals? On smash3636's he said he was doing it with a friend on skype, on this one it's his brother so....

Re: Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:44 pm
by JonColmanator
Rokkrwolf312 wrote:
cubeguy314 wrote:
Rokkrwolf312 wrote:My only question regarding the situation would be "I thought smash3636 was doing it with a friend?"
That's correct. He (smash3636) was illegal PvPing with a friend (aspetseris). They were both moving at the same time when they attacked me. Neither of them are alts. At least, that's what it seemed to me when they were both moving at the same time...
Did you even read the appeals? On smash3636's he said he was doing it with a friend on skype, on this one it's his brother so....
I would like to ask you where it is implied that this one says the individual concerned is the brother of smash3636.

Assuming that the person appealing is completely honest (and I think he is!), surely he would've said something along the lines of "My other son" rather than "My son's accomplice"? And the individual concerned's mother is not necessarily the appealee's wife. She could be a nextdoor neighbour or a close family friend or whatnot who asked this guy to step in.

This is my opinion on the matter.

Re: Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:04 pm
by cubeguy314
Rokkrwolf312 wrote:
cubeguy314 wrote:
Rokkrwolf312 wrote:My only question regarding the situation would be "I thought smash3636 was doing it with a friend?"
That's correct. He (smash3636) was illegal PvPing with a friend (aspetseris). They were both moving at the same time when they attacked me. Neither of them are alts. At least, that's what it seemed to me when they were both moving at the same time...
Did you even read the appeals? On smash3636's he said he was doing it with a friend on skype, on this one it's his brother so....
Sorry, I must not have stated it clearly. My mistake. Yes, I have thoroughly read both appeals several times over, but I do not believe it was stated that the two are siblings. From personal experience of car-pooling to school, it seemed to me as if these two are close friends who live near each other. Secondly, I've actually saved screenshots of both of these people when they were attacking me with fire moments before they were banned in the act, so I can confirm that smash's "accomplice" was indeed aspetseris, the friend that smash was skyping with.

Re: [UNBAN ON JAN 27TH]Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:02 am
by Rokkrwolf
Someone is messing with me lol it said brother earlier, but whatever it's fine.

Re: [UNBAN ON JAN 27TH]Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:50 am
by dsprogis
Thanks Gents,

I may not have gotten the story from the boys quite right but the relationship is school buddies who play together and go to school together. I am the dad of one, smash3636.
I appreciate your willingness to unban them together.

My hope is to connect them with CubeGuy314 for tips and guidance. I have friended him - I am not sure what that means in a MineRealm context but when I mentioned that he was willing to offer guidance, they were psyched.

Happy mining!
Dave

Re: [UNBAN ON JAN 27TH]Ban Appeal: aspetseris

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:19 am
by cubeguy314
dsprogis wrote:Thanks Gents,

I may not have gotten the story from the boys quite right but the relationship is school buddies who play together and go to school together. I am the dad of one, smash3636.
I appreciate your willingness to unban them together.

My hope is to connect them with CubeGuy314 for tips and guidance. I have friended him - I am not sure what that means in a MineRealm context but when I mentioned that he was willing to offer guidance, they were psyched.

Happy mining!
Dave
I'd be happy to help them out and provide any advice they need. ;)