diarouga wrote:Frankly, how would you feel, if after investing a lot of time in the game, and in ESOC, you weren't allowed to play in a tournament because some people hate you?
Hate is a strong word and I wouldn't be surprised if many of the staff do not hate you yet still remain adamant about the ban. For instance, I can recognize all the hard work you've put towards EP3 and still be of the belief that creating dozens of accounts to ban dodge and spam the forums with hitler-ryans is a near permanent ban-able offense.
diarouga wrote:but also because of the offensive writing style: "we decided that you hadn't served enough time" What does it mean? Am I a slave for ESOC?
Poor choice of words? Perhaps. Are you able to twist those words around to conclude you are an ESOC "slave?" Not really.
diarouga wrote:After that, how can one claim that I should be banned because I haven't respected some staff member's work?
See the first response; your help with EP3 and bombarding the forums with spam from dozens of accounts are separate acts. One can claim that you've disrespected staff members' work because your actions have deliberately disrespected staff members' work in the past. It's as simple as that. Though your work on EP3 should not be disregarded when talking about the future nature of your account status I felt your passion to work on that project was a product of your attachment to the game not as a means to help ESOC out of the kindness of your heart.
diarouga wrote:At least they are thanked by the community, I'm permanently banned.
And ESOC staff have every right to be thanked by the community. And yet they are also not without faults of their own and are also subject to criticism from the community. Similarly, you are also thanked for your EP3 work and simultaneously banned for retaliating not just with simple, arguable grievances but with excessive, rash behavior that was completely justifiable, in my opinion, of a ban. A ban, mind I remind you, that was not permanent, as you have been unbanned before and broken site rules again. We are past a 2nd chance. That being said, I would agree the ban should not be indefinite and should expire at some point: that point of which I do not think is now.
I struggled to find real sincerity in this post. As usual, you begin apologizing when you want to participate in an ESOC event and never as a result, from what I have garnered, as genuine goodwill. I do not doubt that there is now and probably most likely always will be bad blood between you and the staff with past transgressions on either side however I do feel the bulk of the transgressions stem from your behavior.
I sympathize with you. I sympathize with goodspeed's posts though I caution against creating special allowances for players of special skill. I also caution the staff against threatening to leave if x action happens the definition of which, however, is not blackmail but nonetheless borderline unacceptable. I'm disappointed in those staff. Yet I do not believe this particular response from staff members has any sort of merit on when your ban should expire but does highlight an issue in the team that goodspeed has pointed out that, quite frankly, should be addressed internally.
It's very unfortunate you received mixed messages from the business team though it appears the user who promised you you could play is no longer a part of the team nor a part of the majority of that vote. You have been wronged in that way however this wrong is not a justified reversal for your ban.
