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I'm Banned? Help :)
Posted: Aug 12, 2011, 16:27:41
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Hi Guys and Gals

I havent really played CSS for about a year or so since my last format; that is until last week. So in anticipation of firing up CSS again in my dormant and aging quad core beast I patiently awaited for updates to be installed whilst I contemplated about the excitement of being able to throw a few random 'nades (in the direction of the opposition ofc), inadvertently team flashing, praying 'n' spraying and saving a few lucky hossies'. I sat and flexed my fingers during the Steam restart and subsequently went to filter for an occupied assault server and as if by magic my eyes settled on Spawnpoint's low ping and its numerous players. A quick double click on my miniature, electronic rodent I excitedly waited for it to connect. All was fine and dandy so far and felt too good to be true and before you know it, it suddenly came to a disastrous anti-climax. To my dismay, said Server kindly prompted me that I was actually banned. Oh noes I thought and hear you say as you read my post. Whilst I do not recall playing on such a wonderful Server, upsetting any administrators or persistently breached any forum rules in my long standing CSS career I have decided to take it upon myself and have now become determined to find out why this sadness was brought upon me for my allegiance to keeping the peace from the Jihads.

So after consulting an old Steam Friend who happened to be online and perhaps partner in crime in killing filthy terrorists he gratuitiously seeked out the relevant IRC Channels until he said he was having no luck and that I should also try, because I didnt want to believe him ;) So I was directed to vacant Spawnpoint IRC Channels where I talked with myself for a while until I spilled my heart out to a pleasant chap on SteamBans IRC who said he could not help me. Whilst I do hope, for my sake that I have found the right place to bemoan I was wondering if anybody here can help :)

I have been told this is the information you may need:-

# 23 "Jiggaman" STEAM_0:0:7526511 00:26 64

Thank you and God Bless America or United Kingdom or whatever your constituency =D
Re: I'm Banned? Help :)
Posted: Aug 12, 2011, 16:57:13
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That is one of the most beautifully written and verbose ban appeals we have ever had.

That SteamID was banned over 3 years ago for racism. It was on our Dustfest server if that helps jog your memory.

We would like to review the evidence for for every single ban appeal we recieve, however that is simply not possible due to the space all the old demos take up and the fact that CSS updates make it impossible to review old demos. So it is impossible for us to review the evidence.

Sorry, your ban stays in place.
Re: I'm Banned? Help :)
Posted: Aug 12, 2011, 17:10:50
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Thank you for the response. Unfortuately I only played assault 95% of the time :/ The only reason I can think of was that 3 years ago I was at uni and a friend, whilst round in my room must have played and got me banned whilst I was watching TV or talking to friends also in my room :S Either way i really do not recall this ever happening! :(

I, for one am defintely not racist. I am actually an ethnic minority :/ However I guess that does not make me a non racist.

I really hope you could kindly reconsider my ban under these extreme circumstances due to my lack of knowledge of this even happening and for the reason it was such a long time ago?
Re: I'm Banned? Help :)
Posted: Aug 12, 2011, 17:45:59
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Based on the way you have appealed your ban I would like to unban you, you seem intelligent, understanding and genuinely unaware of the reason for you ban.

However we operate ban appeals on a few principles:

You are responsible for what your SteamID does, in an ideal world we'd be able to know who was using the ID at the time of whatever offence was commited, unfortunately we don't. We get a lot of people saying that their little brother, cousin, friend, room mate etc. were using the account at the time. It does happen and I'm not saying your account of what happened is incorrect, it's just that we have no way of knowing.

Permanent bans are permanent. We do everything we can to make sure only those that deserve a perm ban get this and are more than happy to double or triple check any appeal. As I've said, I'd like to be able to check the evidence for every ban appeal but that is simply not possible.

Sorry, but you'll need a new SteamID to play on our servers.
Re: I'm Banned? Help :)
Posted: Aug 12, 2011, 18:06:56
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Thats a real shame. I can genuinely say it was must have been a 'friend' (I can probably think of who now) that played and got me banned. Guess I was naive at the consequences of letting a friend even touch my computer, let alone play with my Steam account :(

Thanks for your time. I shall save my breath.
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Posted: Aug 12, 2011, 21:17:31
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Unfortunately, we operating on the pirincipal that your Steam ID is your responsibility - whether it was you, your roomate, or your kitten, it doesn't matter.

It was a great appeal, and we're sorry for the inconvenience, but, as stated before, the ban is going to stand.
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