[Silly_Litle_Guy]

server you were banned on (SMP/Discord): smp.hometownmc.com
Minecraft username: Silly_Litle_Guy
Reason for your ban (exactly what it says when you try to log in!): Xray Zero tolerance policy
Who banned you: esptree
Why should you be unbanned (Why should we give you a second chance?):
First, I want to say clearly and respectfully: I did not use Xray. I’ve never cheated. I got on tonight, and I went mining for as long as I could before I got tired. I just learned how to use elytra to make tunnels, and I had no idea you could do that before. I’ve been mining 2 block tall tunnels this whole time. I still feel like a newbie sometimes. I hadn’t played hometown for 4–5 years and then I just started around December. I’m still learning things every day. I’m not tech savvy. I’ve never downloaded or used any mods or hacks before, I’m not even sure how to.
Also, the fly mode just got turned on for res World. So I got a lot of diamonds tonight because I flew through caves and kept finding one after another. I’m thinking that it’s just that I got too many in a short amount of time and that’s why I got banned? I’ve been watching YouTube videos about X-ray and servers, trying to understand more, and one of the videos mentions that you can track ratios of cobblestone to diamonds?
If there’s any way it’s possible someone could investigate my mining pattern or logs, I’d be so grateful, because it would show I’ve just been a persistent miner and not a cheater.
I don’t know, I’m trying to do my research here and be reasonable but I don’t want to assume anything either. I respect the rules and the staff. There’s got to be a way to prove that I’m innocent, I hope that esptree can explain things better or whoever responds can, I would much appreciate it, because I feel so inexperienced when it comes to this.
Why do you want to come back:
Because of the feeling I got when I saw that on my computer. Dude…my heart broke. I was shocked. This is my favorite place to be. I love the game, I love the server and I love the people. I love meeting new people, and seeing all the connections you can make here. I love the amazing builds, and the tight woven community with the staff, I’ve never seen anything like it and I’ve never had anything like it. God, it’s my favorite thing to do. And I’m so proud, I’ve made all of my money off of diamonds. Mining is my favorite thing to do, it’s like I just zone out and time flies by. It’s a routine for me. It’s the end to my day.
I just recently hit 200 votes to get advanced, and I celebrated with fireworks with my friend NeroEsoteric. I was so proud. I am proud, to be a part of this server.
I love this server so much that I paid for VIP 3, I just was so excited about it.
My point is that I’m an honest adult, I go to work, I come home, and I look forward to my safe haven. I spent money here, and felt good about it. Everything I do on here I feel good and honest about. I would never sacrifice that safe haven by cheating.. I wouldn’t lie about cheating or be prideful about cheating. I’ve never been in this situation before. I have too much to lose on this server, friendships, and hard work.
Everything I have done is hard earned, I promise you all from the bottom of my heart. I wish I could plug you into my brain so you could just see it, and trust me on it. I really don’t want to lose this over something I didn’t do. I deeply appreciate the community and everything the staff does, and I truly believe that I deserve to be unbanned and I insist that I haven’t cheated. I’ve never had issues with staff, I’ve never said anything questionable or inappropriate, and I’m kind and generous whenever the opportunity arises. I play my part as a respectable person on the server, and I always have. I pride myself on that. I’ve never caused problems or broken trust, and I want to keep being a part of this beautiful server.
Please consider giving me a second chance, or at least reviewing the situation further. I am willing to do anything to prove my innocence, I have too much respect for this server and this community to break its rules. Everything I’ve earned has been with patience and effort.
Thank you for your time, and for considering my appeal. Thank you to staff for everything you do. 

[esptree]

Hi, thank you for your appeal.
I included screenshots of your mining below, hopefully it will clear up your confusion about why you were banned for x-ray usage. On this server we do not merely ban for amount of diamonds mined or ore-to-block ratio. In your case there were multiple cases of mining directly from ore to ore:



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[Silly_Litle_Guy]

Yes I can understand completely now. All I have to say is I was mining randomly. It was all chance. I took lots of random rights and lots of random lefts, no rhyme or reason to them. Is there any other way that I can prove that I have never used Xray? I’m willing to work with you in any way to prove this.

[esptree]

It's being discussed in the staff team at the moment, will get back to you asap

[esptree]

Hi, thank you for your patience. Follow up question: you mention you are not tech savvy and have never downloaded any mods, does this include texture packs? If you have please list all texture packs/resource packs you have ever used that you can remember, this might help us better understand your case

[Silly_Litle_Guy]

Of course. I have downloaded only one before, otherwise I don’t use any texture packs except for the ones that come in the game I think. I tried to download this Urban one a few months ago, it looked pretty but I think you’re supposed to have shaders or something with it? I only have a laptop. So I never ended up sticking with it. When I log on here, it shows
Urban_128.zip
Programmer art - classic look of Minecraft (built in)
High contrast - enhances UI contrast of Minecraft (built in)
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If theres any other questions I can answer let me know. Thank you.

[esptree]

Hi again, sorry for the wait and thank you for being patient.
We have noticed that a lot of your diamond finds that we are suspicious about were right on chunk borders, and were wondering if you had any issues with chunk loading that allowed you to see the location of ores that you otherwise wouldn't have been able to?
We don't allow players to use chunk loading issues to their advantage when mining, but it is understandable if you weren't aware of this rule

[Silly_Litle_Guy]

Thank you for the response! No I’ve never done that, I never at any point was able to see ore through anything. I don’t think I’ve ever had that happen much on the server, if I’ve ever seen anything glitchy through walls it’s just been lava, and I shrug it off. I always just go mining my normal way, with night potions and usually I do random directions. I tend not to stick to a system with mining, I just kinda mine where I feel like it, because I know the world will be reset and I can just teleport back so there’s no point in me having to be able to find my way back through my mine. When I found out that you can mine 1x1 tunnels, I got a little more random with my mining because I was able to go so much faster. I really think my patterns just come across as suspicious just this once, there are some times I have strip mined regularly (even in the screenshots you can see it wasn’t all straight to ores, I did have some strip mining spots and random turns that led nowhere) and tried to stick to a pattern, or there’s been times I have missed diamonds, there’s gotta be more to my mining history that can support that. I still would like to say again that there is nothing I’ve taken advantage of, no loopholes or cheats. I’ve been honest with you. I miss the server, a lot. Thank you for your time!

[esptree]

Hi again,
Thank you for answering all our questions and once again apologies for the wait. We wanted to look at your case from all possible angles and for that we needed as many staff members to inspect it as possible, but all of us have schedules outside of the server so it took much longer than we meant it to.
After thorough investigation and discussion we have determined you are most likely telling the truth and were not x-raying/using similar cheats. Your ban has been removed ^_^
I would like to sincerely apologize for the mistake and any distress this has caused you. We try our best to be as sure as possible of x-ray cases before banning, but our system to detect such cases isn't perfect and sometimes someone gets wrongly banned. In your case there were a few misunderstandings on my part about the protocol on x-ray bans, I'm very sorry for this and I will try my best to improve to reduce the chances of this happening again in the future.
I hope I didn't scare you away from mining in whatever way you want to - mining in random patterns was never the issue and I encourage you to continue doing so if you feel like it
Welcome back to the server!

[Silly_Litle_Guy]

Thank you so very much. I’m ecstatic. I appreciate the entire staff’s time and consideration. I’m so grateful that you can see it was a mistake and it happens! I think we’re all doing the best we can. Thank you again, dearly