10-24-2026, 02:59 AM
(This post was last modified: Yesterday, 06:38 AM by Firestar (Feuerstern_44).)
So, It’s been 3 months… wait only?! It felt like half an eternity… guess that’s life.
Here I go again.
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Server you were banned on (SMP/Discord): SMP
Minecraft username: Feuerstern_44
Reason for your ban (exactly what it says when you try to log in!): “Constantly attempting to cheese / gain unfair advantage(s) in server events through various means. […] Please reflect on how you’ve behaved during the events today (“today” being the 19th of July 2026) […]”
Who banned you: “staff”
Why should you be unbanned (Why should we give you a second chance?):
First, I’d like to start with saying this appeal will be considerably shorter, even more so after rewriting it, after a brief exchange with a Staff member.
Since a majority of the last appeal was rather irrelevant due to the context being me talking about why I did what I did it can be mostly disregarded, however, I pasted in a quote from Nether’s reply to my first appeal, since I believe it sums up the central issue rather well:
“You wrote, "I enjoy finding creative solutions and that does clash with what the events usually stand for." We appreciate the honesty of that statement because we believe it accurately summarizes the concern staff have reached over time. Creative problem solving is not inherently a negative quality. In many situations, it is an asset. However, competitive server events rely on participants agreeing to solve challenges within the intended rules and mechanics established by the event organizers. Your appeal repeatedly demonstrates an approach that can be summarized as, "If the game allows it, I will use it unless I am explicitly prevented from doing so." That philosophy fundamentally conflicts with the spirit of events that are designed around fairness and equal conditions for every participant.”
The fact I enjoy finding creative solutions to situations hasn’t changed.
That being said, the choices I make with that knowledge will/have. Rewriting this I realised I never even apologised. It was my choice to use anything I found. If it was the /lay at the PvP event, the lunge swapping, wind charges and Swift Sneak 6 (which after I looked at the actual stats realised were a 100% or 2* boost (0.45 to 0.9)) in the maze or the absolute Over-Overkill during Killathon. I'm sorry for all of those, in the moment, I didn't think about what it would feel like for the people who planned all of it and who played it – as Nether’s reply mentioned – thinking (or in this case not thinking) about the spirit of the event.
While I may believe some things could have been done differently, that statement can also be reflected back at me and be ten times as true.
In the end I messed up too many times and it most definitely wasn’t worth being banned over, especially not after the temp ban.
I did choose to use the loopholes. I did not think about what it would feel like for others. I am sorry for that and I will do my absolute best to not let it happen again.
Why do you want to come back:
This one really hasn’t changed much.
Getting to be back with people I’ve got to know, and meeting new faces won’t get old, it’s honestly what I’d look forward to the most if I’m unbanned. Christmas is coming around and I would like to participate in the Secret Santa event once more (Yes Santa’s Village is a bonus, I’d be lying to say I’d not look forward to that as well).
Or in a single sentence: “I miss HT and would like to see the server again.
Oh yeah, a few more slightly unrelated things:
Same deal as my last appeal, pre-written in Microsoft Word and then pasted into the forums, no AI used (except if you count Word’s Grammar Tool as AI).
I was also wondering if my bedrock (.Feuerstern44245) account got banned, I would assume so, but I didn’t want to test it in case it wasn’t which would count as ban evasion. If so, then this appeal is also for the bedrock, though that is more or less self-explanatory.
See you around I guess
- Fire
Here I go again.
____________________________________________
Server you were banned on (SMP/Discord): SMP
Minecraft username: Feuerstern_44
Reason for your ban (exactly what it says when you try to log in!): “Constantly attempting to cheese / gain unfair advantage(s) in server events through various means. […] Please reflect on how you’ve behaved during the events today (“today” being the 19th of July 2026) […]”
Who banned you: “staff”
Why should you be unbanned (Why should we give you a second chance?):
First, I’d like to start with saying this appeal will be considerably shorter, even more so after rewriting it, after a brief exchange with a Staff member.
Since a majority of the last appeal was rather irrelevant due to the context being me talking about why I did what I did it can be mostly disregarded, however, I pasted in a quote from Nether’s reply to my first appeal, since I believe it sums up the central issue rather well:
“You wrote, "I enjoy finding creative solutions and that does clash with what the events usually stand for." We appreciate the honesty of that statement because we believe it accurately summarizes the concern staff have reached over time. Creative problem solving is not inherently a negative quality. In many situations, it is an asset. However, competitive server events rely on participants agreeing to solve challenges within the intended rules and mechanics established by the event organizers. Your appeal repeatedly demonstrates an approach that can be summarized as, "If the game allows it, I will use it unless I am explicitly prevented from doing so." That philosophy fundamentally conflicts with the spirit of events that are designed around fairness and equal conditions for every participant.”
The fact I enjoy finding creative solutions to situations hasn’t changed.
That being said, the choices I make with that knowledge will/have. Rewriting this I realised I never even apologised. It was my choice to use anything I found. If it was the /lay at the PvP event, the lunge swapping, wind charges and Swift Sneak 6 (which after I looked at the actual stats realised were a 100% or 2* boost (0.45 to 0.9)) in the maze or the absolute Over-Overkill during Killathon. I'm sorry for all of those, in the moment, I didn't think about what it would feel like for the people who planned all of it and who played it – as Nether’s reply mentioned – thinking (or in this case not thinking) about the spirit of the event.
While I may believe some things could have been done differently, that statement can also be reflected back at me and be ten times as true.
In the end I messed up too many times and it most definitely wasn’t worth being banned over, especially not after the temp ban.
I did choose to use the loopholes. I did not think about what it would feel like for others. I am sorry for that and I will do my absolute best to not let it happen again.
Why do you want to come back:
This one really hasn’t changed much.
Getting to be back with people I’ve got to know, and meeting new faces won’t get old, it’s honestly what I’d look forward to the most if I’m unbanned. Christmas is coming around and I would like to participate in the Secret Santa event once more (Yes Santa’s Village is a bonus, I’d be lying to say I’d not look forward to that as well).
Or in a single sentence: “I miss HT and would like to see the server again.
Oh yeah, a few more slightly unrelated things:
Same deal as my last appeal, pre-written in Microsoft Word and then pasted into the forums, no AI used (except if you count Word’s Grammar Tool as AI).
I was also wondering if my bedrock (.Feuerstern44245) account got banned, I would assume so, but I didn’t want to test it in case it wasn’t which would count as ban evasion. If so, then this appeal is also for the bedrock, though that is more or less self-explanatory.
See you around I guess
- Fire