[SkyWarsMC]

Server you were banned on (SMP/Discord): SMP

Minecraft username: SkyWarsMC

Reason for your ban (exactly what it says when you try to log in!): Using x-ray. Zero Tolerance Policy! Banned by UberDeathBunny. Appeal your ban at http://www.hometownmc.com/banned. It better be really good.


Who banned you: UberDeathBunny

Why should you be unbanned (Why should we give you a second chance?): Honestly it would be completely understandable and reasonable if I didn't get a second chance. I got greedy and wanted to make as much money as possible as fast as possible, so I circumvented the "being legit" part and just went from point A to Z. I was getting tired of having to just RTP around and pray to find a cave in res that hadn't been cleaned out completely, so yeah I did the stupid. However, I like the vibes and community of this place, so if I do get unbanned, I won't be doing that again. Deleting all the funny see thru things packs and keeping myself fair and balanced. (Also I'll be repaying the 100k or so I earned from selling diamonds back to the person I sold them to, if that hasn't happened already.) Plus I'm considering creating a better version of Nooberg and making that as my sort of "main project" after my Casino is finished, so I can give more back to charity. But hey, if I don't get unbanned, that's honestly completely justified. I dislike cheaters myself, being a former pvper, so I can understand the distain for anyone trying to break the system.
I have no excuses or anything as justification, Not going to bother with that one cause there's no real justification. I just got greedy, which is on me. All I can really say is I'm sorry. Not just for getting caught but for being dumb enough to decide to try to game the system. The house always wins after all, never try to gamble that they don't have everything locked down.

Why do you want to come back: This was going to be my sort of "Retirement" server from PvP. I like the vibes of the people and the insane creativity of the community, and am frankly kind of happy that this server has such a locked down anticheat and anti exploit system that they can know people are doing stupid stuff while not even online. That kind of server is really what I've been looking for in terms of a "retirement server". It's far better than most servers I've played with similar premises. Also I'd like to come back eventually so I can finish the rest of my casino and build Rottentinfoil the penthouse suite I have a contract with them for, and to be able to continue to help new players get their footing. I honestly really like this place, and am sorry for deciding to break the rules. Also I was considering starting to make content on this server or streaming it when I'm online, that way both free advertising for the server, I might get some following, and I can prove to being legit all the time. Otherwise I'll likely just go back to PvP, as that's kind of the only real thing I've been good 
at.

Thank you moderator/admin/whoever is reading my appeal for taking the time to read it. Even if I was a stinky rule breaker, I still appreciate the work you guys do!

[UberDeathBunny]

I will want multiple sentences as answers to each of the following questions for the appeal to be considered. Please take your time and do it right, do not use AI to write your appeal.

Did you give any of the materials to other players that you x-rayed? (just a yes or no is acceptable for this question)

Why is X-raying bad?

How does X-raying affect other players?

How does X-raying affect the server’s economy?

If you really need an item what is a better way of getting it than using X-Ray?

[SkyWarsMC]

Yay a kindergarten exercise to continue the public execution of my character. Welp here we go, let's get right into it:

Did you give any of the materials to other players that you x-rayed?
I sold them to /warp za because they bought them for the most. That's who I was planning on paying back anyways if I get unbanned anyways. You have that on logs so that's my evidence. It wasn't anything personal for za they just buy for the most. I didn't "give" anyone anything, I sold them though. But since you wanted a 1 word reply: "Yes"

Why is X-raying bad?
I feel like the answer to this is obvious. It's an unfair advantage and lets me get a lot more diamonds (or anything else) a lot faster than I should, which is how I assume you figured out I was xraying to begin with. It also breaks the rules, which by the definition of "breaking the rules" is bad. I'm not sure what you expected as a multi-sentence answer to this besides "it's unfair" and "it breaks the rules" so there's my reply for this one.

How does X-raying affect other players?
It keeps them from being able to find the ores themselves and it drains their banks if/when I sell to them. Also I suppose it can make random holes in the ground that they can fall into if I don't refill the holes which is an inconvenience for anyone that can't fly. So "it stops others from finding the ores" "it lowers player's bank accounts" and "it is an inconvenience if I don't refill the holes" is my 3 answers for that.

How does X-raying affect the server’s economy?
Again, I feel like this is obvious, but quickly flooding a server economy with a large amount of high value items lowers the value of the item. Same concept as inflation in real life. Then again with how hyperinflated this server's economy is, I'm not fully convinced that it really affects the SERVER economy majorly rather than just players that I sell the diamonds to, because of how obnoxiously rich the top 10% of players are. But regardless, it affects the economy by lowering player's banks, and floods the market with high value items that are now lower in value because the scarcity of them is lower.

If you really need an item what is a better way of getting it than using X-Ray?
I mean if I needed diamonds the original way I was doing it was just flying around rtping in res and hoping to find a cave that hadn't been stripped bare. The only reason I started xraying to begin with was because I was tired of rtping and finding already stripped caves because the server's res world is only 6k blocks and people can fly at Mach 2 to rip apart caves it makes "easily obtainable resources" harder to find when they just get stripped bare within a few weeks. But I suppose if I really wanted to or had the dedication or memory to, I could grind votes for a year to maybe get some +1 vouchers and get an instamining pickaxe for deepslate and just do the same thing I do to get netherite which is just walk around at the bottom of the world and instamine in completely random directions. Or I guess I could also use one of the drills to mine a long slice into the world and just clear out the entire Y -59 of the res world to get the most diamonds. I won't, but I could.

My two cents on this situation:
If I don't get unbanned, considering the only thing I've invested into was a rank and some time, I'm not really that burdened. The concept of publicly viewable appeals are more of an embarrassment to me than just not being let back into the server. So if these kindergarten questions continue or you want me to next write "I will not xray" on a hundred signs or something as the next schoolyard punishment, then I'll just say "forget it" and not continue embarrassing myself further for the server's amusement or wasting my time with this appeal process. 200+ views on this appeal and only one of them was the person that actually can unban me. Can't wait for everyone that's the other 199+ to mock me for that! I do find it rather weird that appeals aren't a "private" thing so other random players (including people that don't have an account on the forums) can see the appeals and just mock you for getting banned after/if you get unbanned. Public humiliation of people's characters are a totally unprofessional way to go about appeals. I'd rather just have a 30 day ban and no appeal process than doing this like how most servers do it.
I've already said I had no excuses and expressed my remorse for xraying to begin with, I know what I did was wrong, and said I won't do it again. I'm not going to beg on my knees or go beyond any reasonable effort to get unbanned I can just move on if needed. I said if I get unbanned, I'll just reverse what I did. I'll pay back the diamonds I sold in cash to the person that I sold them to, and move on with my day. It was a stupid choice on my part that could be easily reconciled if I was in the server, so I'm treating it as such.
Anyways, Now that I've answered your questions and given my 2 cents on this, That's the last thing I'll say in this post. Thanks for reading and as I said before, I appreciate the staff team even if I did a stupid thing and broke the rules.

PS: Never assume someone used AI to make an appeal. Use an AI check. I myself use zerogpt.com but you can use whatever. I chucked my entire original appeal into zerogpt and it got a 95.6/100 that it was written by a human. Feel free to fact check me on that. If this reply seemed a bit more "snarky" and "sarcastic" than the before one its because the one I did that I tried to be professional on you assumed was AI, so this time I'm just typing like I speak: Snarky and Sarcastic. Anyways yeah, have a good day. Let's hope this reply seemed more human to you.

[UberDeathBunny]

Just for clarity, nobody on the server mocks anyone for getting banned (with the exception of close friends that will include it in banter with each other). As you don't feel burdened by the loss of access to this server at this time your appeal is denied (you may appeal in the future and may have better results). Although I do apricate snarky and being a smart ass; this is not the place or time for it.

Just a FYI that I don't always check the forums from logged in devices.