[RushingBadger]

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

Minecraft username: RushingBadger (Nickname= MrUBGJustin) 

Reason for your ban (exactly what it says when you try to log in!): Xray. Banned by TheDutyPaid/LyingStar. Zero-tolerance policy! Appeal your ban at http://www.hometownmc,com/forums, it better be really good.

Who banned you: TheDutyPaid/LyingStar

Why should you be unbanned (Why should we give you a second chance?): i would like to be giving another chance to comeback to the very first server i ever played on the first time i played on Hometown was in summer of 2016 just after i graduated high school i made so many friends along the way such as IllogicalSong and Jasper and many more to many to to list but anyways I've been around for many years i joined the discord in 2020 I've loved playing on the server and made a mistake one day and decided to use X-Ray to mine for Netherite instead of just playing the game like everyone else and for that i am sorry i should have never cheated especially on a server that i loved to play on its been along time since I've played on the server and hope to be given another chance. i know i probably wont get unbanned as this is my second appeal as my first last year i used Ai for most of my answers and i shouldn't have and again i sorry for that i am just full of mistakes lol im only human at the end of the day. 

Why do you want to come back: i would like to comeback for many reasons as i stated in the above statement the server is where it all began for me on SMP Minecraft in 2016 and Hometown is and will always be home for me i would like to come home and play with everyone again and make new friends along the way. i will never make the same mistake again and use any sort of cheat to give me an unfair advantage of the rest of the player base. i realize i made a huge mistake when i started X-Raying but knew it was to late to go back and continued till my ban at the Hands of TheDutyPaid which was justified obviously lol. i am looking to come back and continue the shop myself and my brother (UBG-Trevor) started as we recently found out he was diagnosed with stage 2 Brain cancer and just had surgery last mouth. we used to talk about hometown all the time i want to build I'm a PC to able to return to hometown with me if i get unbanned. i know few of you guys remember him as he was the one that was the one that was always buying everyone VIP3. I've recently gotten back into Minecraft after watch Technoblades potato wars series. as i said i have made many mistakes but never made the same mistake again and will never cheat like i did before again. i haven played on any other SMP's as this is the only one i ever played on i tried to find other ones but none compared to this one and left them almost immediately as this one i have history with and really enjoyed anyways that's all i have to say and hope you take my appeal into consideration

[Nether_Ruler]

To start, I'm sorry to hear about your brother, and hope he has a speedy and smooth recovery.

Since Duty is currently on [Vacation] from the staff team and not responding to ban appeals, I (formerly LyingStar, now Nether_Ruler) will be replying instead.

It's been almost a year since your last appeal (https://hometownmc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=6293), where instead of appealing properly you decided to use AI to write your appeal for you. I appreciate you admitting to x-ray and to using AI, but I'm going to need a little more from you due to a) the severity of your ban, b) the fact that you've been banned for an egregious issue in the past, and c) that you cheated in your previous appeal. I'm going to ask you some questions to make sure that you understand what you did was wrong. The expectation is not perfection, but honesty and thought. Most x-ray appeals don't get accepted with short sentences. I'm not giving you a minimum, but keep in mind that the best x-ray appeals are the ones that are long and thought-out.

1. What specific advantages does x-ray give you over other players, and how does that impact the server's community and economy?
2. What led you to x-ray, and how to you plan to ensure you won't make similar decisions in the future?
3. What do you think the purpose of having rules like a no-cheating policy on a community-based server like ours is? Why is it important to follow these rules?
4. Imagine another player admits to using x-ray after being caught. What would you say to them about why their behavior is harmful and why they should avoid it?
5. Why is using AI in appeals not allowed?

I'm aware some of the questions slightly overlap. Don't worry about repeating yourself if you find you need to. Just answer each question as if it was its own without worrying about your answer to the previous.