Name: PJ
Steam ID: 76561198239376528 / STEAM_1:0:139555400
Ban Reason: illegal Activity
Date of Ban: 06/02/2025
Length of Ban: 1 month
Staff Member(s) Involved: Warmaster
Reason(s) why we should accept your appeal:
Hello, I would like to first apologize for stating an inappropriate remark. There is no excuse for it and I take full responsibility.
I'm writing to appeal the reason listed for my recent ban, specifically the label of “Illegal Activity.” I accept that I took responsibility for the poor statement I made in the channel. However, I firmly feel that the way it is being presented does not fairly depict what actually happened and has generated a lot of false presumptions and misunderstandings.
What Happened:
This all took place in a semi-private Discord call with Deadeye and Soup. Soup mentioned he was stuck on a mission in Battlefront 2, so I launched the game to help him and started streaming. While we were talking, there was some light joking including a comment from Deadeye about Soup’s mom something like “Are you a Latina?”. After Soup made a personal comment, I responded with something inappropriate (“She doesn’t know that you take it”) that I immediately caught myself after being told his age and backtracked after stating “I wasn't supposed to say that to you disregard that.”
Soup then said he was going to quote what I said, and both Deadeye and I told him not to several times because we knew it would come off wrong and could get us all in trouble. He went ahead and quoted it anyway while stating to us “ It's only weird if you make it weird”. He even later after the ban was in place made a resignation in Rancor where he stated “I'm sorry PJ this is my fault” to which people won't find because someone deleted the resignation.
Even Soup himself said the quote wasn’t meant that way, admitted he shouldn’t have quoted it, and acknowledged that we warned him not to. Here's a direct quote from him during a conversation with Canary:
“Tbf it wasn’t meant in a manner like that… Doesn’t mean I should have quoted it tho.”
And from Deadeye:
“You and I repeatedly told him not to post it because both of you would most likely get in trouble.”
From what I understand, the decision to ban me was made based entirely on that quote, without anyone reaching out to talk to either of the adults who were in the call, and not even speaking with Soup himself. That led to an assumption that something far worse had happened, when it hadn’t.
A Few Important Clarifications:
Both Deadeye and I were on the call the entire time and directly warned Soup not to post the quote.
The quote was taken completely out of context and doesn’t reflect the full picture.
As far as I know, no one asked any of us what actually happened before the decision was made.
Since then, people have assumed something illegal took place, which is absolutely not the case.
What I’m Asking:
All I’m asking for is a fair shot to explain my side of the situation and to have Deadeye who was there for all of it confirm what really happened. I do want to see if I can remove it from my record. If the ban itself stays in place though, I’m okay with that. But I do ask that the reason be updated to something more accurate. Calling it “Illegal Activity” has already caused damage and led to a lot of speculation that doesn’t reflect what actually happened. “Inappropriate behavior/comments” would make more sense to the situation. Especially when staff have said they want to keep the situation discreet and haven't told anyone as to what happened. Yet everyone can view the ban list and reason’s on the dashboard on the forms.
Evidence to support your claims:
Deadeye’s Statement: He’s already confirmed he was there, that we both told Soup not to quote the comment, and that there was nothing illegal going on. He can vouch for everything.
No Solo Interaction: I was never alone with Soup. Everything happened in a group call.
Openness: I haven’t hidden anything. I’ve explained exactly what happened to anyone who asked and been upfront from the start.
No prior history of any behavior like this: this was an isolated, stupid moment that I tried to fix immediately.
Soup’s own messages: He admits he quoted something that wasn’t meant that way, and that we warned him not to.
Additional info:
I would also like to add that I’ve done my own due diligence to talk with people to gauge what people thought soup's age was. The most common answers were 16-19 years of age. I am here to clarify that he is 14. I didn't know his exact age till after the ban due to the reason that he had openly stated several times in open channels about identifying himself as a femboy. Now the personal comment from that night pertained to him talking about his identity to which is why I did not mention it due to his age. Some of you also said I should have immediately deleted it and some of you also agreed that it would look even worse for my case if I had deleted the comment. Some said I should have informed soup about the consequences of quoting that comment. Both Deadeye and myself told soup well up to 5-6 times the severity of what he thinks is “funny” that it would not be taken in that light and would be inappropriate for all parties involved. He decided to quote it anyways regardless of what two adults in the channel said. He also stated to both deadeye and myself after writing the quote “It’s only weird if you make it sound weird”. Did I say the quote at the end of the day yes but I immediately tried to rectify my comment and recover like I’ve seen from some many others on this server. Thank you for your time.