Ban Dispute (SamSN)

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BullyHunter

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Punishment Type: Ban
Appeal Type: Dispute
Which staff member issued the punishment?: SamSN
How long were you banned/blacklisted for?: 3 Days

Your Steam Name: BullyHunter
Your Roleplay Name: Henry Lopez
Your SteamID: STEAM_0:1:60438167

Why were you banned/blacklisted?: 5.6 - Player attempted to kidnap another user from outside of the casino in order to make them his "fishing slave"

Why should this appeal be considered?: I didn't think that this would be against the rules, as far as I interpreted it, I could kidnap someone as long as I benefit from it & it outweighs the risk of the chances of getting caught.

The idea was fairly simple, there were 4 of us basing together making drugs in Hicktown, we were fishing too and then burning the fish and stocking up on burnt fish.
I thought it would be pretty funny if we got ourselves a fishing slave who would literally only move around fish from the rods, to the stove 10 feet away which would then be burnt.

I started driving around with a guy to find ourselves an obedient slave, we tried to bait a few people into our car so we can ship them off to our lake, but they didn't fancy getting in the car.
We ended up making our way to casino where we found some guy call Jago, I put my gun to him and then I told him to put his hands up (so I could see if he had any weapons) which would be followed by putting him into my car, but instead of doing as told, he decided to refuse & attempt to get into his car to make a getaway, he went to unlock his car to get in, so I just shot him before he got in.

SamSN then asked me ~20 mins later why I killed him, I explained why, my reason was valid, he asked me what my intentions were, but he didn't like the sounds of a fishing slave.

He argued that getting someone to burn your fish is the same as mugging someone but I don't see the correlation.

This conversation within the reported ended with me getting banned for 3 days over something hypothetical which I think is pretty stupid, I was banned for violating 5.6, but I didn't even kidnap anyone at that point which doesn't make much sense to me.

The rule that I was banned for states that you can only kidnap when it's 'absolutely necessary' but I can guarantee you no kidnapping situation that has ever existed on perp is 'absolutely necessary', so if we ignore that bogus part, we get "you can only kidnap someone if it outweighs the risk" which yes, yes it does. We get ourselves free labour for 10 minutes, that's a win win in my eyes.

In conclusion, I don't think I broke any rules, and the only rule I could have potentially broken was written poorly & definitely needs a re-work.

(pls no lock without giving me a chance to respond, that shit sucks)
 
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You've chosen to leave out a very important part of the rule, I am not sure why, but it's the rule nonetheless and cannot be disregarded as you please. See the first sentence of 5.6:
Player(s) may only kidnap another player if it is absolutely necessary and benefits the player to such an extent that it outweighs the risks.

Kidnapping another player to make them fish for you is in no way "absolutely necessary" and therefore is a violation of the rule. You have diverted from this incredibly clear part of the rule in your dispute, thus making it relatively groundless. This is completely black and white, you ignored part of a rule and were punished accordingly.

To address what you have actually said in this dispute, your arguments still do not justify what you did. Even if we leave out the first part of the rule; you kidnapped the player in a public area in direct eyeshot of multiple NPCs and at the constant risk of a police officer driving past, or any civilian at that, all to make him fish for you. Had you actually carried your plan out, you would be under constant scrutiny and at risk of being arrested if you are caught, you would not see the material benefit of taking this hostage for a long time, hell, you would be at risk of him backstabbing you when you turn a blind eye.

The bottom line is, it was an unfair thing to do and perspicuously against the rules. If you still feel that this ban is invalid and/or you think this dispute has been handled unfairly/inappropriately, you can create a staff complaint here.

Reviewed with @Hayden and @A1L
 
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