Steam Name: TwoOreosOneCup99
Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:127333062
Discord: TwoOreos99
Reason for Warn: "Attempt Meta-game"
Length of ban: N/A
Reason for appeal: A friend of mine asked the admins to bring me into his sit because I had a Medal clip of a PK he just requested. In the clip, you can hear brief audio of my friend saying something that not even the admins were able to interpret. I am an SGT in the PD faction and I like to chill in the OOC lounge in case new players in the force need help or don't understand how to fill out/file criminal complaints, Plea Deals, warrants, etc., or even have basic questions of their job in PD. The admins then told me that I "attempted to meta-game" just because they heard a sentence that they couldn't even interpret in the background of the clip that had no relevance to the in-game situation we were in and nothing that could benefit me in character from hearing it. They went on to explain that being in a Discord while playing your char is forbidden in general regardless of what is being said in Discord. They then told me I was getting banned for a week but after explaining the situation for about 10 minutes and giving multiple examples of how using the server's [DV-N] New York Police Department Discord can be used out of character and how the clip they watched had no relevance to the in-game situation we were in or benefited me in-character whatsoever; they eventually decided to give me an "attempted Meta-game warning".
Why I should get "unwarned": I don't believe that the warning was justified.
Clip of staff-sit and staff explaining how using the Server's PD discord and the "OOC Academy Channel" is still considered Meta-gaming regardless of training and other situations: https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/iDUYoIDARgbeWNw3N/eekkdxSK99OP?invite=cr-MSxOZjcsMjQ3OTI3MTE3LA
8aC7H3hE0itErmoc1QNuwQ.mp4