iolaire - Ban Appeal

[iolaire]

Your Character or Steam Name: Leandro D'Antuono | iolaire

Your SteamID: STEAM_0:0:98607731

Your Discord ID#: iolaire (179748256903856128)

Reason for Ban: Global Rule #1 - Cheating

Length of Ban: Permanent

Reason for Appeal: Dispute

Why should you be unbanned?: During a raid on a property last night by members of the UA alliance to kill off the underboss of Altoviti, I ended up chasing them out of the warehouse and killing two of the raiders. Immediately following the situation, it was met with questions and accusations of potential cheating. 

As a result, I was pulled to a call with staff to do a VOD check and an overall PC file check. Upon doing so, nothing was found except an old folder from 2023 with nothing but random code and .jsons relating to a GMOD cheat that I haven't used in years (darkrp trolling). As I stated when in VC with staff after the incident that sparked this, I have never cheated on diverge and do not currently cheat on diverge at this time either, I have no reason to whatsoever. I am a long-time player in this community, dating back to 2020/21, with very little administrative action ever taken against me, nor have I ever faced any accusations prior. Now, the reality is, I can understand why, from a staff perspective, it could be construed as if I were cheating, and understand the optics of the situation.

I am here disputing the ban as I do not believe it to be justified, and further proclaim my innocence in this situation as I did when a PC check was done last night. I won't deny the existence of the folder, UA has seen it and is likely what led to the ban, but the contents of which were also seen, which showed the lack of its use in years. 

Additional Information: Not that I can think of.

[Canadian-bacon]

I'll continue what I was saying following our discussion in your support ticket.

 

I'm not unsympathetic to the possibility that you had an old cheat folder that was not in use on your PC. Obviously no one with actual cheats would willing screenshare their game and files to staff, especially without clearing out the trash bin, but you can understand how suspect it looked to the investigating staff members that there was a cheat folder deleted just before you shared your screen with them.

I do understand and see that yes you are a long-time positive member of the community and while there is no direct proof that you were ever cheating on our server I do think it does cast enough doubt that the PK's that came from the situation had to be reversed. That being said the staff members who did go through your files attest to the age of the folder and their contents having no usable executable file.

Additionally in these cases we don't need either 'side' to an issue speculating about the on-goings of a staff investigation. I think the staff members involved handled it correctly, even if there wasn't fully immediate actionable proof. I am satisfied with what I have been shown and told afterwards to justify this unban.