Bic Ban Appeal

[biclighter]

Your Character or Steam Name: Bic

Your SteamID: STEAM_0:0:424709755

Your Discord ID#: bic.lighter

Reason for ban: RDM

Length of ban: 5 Days

Reason for appeal (dispute/apology): both tbh

Why should you be unbanned?:

I was under the impression that someone pointing a gun at you is means to shoot the person, but seemingly not in this situation. The guy in the clip claimed I was following him at first, which he said as I was literally walking away (not only that but you can see him walking around for a whole minute while I was tabbed out). After he said that, I was planning to go up to him and whisper something random but he pulled the gun almost immediately. If he would have said something like "get away or im gonna kill you" or some valid threat, I would have just walked away. The only reason I shot was because I thought he would shoot first (guy seems like a minge to me). He made an in game ticket and I tried to explain that he pointed a gun at me, which I thought at the time is a valid reason to shoot back, but Velocity said it was RDM baiting (something I've never done nor do I tolerate). I could see how he would think that, and I don't think his reasoning was bad either. On his side of things, I rdm'd the same guy a bit earlier before the ban bc he was saying some very disrespectful shit to me and people I know. This led to me making the mistake of shooting him for no RP reason. I don't have many recent RDM PO's (only a 2 or 3 in the past eight months) reflected by the short ban I received.

I would like to apologize for crashing out on this guy during my first interaction with him, it was unwarranted and out of the ordinary compared to my normal behavior. I should've left this guy alone but I really thought he was up to no good/minge-ing.

My reasoning for making this appeal is to see what other people think of my second interaction with him and see if it really was RDM. 

Additional Information (images, videos, etc): 

https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/mlz1Lv6wVcM4Cu6SD?invite=cr-MSx4S3IsODUyMTY2NTU&v=105 

[RandyBoBandy]

This guy is a legit player with a good history of just having fun. If anything was done wrong, it was a simple mistake. This guy takes the RP seriously. I don't vouch for a whole lot of people. But he IS one of them. The situation makes sence and I'd recommend giving him a chance. It is not a pattern.

[Holiday]

This is crazy to see. Someone so active and who also produces so much to roleplay within the server through unique player-to-player interactions, be banned for 5 days without ban escalation. Whatever happened to the 1 day bans; and then if they didn't learn their lessen, upping it to a harsher punishment?

I feel nothing but bad for Bic, he didn't even argue the fact that this dude randomly entered the area he was in. You can't just walk up to someone and tell them to get away from you  . Then, because Bic is a goofy person, he followed the guy . I believe him when he says he was trying to whisper something in chat, because that's who he is. A Goofy guy . 

Needless to say, the guy actually RDMed Bic by failing to escalate his use of force as required by the rules. The guy continued to walk in the same direction of Bic, backwards, if anything the argument could be made in reverse. Was this random guy not baiting Bic into RDM? Why did he not change direction? Why was he not trying to get away from Bic, (i.e. running/sprinting/dodging), Why escalate to pulling a gun out on Bic?

Too many variables, not justifiable to deprive someone from this mind melting experience. -> Admins should consider this appeal.