Andy Ban Appeal

[Akira]

Your Character or Steam Name: Andy "Noir" Moris
Your SteamID (Click to retrieve): STEAM_0:1:439522528
Your Discord ID#: xsfqn
Reason for ban: RDM Bait??
Length of ban: 1D
Reason for appeal (dispute/apology): Dispute
Why should you be unbanned?: Because it was not a RDM Bait.

1. I was walking from Wright's pharmacy towards Little Italy when an unknown person noticed me and pointed a gun directly at my face.
2. I asked him why he was pointing a gun at me and he replied "Nobody is putting up anything in your face man, "FUCK OFF"
   If he had answered respectfully, I would have said "my bad" and left the area. However, after being insulted and told to fuck off, I replied with "or what?"
    
3. He then escalated the situation further by saying, "Or I'll fuck you up man, get outta here."
   I was roleplaying as a Black character living in the 1990s who had just been threatened and disrespected. If my goal was to RDM or bait someone into shooting me, I would have pulled out my gun immediately instead of following the Escalation Rules.
    
4. After receiving a direct threat, I replied with "Try that shit" and attempted to throw a punch.
5. As I started walking away, he said, "You missed, retarded." I turned back BECAUSE he INSULTED ME AGAIN. and i replied, "You don't even have the balls to fight like a real man, you fucking nerd."
6. When I pushed his door, he pulled out his gun and SHOT me in the legs. Only after being shot i pull out my own weapon and return fire.

As stated in this rule, in cases of continued disrespect, I have the right to freely respond/retaliate, as long as it is within the rules... which I have done.

I would also like to mention that the player returned to the scene immediately after dying. He came back, interacted with me and locked the door back (because door was left open when he died) and break the NLR Rules. If he denies this, the logs should show that the time of his death and the time he locked the door again are very close to each other.

What I do not understand is, if the other player was uncomfortable with the situation or did not want to engage in that type of roleplay, why did he insult me, threaten me, and escalate the situation further? He could have continued the escalation without immediately resorting to gunfire. When I attempted to punch him, he had the option to fight back physically instead of shooting me. If he had chosen to continue the roleplay with a fist fight, I would have accepted that outcome and moved on. Instead of choosing any of those options, he decided to resolve the situation by trying to kill me. Does defending myself and returning fire after being shot really make this RDM bait? 

I only reacted to the options that were presented to me in character as the roleplay developed naturally. At no point was my goal to Bait someone into shooting me or create a reason to Kill another player. I want to ROLEPLAY, and ignoring a roleplay situation would make no sense when roleplay is the reason I am here. I am fully aware of the Killing Rules and Escalation Rules, and I have read them many times. I understand that, from an outside perspective, this situation may look like RDM bait, but that was never my intention. As I mentioned before, I was simply minding my own business when an unexpected roleplay situation happened. 

To summarize, he tried to kill me and failed. I defended myself and returned fire only after being shot. Around thirty minutes later, I was banned for RDM bait. I believe I followed all Escalation and Killing Rules correctly and simply reacted to the situation as it developed through roleplay. I dont understand what I was expected to do in that situation. Am I supposed to just stand there, accept insults and threats, and walk away without reacting? I followed the escalation properly and responded within roleplay based on what was happening at the time. I never had any intention of RDM baiting someone. I was insulted and threatened in character (IC).

When I asked the staff member which part of the clip was considered RDM bait, I was told to make an appeal instead of receiving an explanation. I also requested a second opinion from another staff member because I believed the decision was incorrect, but my request was ignored.

Additional Information (images, videos, etc):
https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/mVDjrPAArgqAjN9c_?invite=cr-MSw3ZDcsMjcyODgyOTUw&v=54
 

Edited 5 minutes ago by Akira
This was all written by me, i only used GPT for grammar checking nothing else.

[Faith]

ive never seen so much effort for a 1day wowsa 

[Akira]

2 minutes ago, Faith said:

ive never seen so much effort for a 1day wowsa 

A 1 day ban is not the issue for me, and honestly whether it gets removed or not is not my main concern. What matters to me is that I have been playing on this server for a long time, and I do not want my record to be marked for something I believe is unfair.

This is important to me because in the past my record has been a reason I could not become staff. For months I have been playing very carefully in case I might get another chance in the future, and I do not want to lose that opportunity over what I believe is a misunderstanding.