No offense Marty, but you tried to get me banned for a month for calling you socially retarded and other petty things. I don't see how this scales even remotely close.
Invader has dropped homophobic terms and severe language on multiple occasions with multiple people. I always see this player taunting and using binds towards the players he's killed while sitting with a friend stack. I originally wanted Invader to be temporarily banned from the site for the harassment, but using another account just to continue harassing someone is very extreme. You found yourself being kicked out of several lobbies yet continued to act the way which leads me to believe you truly aren't sorry for your actions.
Four days ago you were bragging in chat that you've been reported over a month ago and still not banned. I feel like it will be the same bragging story if you do get your ban appealed.
I don't know how I feel about permanently banned right now, but I do believe you're only sorry someone finally took action.
That's honestly just a load of bull to me. I was in that very same lobby when you said you were going to report Invader. You wanna know what the first thing he said to you was? How socially retarded you were. So don't you dare try and downplay things you've said to an ADMIN, while being a hypocrite at the same time.
I think it's fairly obvious, since Tadd's been unbanned by admins already, that his and Invader's situations are nowhere near similar. If Tadd were truly trying to downplay his past actions and do damage control, then wouldn't it make sense for him to have remained banned? When viewed in proper context, Invader's infractions are much more severe than Tadd's, to the point of a former admin mentioned that Invader's actions should fall under cyber bullying (Def. by Wiki as: " the use of information technology to harm or harass other people in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner.") Such an accusation should not, and was not taken lightly, resulting in the permaban.
Additionally, I fail to see how your statement helps Invader's case in any way, shape, or form. The first thing he said was to call Tadd socially retarded? Not a good stance to be in if he's trying to get unbanned. You also make it sound like antagonizing an admin is not ok, while doing it to other players is. This would set a dangerous precedent if it were true, resulting in more behavior similar to Invader's; thankfully, that is not the case.
There is nothing wrong with playing with a few other friends and the "team stack" effect of this is inevitable; heck, if it fills up a lobby faster I'm all for it.
The issue is that, when the friends work together to antagonize other players, there is something wrong, and the wellbeing of the community must also be taken into account. It's gotten to the point where numerous people have spoken out against Invader(and we're not all friends with each other, seeking a "personal vendetta") It's simply that many of us have negative experiences playing with Invader and co. in the past. The amount of lobbies you've played should make no difference in the ruling of a ban; earlier this week someone with 2000+ lobbies was banned for behavior detrimental to the TF2C community. I have a ridiculous amount of lobbies (over 1500) played with friends as well, with no previous infractions. The difference between me and Invader? I don't seek to harm members of the community.
You're saying all of this as if we are unaware of Invader's offenses. I'm pretty sure we're all well aware of what he said, no need to sugar coat things at this point. The fact of the matter is he came in here apologizing for those offenses, and on top of that, Tadd is just here to gloat. You're nitpicking details just to try to invalidate any of my points and, again, blow things out of proportion, when this guy didn't even get a single warning, just a straight up insta, perma ban.
I simply commented on what you said because I feel that your points are in fact invalid. I will do so again:
1. "The fact of the matter is he came in here apologizing for those offenses"
So? He's already committed those offenses, apologizing is simply damage control. In the case that he truly is apologetic, I must apologize deeply myself for assuming otherwise, but calling Tadd an "uptight two faced asshole" and stating "but I seriously could care less about this epic generic anime kid called 'Taddy'." does not seem apologetic to me.
2. "Tadd is just here to gloat"
Is it gloating when a victim makes a statement about the offenses committed against him/her? The clearest example of gloating in this fiasco is in the image Tadd posted of Invader, clearly enjoying the prolonged judgment on his ban request.
3. "blow things out of proportion"
Based on the number of comments and views on the threads related to Invader's ban, I wouldn't say that I personally am blowing it out of proportion. I argue that Invader repeatedly engaging with Tadd in a negative manner, through his main account, through his alt, through his friends, and through the ban threads is probably what blew it out of proportion.
4. "when this guy didn't even get a single warning"
You know that TF2C has a rules page, right? I understand that you choose whether or not to read them, but when you enter a community that has admins who seek to uphold those very rules, it's probably best that you give them at least a passing glance.
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