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My Named: Banned

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ThreateningNegro

New Member
Hi folks, ThreateningNegro here. I'm an African-American male that plays minecraft casually (usually very late at night/early in the morning) whenever I'm stressed over schoolwork, work, whatever. Some people play angry birds, some people play xbox live, I play minecraft.

Last night (count: 3 hours ago) there was an incident involving my name and the team9000 mods stating that it was offensive. I'm sure forum trolls/people who want their opinions heard will jump all over this, but I was able to clear my name with DaBoredGamer who, by his own admission, cleared its "offensive" nature with the owner of the server. About 5 minutes ago, I was perma-banned from the server, without warning, after having been building without incident for ~2 hours. This is in addition to the roughly 35 minutes I spent getting my name cleared without mucking up the general chat channel.

Something has to happen here. I made it pretty clear that my name is in no way hateful or menacing, something which DaBoredGamer and, apparently, the server owner agreed with. Please, unban my account. I was about to start interiors on my build and submit screenshots so I could be ranked and build more permanent structures. I'm tired of fighting this battle, something that everyone online about 4 hours ago knows I didn't pick in the first place.

TL;DR Agreed upon by DaBoredGamer and, according to him, the OWNER that my name was not offensive. I was banned for having an offensive name after 2 hours of building w/o warning. Admins ban without reason, without provocation, and without communication. I want my account unbanned. WON'T JUST CHANGE NICKNAME to make things easy because I paid for a premium account.


~DISCLAIMER~ I am not posting this to start a flame war about why my name is or isn't offensive. If you want to talk to me about it, voice your opinions, whatever, PM me and we will have a calm, rational conversation about it.
 
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ThreateningNegro

New Member
It just occurred to me that some of the language in this, notably the PS, and the TL;DR sections are inappropriate for a specialized sub-forum. I just wanted to let whoever reads this know that I originally posted this in the general minecraft forum before I saw that this sub-forum existed; this is just a copy-paste of the aforementioned post.
 
Tofurkey

Tofurkey

Hooray!
We understand that you like this game, but please note that this is a family-oriented server. we attempt to stave off hate and hostility in all its forms, as many young people do play on our server and we feel they do not need to be exposed to certain things, (yes, yes, blame the parents for lack of supervision) but as far as I and the higher-ups are concerned, we would appreciate a change of your in-game moniker for our classic server -- which costs you nothing but a moment of your time and consideration. As far as the beta game is concerned, your actions and not your name will carry your weight of reputation.

I hope you understand where our intentions are coming from. We just want to make this the best all-around server it can be for everyone. We look forward to your return with a username that won't have the admins and ops worrying or getting the wrong idea.

Also, sorry for the late reply, I've been having connection issues and couldn't respond more promptly.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.
~Tofu
 
Bored

Bored

Well-Known Member
The nature of the name could easily be seen as a 'offensive' name, and I can tell you that being a pmod for another game company, they have a system that would have prevented the creation of such name in the first place. I'm in favor of changing the name though (I know you bought premium, but a guest can login to team9000 all the same and you are very decent fellow.)
 
konflakes

konflakes

Well-Known Member
Suggestion would be to create an account with a different name for classic and a keep your current account for beta. Im sure creating a new account for classic will not affect your gameplay in any way.
 
Briggs

Briggs

Well-Known Member
TL;DR of other posts = play beta with this account, and create another to play classic! Quick fix is perhaps quick? :)
 
TheGurw

TheGurw

Well-Known Member
Sorry, but when was calling a Negro by the proper term, offensive?

I'm obviously not Wooty, nor am I the be-all-end-all for deciding this, but I see absolutely nothing wrong with his name.
 
ax02

ax02

Member
ThreateningNegro said:
Hi folks, ThreateningNegro here. I'm an African-American male that plays minecraft casually (usually very late at night/early in the morning) whenever I'm stressed over schoolwork, work, whatever. Some people play angry birds, some people play xbox live, I play minecraft.

Last night (count: 3 hours ago) there was an incident involving my name and the team9000 mods stating that it was offensive. I'm sure forum trolls/people who want their opinions heard will jump all over this, but I was able to clear my name with DaBoredGamer who, by his own admission, cleared its "offensive" nature with the owner of the server. About 5 minutes ago, I was perma-banned from the server, without warning, after having been building without incident for ~2 hours. This is in addition to the roughly 35 minutes I spent getting my name cleared without mucking up the general chat channel.

Something has to happen here. I made it pretty clear that my name is in no way hateful or menacing, something which DaBoredGamer and, apparently, the server owner agreed with. Please, unban my account. I was about to start interiors on my build and submit screenshots so I could be ranked and build more permanent structures. I'm tired of fighting this battle, something that everyone online about 4 hours ago knows I didn't pick in the first place.

TL;DR Agreed upon by DaBoredGamer and, according to him, the OWNER that my name was not offensive. I was banned for having an offensive name after 2 hours of building w/o warning. Admins ban without reason, without provocation, and without communication. I want my account unbanned. WON'T JUST CHANGE NICKNAME to make things easy because I paid for a premium account.

~DISCLAIMER~ I am not posting this to start a flame war about why my name is or isn't offensive. If you want to talk to me about it, voice your opinions, whatever, PM me and we will have a calm, rational conversation about it.
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wow wht a texte! and i agree with u ;)
 
Casham

Casham

Well-Known Member
Threat, feel free to make another minecraft account.
This is a free process and literally takes about 10 seconds of your time.
The ban on your username will stay.
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