Roy Harper wrote:
Story/Situation
Harassing users in-game: This reason of the official warning is the minor one. I was given this due to 2 situations in-game while dealing with blatant hackers in sits that took some time.
In the first sit, I was dealing with a hacker we will call Billy. Now I was sent to Server 2 to by a HA to deal with Billy who was blatantly cheating on the server with undetectable hacks. He was not trying to hide his hacks in anyway, he was just having some fun Mass RDMing and such. A few days prior he was kicked for hacking. Now I had no recording of him obviously cheating, so I decide to confront him about it. I bring him to the Server 2 spawn roof and speak to him, the sit goes on for a good 40 minutes where he finally admits to cheating and said what cheats he was using, in which I followed with banning him permanently for cheating. He gets unbanned the next day by fellow Head Admins because he was "harassed" and 2 days later gets caught again by Morgan and gets his deserved ban.
The next situation is a guy that was as well blatantly hacking with his buddy on Server 1, both mutants Mass RDMing with guns. Now his buddy was caught due to having some visuals on his screen, whereas this guy denied hacking. The sit went on for some 20 minutes (I was dealing with him and his friend at the same time) where I proceeded to ban him for a bit over a week for Mass RDM and using guns as a mutant. I brought him up in the meeting yesterday with the evidence I had of him cheating, and they saw that the sit went on for some time hence how they know.
Now as a Super Admin I have seen higher ranking members (HAs) dealing with hackers in sits that lasted well-over an hour. I do not see the problem with it when someone is blatantly cheating on the server and lying about it constantly. If he wants to waste our time catching him hack then being in a somewhat long sit is nowhere near a problem.
I just went into detail as to why you handled wrongly here. Although I agree that this isn't demotion-worthy, not knowing whether someone is hacking yet putting them in a sit for an extended period of time and continuously accusing them until they admit is just wrong. Users should be treated with respect, especially if you have no proof of them actually doing something wrong.
Holding personal grudges with Onion Rings: Now this here is the major part of the warning and what is very wrong and generally false accusations.
I don't know whether you hold a personal grudge with Onion, but reading the chat later clearly shows that you had no respect for Onion and was harassing him in the chat.
The main thing mentioned when I was being given my official warning is what happened on the WhatsApp with OnionRings. Onion might have been offended by it but he made a huge deal out of something uncalled for.
Since when is harassing a fellow staff member to the point that they feel the need to leave a chat "uncalled for"? If I'm entirely honest I think it's disgusting that you try to get out of this by saying that Onion should just mature up. Talking to your fellow staff member in such a manner is just plain wrong.
After this I was confronted about it by Captain on TeamSpeak where he urged me to go and apologize to OnionRings about what I said, which at first I thought was not needed until I realized how much Captain insisted.
So a staff member is seriously offended by what you said and you are unwilling to apologize? Seriously?
So I told him to stay out of it and that I would deal with it myself, which lead to him saying I have a bad attitude and him leaving.
He's a Head Admin. It's his job to ensure that the staff team behaves properly and to solve conflicts. You have a conflict with Onion so he tried to fix it - telling him to not interupt literally goes against everything that he is supposed to do and how you are supposed to behave. It undermines the whole staff team.
I tried to get Onion on the TeamSpeak to talk to him because I knew very well that it was far beyond what happened on the WhatsApp. There was a problem.
Glad to hear you at least acknowledge the fact that there is a problem. I just wish you would admit it when you've done something wrong.
Another thing mentioned is the TeamSpeak situation. Before I got demoted from TS Onion used to go around saying "I'm bringing you up for demotion" and "I'm get you demoted" and things along those lines. When I received my demotion people started harassing OnionRings blaming him for my demotion, but apparently something I had nothing to do with is my fault and I should have went and spoken to those people (didn't know who, they were many) and tell them not to do it as the whole team voted upon me demotion.
This mostly involves me, so I will describe how you are wrong there. Onion is an idiot for making such comments, yes, but it is a simple fact that it is not his fault for getting you demoted. Also, when I told you to get people to stop harassing Onion I did not mean that you had to go out of your way to fix it - I meant that you had to tell them it is not Onion's fault when you're in their channel with them.
If some user or staff member says "Onion is dumb for getting Roy demoted," you should say "It isn't Onion's fault, the whole staff team voted on it."
That's all I asked of you: to try and stop people from accusing Onion if things he didn't do.
After I got my official I finally get ahold of OnionRings on the TeamSpeak and discuss the situation with him. Summing it all up he thought I held a personal grudge with him because of my demotion on TeamSpeak, which is obviously a false accusation. Everyone that knows me knows very well I am not the type of person that would hold a grudge over another, especially when there is no reasoning behind it.
Yet I have personally noticed a lack of understanding from you with all situatuons involving Onion. I'm unsure whether it is holding a grudge or you being stubborn, but I do know that the outcome is the same. You should not have acted in duch a way towards Onion, or anyone else for that matter.
He says that I have a problem with him (which is not true) and that for the past month I had not listened to a single thing he said. I only ignored him when he asked me not to use soundboards because I was told I can by higher-ups.
Perhaps try to read TOU. Clearly Soundboards aren't allowed and if a Teamspeak staff member or head admin tells you to stop you should stop. Else you should face the repercussions of not listening, which in this case meant you getting demoted and even banned.
Funny thing is a few hours before that I was discussing something with Onion where he says his points and while I was stating mine he completely ignores me and leaves the spacer, which is disrespect. He says I never listen to anyone and that I do not take shit in, which is obviously not true as I would have been demoted by now if that is the case.
You can be incredibly stubborn. For example, I can say 'A' and you can say 'B', but no matter how many times I say 'A' and no matter which argument I bring up you still keep screaming 'B'. Do you know how frustrating that can be? I hardly blame Onion for this, although I do agree that it was a wrong thing of him to do.
He claims I am immature which I believe he bases on the fact of me using is soundboard; pretty much having a laugh as a high ranking staff member is immature. Then says I troll the meetings, which I have done very few times at the request of others, I cannot go into detail due to NDA.
"At the request of others"? Seriously? You can't even admit your own mistakes? You interupted the meeting plenty of times yesterday, yet that isn't your fault "because others requested it"?! Are you put of your mind?! At least admit your own faults.
Looking at everything he says it seems that he does not like me and holds a grudge against me while thinking I do so.
<03:28:01> #Onion (Phone): you have a problem with me
<03:28:32> #Onion (Phone): the past month you have just be pissing me off
<03:28:41> #Onion (Phone): you never listen to anyone
<03:28:53> #Onion (Phone): you don't take shit in
<03:29:17> #Onion (Phone): you have became very very immature
<03:29:54> #Onion (Phone): since your demotion you have just been mad at me
<03:30:12> #Onion (Phone): saying it was all my fault at first
<03:30:38> #Onion (Phone): yeah I was being honest
<03:30:46> #Onion (Phone): you shouldn't of done that
<03:31:11> #Onion (Phone): because people complained to me about you all the time
<03:31:15> #Onion (Phone): that's why I said it
<03:31:33> #Onion (Phone): you using your soundboards when you weren't meant to
<03:33:12> #Onion (Phone): one other thing is
<03:33:29> #Onion (Phone): you just screaming over people in the meetings 24/7
<03:33:43> #Onion (Phone): and your mic is like earrape
<03:33:53> #Onion (Phone): but it's still aids
<03:34:12> #Onion (Phone): if someone is talking don't talk over
<03:34:19> #Onion (Phone): if someone talks over you
<03:34:24> #Onion (Phone): say stfu
<03:34:53> #Onion (Phone): it's because the shit you say to me
<03:35:09> #Onion (Phone): yeah that's immature dude
<03:36:13> #Onion (Phone): you need to start listening to people
<03:48:55> #Onion (Phone): I was just sick off you
<03:49:05> #Onion (Phone): and wasn't in the mood
<03:49:16> #Onion (Phone): just being annoying
<03:49:54> #Onion (Phone): yeah you just wouldn't listen to higher orders
You both have a problem with one another. Whether you hold a grudge or he does, it really doesn't matter - the grudge is there and it is causing issues. Now stop pointing fingers (the good old "He started it!" argument is extremely childish and you should know better than that) and try to solve it, rather than make it worse.
Extra Information
I think the warning is very unfair and not needed, hence why I am appealing it. They pretty much claim I have personal issues with OnionRings because he says so basing it off of the fact that people went around saying he demoted me with me not being related to those things said in any way.
As I stated earlier, that is indeed a dumb thing of him to do - however you could at least try to stop those pathetic arguments, something I've yet to see you try and do.
DO NOT CAUSE DRAMA ON HERE, THANK YOU.
Sorry if any of my previous comments caused any drama. This will be my last post on this thread.