Hello.
i was banned for 'spamming' and i would like to appeal.
Report Details
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According to the reporter, i was "being rediculous". Aside of the spelling error, being ridiculous is not properly definable, and not a reportable offense.
They say i "won't stop telling people to vote". Which is not a reportable offense. In fact, As Town, the best way to dispel corruption is through democracy, and it is never enough to stress how important it is to vote.
But lets take a glance at 'spamming day chat'.
Replay logs
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Through the entirety of Day 3, in no individual part did i write the same message twice. Each message through each phase (Day Start, Defense, Judgement, Post Trial) is unique. The part of phase is important because if a player says 'TOWN VOTE X i FOUND X SUSP" during Day Start and repeated it during Judgement, then said it again Post Trial but in a different form such as "JAILOR i FOUND X SUSP EXECUTE THEM", this is not considered spam because they inherently mean something different. In Day Start, it means "vote X player". In Judgement, it means "Vote innocent on Y player and vote X instead". In Post Trial, it means "Vigilante and Jailor please handle X player, they are confirmed evil". For these reasons, while there is one message repeated across phases, it is not considered spam.
Moreover, in Town of Salem, it is very common that players will repeat the same sentence but with different wordings. As Jailor You ought to lead the Town. You ought to tell them to inno or to vote someone in different ways. That's just the way the game is. If writing the same thing twice is considered spam, then a Jailor saying during Day Start "Y player is confirmed" then saying "Inno Y is confirmed" would be a bannable offense. But it isn't and shouldn't be. The Jailor will say it and repeat it to exert his/her authority and influence. And if this becomes a bannable offense, then there is no point in playing it.
Thirdly, i did whisper the same message to all people in the lobby, once each. This can be considered spam, but technically each player sees it once only, hence it cannot really be judged that way. Whispering every player the same message once or saying that message openly once, has effectively the same effect on each individual player (except Blackmailer). And it is during Defense phase, which should be viewed separately from Day Start and Judgement, as argued previously. In which case, i said one message to each player individually, hence it cannot be seen as spam.
Lastly, i want to point out interesting things. i am one of Town of Salem's most hated players of all time. People will find any reason to report me.
Previously (Report ID: 3683991), i was reported for 'admitting to being AFK'. But if You follow the game properly, it was clear the game was lost, unironically because Mafia did not listen to me. i clearly said in Night 1 who was Veteran and Godfather chose them as target. Mafioso died due to that. Godfather was jailed Night 2 upon which i said i was going AFK, because the game was lost as we had no Mafia Killing.
In this game, it is clear that i was once again target of hatred. Lets look at some of the messages of my reporters.
Replay logs
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Annoying is not a reason to report someone. In fact, one of the reporters literally admitted that i was annoying because i was pushing them. They were Mafia and i was Town. my job is to push Mafia, and if me trying to win annoys them and is considered 'being rediculous', and BMG acknowledges that as a valid reason to permanently ban someone, then please by all means keep me permanently banned.
Its clear they are a bad loser. They lost to me and started bringing up excuses and even went as far as claiming i was multi-accounting with the Mafioso. This by itself should already be enough reason to dismiss the report as its obviously made based on hatred towards a player, malicious intent of taking revenge after a loss, not wanting to improve the game by addressing an issue with someone breaking the code of conduct.
When reporting someone, there is no 'I hate him/her' reason or 'annoying' reason. This report is obviously 'i hate Saana' and thus should be dismissed.
i hope my appeal is taken into consideration, and to hang some more Jesters tomorrow!
Saana.