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Jiro_89
3rd March 2015, 20:00
There seems to be a fair amount of confusion among banned players what to do when they're banned. We've had several people try to appeal their ban through MCBans (where all our global bans are routed to other servers) without realizing that they were in fact disputing their bans. There is a big difference between a dispute and an appeal.

A dispute is challenging the validity of the ban. Essentially saying that the actions of the ban never occurred, that the staff are incorrect, and that the player has been wrongly accused.

An appeal is done on our Ban Appeal forums and is a way for people to ask questions about their bans or even reverse the ban to a warning if successful.

People that are globally banned on our servers must meet the following criteria:

Valid Global Ban Reasons

Valid reasons for global bans are, but not limited to:


Griefing (Theft is included here. Please be sure to have screenshot proof)
Causing server downtime by DDoS or any other malicious method (Please note that proof must be very thorough for bans of this type)
Spambot ("Spamming/Spam/Spamming Chat" are not allowed, it must actually be automated)
Client-side modifications (Please be specific with your reason - "Hacking" is not enough information - See blue note at bottom)
X-Ray related modifications (This includes x-ray texture packs)
Racism - follow the following process:

1) Is it aimed at a player in a way which is clearly abusive?

Yes, go to 2
No, LOCAL ONLY


2) Is it in public chat or a private message?

Public, CAN GLOBAL
Private, go to 3


3) Is there a complaint from the player in question?

Yes, CAN GLOBAL
No, LOCAL ONLY




Homophobia - follow the following process:

1) Is it aimed at a player in a way which is clearly abusive?

Yes, go to 2
No, LOCAL ONLY


2) Is it in public chat or a private message?

Public, CAN GLOBAL
Private, go to 3


3) Is there a complaint from the player in question?

Yes, CAN GLOBAL
No, LOCAL ONLY




Posting direct links to pornographic material or "shock" websites
Nazi symbols or skins
Honeypots (Server must comply with Honeypot guidelines)


And if you dispute your ban your chances of a successful appeal there after are slim to none due to the accusatory nature of the dispute, the dis-respectfulness towards the staff of the server, and the unnecessary risk you are putting on the server's reputation.

All staff members who execute global bans are well trained to know if the player meets the criteria for a global ban. If your mission is to become unbanned, always appeal.