Ban Appeal For Hippos

[Hungry_Hippo2]

Your Warcraft III username: Hungry_Hippo
Realm/Gateway: useast.battle.net
Why are you banned: Vk Abuse
Why you should be unbanned: Played with an angry child on my team in Legion TD. He began swearing and verbally abusing teammates first. I for whatever reason didn't feel like sitting there and taking it so made mistake of talking back to him. Guess he took it upon himself to ban me. I should be un-banned because it is simply an inaccurate ban and the wrong person is being penalized.

[HazarDous]

@Hungry_Hippo2

You weren't just banned for VK abuse. Read this ban request and comment thoroughfully on your actions.

https://entgaming.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=69608

[matdas]

i just read the chat log, such luls. this child really is an attention seeking whore. he not only ruins the game, but does it cus he couldn't cross. childish.

[Hungry_Hippo2]

Yeah I controlled the king. We leaked something crazy like 50+ units. Including multiple BO's and furbs and wyvs. Used king to kill BO's but when you leak that much you die really fast. I didn't do the stall thing with the king where you click so he doesn't attack if that is what you're thinking. Which is why I didn't bother including the game ruin part of ban because I didn't ruin game. The kid screwed over the entire team and got me banned for it.

[Hungry_Hippo2]

Plus I didn't want to cross. I had to cross because the kid was afk until 4 seconds before the start of wave 1. He never said anything to any of us, never moved his prophet. So I had to sell my towers and put them into cross position because we all thought he was afk. Was trying to at least make a game out of what was looking more than likely to be a 4v3.

[KinG23]

@Hungry_Hippo2

Since Hazardous is away for a few days, I will review this game later. In the mean time, please copy/paste into this appeal our game specific rules for Legion TD, as well as our rules for votekick abuse. That way, I assume you to have read them, and agree to abide by them in the future. Thanks.

Note: Ban currently expires 12 Oct 2015 17:57:09 EDT.

[Hungry_Hippo2]

Rules
The general EntGaming:Rules apply to the LIHL, unless abrogated by the specific rules below. For the forum, the general EntGaming:ForumRules are to be followed.

Note
Violating any rule can result in disciplinary actions including verbal warnings, temporary & permanent bans from LIHL games and/or ENT games.

Game Modes

The default game mode is -hpgmcb with prophet builder.
Other game modes can be chosen if all players have agreed to play the mode.
If red (slot 1) fails to choose a mode (where the default mode is -ap), then all must choose the prophet builder or !draw the game.

Dodging

You may only play official lihl games with a !signed and vouched account.
If you are !signed to a game, you must join it and must not go afk for extensive periods of time.
Once a game has been hosted, all players are required to play the game out until one of the kings dies.
Unsigning during player drafting is forbidden.

Build Provisions

All players must build on their own lane and cannot build a tower that will attack and pull a creep from the opposite lane.
You are only allowed to build 1 tower space into the dark green area , no further, without being able to pull opposition towers.
If a player pulls creeps while not building at dark green area, whether to be punished or not will depend on a moderator's per case judgement. If pulling continuously happens due to a tower, it is recommended that it is sold immediately.

Drawing

If a player disconnects prior to ending of level 20, it is mandatory to !draw the game, unless every player agrees to play on.
If a player disconnects after level 20, then !draw is optional.

Leave and Disconnection

If a player leaves or disconnects during a game, a "Leave and DC penalty" will be enforced where the player who left will lose -18 elo and the remaining players will gain +3 elo for their playing time.
Leave and DC penalty will only be applied if the game was successfully drawn, reported within 24 hours on the forum by one who played the game, and once approved by a moderator.
Do not leave the game before the King has died since leaving shortly earlier can result in bugged stats.

No Heals and Double-Healing

Do not miss your heal or attempt to double heal intentionally to teamkill.

Pause/Afk

When pausing, a player should always inform everyone why he is doing so and for how long. The game can always be paused upon a moderator's request to do a screenshot test.
Do not unpause unless every player is ready.
After a player has been away from the keyboard longer than 5 minutes (use !afk to check), he can be kicked without question.
The use of pause is not allowed to discuss strategies.
Do not pause the game in an attempt to hinder the gameplay. For example, to prevent someone from healing the king or to prevent the opposing team from sending.

Anti-Stuck

All anti-stuck usage is prohibited, unless creeps are actually stuck.

King Juggling

Every form of juggling exploiting king's attack mechanics to gain more time and resources is banned (attacks should generally be smooth and uninterrupted).

Do not juggle the king preventing or delaying him from attacking or killing units.
Do not re-select target(s) to cancel king's attack animation and repeat.
Do not toggle king's autocast on and off.

Bugs & Glitches

Any exploitation of game mechanics which results in a glitch or bug is forbidden.

Swapping

All players must be in the game before any swaps are made.
All players must agree to the swap.
Any flaming/abuse/'convincing' with regards to getting a player to agree will not be tolerated.
Players have the right to disagree at any time, meaning that if a player agrees in the channel, then he does not need to agree in the lobby.
Trial players can never be swapped, so they all end up on the same team.

Observers

One veto is enough to reject a player from observing a game, however, the observer spot may not be denied to moderators or players who were not yet vouched before.
If the observer refuses to leave the lobby despite being vetoed, votekick him or draw and rehost the game.
Observers must not comment on strategies or ghost.
Observers may not ping under any circumstances.
If a player wishes, he may pause the game without hindering gameplay and request the game owner to !mute the observer(s) at any time.

Commands

The use of !start force is forbidden to prevent bugged stats.
Do not abuse !owner commands (!mute, !swap, etc.)
Do not !ignore more than 1 teammate. Doing so will mean that you refuse to communicate and teamwork.

[Hungry_Hippo2]

Votekick Rules
For flaming/verbal conflicts, use bot command, !ignore <name>, and/or bnet command, /squelch <name> , instead. Squelching will also block whispers.
Do not spam or randomly start !votekicks, do not !votekick to avoid being kicked, and do not !votekick without proper reasons. Votekicks are ban-able even if they are not passed since negative intentions can still be assessed and misusing it can lead others to misuse it. Kicks and bans are enforced based on how severe the rule has been violated. ENT keeps the right to enforce punishments as warning.
Do not abuse !votekick: its only purpose is to kick game ruinners who violate ENT's rules and negatively impact the game for either or both teams in the game.
You are obligated to !votekick any player that has broken any of ENT's rules. If someone or several indicate that a particular player is game ruining, you, as a player in the game, are obligated to question/check about the situation/claim.
If a votekick is initiated to kick a visible game ruiner, all players are obligated to !yes.
It is possible to game ruin by being new. In this case, votekick will only be valid if the new player refuses to learn and cooperate. Just because someone is a newbie or bad does not mean he is intentionally game ruinning.
Maphack can only be confirmed once the replay is reviewed after a game. Therefore, it is invalid to initiate a votekick on someone solely due to suspicions.
When you initiate a !votekick, you should clearly explain "Who" and "How" the violator is game ruining via all chat.
You are free to refuse to votekick someone when there is lack of evidence/visible rule violation. However, communicate your decision via all chat, too.
If you are unsure that someone on the opposite team is game ruinning, ask the other team for clarification via all chat.
You are responsible for your own vote. Voting for something means you agree with it. You are accountable for what happens with your vote.

The Enterprise Gaming Administration keeps the right to enforce punishments on a case-by-case basis in order to preserve a healthy gaming environment.

[KinG23]

@Hungry_Hippo2

After reviewing:

Hungry_Hippo asked pink to cross. However, pink was AFK, and built a LoD with the last second left before level 1 started. Thinking pink went AFK, he did not have time to sell his tower and reposition it into his own lane. This does not give you any excuse to do what follows, just noting it here.

Level 3: You intentionally king juggled, purposely losing the game for your team.

For cooperating and reading the rules, I will grant you a ban reduction (first offense). Any type of ban reduction will not happen in the future for this behavior, by the way.

Original ban was for 8 days, I am changing it to 5 days overall.

Ban now expires 9 Oct 2015 17:56:34 EDT.