[Ban Appeal] iTzXtremeGaming

In Game Name:

iTzXtremeGaming​

Have you changed your Minecraft username since being banned? If so, what is your previous name:

I have not.​

Which of ECC's services are you banned on:

Main server I believe.​

Reason of Ban:

Loan Scamming. (7amoodw/LJKAzrael/maroiogog.​

Rule Violated:

Spoiler: Scamming Rule

Clause 2 - Scamming
A general definition of a scam in the context of EcoCityCraft is a transaction in which a user pays for goods or services from another user, and does not receive those goods/services in the agreed upon timeframe.
Failing to uphold your end of the deal is scamming, and is punishable by a ban. Your continuance on the server may rely on you following through with your end of the deal, or refunding what you scammed, solely at the staff’s discretion.
Clause 2.1 - Renaming items
Users cannot rename items for the purpose of making them misleading (for example, taking a cookie and renaming it “Diamond Sword”, and then attempting to auction or trade it without specifying that the item is a cookie is against the rules)
If you are auctioning or trading an item that has been renamed, you MUST specify what the item was before it was renamed.
All renamed items must follow the language and content rules for chat on the server. If it would not be appropriate in global, it is not an appropriate item name.
Making or distributing items that are inappropriately named are both punishable to the same extent. If you find or receive an item that has been inappropriately named, please inform a staff member immediately, so that they may investigate and act appropriately.
Clause 2.2 - Attempted Scamming
Users cannot attempt to scam other users. If enough evidence is provided and the staff believe a scam was intended, this will result in a temporary ban against the offending user.
Attempted scamming includes misleading sales or auctions. For example an auction for 'a melon,sword'.
Clause 2.3 - Player Run Lotteries
Any player run lottery is disallowed and will be treated as attempted scams or actual scamming depending on the situation.
This includes any type of raffle or lottery that requires a buy in.
Clause 3 - Contracts
All contracts signed and approved in the contracts forum serve as proof of agreement, and must be followed through by all parties involved.
For a full and current list of contract forum rules and regulations, please see our contracts forum sticky post about getting started on contracts.
Clause 4 - User to User EcoDollar-to-Real Life Currency Transfers
Real life money/items being given for in-game items, EcoDollars, or anything else within EcoCityCraft is not allowed. If an investigation ensues and concludes such a transaction took place, or may take place, all users involved will be severely punished.
EcoDollars also may not be used for real-life transactions, including real life tangible items and minecraft-related items away from the server. All EcoDollar transactions must be EcoCityCraft related.
Trading EcoDollars for EcoCityCraft Server Features (ie. people purchasing features from the server on your behalf) is allowed because all parts of the transaction have to do directly with EcoCityCraft. However, these transactions are not encouraged due to the high risk of getting scammed and things going wrong. Please see our supporting the Server wiki article for more information on the risks of these types of transactions before participating in one.
Clause 5 - ECC Stock Trader
Anyone caught abusing the stock market in any way will be banned. This includes buying and selling stocks during a period when the US market should be closed. (Example: A bug with our automation, accidental opening on a holiday)
Clause 6 - Item Ownership
You may designate an item as yours with our /own command.
This only works for items that have a durability.
Items that have a designated ownership belong to that player no matter how they have been obtained after the ownership has been set.
Staff may require you to return an owned item to its designated owner should one be found in your possession.
In the case of loaning an item, the designated owner waives the right to reclaim the item for the duration of the loan, so long as the renter can provide sufficient evidence that they are legally borrowing the item.
Setting the ownership of an item that is not yours is not allowed.
This includes completing an ownership trade of an item without fulfilling your end of the deal.
This can result in an investigation, and a ban if found guilty.
If you are selling an item you are the designated owner of, you must transfer ownership to the receiving player.
Not doing so will be considered scamming.
We allow the trading of items with 'invalid ownership', meaning where the seller is not the designated owner of the item.
In these cases, the seller needs to get the buyer to acknowledge that the ownership is invalid before the trade is performed.
The designated owner is still able to reclaim the item after one of these trades.
The purchase of these items is entirely at your own risk.
The seller of the item will not be held responsible for losses incurred due to reclaimed items unless it is deemed that the seller sold the item with malicious intent.
Staff will not assist you in becoming the designated owner in these cases.
You will be required to know your item ID # displayed on your tool for any investigation.

Please explain in your own words what the rule(s) means:

This rule means that you are supposed to pay people back that are kind enough to trust you with a loan, and to not scam them.

(Im sorry.)​

Reason you feel you think you should be un-banned:

Alright. Sorry if this appeal drags on, I don't mean it to. So im not gonna start with all this apologising and it'll never ever happen again stuff, because it's pointless. It doesn't really get the point across and, really it's just words from me to you.

So first of all, I would like to personally thank whoever banned me til 2016. I believe it was Nicit6, if it was you, thank you.

Being away from the server for nearly 3 1/2 months has actually made me realise how much you all mean to me. I guess I could call you a second family. Before I got banned, I really didn't have any motivation to play or to do anything, and I was just generally getting really bored of Minecraft in general. Getting banned has given me new motivation to start playing again, and I feel as if I am able to cope with this debt I will receive if this appeal is accepted, which I will be ready for.

School work has slowed down a bit, my sports aren't as much hours because the time of year, and I feel like I'm finally ready to put this debt to rest.

I am asking for one more chance, not to show everyone that I can do it, but to also show myself that anything can happen when you apply yourself. I did not mean to scam, I wouldn't intentionally scam the people that were kind enough to trust me with a loan in the first place, and my life just got busier and busier, at the wrong time. I probably have lost a lot of trust with this act, and I respect every single one of your opinions. I have learned to /ignore and move on, not to cause arguments, it's almost as if I have no need for anger anymore! Ask anyone that I speak to on skype, I don't even feel angry anymore, and I sure as heck won't change that now for a minecraft server.

As I am currently writing this, I am off school for another week and that is when I will have the absolute most time to play, almost all day everyday. After that and school starts I will manage to fit in around 3 hours a day. So not as much, but definitely enough to keep making money for those that I owe.

Alright so I guess that's all I have to say, im sorry to the people I let down, I hope that in the future once this is over You will regain trust in me. It's been a while ECC, I wanna come home ​

 

Hey. I don't mean to bump this - And please delete if you wish.

I don't really understand how this has taken 3 days so far and I don't think it's even had a look into it by a GA+, I mean I don't mind waiting, and I know what I done wrong, and that's why i'm in this situation right now. But I don't know why i'm serving even longer punishment - I mean, i've been off for 3 1/2 months, is that not enough punishment not just for me, but for the people I owe too? I would really like to get back on.

The reason I am posting this as it doesn't really help anyone at all here, it doesn't help me as I would like to be back on helping new users, and being a great citizen of ECC, but this is my week off, and this is my chance to make the absolute most money, and I can rack in up to 150,000/day, which is quite a good amount for a week.

I mean, if I earned 150,000 a day for the next 7 days that i'm off, that equals to $1,050,000 which is i think nearly 50% of my debt, which could be gone. By delaying this, you're only delaying the people I owe for not getting their money as soon as possible, because when school starts, I will be paying it off 100% for sure, just that it will be taking a lot longer process as my playing time will decrease by like 50-75%.

I hope the mods don't see this as a bump, but I am just trying to show the fact that I could be making money right now while the time I have off, and could make a couple of users a lot more happy a lot more soon.

Anyways, thanks for reading this & if the mods feel this is irrelevant and a bump, please feel free to give me a forum warning & delete this post. Thank you again,

- iTz