Minecraft Username: dgam02 Have you changed your Minecraft username since being banned? If so, what is your previous name?: No Reason of Ban: Accomplice to a scam Rule violated: 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. Please explain in your own words what the rule(s) means: The rule means that you are not allowed to scam users simply. I helped someone else scam somebody and I deserved to be banned for those actions. You should never attempt to scam another user for personal gain. Reason you feel you think you should be unbanned: Because it has been a week now and I feel that I have learned and reflected from my actions. I also know that zr has recieved his item back. I know that I will never try to attempt or help in any scams in the future. I also feel that I let down the community as a whole and that the trust users have in me will be lost. I'm also sorry to @zr2002 who has been affected the most by all of this. My ignorance to the whole situation made zr suffer the most and wound up getting me in trouble. I'm sorry to anyone else who was affected by this and I will make the effort to get past this and start fresh. This place is like my 2nd home and I want to come back to it. Thank You.
Hello @dgam02 Glad to see that you have now realised that being honest is the best policy, just unfortunate that it took us nearly a week to get to this point. I don't really have anything else to say other than what has already been said in our forum PM and that I hope you never resort to this sort behaviour/ scamming again. We do look into them a lot and we will find out if you are trying to skirt around our rules/not get caught/use other accounts etc. I am going to unban you with a 4 day tempban. This consists of 3 days for scamming and an additional day for the fact that your unbanning is not subject to any repayments as the eff 7 has already been claimed and returned to @zr2002. Dgam02's ban reduced to 4 day tempban.
