Minecraft Username: imabankthing
Have you changed your Minecraft username since being banned? If so, what is your previous name?: No

Which of ECC's services are you banned on? [Main Server/Teamspeak/Shoutbox - delete as appropriate]: Main Server

Reason of Ban: Moderate grief, lava

Rule violated:
Clause 1 - Griefing

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  • Grief is defined as breaking or destroying things that do not belong to you, including breaking and replacing things to get to places that otherwise you shouldn't be going (for example, breaking into someone's house.) This can also extend to building things in areas that do not belong to you.
    • Grief is not allowed in protected towns, unless the town owner has decided otherwise. In the event a grief occurs in a non-grief town then a grief report can be filed here: Grief Report and Rollback Request
      • If a town allows grief then all residents must be informed before joining the town.
  • When a grief report is filed, grief is graded on a sliding scale of minor/moderate/major based on the amount and severity of damage done, and is determined based on staff guidelines by the staff member investigating the situation. It is also determined at that time whether the grief is bad enough to warrant a rollback.
  • Grief in the wild is frowned upon, but allowed. Staff will not take any action in the case of wild grief.

Please explain in your own words what the rule(s) means: Griefing is not tolerated on the server, and it benefits nobody. The definition of griefing is breaking blocks, placing of lava/water in areas that are owned by other users.

Reason you feel you think you should be unbanned: Since this was not intended as grief nor was it within a protected area I think this ban was harsh, had someone pm'd or mailed me it could have been resolved very quickly. I was going to turn the lava to obsidian for a project i have been working on at the town of colebex however i was lagging badly as was the whole server. When i returned online I done my usual /warp station7. Had i realised that the lava placed was inside a town i would have of course removed it first.

I should add that if and when I am allowed to return to the server I will be more than happy to remove any lava if it has not already been done