Ban Appeal and Apology | Character: Baal Sachs | Ban Date: 07 May 2026

[Goldeneye]

Your Name: Baal Sachs

SteamID (STEAM_0:X:XXX): STEAM_0:1:20505816

Appeal Type (Apology or Dispute): Apology

Which staff member banned you?: Mical Jordin

How long is your ban for?: 2 weeks

Why were you banned?:

• The stated reason for the ban was: 'ARDM, NITRP, Extensive POs'.
• What happened was as follows: I was a Tanker stationed outside the Military Base (where the barriers restricting vehicular traffic was). My orders were to do guard duty and deny trespassers entry into the restricted area (any area past the vehicle barrier, in front of the main gate). As you may know, we do get a lot of people who minge and break NLR, returning constantly to trespass at the base's vehicle barriers. I was armed but had my rifle holstered on my back. Two Policemen came and trespassed into the base, failing to provide a reason for going past the vehicle barriers. I warned them that they were trespassing. At one point I tried to restrain one of the two, they then went off. They then returned and so I warned them again and punched them since that was less lethal than shooting and since they were moving too much to be restrained. On my second or third punch, I was 'frozen' by an admin, and immediately banned.
• It genuinely is my honest belief that this was interpreted as attempted RDM, but I was not aiming to RDM anyone. I was intending to deter them from continuing their trespass. This was why I did not shoot. In doing so, at all times I had an honest intention to roleplay. As for my previous offences (I think this is what POs mean), these were from over a year ago, as I had not logged in in over a year until yesterday. I caught up with two good friends from the Luftwaffe / Air Force and was having a good time. I bring this up because it may also show you that I all the more have no incentive to break the rules.

Why do you deserve to be unbanned?:

After thinking this through, I want to say:

• I am deeply sorry. I trust your admin's judgement and this appeal is not at all meant to chellenge it. I accept that I should have handled the situation better by perhaps refreshing myself with the rules first, or seeking help from other members of my unit. The trouble was that few were online at the time, and so this slipped my mind. I also hadn't played in more than a year, possibly two. For this reason, I ask for forgiveness for not being as aquainted with the rules as I should have been. On this point, in the heat of the moment, I panicked and (mistakenly) thought it was the rigfht course of action to do the closest thing to shoving someone out of the base, which was punching (to my mind) since I could not restrain them since they kept moving and since shooting would've been excessive. I hope this shows I had an intention to RP genuinely. I am also sorry for over reacting as we do sometimes get a lot of repeat trespassers at that checkpoint (the vehicle barriers).
• I did not shoot them despite having a rifle, and I hope this shows I had no intention at all to RDM.
• I genuinely enjoyed gameplay up to that moment last night, and having 2 good friends on the server (one in the Luftwaffe who share the base with us) means I genuinely have no incentive to disobey the rules and risk bans that prevent me from having a good time with friends I have known for years. I hope this shows I have and had an intention to RP genuinely.
• I have been loyal to the server in that I have played for quite a long time. My previous mistakes / offences were from years ago, and I have no recent history of rule breaking.
• To further show I had a genuine intention to RP, hours before this punching incident resulting in my ban, I spoke to the head of the Luftwaffe, Zonnenblume (discord name), Frirdrich Steiner (in-game name) at length, about transferring to the Luftwaffe, I also participated in a war game in base. I hope both these events, which I welcome you to verify of course, show a continuing intention to RP.

Additional Information:

• For full context, before the punching incident resulting in my ban, one of the two Policemen / Orpo / Poleizei personnel was previously killed by me during a raid on the Police headquarters to free one of our men who was illegally detained. This was part of quite a large raid involving over 5 guys on our side and the Police on the opposing side, who, based on what I heard on the radio in the moments leading up to the raid, were holding one of our men and refusing to free him. It was an enjoyable roleplay moment, but one of the 2 policemen killed did not like that they were killed / took it personally and so came over to the military base with his friend to talk to me about it. They left then came back, trespassing again. I did tell them they were probably breaking NLR, but I focused what I was saying to them on the trespassing issue since they had no authority to trespass.

Thank you for considering my appeal and I hope to hear from you soon. I hope you can accept my apology.

[Bassa Mumbassa]

Zonnenblume (Frirdrich Steiner) here, I can confirm this gentleman was indeed taking part in the RP and very good at that. He has always been a super friendly man, and seems he has made an unfortunate mistake.
 

I can vouch that he has always been cordial and due to him having taken a really long break, as well as him being new, that I believe this was an honest mistake. It is clear that he will have to be taught on the entry policy as well as going about other ways to deal with trespassers, but those are efforts I am willing to go through with him as he hopefully joins us in the Luftwaffe.