Hello.  I’m Chelliark. And I’m just here to give my opinion on this whole Justin banned for AIMBOT thing.  You see I know Justin in real life and I can tell you he’s trustworthy.  I went to school with him this last year and I can vouch for his trustworthiness.   I know you guys may not rate my opinion very highly but I do not believe that Justin 1. downloaded AIMBOT 2. used it in front of a staff member on his favorite server and then 3. lied about it trying to get back on!  Trust me! I know him. And it’s because I have known him for quite some time that you should take me seriously.

I also have some logical defense for Justin.  When Calliemav saw him in the lobby, he was running away.  Why wouldn’t he turn around and shoot Callie if he knew the arrow (arrows) would definitely hit their mark?? he could have even scored some superior armor if he had killed Callie with “AIMBOT”! I know you may say as a counterargument, that he didn’t want to get banned so he wouldn’t do it in front of a staff.  Well he didn’t and it looks like it didn’t make a difference whether he attacked or not.  Not having too much experience with this server, ( I’m just helping out a friend:), I’m going to assume that Callie is both very good at PVP and very experienced with the Pirate craft server.  This would make it perfectly logical that Justin would run away.  As for the chatted question about PVP mods, he may have missed it in  his frenzy to get away from Callie. In explanation, for the weird head movements, there are too many factors involved to be certain AIMBOT caused it. And you have to be certain to give a permanent ban.  It could have been his skin or lag or any number of other eventualities.  I am very convinced Justin was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.  I have never been in a situation like this myself but I can imagine the helpless feeling when you know you are innocent with no way to prove it.

I’m also astounded at the lack of evidence in this case. There is no tangible evidence: no photos or videos.  I trust that Callie saw what she saw and the sudden disconnect made things even more suspicious, but if she thought something might of been going on then it would have been nice if there could have been a screenshot or video to go along with the ban so that we could see what she saw.  I also wish this case could adopt the innocent until PROVEN guilty mindset.  Since there is no actual proof, we can only assume that Justin IS innocent.

As for Callie’s third comment that it’s a great story but just a story after all, well, aren’t all ban appeals stories?  Why would people even appeal if they knew that their appeal was just going to be looked at as a “story”.  If you’ve unbanned anyone you must have realized at some point that they weren’t just telling a story.  Of course this is a story!  But like 3 or 4 people so far have read this “story” and agreed it was true! there is no way to prove Justin is innocent but there is plenty to go off of to prove that this case does not have enough evidence against him for a ban. Yes, if he had actually used AIMBOT he should be banned but he didn’t even know what it was at the time for goodness sakes! Also, (putting myself in your shoes) if I believed he had AIMBOT and had his head locked on you, he still didn’t do any damage.  If he were to use AIMBOT in the future I’m sure he would get reported by someone! So you should unban him EVEN if you still believe he has done wrong.  If he “hacks” again I’m sure you’ll know!

Lastly, I want to end by saying I totally respect your decision but I sincerely hope you take what I have said to heart and consider these points.

Kinds regards,

Chelliark