COD4 Ban Appeal

[NNAwakening]

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1. What server were you banned from?: >XI< MW2 DM (cod4)
2. When did you get banned?: July 29 2021
3. What was your in-game name?: [NN]Awakening
4. What is your game GUID (if known): 2310346616333063191
5. Why do you think you were banned?:

   Hey XI team, I have been playing on your cod4 >XI< MW2 DM server on and off now for a few weeks, but just realized today that I was perm banned when I tried to join. I'm hoping that you may be able to review my case and clear the ban.
   A few days ago (July 29th) I was playing for about an hour with a bunch of regulars until the server had died down and there were only 2 of us left playing. I think there may have been an admin in spectator watching us play and I was suddenly kicked. No reason was given. I rejoined and the other player had left, so I tried to ask in chat why I had been kicked. I didn't receive any response, so I left a short while later. It was only today that I realized I have been perm banned. The perm ban message also does not give any reason and doesn't list my GUID.
   
   Likely I was either banned by mistake, or banned because someone thought I was wallhacking. I have unfortunately been banned on plenty of other servers because people find my playing style suspicious... I have never used cheats here or elsewhere though. Cod4 has been my main game for many years, and as such I have become fairly decent at it. I serve as the head cod4 admin for NamelessNoobs, but I do like to play custom maps from time to time, and we unfortunately don't have a custom map server. Morpheous had recommended your server to me, and I have enjoyed playing here these last few weeks.

   I always record demos when I play on servers outside of NN (for this exact reason lol), so here are the demos of the game where I was kicked, and from the game just before when I was kicked. This host only holds the files for 30 days I believe, so if the link has expired, let me know and I will repost. "demo0043" is the game before I was kicked and "demo0044" is the one where I am kicked.

   https://ufile.io/f/dpdyf
   *note* I'm not sure why, but I am having difficulty playing the demos taken on your server, but I am hoping that it will work correctly for you. My demos from other servers seem to play correctly, but the ones from this server are crashing my game when I try to play them.

   For an idea of my stats on other servers, you can see me on gametracker here for the NN S&D and Broadcast servers:
   https://www.gametracker.com/player/[NN]Awakening/45.58.118.250:28961/
   https://www.gametracker.com/player/[NN]Awakening/45.58.118.250:28962/

   Also my IW4 ID page for the NN cod4 servers:
   https://cod4.namelessnoobs.com/Client/ProfileAsync/22

   Thank you for taking the time to review. You can connect with me on Discord with the name "Awakening#8667", or message me on here and I will try to check in periodically.

   - Awakening

[Gatorgirl]

Thank you for your appeal,  please be patient and the banning admin will reply. 

[NNAwakening]

Thanks Gatorgirl

[NNAwakening]

Hey, I finally figured out how to play these demos, so in case you are having difficulty:
The problem was cod4x. I had to launch cod4 without cod4x using the "Play CoD4 v1.7" option that cod4x gives you. After that I can select the "xi_mw2_dm" mod and play the demo using the command "/demo demo0043" . (note that in this way, the demo file would have to be in the /Mods/xi_mw2_dm/demos folder.)

Also noticed now that since I made a profile on your forums I can just upload the demos directly to here  So I have attached them here as well.

demo0043.dm_1 demo0044.dm_1

[NNAwakening]

I'll give you one more demo of a more standard Broadcast map TDM game, in case there is a challenge playing the custom map demos.
This should give you a good sense of my game movement and aim hopefully.

I'll leave the rest in your hands and wait for a reply before posting anything more

demo0273.dm_1

[YACCster]

Howdy Awakening.

I am the Admin that banned you.  In your appeal you identified some of the particular issues as to why I did a temp ban.  After review your ban has been lifted.  Hope to see you in game!

-Thanks!

 YACCster

Edited August 4, 2021 by YACCster

[NNAwakening]

I really appreciate it. Thanks YACCster.

Hope to see you guys in game again soon.