Apparently, I have to spell it out to {fh}livewire who is so sensitive that he decided to throw a knee-jerk ban, without a warning, for a comment I made involving race. Perhaps simply because race was mentioned.

Ok, so context: a few of us were speccing awdy being impressed by his skills. In the vein of being impressed with them and speculating on who this godlike player was I said "he must be asian, only this skill can come from asian obsessiveness". BAM! Insta-ban. A hair trigger pull on {fh}livewire's ban-gun.

Guess what? Obsessiveness IS a CULTURAL trait of CHINESE, JAPANESE, and KOREAN societies. In Japan they have a word for it 'OTAKU' which means something along the lines of an 'OBSESSIVE FAN' of something. The Japanese also have a word for appreciation for someone who dedicates his life to an art or skill and becomes a master at it. The South Koreans are KNOWN for being obsessive Starcraft 2 Players.

So...white guilt? I suspect that's it. Censoring any tounge-in-cheek observations like the one I made is in itself racist. This is because it suppresses the idea that we all come from different places and instead opts for a more "comfortable" ignoring of our cultural backgrounds/differences wiping the slate clean and suppressing identity. Yes, what I said was a JOKE and no it wasn't promoting a STERYOTYPE because OBSESSIVELY getting good at skills is a cultural trait in the Asian countries that I mentioned.

I didn't ban you.  I believe Wilma_Deering did.

Edit...However Racial stereotyping can all start out as innocent fun until you're the one being stereo-typed.  Our server is supposed to be friendly for all. 

I didn't ban you.  I believe Wilma_Deering did.

Edit...However Racial stereotyping can all start out as innocent fun until you're the one being stereo-typed.  Our server is supposed to be friendly for all.

Yes, I understand your POV I just would've liked to have had the chance to defend mine.

I believe in individual freedom and in not putting people into boxes and definitely didn't intend to promote a stereotype.

I believe in individual freedom and in not putting people into boxes and definitely didn't intend to promote a stereotype.

And you are welcome to your opinions, however, if you are to play on our server (or box, as you call it) you have to play by our rules.

I believe in individual freedom and in not putting people into boxes and definitely didn't intend to promote a stereotype.

And you are welcome to your opinions, however, if you are to play on our server (or box, as you call it) you have to play by our rules.

Box? I was replying to livewires comment saying I agreed that steryotypes are bad and they put people into a metaphorical "box", I wasn't referring to the server being a "box" (bubble?) which sounds like what you were thinking I was saying..

This is my argument for why I wasn't breaking a rule, but yes I do respect that the one who pays for the server uptime can arbitrarily boot whoever he wants. I figured I'd appeal to reason before moving onto another server (apparently it's a temp ban).

I believe in individual freedom and in not putting people into boxes and definitely didn't intend to promote a stereotype.

And you are welcome to your opinions, however, if you are to play on our server (or box, as you call it) you have to play by our rules.

Box? I was replying to livewires comment saying I agreed that steryotypes are bad and they put people into a metaphorical "box", I wasn't referring to the server being a "box" (bubble?) which sounds like what you were thinking I was saying..

This is my argument for why I wasn't breaking a rule, but yes I do respect that the one who pays for the server uptime can arbitrarily boot whoever he wants. I figured I'd appeal to reason before moving onto another server (apparently it's a temp ban).

It is indeed a temp ban.
I also cant speak for Wilma, he will have to come here to explain his actions. However, i agree that an instant ban or kick seems to be entirely uncalled for. While we deliberate amongts ourselves, we will be looking at the recorded chat logs to get a better understanding of what happened.

Long story short, you are more than welcome to continue playing on our server. Play nice, have fun, and be courteous to your fellow guests and you will have nothing but the support of the admin team.

I believe in individual freedom and in not putting people into boxes and definitely didn't intend to promote a stereotype.

And you are welcome to your opinions, however, if you are to play on our server (or box, as you call it) you have to play by our rules.

Box? I was replying to livewires comment saying I agreed that steryotypes are bad and they put people into a metaphorical "box", I wasn't referring to the server being a "box" (bubble?) which sounds like what you were thinking I was saying..

This is my argument for why I wasn't breaking a rule, but yes I do respect that the one who pays for the server uptime can arbitrarily boot whoever he wants. I figured I'd appeal to reason before moving onto another server (apparently it's a temp ban).

It is indeed a temp ban.
I also cant speak for Wilma, he will have to come here to explain his actions. However, i agree that an instant ban or kick seems to be entirely uncalled for. While we deliberate amongts ourselves, we will be looking at the recorded chat logs to get a better understanding of what happened.

Long story short, you are more than welcome to continue playing on our server. Play nice, have fun, and be courteous to your fellow guests and you will have nothing but the support of the admin team.

Thanks, I appreciate the reply! I enjoy FH a lot and made the OP thinking I was perma banned. I come to have fun and for the enjoyment of the game. I appreciate skill and was in awe of awdy's playstyle. Definitely don't consider myself that negative of a person and if I'm offending people I definitely won't make comments like that again.

 

Cheers all the way around!  Thanks for being civil and working it out. 

Look forward to seeing you back in game KeatOn and thanks for coming to the forum to discuss.

Hey Keaton, it was me who banned you.  The reason being somewhat different to your position in your post.  You had been baiting Awdy for some time calling him out about cheating and then moved onto talking about his "race".  I wanted to shut you down there and then.

FH provide servers with as few rules as possible to cater for players of all levels - novices to experts to insane players.  If you think that anyone is not following the rules on the server, please feel free to submit a demo to our forums for review.  Please do not provoke or call our other players as we then need to step in.

I have un-banned you so you are free to play on the server again.

Scope   Message   Time
2195280   ALL   forum post   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:44:56)
2195279   ALL   on forum   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:44:13)
2195130   ALL   let me talk   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:15:54)
2195111   ALL   cool it   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:12:34)
2195100   ALL   this sort of skill can only come from asian obsessiveness   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:11:42)
2195098   ALL   i bet hes asian   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:11:32)
2195091   ALL   keep playing awdy youre fun to watch   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:09:29)
2195085   ALL   LOL   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:09:16)
2195081   ALL   ah   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:08:53)
2195076   ALL   does he talk?   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:08:37)
2195073   ALL   awdy are you aimbotting?   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:08:00)
2195064   ALL   i want to believe   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:06:24)
2195056   ALL   ok he just killed carson through the wall without seeing him   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:04:51)
2195053   ALL   err   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:04:44)
2195048   ALL   why would someone enjoy using an aimbot yet creatively jump around the map ?   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:04:20)
2195042   ALL   nothing wrong with being good   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:03:55)
2195039   ALL   im pretty sure he's legit just saying   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:03:32)
2195030   ALL   im dum   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:02:37)
2195028   ALL   aahhh   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:02:12)
2195027   ALL   OHHH FH is this SERVER   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:02:08)
2195022   ALL   looks like a tank killed him   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:01:22)
2195019   ALL   maybe he's a COD autistic savant   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:00:36)
2195015   ALL   from zelda   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:59:41)
2195014   ALL   FL?   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:59:38)
2195010   ALL   apparently not an aimbot :P   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:59:27)
2195008   ALL   what is this madness?   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:59:15)
2195007   ALL   haha   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:58:54)
2195005   ALL   *all   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:58:42)
2195004   ALL   we wall spec awdy! :P   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:58:40)

Scope   Message   Time

2195091   ALL   keep playing awdy youre fun to watch   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:09:29)

2195048   ALL   why would someone enjoy using an aimbot yet creatively jump around the map ?   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:04:20)
2195042   ALL   nothing wrong with being good   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:03:55)
2195039   ALL   im pretty sure he's legit just saying   Tue, 12/29/15 (22:03:32)
2195005   ALL   *all   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:58:42)
2195004   ALL   we wall spec awdy! :P   Tue, 12/29/15 (21:58:40)

Thanks for the unban. I do think I'm being taken out of context, though. There were 2 guys accusing him of cheating and them and I were spectating Awdy and that's why I said "I'm pretty sure he's legit, just saying", "nothing wrong with being good", "Why would someone use an aimbot yet creatively jump around the map?"; etc. I would say this is DEFENDING him not trying to bait him.

I was trying to get him to talk considering I'd never seen him play before and two guys were going on and on about him being an aimbotter (as I'm sure you remember) and they were somewhat convincing me considering he scored 100 points when the next guy had less then half that. I was genuinely curious if he talked or not considering he was dead silent as those guys (I didn't join in the aimbotting talk 'til later) were going on and on about him. The above comments aren't sarcastic and I genuinely think it's fun to watch him creatively hop around the map.

That said, glad to come back.

I am not sure what the Asian comments are about and don't care.... But Awdy is a constant disruption in this clan. I refuse to play with him.