Staff Report
Your BYOND Key knuffles
Date of Incident August 14, 2021
Your Character Name? Kawami Briggs
Their BYOND Key Podrick Equus, Grimreaperx15(?)
Approximate time and date of the incident 10PM EST LV-624 round
Which Staff Protocols (//showthrea...-and-Protocols) were broken -Preserve the RP and enjoyment of the server
-3. Determine the seriousness of the issue
-a. Determine the bare minimum punishment. There's no reason to jump straight to a ban, especially if the incident didn't cause a major disruption to the game. Try to use warnings, and if you do need to ban don't be excessive. Most bans should not be above 24 hours.
-Do not abuse your power
Description of the incident Right so basic background to explain my thought process
My character Kawami Briggs is a black man conscripted over a murder he committed over gang violence. he climbed his way up, redeemed himself, went to OCS, reenlisted as an officer, came out legit, all that stuff. this doesn't go as far when I play him as a PFC (he's still redeeming himself) but it's still the same basic gist. this is reflected IC with security notes on his crimes, medical notes on his conscription and stuff, basic things to make sure he's represented as a character correctly.
So to the situation around me getting banned. an MP player was planning on causing problems repeating his actions in previous rounds and indicated this ICly. I say, in character, over comms something along the lines of "nigga you better not try anything or I'm contacting HC", completely in line with my character and the way he's supposed to speak. the MP player requested that I do not call him nigga, which I respect, and change my way of addressing him on the spot, never referring to him as a "nigga" again.
Later I am contacted by podrick on this, and while I can't exactly remember how the conversation went, and I can't exactly repeat what he, and I said, and I also can't exactly look at the logs to see what was said, I have a couple of screenshots saved that I can reference and my own foggy memory to try and explain the conversation as I understood it. Podrick claimed that saying nigga as an XO is LRP and that I should stop, using what I said to the MP as an example. I reply that this is my character and that is how he talks. podrick says I can't use that as an excuse, and that is where I think preserving the RP and enjoyment of the server is violated, as it's a gimmick and usually doesn't bother anyone, and if it does I respect it and stop. It also doesn't interfere with my performance in the roles I play. in fact, most people I RP and talk to as Kawami seem to enjoy the way he talks and behaves and it's something I've been told that people like it OOC as well.
The conversation continues and podrick tells me that he thinks it's unacceptable for an XO to be saying nigga, and while I disagree, he makes it clear that what I think doesn't mean jack, which is... coo, aight. you the mod man. he then says that I have been arguing with him and giving attitude, which is partially true, but I don't think it was nearly as scathing as he made it out to be, and I did have a reason to be kinda curt, as I was an XO in the middle of commanding an operation in a one-man CIC, so I DID want to get the interaction over with as quickly as possible so I could go back to command.
podrick them hit me with an ultimatum but surprisingly without the "or I will XXX" part. he asked me "will you would stop saying nigga as an XO?" I replied that no, I will concede and stop saying it over comms and announcements to appear more "professional" and "MRP", but when it comes to interpersonal IC conversations that are off comms and announcements I would do as my character would do and continue saying it in-person. Sticking to my character means I get a week ban and a jobban from Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, Staff Officer, Pilot Officer, Vehicle Crewman, Military Police, Requisitions Officer, Chief Engineer, Chief Medical Officer, Chief MP, Senior Enlisted Advisor, Synthetic, and Military Warden for this, failing to determine the real seriousness of the situation. (it's really, really, really not the serious. I'm getting banned for saying nigga.) also violating giving me the minimum punishment, although it is claimed that it was escalated due to previous notes (which really do not make any sense, I'm a black guy banned for racism(?) and using nigga as an insult (you literally can't, nigga only means one thing. dude/bro, you can't use dude/ bro as an insult.))
I also am of the opinion that Podrick abused his power because he doesn't like the use of nigga personally. I hold this opinion is due to a recent staff report resulting from someone else calling him nigga ICly and him ahelping about it. My suspicion of this is furthered by the fact that he said "various versions of nigga" in the note even though it is very clear that there is.... only one. this means to me that they cannot differentiate between the hard R and the soft A, (which besides the fact that that is worrying, as a black dude oocly) means that this possibly influenced their decision, being unable to distinguish between the actual racist term and the non-racist term. I believe that this is something that should be taken into account, but correct me if I'm wrong.
(A small footnote, apparently, this was mostly orchestrated by grim? I don't really understand but he's the one who issued the ban? doesn't make sense to me but I was told to include grim in the report, I'm assuming staff logs will clear it up.)
(footnote two, Id like to reiterate that I have always used nigga is by the book. you can replace any instance of me saying nigga with dude and it'd fit perfectly. it means the same thing as "man", "bro", or "dude". These words and nigga mean literally, the same things and I would never get banned for saying any of those as an XO (or any other role))
Evidence Logs (sorry for making you dive for this)
How you would punish the accused I want my jobbans removed and my week ban x'd.
i don't really feel like podrick should be punished, but something about separating prejudices from mod work would be coo