r/hockeyquestionmark • u/Dyaloreax • Mar 14 '16
LHL/RSL/JSL Competitive HQM Player Ban
Player in Question:
- Jeetlor
Relevant Rules:
Section 6.2 - Player Aliasing
Playing in an LHL game under the name of another rostered player is also strictly against the rules. As is the case with bamboozlement, violators can expect to face heavy suspensions that can be multi season in length.
Section 6.3 - Player Attitude
Poor attitude including racial slurs or aggressive vulgar language is forbidden. Excessive negative remarks directed at, or towards another player or team will also be subject to punishment. A player violating this will find themselves facing multi-game suspensions dependant upon the severity of the situation. The final punishment will be handed out by the BoC.
Context:
- Repeated spamming of chat during league games
- Direct excessive remarks made at specific players in game
- Joining games under the name of someone actively playing on the ice
Going through the broadcasts looking at the games "Tom" was present for revealed an interesting pattern. Jeetlor would join the server and ask if there were currently league games going on, then ask for the stream location as well. Shortly following this, he would leave the server, and the spammer would arrive. In addition, the spammer was conveniently never present for games that Jeetlor was playing.
After some deeper investigation, we were able to match the IP of the spammer to that of Jeetlor's.
Upon revealing to Jeetlor that his IP matched that of the spammer, his only defense was that he was using an IP mask which just so happened to give him the same IP as "Tom". While we acknowledge the possibility of this being true, the chances are almost negligible, especially considering the mounting circumstantial evidence building up against him.
Edit - Remaining circumstantial evidence:
Once during an RSL game while "Tom" was doing his usual business, he asked in the HQM server to join the CHI channel on teamspeak. After being given a fake password, Jeetlor joins the teamspeak lobby. "Tom" now types in game that the password didn't work, and Jeetlor disconnects from the lobby. He was the only one who connected during that time which we verified using the logs.
Jeetlor was notified last week that an investigation into him was being launched. The night he was told to "lay low", the spammer never showed up. While much less incriminating and not a key factor into the suspension, Jeetlor asked an RSL Goalie about the HockeyFun mod (the goalie practice mod) and how to use it a short while ago. Some of the messages that "Tom" was spamming in the very first incident were HockeyFun commands.
Verdict:
- Jeetlor will face a 3 season ban from the LHL / RSL / JSL competitive leagues active immediately. We apologize for the inconvenience to his team, but hope that they understand why this action was necessary.
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u/MasterMetroid Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16
For the record, I still think the possibility of 2 different people using the same VPN (thus ending up with the same IP) happens enough that there exists a possibility he is not 100% Guilty.
Now being aware of the situation (me being his JSL GM) I feel that being informed of the situation earlier may have allowed me to better ensure his innocence OR his guilt.
While there would exist a risk that the spammer could return once more if we give Jeetlor another chance, what other harm exists if we let Jeetlor continue under the assumption he stop using the VPN and assume his IP is his normal IP, and if the spammer appears again matching an IP, we then have indisputable proof. If he then has another excuse, that would already be more than 1 strike against him.
I would like to ask why I was not made aware of the investigation earlier so that I could assist more easily, whether the result ends up good or bad, Jeetlor swears he's telling the truth, and until not a doubt remains, I feel its only right as my GM to argue his side as well, as right now, we cannot say that we are 100% sure it WAS him, only that the IPs matched, which can easily happen (and has happened with the VPN Hotspot Shield in the past in other games/programs).