Key word that kerahna used "player" not "account" , perhaps they made a verification that it was indeed a case of two seperate players and it would be unfair to apply the punishment to both players
Possibly. Obviously Drogo is not privy to what ever information was given to convince staff that he is not the same person, but Drogo knows the banned player has been able to convince staff in the past of things untrue.
I'm going to add onto this a little bit. If Monster was banned off of his personal account, I can assure you that his permanent ban would have had a very very slim chance of having an appeal, due to being a heavy previous offender. While I have broken some small rules in the past, this ban had nothing to do with me myself perhaps, and only the account/offender of these actions. Donor400 is an unobtainable rank, and it is pretty easy to figure out that Monster was not the one appealing or trying to convince staff, as well as name history logs on my account. Also, /ads not displaying my name also adds some proof to this point. My forums account is only logged in from my IP, same as my Minecraft account (besides Monster logons), as well as some very old Discord convos. If any additional information has to be sent to prove this, I am happy to do so. However, it really wasn't Monster's appeal or relevant to him directly, and it also wasn't the account itself that was banned as I did not do anything wrong to receive additional punishment. I would also like to state, that some times these permanent bans have a better chance at appeal if a few years/time has passed, but that does not go for all offenders as some of their intentions say the same. If the staff is able to see a change in you, your intentions, and a reason to accept you back into the community, then it will be done. Personally, I see this situation as a past offender using a separate account and breaking rules on that given account. The account owner did not break any stated rules, however understands the problems that may arise once given the account information and accepts responsibility.
Basically, mods have said time and time again "perm bans are not appealable" which to them, they're basically saying that if you receive a perm ban, don't appeal, which that wording should most definitely be changed, cause you don't want to give players the wrong message. All players are able to appeal whether they get a temp ban or a perm ban, but saying "perm bans are not appealable" is incorrect and states some false information, or some information that players may understand something else that which it is actually intended (basically meaning that mods can say that quote, but players may think that those bans are not appealable, so they won't, even if there is a chance that their appeal for their perm ban may actually be accepted. We should definitely change that wording up of "perm bans are not appealable" and maybe say something that is basically a more professional version of what Krissy stated before: And we definitely should focus on getting this changed as well, just so players aren't believing something that is wrong or something that was meant to be said differently (aka, not saying "not appealable), if that makes any sense. And yes, I understand that a perm ban is a perm ban and they're only given out in extreme cases (I've been here since 2013 so I know about those and have experienced them myself) and those are probably discussed with multiple staff members instead of one staff member making the decision themselves (I hope). But we still shouldn't give those players the wrong message.
I am able to state here, that I was having second thoughts on writing an appeal due to the permanent ban rule. However, I remember past permanent appeals being accepted for the same situation, so I still decided to write one. If I listened to the “don’t appeal for permanents” rule, I would not have had a chance to return and would not have created my appeal It does create some confusion throughout the players appealing in my opinion. Edit: Possibly a more in-depth explanation stating that appeals such as chargebacks, account sharing, etc. are able to be appealed for. However, rules such as constant disrespect, game changing rules, etc. cannot be appealed for.
