As you guys know, I normally never publish names of people’s emails – unless they decide to drag the topic into the public themselves. Well, we are again at the point where someone could not leave an issue be where it was but decided to take it to the next level…

So here is the story: I was looking randomly at the console and see a guy spamming /give commands. So I think “If you think you can try to cheat, I can show you that this stuff does not go unnoticed” and ban him. 10 minutes later I get the first email. Here is the whole conversation:

• MichaelChopsWood: Why have I been banned from your server?
• Me:because of this:02:26:07 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 1 64 0
  02:26:08 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 1 64 0
  02:26:10 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 80 64 0
  02:26:12 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 266 64 0
  02:26:13 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 265 64 0
  02:26:14 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 264 64 0
  02:26:24 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 373 64 8195

  Further questions?

• MichaelChopsWood:I thought you were aloud, I thought you wernt aloud the x-ray mod?Am I banned for ever?
• Me: You are allowed what is on the website.
  The system tells you that you are not allowed to use the /give command on top of that.Yes, you are banned forever.
• MichaelChopsWood: Can I make an appeal?
• Me: Let me lay it out to you:
  • You chose a survival lot, NOT a creative one. Still you tried to give yourself items with a command. You tried to cheat. That’s why you got banned.
  • If you thought this was allowed, it means you did not read the website. That’s another issue we ban people for.
  • I am the server owner. I banned you and told you that it is forever. There is no one you could appeal to except myself.
  • You also did not read the website regarding bans.

  So here is the answer to your question: http://uncovery.me/bans-appeals-second-chances/

• MichaelChopsWood:I have just read the webstie regarding bans, and im not aloud to appeal, but I am.
  My plan is to finsh my plan for what i was doing on my plot and send it to you, becuase in my opinoun it was a good plan.I understand if you have to deny my appeal because now I see what I did wrong. But im still going to send you the plan.Furthermore, when i was further into my plan I was going to film a minecraft lets build and put it on my youtube channel which has 212 subscribers
• Me: I do not care about your plan.
  I do not care about your Youtube Channel.
  Even if you had 10’000 subscribers. Even if you were notch himself.There are however 10’000 other servers out there.
  Go find one for you. Mine is closed for you.
• MichaelChopsWood: Im still going to send it to you.
• MichaelChopsWood: [Sends me a pic of some half-finished non-impressive castle]

Then he starts posting on Facebook. Here is the screenshot, just in case:

Just hilarious. This is the reason why I still answer those emails.