Concluded Lightning's Report Against bauts

[Lightning]

Reported Person's Username

bauts​

Forum profile link or discord identifier

928712019207675904​

Explain the situation

Note: Please note that I'm posting links to the Discord messages involved to try to save people form the excessive amount of scrolling that would otherwise be involved. I will provide screenshots of the offending posts by bauts if asked.​

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Harassment.​

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Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

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bauts posted these messages in the Shoutbox yesterday in an obvious attempt to insinuate that my use of the tag "[MZK]" in my Steam username meant that I support the Russians in their ongoing illegal war in Ukraine.​

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This is not true, as I even have a Ukrainian flag in my Discord username.​

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These messages drew the following negative attention towards me:​

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Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

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In response to the above messages posted by bauts, I posted the following message in the Shoutbox clarifying my use of the tag "[MZK]" in my Steam username:​

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Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

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Despite my clarification, bauts then proceeded to post more of the same garbage that he'd posted earlier:​

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Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

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I then made a post asking bauts to stop:​

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Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

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bauts then decided to fire off one last message:​

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Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

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The last of these is especially damning, since bauts obviously photoshopped my Steam username into the contact information of the company in the picture. (with the square brackets removed) The real email can be seen here.​

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I'm asking for punitive action to be taken against this wayward staff member for this smear campaign that he waged against me.​

 

[Lightning]

Tagging @Bauts and his Admin (at least according to the Staff Team List) @Swiffe.

 

[Sera]

Please forgive Boughts please

 

[Pierogi]

Can you please provide screenshots I am not clicking each link one by one

 

[wallace]

i will take the punishment given to bauts.. he does not deserve it...

 

[Bonks]

i forgive him

 

[Lightning]

Note: Please note that I'm posting links to the Discord messages involved to try to save people form the excessive amount of scrolling that would otherwise be involved. I will provide screenshots of the offending posts by bauts if asked.

Can you please provide screenshots I am not clicking each link one by one

 

[wallace]

 

[Pierogi]

Report invalid, screenshots are not valid evidence since they can be manipulated

 

[Swiffe.]

h

 

[helix]

I am currently relooking in to this at the request of @Lightning . I will perform a full and thorough review of the evidence when I am able.

 

[Bonks]

 

[roy]

Bonks, please do not post irrelevant replies in reports. This will be your only warning.

Tagging @RyanHighman to resolve.

 

[helix]

According to the screenshots, it looks like Bauts is referring to MZK, the russian group. I'm not sure why you would be offended by this unless you associate with MZK, the russian group yourself.

Denied.... unless you do... then Accepted? But I'm pretty sure you don't....

Unless you do?

 

[Pierogi]

Thank you

 

[helix]

At the request of ulews, this report is being reopened to investigate improper actions done by @Lightning that may be related to this report. I'll respond further once I finish receiving all of the details

 

[Pierogi]

Thank you

 

[helix]

ulews has withdrew his report after receiving DM's from @Lightning

 

[Pierogi]

Reopening to investigate an anonymous complaint about retaliation.

 

[Pierogi]

I am pleased to announce that I am still investigating