Background: https://gaminglight.com/forums/topic/74500-buck-staff-report/?tab=comments#comment-513214
Buck was recently involved in an incident where he was abusing his physgun powers while off duty. During my investigation into this, I was informed by a few other staff members that there were other instances of Buck utilizing his powers off duty, and was verbally warned by a Senior Admin regarding this conduct. After my investigation into the incident Buck received two strikes for utilizing his staff powers off duty which is prohibited, and continuously using staff powers off duty despite a previous verbal warning. At this time Buck was also issued a warning that further misconduct would result in an immidiate removal.
Yesterday, Rang informed me of an incident involving Buck abusing his staff powers, and I was provided a screenshot from Hoovy of Buck. In the screenshot, Buck can be seen on staff duty, having modeled himself as the cardboard box, sized himself to 0.5, uncloaked, and holding a proton cannon. Each of these actions separately are prohibited, especially the proton cannon with according the Event Team Weapon Guidelines is prohibited to be spawned in at any time. I was informed that Buck had been removed from the Event Team based on the misconduct, and since he engaged in this misconduct while on the staff team, I chose to also remove Buck from the staff team. Based on the continuous abuse of staff powers despite multiple warnings from a Senior Admin and myself about not placing himself in positions and making decisions that poorly reflect himself and the staff team, I issued a warning and one week ban for the abuse.
I then had the opportunity to speak with Buck over teamspeak, in which he informed me that someone had accused him of engaging in mass RDM with the proton cannon, which I investigated and determined to be unfounded. Buck also informed me that he slayed himself almost immediately after spawning the proton cannon, and did not use it at anytime, which I found to be true. I informed Buck he was welcome to appeal his removal from the staff team, to be ruled on by Rang, and appeal the warning and ban, to be ruled on by any of our other SMT personnel.
Staff members and event team members have a significant amount of power on the server, and must be held to a higher standard. The word and credibility of a staff member is taken over the word of our other players in the majority of cases because they have shown themselves to be of good character and reliable. Staff members that make poor decisions by abusing their staff and event team powers, especially on a consistent basis despite warnings from multiple levels, have to be held accountable for this misconduct. I believe the warning and ban to be proper in this instance due to Buck's consistent abuse of his powers, which has directly negatively affected players' ability to enjoy the server in the past, as referenced in Buck's staff report, as well as Buck's unprofessional behavior, which placed the staff team in a poor light.