Hey there iSketch users and staff. I have a couple questions that I'd like to ask regarding the fact that my IP address is apparently banned from iSketch. I'll give you a summary of the time leading up to me being banned, so happy reading.

Last time I played was about two weeks ago, under the same name that I'm registered now on the forums with (minus the censoring). I rarely get warned, but I did the last time I played while drawing 'skull'. Naturally, people are always on their toes when they see my name, which I don't live up to by the way, and they basically hover over the warn button while I draw, but I digress. I started drawing a skull and crossbones like those seen on a pirate flag, and I started drawing from the bottom up, meaning it looked like this:

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Robochrist22/part-2.jpg
This is where you laugh...


I didn't even realize it until suddenly all I could hear was whistles, I was suprised I didn't get kicked then and there. Anyway, after I realized it I finished my drawing quickly so that people would realize I wasn't actually drawing some boney genitals.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Robochrist22/full-2.jpg
Naturally, I drew these after the fact...


Anyway, I played for the next twenty minutes or so without hearing a single whistle for me or anyone I was playing with, then I signed off. Now, two weeks later, I try to go on and apparently I am banned. What's the deal?

I have to ask if it was due to my pseudo-penis drawing, or to my name in general (granted, poor taste), or is there something else going on? I should mention that I only had started using the username recently before I got banned.

Also, I know this isn't the place to post this kind of thing and that I should email feedback, which I will. I'm just posting it so people can have a laugh at my expense.

Why we only have your side, the natural way to draw a skull is a to draw the skull first and then the bones, otherwise you have to guess where the skull will be and leave space and would probably end up amending the bones anyway and that's alot of fuss. For that reason alone i think you knew what you were doing and purposely misled people. Either intentionally to make people thin you were drawing a penis or so not to give it away before you had finished the pic.

Having said that we only have your side and an unbiast conclusion would be impossible.

Why we only have your side, the natural way to draw a skull is a to draw the skull first and then the bones, otherwise you have to guess where the skull will be and leave space and would probably end up amending the bones anyway and that's alot of fuss.

I don't really care much for quality. The way I play iSketch is I draw the first thing that comes to mind when I see the word and people usually get it within the first few seconds. I think the only reason that I wasn't kicked on the spot was the fact that everyone guessed correctly before there were enough votes to kick me.

I must also stress that I'm not trying to get unbanned, just sharing something that made me laugh. I mostly use iSketch at work, and I find I'm getting a lot more done now. Besides, if I really wanted to play still, I could always just evade the ban...

Sorry you got banned (are you sure you weren't just blocked?).
I think the draw is funny (i lol'ed), but given your name and that particular display of artistry I personally see it justifying a block, ban, skip, etc.

(Based on what I know, which is little) it's not your name that got you in trouble, because technically actions can't be taken against people with offensive names, but the lewd/suggestive draws are what get you in trouble (and then at that point your name isn't really helping your case).

I'm going to have to suggest a name change, even though you're clearly aware of people's reactions to your name.. it would just make everything easier. Based on what I've seen, I think you would've had a slightly better shot at getting away with that draw (ban-free) had you had a less suggestive or explicit name. (that's only my opinion though.)


Anyway... entertaining post. Thanks for admitting your mistake instead of just going off on some "stupid admin" who "unjustly banned you" yadda yadda.

Sorry you got banned (are you sure you weren't just blocked?). I think the draw is funny (i lol'ed), but given your name and that particular display of artistry I personally see it justifying a block, ban, skip, etc.

Blocked, banned, I'm not really sure. I just tried to go on and couldn't, which reminded me of the skull and crossbones drawing so I thought I would post it here. And yeah, the name gets a rise out of people. I have a history of names in terrible taste. Example - my friend and I played a little while ago under the names michaeljksn and farahfct.

Lol, you sure you didn't do anything else more recently that could have caused a ban? As you may have had votes against you and stuff already (Your ip may have been tainted by past naughtiness, maybe you really did draw some d**ks! :P)

But yeah, funny draw. :) Ahaha. :) It made me smile :) It's interesting how quick some people may be to jump to vote :P

Thanks for the story but i'm not buying it. People don't get banned for skull drawings and people certainly don't get banned while offline.

Only thing you can do is contact feedback (info@isketch.net) and try to explain your case. There is no way around bans and isketch does not lift bans.

People don't get banned for skull drawings

Yes. Definitely not. :razz:

Thanks for the story but i'm not buying it. People don't get banned for skull drawings and people certainly don't get banned while offline.

Believe it or not, here I am with a nice popup denying me access to iSketch. I didn't get blocked/banned during play, otherwise I wouldn't have tried to go on in the first place. I wouldn't believe that people get banned offline either, it seems like more trouble than it's worth for the admins.

At the very least, I got warned because of some potentially soon-to-be dicks. Sheesh, the mods here are defensive. Then again, looking at the other posts I don't blame you. :smile:

EDIT: And like I said, I'm not looking to get unbanned or anything of the like.

There is no way around bans and isketch does not lift bans.

Why do people email feedback if they don't lift them anyway? And sure there are ways around them, but I'm sure as hell not going to divulge any information regarding how to anyone here.

Think about it, in your isketch experience, does anyone seriously log on to isketch with a screen name like idrawdicks and play nice?

the part of the story that says that you got banned when you werent on doesnt jive with me. but it is a funny story.

and if you drew the pic like you were showing, you knew what you were doing.

and as for the name 2.0 i agree with you kinda... i sometimes played (when im going undercover) as iCheat, and go in the easy rooms to watch everyone assume that i am cheating and that is how i win, its kinda funny... but yet quite different than idrawdicks...

Knowing what I do about the internet, finding himself banned after 2 weeks is possible. The reason it's possible is someone from the same ISP as him gtting banned, then in the natural order of things his IP changed during the 2 weeks, and was unlucky enough to change to the banned IP. It's a rare occurrence but it does happen. Now if his IP didnt change and he got banned during 2 weeks away, then that's a different matter.

Anyway, I played for the next twenty minutes or so without hearing a single whistle for me or anyone I was playing with, then I signed off. Now, two weeks later, I try to go on and apparently I am banned. What's the deal?

EDIT: And like I said, I'm not looking to get unbanned or anything of the like.

I think it's quite a funny story but like a few others I don't buy it either. I mean why post about wondering why you were supposedly banned, using the phrase "What's the deal?" and then about 3 hours later, state that you are not looking to be unbanned?
The only thing you can do is e-mail feedback. I doubt you would have been banned for drawing that skull and bones as you managed to finish your draw and screenshot it without any intervention of votes and/or admin boots.

uh and why would you bother screen shotting it if it wasnt on purpose anyway....?

idrawd***ks

Hmm...

3stars...

idrawdrunks ? - I used to draw drunk sometimes...

idrawdrinks ? - would be quite hard to be in any room without a drink theme.

idrawdrocks ? - some sort of watercourse, bit obscure

idrawdansks ? - you have a fetish for Danes?

idrawdreck (http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=dreck&search=search)s ? - ahhh now we're getting somewhere! :twisted:

I think that the pictures are reconstructions, like Crimewatch style, Belli. :P

But yeah, the "this is where you laugh" caption means that you obviously know that you were in the wrong. Well, you might not regard the place in which you are as "the wrong", but still. You know that you were there.

If you draw a phallus and then click clear, it was still there. Well, I'm assuming that the bones in the first picture are supposed to be phallic (maybe forget contacting feedback and contact a DOCTOR instead?). Paired with your choice of name, are you really surprised that people voted you etc? If I were to put on a backpack and then run through Heathrow airport waving a plastic toy gun around shouting "I shoot people!", I don't think that I'd have much right to complain when some security guards took me down, even if I HAVEN'T shot people.

Oh, and lastly, why idrawd***ks? What THREE letters are censored there? :/

EDIT: Oh, JASR said it like... seconds before I did. :/ heh

uh and why would you bother screen shotting it if it wasnt on purpose anyway....?

See the part where I said 'Naturally, I drew these after the fact'? It's a recreation.

I mean why post about wondering why you were supposedly banned, using the phrase "What's the deal?" and then about 3 hours later, state that you are not looking to be unbanned?

I ask what the deal is just out of curiosity.

I'm not going to bother quoting the folks taking jabs at the extra asterisk. I made this account specifically to share the story, I don't really plan on being very active beyond that, so excuse me for not caring too much about my username. Although to be fair, an asterisk can represent any number of characters or no characters at all, so it's still technically correct. It could also mean my actual name was idrawmillionsofdicks or idrawyouguysaredicks etc :rolleyes:

Cheers Jobe. Nice to see people with an understanding of IPs. This is what I was referring to regarding evasion (I don't plan on it, for the record).

(maybe forget contacting feedback and contact a DOCTOR instead?)

I lold. I'm no artist, thats for sure.

EDIT: THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED!

Hi, and thanks for writing.

According to our records, a player using the name idrawdicks, IP *.*.*.*, was removed from our game for drawing a yellow smiley face and a penis rather than the word "razor" which had been assigned. Unrelated drawings of a sexual theme are not permitted in our game. Your block from our game is permanent.


Ballin'.

Ha! It's quite nice to see a reply to a banned person (not seen one before)

Looked like you deserved it, and clearly did more than the picture that you say got you banned. Which I pretty much guessed, anyways, 'cause they don't just permanently ban someone from the game just for one offense..

Hardly a mystery.

Ha! It's quite nice to see a reply to a banned person (not seen one before)

Looked like you deserved it, and clearly did more than the picture that you say got you banned. Which I pretty much guessed, anyways, 'cause they don't just permanently ban someone from the game just for one offense..

Hardly a mystery.

Quite right. Now that I got the response from the lovely sounding iSketch employee regarding how I was banned I can at least rest easy knowing that it wasn't due to a phallus-shaped skull and crossbones. I hope those who haven't read it at least enjoy the story.

Cheers, I'll be on my merry way.

Quite right. Now that I got the response from the lovely sounding iSketch employee regarding how I was banned I can at least rest easy knowing that it wasn't due to a phallus-shaped skull and crossbones. I hope those who haven't read it at least enjoy the story

Personally, I didn't find your ban story funny at all because of the obvious reason.. there's no guarantee that what you said was the truth in terms of the bone story. You could have just done a reconstruction and made it a completely different drawing to that which actually got you banned (to amuse the forum, of course). So I sort of just sat on the fence about it, to be honest. You never know who is being honest and who isn't (without any real evidence). So many people lie about what got them banned, for example. Even though they know perfectly well what they did wrong. Then they act all innocent.

(yes Nerdy ... I don't see the humour at all - however that's because apparently big bad admin spoil their fun all the time.)

Your story is not funny and is very definitely not unique - people with id's like yours are on iSketch all the time ... and it is USUALLY (with a few exceptions) only a matter of time before their conduct and/or drawings become lewd and ruin it for all the players who are in there trying to enjoy the game of iSketch the way it was designed to be enjoyed.

However all players like you do is make us appreciate and value the really good players we do have on iSketch. So thanks to everyone who ISN'T like this guy.