Link to your Steam Community Profile:
Character Name (If Applicable): N/A
Length (If Softban): N/A, (I believe it's a hardban, since I was banned from the Discord and it doesn't exactly have a countdown timer on it.)
Member of Staff who banned you: Aspect, presumably.
Why were you banned?: I wasn't given an exact reason for the ban but it was clearly something about my behavior on discord that didn't sit well with the staff, I remember being warned multiple times about more petty offenses and they just kept growing up, I still believe the final straw was when I mocked another community, something that was and still is to my information against the rules, I got a warning by Aspect, one of a few I had gathered up if I remember correctly.
I then started to obnoxiously protest the warning instead of just taking it, something which I realized was a very dumb move only after it was too late. I both tagged staff (mainly Aspect), sent repeated messages on the discord demanding that he removes the warning because I at the time saw it as unjust, as you can guess bothering people doesn't get you far and I got myself banned and blocked by not only Aspect, but certain other staff members who I don't remember the name of.
To be honest even I agree that the way I fought to appeal a single warning which actually meant nothing was pretty toxic.
Why should you be unbanned?:
Well, there are a few points that I think I could raise to justify unbanning me:
The ban happened a long time ago, due to a few bad spur of the moment decisions, it only took a few minutes of ignoring repeated requests/orders to stop complaining about a justified warning for me to get it to a point where I got blocked and banned from the Discord, I've after that day cleaned up my act and been a part of multiple communities without issue, I've definitely calmed down a lot and don't have the same question for authority that I did before. Do I still think that the first warning I was given for taking a quick mocking stab at a community which wasn't popular among the wider HL2RP community was given a bit too easily? Sure, but it doesn't justify my response and I'm not going to try to and say otherwise.
I already got into this second point slightly but I'll say it again, times were different for me, I was easily aggravated by even the smallest things, and instead of calmly trying to talk to Aspect or another member of staff about maybe lifting the warning I got a bit too mad for such a small thing, stuff like this has happened to me in real life too in the past, small starts make me mad and I start a fight I cannot win, those end in only one way and that's my defeat. I like to think I've grown out of that mentality and it's pretty clear to at least me that I have judging by the sharp decrease in any sorts of incidents that I've had both in communities and in some cases IRL.
I've also had time to reflect on the situation and think about what went wrong, I shouldn't have let about 15 minutes ruin my chances with a server, yet I did, I'll make sure nothing of such nature will happen if my appeal is Accepted.
Date of Occurrence: I have no idea anymore, I believe it happened around half a year ago? Around the mid-2018 area but I may be wrong, it may be way more or way less, but I can with certainty say that it's been at least 6-12 months.
Evidence: N/A as the ban is on Discord.
Other Players/Staff involved: Me & Aspect.
Additional Details: I'm sorry for any hassle or frustration I may have created to the mod-team, I just wanted to appeal this ban so I could be a part of the community once more and be a part of reviving the genre of HL2RP. I understand some of you may hold grudges against me and I'm sorry if you do, but if I get accepted I'm sure we can see how to get rid of them. For your information (even if you probably don't care) I don't hold one against any of the mod-team anymore, sure I may have been bitter for a while but after a while of thinking and going back and forth about it in my mind I've come to the conclusion that the mod-team were justified in their decision to ban/kick me, I don't fully agree with the complete and seemingly permanent community/discord ban however. I hope you can forgive my actions and give me another chance, I assure you. I won't need a third.
Thank you for reading my appeal, I hope anyone with anything personal against me can set it aside and consider everything I said fully without brushing it aside, I hope this works out for me and if not... Well I'll be a bit upset but I'll probably come to terms with it. If anyone comes up with questions I'll log on every once in a while to answer them. (I'll also update any important information that may come up.)
Character Name (If Applicable): N/A
Length (If Softban): N/A, (I believe it's a hardban, since I was banned from the Discord and it doesn't exactly have a countdown timer on it.)
Member of Staff who banned you: Aspect, presumably.
Why were you banned?: I wasn't given an exact reason for the ban but it was clearly something about my behavior on discord that didn't sit well with the staff, I remember being warned multiple times about more petty offenses and they just kept growing up, I still believe the final straw was when I mocked another community, something that was and still is to my information against the rules, I got a warning by Aspect, one of a few I had gathered up if I remember correctly.
I then started to obnoxiously protest the warning instead of just taking it, something which I realized was a very dumb move only after it was too late. I both tagged staff (mainly Aspect), sent repeated messages on the discord demanding that he removes the warning because I at the time saw it as unjust, as you can guess bothering people doesn't get you far and I got myself banned and blocked by not only Aspect, but certain other staff members who I don't remember the name of.
To be honest even I agree that the way I fought to appeal a single warning which actually meant nothing was pretty toxic.
Why should you be unbanned?:
Well, there are a few points that I think I could raise to justify unbanning me:
The ban happened a long time ago, due to a few bad spur of the moment decisions, it only took a few minutes of ignoring repeated requests/orders to stop complaining about a justified warning for me to get it to a point where I got blocked and banned from the Discord, I've after that day cleaned up my act and been a part of multiple communities without issue, I've definitely calmed down a lot and don't have the same question for authority that I did before. Do I still think that the first warning I was given for taking a quick mocking stab at a community which wasn't popular among the wider HL2RP community was given a bit too easily? Sure, but it doesn't justify my response and I'm not going to try to and say otherwise.
I already got into this second point slightly but I'll say it again, times were different for me, I was easily aggravated by even the smallest things, and instead of calmly trying to talk to Aspect or another member of staff about maybe lifting the warning I got a bit too mad for such a small thing, stuff like this has happened to me in real life too in the past, small starts make me mad and I start a fight I cannot win, those end in only one way and that's my defeat. I like to think I've grown out of that mentality and it's pretty clear to at least me that I have judging by the sharp decrease in any sorts of incidents that I've had both in communities and in some cases IRL.
I've also had time to reflect on the situation and think about what went wrong, I shouldn't have let about 15 minutes ruin my chances with a server, yet I did, I'll make sure nothing of such nature will happen if my appeal is Accepted.
Date of Occurrence: I have no idea anymore, I believe it happened around half a year ago? Around the mid-2018 area but I may be wrong, it may be way more or way less, but I can with certainty say that it's been at least 6-12 months.
Evidence: N/A as the ban is on Discord.
Other Players/Staff involved: Me & Aspect.
Additional Details: I'm sorry for any hassle or frustration I may have created to the mod-team, I just wanted to appeal this ban so I could be a part of the community once more and be a part of reviving the genre of HL2RP. I understand some of you may hold grudges against me and I'm sorry if you do, but if I get accepted I'm sure we can see how to get rid of them. For your information (even if you probably don't care) I don't hold one against any of the mod-team anymore, sure I may have been bitter for a while but after a while of thinking and going back and forth about it in my mind I've come to the conclusion that the mod-team were justified in their decision to ban/kick me, I don't fully agree with the complete and seemingly permanent community/discord ban however. I hope you can forgive my actions and give me another chance, I assure you. I won't need a third.
Thank you for reading my appeal, I hope anyone with anything personal against me can set it aside and consider everything I said fully without brushing it aside, I hope this works out for me and if not... Well I'll be a bit upset but I'll probably come to terms with it. If anyone comes up with questions I'll log on every once in a while to answer them. (I'll also update any important information that may come up.)
