Unban Appeal - Jay Small - GTA RP

[Jay Small]

Server: GTA RP
Character Name: Jay Small
Steam ID: 76561199011756624
Ban ID (just the numbers): 21290
Ban Reason: G2.3 You must remain in character at all times, unless a uniformed Admin authorises you to speak out of character.
Why do you think you were banned: I believe I was banned for not acting my injuries and talking normally when I got picked up by a fellow gang member.
Why should we unban you: Firstly I would like to start by thanking staff for taking the time out of their day in order to read and consider my appeal.

I believe I should be unbanned because I don't feel giving me a permanent ban was a fair one. On my previous unban (24/04/25) the terms where that I had a two month cooldown where any mistake I made regardless of the reason I would be put back on a permanent, which I understood and accepted. Therefore I feel this ban should have been under the fbs.

I am not disputing that I didn't break a rule even if it was just a simple lack of concentration in the moment, I am only human after all. I feel I gave the opposing gang prior to this situation really good roleplay and acted my injuries accordingly and for the whole duration. Once I was out of that situation and with one of my own, my concentration slipped and I did forget to remain in character at all times and I did talk without acting injuries. I believe that this rule is broken more than any and is easily done and if I am to be made an example of then so be it I will put my hands up but as I said I don't believe it should have been a perm.

Ever since my unban in April I have been extra careful and made so much more effort in all roleplay scenarios that I have been in and hope that this small lack of concentration and slip up in a single moment doesn't result in me being permanently banned as I have so much more to give.

I just hope you understand I have been taking the server and the rules very serious especially since my unban and hope that you can give me the opportunity to show that.

Thank you again for taking the time to read my appeal and I am happy to answer any questions you may have.

Jay Small
Please confirm that you have read the unban appeal process and rules: Yes

 

[Violet_]

Good afternoon @Jay Small
I hope you are well?

It's interesting your belief here in that you feel a Perm was not a fair punishment for the amount of warnings you've been given for this exact consequence.
You've been allowed with the mercy of the staff team, to be let go with warnings and education multiple times. So I would deem it's fair - it's just caught up to you.

Whilst I do believe people can improve and align themselves with the rules especially over time as maturity is a factor - You lapse into Poor Quality RP, and a tendency to resort to OOC.
Whilst we are only human, and mistakes can be made - Where is the turning point for you, to stop making these errors?

Do you think you can recognize a pattern where this starts to happen?

 

[Jay Small]

Good afternoon Violet

I am well thank you and I hope you are too

I agree I have had a few more warnings than should have been necessary I have always tried to be cautious and yes I apologies for making mistakes, some of my mistakes may not been the biggest or the worst but they are still rules and yes they become worse when they mount up I also can agree on that.

I obviously had a perm because it was a 6 month cooldown due to fbs even though on my unban it said 2 months if I do anything that’s what left me confused but still it’s not a excuse.

My actions have brought me back here and I didn’t intend to break the rules by breaking character on multiple occasions due to not acting my injuries.

But one time I spoke out of character was also because someone said something that shouldn’t have been said it was dealt by staff on that occasion and not my place to talk OOC even though the staff member did thank me for my efforts I still should not have spoken OOC so for that again I will apologise

Since coming back and only a few weeks off my 6 month cooldown before catching a ban for not acting my injuries and multiple warnings I have thoroughly enjoyed my time back in this community and things have changed a lot in a great way thanks to the devs and staff team so I would love to be able to come back to this community.

But that is up to you and the staff team so again thank you for taking time out of your day reading and replying to me.

Jay Small

 

[Violet_]

Good afternoon,
A little under the weather - cold and flu season!

So, such a simple and easily avoidable rule - which you have been warned for prior - yet you still managed to break it. At this point, there is no excuse.
Doesn't fill me with much confidence.

I will ask again, do you recognize a pattern here? I certainly do, with how you are breaking this rule.
Care to explain your thought process on this?

And once more, Where is the turning point for you, to stop making these errors?

 

[Jay Small]

Good afternoon Violet

Yeah I’ve had it aswell seems everyone is getting this flu


The pattern does seem to come with some frustrations not only with others but from my end aswell either it being with other gangs within rp the amount of people that break character I.e injuries or talking ooc is crazy and I’m not here to point fingers ultimately o need to not let other people action control mine.

So the answer to your question is my own frustrations with other gangs within RP and being comfortable with people and letting my own standards drop

If given a chance to return I will try my hardest to make a conscious effort within RP situations I do believe when I put effort in I give great RP

Thanks again for your time

Jay Small

 

[Mason Edge]

Good morning @Jay Small

As Violet has raised this is such a simple rule to follow and yet you've had multiple warnings from staff for OOC misuse and/or breaking character. You've raised an interesting point about the pattern you've noticed yourself when it comes to you breaking the rules, that being frustration with others.

What steps would you take in the future if you felt frustrated during a scenario or with the server in general?
Why should the staff team believe that this is the point where the pattern stops?
If you’re in a situation you feel yourself slipping into OOC again, what is the plan to stop that from happening?

 

[Jay Small]

Hi Mason

Thanks for your reply, yes such a simple rule to follow and yet is broken by many everyday i know i had multiple warnings one of my warnings upon breaking character was telling someone not to say something with in RP, i should have left to staff not tried to deal with it myself so i apologise for that i do always try to provide the best RP i can, there was instances within this period where i got warnings i was overly frustrated with everyone not acting there injuries aswell, i was told to report if a rule was broken but personally id rather sort out in QE i dont really like to repot i think i may have reported someone once in my whole time in this community.

Why should the staff team believe that this is the point where the pattern stops?

I hope that staff can believe me as i do always try to create and give roleplay to the best of my ability but yes i did let it slip toward the end and i do feel like other people not acting there injuries causing me to be frustrated was the pattern, but this is not a excuse like i said i will make a conscious effort within RP at all times.

What steps would you take in the future if you felt frustrated during a scenario or with the server in general?

To be honest the server doesn't frustrate me i love the community here but i do feel like if multiple people are constantly are not acting injuries its easy to fall into well if they do it why should i, so moving forward if that is happening and its frustrating me the person not giving proper roleplay i could ask to QE or walk away from the situation and not let it bother me.

If you’re in a situation you feel yourself slipping into OOC again, what is the plan to stop that from happening?

and if i feel like its going to get to the point of slipping into ooc again i will take myself away from the situation, but im 100% certain this wont happen again as other peoples actions shouldn't make my standards drop so again i will apologise for that

thanks for taking your time in replying to me and hope to hear back from you soon

 

[Mason Edge]

Good evening,

i do feel like other people not acting there injuries causing me to be frustrated was the pattern, but this is not a excuse like i said i will make a conscious effort within RP at all times.

You've mentioned other people not acting their injuries causing you to be frustrated was the pattern leading to your rulebreaks; we need to look at the wider picture.

There was a report you made against another player for cheating and exploiting (https://www.roleplay.co.uk/threads/report-a-player-arthur-350-gta-rp.430770/) and your inability to keep a cool head seems to match up with you believing you've been wronged. I'll quote what I replied with on that report:

A lot of the comments made in OOC during this was completely unnecessary and antagonistic with one example being "win mentality probs a second character in X Gang with them cheats" which isn't helpful at all in the situation. In total there was 14 messages between 22:14 - 22:34 with a lot of them you giving very poor attitude or antagonistic comments.

Are we sure the only pattern are people not acting their injuries causing you frustration? In this report there was nothing to do with the officer not RPing injuries but you believe they broke a rule so started to misuse ooc, lose composure, and made nonsense /me dead got spin botted 5000

This shows the pattern is more broader, when you've feel wronged or feel something was perhaps bullshit you seem to struggle to control your reactions and then this leads to rulebreaks.

So my question to you is:
What actually causes you to lose your cool and how can the staff team be confident that if you were to be unbanned you wouldn’t fall back into the same behaviour the next time you feel frustrated?

 

[Jay Small]

Hi Mason


Yes I made that report, I initially thought he was cheating on how quick it happened and we was in a QE with a staff member who also thought was strange but, it was frustrating how he was escorting a player while spinning around to shoot me.


People will get frustrated in certain scenarios yes but it was a multitude of things that lead up to that with police with in RP it wasn’t just because of that one scenario but like i said it’s no excuse but I’m willing to put in as much effort as I can to come back to this community, and show that situations like this will not define my actions.

Yes I did misuse /me and looc in that situation but like i said i can only assure you that i wont be doing that again i think i made mistakes that could have been easily avoided but out of my own stupidity i went the wrong way about dealing with it and I have learnt my lesson on misuse of ooc and /me’s

And again I can only say that I’m 100% certain that i can RP my injuries and will not misuse ooc

So my question to you is:
What actually causes you to lose your cool and how can the staff team be confident that if you were to be unbanned you wouldn’t fall back into the same behaviour the next time you feel frustrated?

Sorry mason I didn’t even realise that I didn’t answer this question. (Hence the Edit realised after putting in the new message that i could edit)

So I’d say yes you are correct maybe it is partly if i feel like I’m wronged or some bullshit that frustrated me but I’d like to think I can learn from it now that I’m here and speaking about it, I think if I feel like I’m getting frustrated I could leave that situation as long as it’s not breaking any rules or going to stop any roleplay that is happening, but I would love to have a chance to prove that I can control the outcome of situations in the right manor and make sure it does stay within roleplay and fun for everyone, but it’s a good lesson for me to realise what caused me to get frustrated and how I can now manage that if it was to ever arise

Thanks Mason

 

[Jay Small]

(Accidental message i didint realise i could edit)^^^

 

[Mason Edge]

Good evening,

I’ve spent time reviewing your appeal and your responses, as well as your overall history on the server. Staff have had to intervene multiple times for you breaking the same rule over and over again and it's that pattern that brought you back here.

You was unbanned 24/04/2025 and banned again 28/09/2025. You managed to play for 5 months and 4 days prior to getting this ban but during this period you had staff issue 2 warnings and 1 kick to you:

• 29/08/2025 you was kicked for "Not for OOC"
• 06/09/2025 you was warned for Misuse of OOC.
• 24/09/2025 you was warned due to breaking character by making comments to OOC things, including the OOC chat. The staff member that dealt with this even reminded you about the 6 months and could end up getting permanently banned if you break another rule.
• 28/09/2025 you was banned for G2.3 Roleplay Everything.

You was spoken to by staff 5 days prior to this ban and was given the benefit of the doubt by being issued a warning instead of a ban. But not even a week later you was seen breaking character again.

Looking at your overall record, it isn't great:

• 12 warnings/kicks
• 3 bans total
• Repeated issues with Breaking Character and Misuse of OOC

You've only been banned for 1 month and 23 days, based on your history and I don't believe you've had enough time to really reflect or for the pattern to realistically change. You've been given many opportunities to improve your response to frustation and yet the same issues keep repeating. You can appeal again after the New Year.

Declined
You can reappeal 01/01/2026.