In-game Name
Ziffy
Steam ID
76561198141465704
Please provide a link to your previous denied appeal.
https://www.roleplay.co.uk/topic/110028-permanent-ban-appeal-ziffy_unban/
In your own words, please type why you think you were banned.
1.6 - I was banned because I was in a room called something along the lines of "Banning Room" in the private OG discord while people were attempting to mass RDM. I would like to make it clear however that I joined the room shortly after they'd been banned. Saying that, I did know what they were going to do. I do regret this and realise that it was a stupid decision to do what I did.
8.1.5 - I misunderstood the rule but still take full responsibility for my actions and I do apologise.
I also made the stupid decision to make a false account under the name Jim Williams as I wanted to be able to be on the forums but worried if I had made a Ziffy_UNBAN account I would just be banned instantly. This was a knee jerk decision that was stupid of me and I apologise for it.
What have you been upto in the last 6 months+ ?
It hasn't been 6 months but almost 3 I believe. In the 3 months I've been gone I've been focusing on A-Levels, although I say that but I've spent a lot of time playing Fifa 19, Black Ops 4 and Red Dead 2. I pretty much haven't touched any game on my PC other than the odd hour of EFT and a little bit of rocket league. I suppose this does kinda go to show that I don't have fun playing Arma unless I'm on RPUK, hence why I regret my decision making even more than I did near the time.
Why do you want to return ?
Firstly, I'm not going to come here and say that I'm a completely changed person in the months that I've been gone because I would be simply lying and that isn't going to get me anywhere. What I will say however, is that I feel I've done myself a favour by taking myself away from toxic environments (like the ones I was a part of before) for the last 3 months in that I know I don't want to go back into that environment. What once may have given me a little bit of fun and a giggle I now understand is unnecessary and pointless. In my last appeal, I talked a lot about how I didn't like toxic environments which I stand by, but at the time of writing I now know that I unconsciously knew deep down that I did find toxic environments exciting and interesting to an extent. Maybe I liked the "cool trouble maker" aspect of it I don't know. But what I now know, after removing myself from such environments is that I for sure will not be returning to them. I know that some of the things I did were unnecessary and pointless and quite frankly not funny. I genuinely regret what I did in terms of not reporting a situation I knew would occur thus ruining people's time on the server. I also now understand better in terms of how someone committing mass RDM has an impact on the server in that, people dying for no real reason will frustrate them and therefore make them not want to return thus damaging the server and I see clearly now that by not reporting it, I was damaging the server and so I have been fairly punished. I never really saw my ban in this light before. At the time it was more frustrating like "oh ffs I didn't actually do anything" but now I honestly realise and understand how me not reporting it does in fact make me just as bad as the people actually doing the RDM and for that I am sorry.
I will now directly quote and comment on a comment from my previous, denied unban appeal.
"However, this was not the case, I genuinely do want to be a part of this community. I also said about how if I didn't get unbanned here I would probably just quit Arma. This, although only a week later, has stood to be true and to be completely honest I haven't even wanted to open Arma on my computer because I'm banned here. It is the only server/community I liked on Arma and everything else completely bores me."
This still stands true, I'm not sure I've even opened the game since getting unbanned (https://gyazo.com/6467c4323bb3ba73cbd05504c75033a7) and so yes, I only play Arma for RPUK and yes I do very much so want to return and I hope you allow me that quite possibly undeserved privilege.
Why should we unban you ?
It my last appeal I talked a fair bit about how I am not actually the toxic person and I always just find myself in toxic environments and situations. To comment on this, I do still believe and stand by the fact that I am not a toxic person. I think this because I'd been on the server for over a year before I received my first ban. I feel like, being around toxic people and being a part of a toxic environment will undoubtedly increase one's toxicity however I feel as though removal from such situations will cause that to go away again. I feel like that is what has happened to me in a way and you may disagree with this I'm not sure but this whole situation could have been a blessing in disguise for me as a person. Having removed myself from the environment I was in for 3 months has genuinely helped me to realise I don't want to be that type of person and I certainly don't want to go near such environments again. I said at the start of this appeal that I'm not here to claim I'm a completely new person after 3 months and I stick by that, but what I will say is that now I have a much better understanding of the problems I caused and why I was removed, rather than the pure frustration I felt in the days after the ban.
Another thing I'd like to comment on from my last appeal is that I mentioned, "I clearly have a problem with who I surround myself with". At the time, I saw this to be true but I no longer feel the same way. There's no way of proving this but in the last few months I've had plenty of moments where I could have joined toxic groups of people but decided against it. Another thing I'd like to mention is the way in which my political views have changed and I do think has in turn changed me as a person. You've likely seen the video of the Syrian Refugee called Jamal getting strangled and water boarded. This video made me incredibly angry and seeing the backlash from it and the money raised for Jamal made be very happy. You may ask, what does this have to do with the appeal? This video has made me realise that migrants coming into the UK are simply trying to escape and have a better life. That's it. I think this has actually made me a nicer and more empathetic person.
If/when I return, I don't want to join a super gun heavy gang like I was in before, this just leads to toxicity which I will make sure I stay clear of. Instead, I want to help people, whether that be new people trying to make money, or someone getting robbed. I just want to have fun on my PC again and I feel as of now that the only place I can do that is here. I understand fully what I did wrong and why I was banned and I am very regretful of it. Thank you for taking the time to read my appeal and I look forward to your reply,
-Ziffy
Please confirm this unban request is for you.
Yes
I have read and understand the unban appeal process
Yes
Please confirm you understand there is no timeframe for your appeal.
Yes
I confirm 6 months+ have passed since my denied appeal.
No
Before you submit this form please confirm you have fully read the rules click here
Yes
Ziffy
Steam ID
76561198141465704
Please provide a link to your previous denied appeal.
https://www.roleplay.co.uk/topic/110028-permanent-ban-appeal-ziffy_unban/
In your own words, please type why you think you were banned.
1.6 - I was banned because I was in a room called something along the lines of "Banning Room" in the private OG discord while people were attempting to mass RDM. I would like to make it clear however that I joined the room shortly after they'd been banned. Saying that, I did know what they were going to do. I do regret this and realise that it was a stupid decision to do what I did.
8.1.5 - I misunderstood the rule but still take full responsibility for my actions and I do apologise.
I also made the stupid decision to make a false account under the name Jim Williams as I wanted to be able to be on the forums but worried if I had made a Ziffy_UNBAN account I would just be banned instantly. This was a knee jerk decision that was stupid of me and I apologise for it.
What have you been upto in the last 6 months+ ?
It hasn't been 6 months but almost 3 I believe. In the 3 months I've been gone I've been focusing on A-Levels, although I say that but I've spent a lot of time playing Fifa 19, Black Ops 4 and Red Dead 2. I pretty much haven't touched any game on my PC other than the odd hour of EFT and a little bit of rocket league. I suppose this does kinda go to show that I don't have fun playing Arma unless I'm on RPUK, hence why I regret my decision making even more than I did near the time.
Why do you want to return ?
Firstly, I'm not going to come here and say that I'm a completely changed person in the months that I've been gone because I would be simply lying and that isn't going to get me anywhere. What I will say however, is that I feel I've done myself a favour by taking myself away from toxic environments (like the ones I was a part of before) for the last 3 months in that I know I don't want to go back into that environment. What once may have given me a little bit of fun and a giggle I now understand is unnecessary and pointless. In my last appeal, I talked a lot about how I didn't like toxic environments which I stand by, but at the time of writing I now know that I unconsciously knew deep down that I did find toxic environments exciting and interesting to an extent. Maybe I liked the "cool trouble maker" aspect of it I don't know. But what I now know, after removing myself from such environments is that I for sure will not be returning to them. I know that some of the things I did were unnecessary and pointless and quite frankly not funny. I genuinely regret what I did in terms of not reporting a situation I knew would occur thus ruining people's time on the server. I also now understand better in terms of how someone committing mass RDM has an impact on the server in that, people dying for no real reason will frustrate them and therefore make them not want to return thus damaging the server and I see clearly now that by not reporting it, I was damaging the server and so I have been fairly punished. I never really saw my ban in this light before. At the time it was more frustrating like "oh ffs I didn't actually do anything" but now I honestly realise and understand how me not reporting it does in fact make me just as bad as the people actually doing the RDM and for that I am sorry.
I will now directly quote and comment on a comment from my previous, denied unban appeal.
"However, this was not the case, I genuinely do want to be a part of this community. I also said about how if I didn't get unbanned here I would probably just quit Arma. This, although only a week later, has stood to be true and to be completely honest I haven't even wanted to open Arma on my computer because I'm banned here. It is the only server/community I liked on Arma and everything else completely bores me."
This still stands true, I'm not sure I've even opened the game since getting unbanned (https://gyazo.com/6467c4323bb3ba73cbd05504c75033a7) and so yes, I only play Arma for RPUK and yes I do very much so want to return and I hope you allow me that quite possibly undeserved privilege.
Why should we unban you ?
It my last appeal I talked a fair bit about how I am not actually the toxic person and I always just find myself in toxic environments and situations. To comment on this, I do still believe and stand by the fact that I am not a toxic person. I think this because I'd been on the server for over a year before I received my first ban. I feel like, being around toxic people and being a part of a toxic environment will undoubtedly increase one's toxicity however I feel as though removal from such situations will cause that to go away again. I feel like that is what has happened to me in a way and you may disagree with this I'm not sure but this whole situation could have been a blessing in disguise for me as a person. Having removed myself from the environment I was in for 3 months has genuinely helped me to realise I don't want to be that type of person and I certainly don't want to go near such environments again. I said at the start of this appeal that I'm not here to claim I'm a completely new person after 3 months and I stick by that, but what I will say is that now I have a much better understanding of the problems I caused and why I was removed, rather than the pure frustration I felt in the days after the ban.
Another thing I'd like to comment on from my last appeal is that I mentioned, "I clearly have a problem with who I surround myself with". At the time, I saw this to be true but I no longer feel the same way. There's no way of proving this but in the last few months I've had plenty of moments where I could have joined toxic groups of people but decided against it. Another thing I'd like to mention is the way in which my political views have changed and I do think has in turn changed me as a person. You've likely seen the video of the Syrian Refugee called Jamal getting strangled and water boarded. This video made me incredibly angry and seeing the backlash from it and the money raised for Jamal made be very happy. You may ask, what does this have to do with the appeal? This video has made me realise that migrants coming into the UK are simply trying to escape and have a better life. That's it. I think this has actually made me a nicer and more empathetic person.
If/when I return, I don't want to join a super gun heavy gang like I was in before, this just leads to toxicity which I will make sure I stay clear of. Instead, I want to help people, whether that be new people trying to make money, or someone getting robbed. I just want to have fun on my PC again and I feel as of now that the only place I can do that is here. I understand fully what I did wrong and why I was banned and I am very regretful of it. Thank you for taking the time to read my appeal and I look forward to your reply,
-Ziffy
Please confirm this unban request is for you.
Yes
I have read and understand the unban appeal process
Yes
Please confirm you understand there is no timeframe for your appeal.
Yes
I confirm 6 months+ have passed since my denied appeal.
No
Before you submit this form please confirm you have fully read the rules click here
Yes
