Server: Community Banned
Ban Reason: 1.6 community banned
Why do you think you were banned: Hello to whoever is reading this, I am writing this appeal in the hopes of being unbanned from the Discord and equally from the game. I know my chances of being unbanned are slim to non-existent due to the context in which I was banned. I take full accountability for what was said have spent the past year or so learning to better myself. I hold my hands up and will say what I was said to another person in a private discord chat was unacceptable and shameful and quite frankly disgusting. While the person it was targeted at in the past would not have been offended by such comments and the gang/group I associated myself was also accepting of how I acted and even joined in such actions to the point it was almost the social norm and because it was always seen as banter, anything I have ever said was never targeted or meant to cause offense, it does not excuse how it can be perceived by anyone else that would see it and to be fair there is no place in this community or any community for that matter the those types of actions, which is why I am here to own my mistake and to accept that why I was banned was valid, but also to express this type of behaviour is not me and I am not that person.
I would like to take the time to apologise for anyone that was truly offended, that is not the type of person I am, in fact it's the opposite the past year or so I have not really involved myself in any roleplay, I have played other games but I've spent more time just learning to be a better person and "touching grass" as they would say, spending time with my 2 daughters and dating a Jamaican lass for around 6 months and then being in a long term relationship with an African/American woman I met at work who has genuinely opened my eyes to different beliefs and cultures. Thinking back to all the years I have been in this community, I don't think I really have any bans or serious bans under my belt apart from the early days when I was "learning" what it means to be a role player and one that was removed due to it not being me which was a VDM while I was a Ballas member and of course this one, which is one of the more serious bans you can receive and perhaps a few warnings and notes thrown on my account from learned mistakes or habits I had picked up along the way.
I believe I kept a pretty clean record, then I got this ban which was followed by a 1.6 and I am just paraphrasing "sitting on a treasure trove of racism" in which I kept a collection of screenshots of racist comments from the Coalition Discord. This was a very immature and silly thing to do especially in the way I shared them in the hopes to take down people who wanted me banned, this was just followed up by being a bit of a childish dick and throwing my toys out of the pram like an absolute idiot when I got my ban, I suppose in my immature state, I felt hard done to and felt it was unfair the people that were "upset" by my comments were the same people making the exact same comments. As I said since then I have had to do a lot of maturing and growing up and realised as a father of two impressionable daughters, this is not the type of person I want them to see, and I can promise this is not the type of person you would see again and if this situation was to occur again you would not find me acting the same way, i'd take the mature approach and follow the correct methods to report such incidents.
When I think back to my time in RPUK and I like to think I helped a lot of people and provided quality roleplay and laughter. Being a gang lead in the past and being one of the few active G6 members causing chaos against gangs inciting raids on the prison to helping a non-whitelisted gang stay on the correct path and not do stupid shit and stick to the rules and watching their journey to becoming whitelisted. I have always said I would never really appeal if I got banned and that if I got banned and that’s final as I deserve what I got, but I suppose everyone wants to right the wrongs they committed and at least showcase they can be a better person and be the mature person they claim to be in their appeals. I can say now with hand on heart, the person that got banned for being an immature dick, is not the person that you would see today in the RPUK community, you would not see me walking on the line of bending the rules and saying "edgy" stuff to generate a shock reaction and laughter. I am here to play a character and just enjoy my time as and when I do enter the city.
Why should we unban you: As I said I know this is a long shot, especially since I was so adamant in my own mind that I would not appeal if I got banned. I always said, if I got banned I probably deserved it and that's where I should remain, however time has passed my own childish-ego-wounds have healed and I have spent the time needed to mature and be the adult I am supposed to be within this community and online in general and not just use the internet as an escape to act like an idiot with no consequences. We are all human and we all make mistakes, sure this is a bit more than just a simple silly mistake and it's all well and good sitting here saying "look at me, I'm better now, i've learned my lesson" but i'd much rather just prove it not just with words on a form but with actions as well. I would hate for my lasting memory of the community be a sour one, especially when I sit there an old man in like.... 10 years, telling my children the tales of how I went from G6 officer to gang leader in my prime and how I ruined it all with stupid comments. I would much rather end my RPUK run having good roleplay memories and if I left the community for good, be remembered as a character not a horrible human.
Please confirm that you have read the unban appeal process and rules: Yes
