Unban Appeal - El Vito Corleone - GTA RP

[El Vito Corleone]

Server: GTA RP
Character Name: Vito Chippieone
Steam ID: 76561199230139421
Ban ID (just the numbers): 19993
Ban Reason: OOC Abuse
Why do you think you were banned: As I said in my pervious appeal, I’m not really sure what was said during this conversation with whoever was involved at the time. I don’t think anything malicious was said. I think it was a conversation between me, someone else and a staff about a situation that had happened in game. I’m guessing an argument occurred within this discussion and maybe something was said, well I got banned for it so, something must’ve been.
Why should we unban you: This isn’t really going to be related to the conversation in why I was banned because I don’t remember well why I was actually banned. I think I should be unbanned because during my time playing the server I created a gang called The Chippieones. We never got whitelisted, but our influence around the city was massive. Sometimes it might’ve not been a good influence but most of the time it was. I think we added a lot to the gang scene during our time on the server by role playing and creating storylines with other whitelisted and non-whitelisted gangs. There was a core group within the gang but we also helped out others that joined. We brought them and taught them the ways of living a good role playing gang member and how they should treat the server. After our warnings that we got as a gang and individually, we started taking things very seriously and really tried to benefit our own gang by making a reach for the white listing status. Obviously this never worked out as individual decisions cause the gang to practically get a blanket ban but that’s a discussion for another day. I just wanted to rant about during the time me and others had on this server, we had a big influence in a relatively short period of time and I think that’s what sometimes this server is missing. A proper gang (non-whitelisted) that grafts and gives the bigger gangs something to think about. I don’t think that we were very liked by staff in many ways (bar Isak), but I think for the gang scene we were an overall positive and I’ll argue that forever. As I’ve said I can’t really talk about how sorry I am because I vaguely remember what’s happened to cause my ban, but I can discuss what happened during my time on the server and the many people I interacted with and also became friends with.

Thanks to whoever takes the time to read and reply to this.
Please confirm that you have read the unban appeal process and rules: Yes

 

[PsianaRama]

Hopefully this will refresh your memory,

Report a player - 322 - GTA RP

Server: GTA RP Your Character Name: Theo west Reported Players: 322 Date: Mar 2, 2025 Time: 17:00 What best describes this incident: (G2.4) Value of Life At all times you are to value your life, if you are clearly outnumbered or at an obvious disadvantage you should comply with demands...

www.roleplay.co.uk

Within that report (Your comments have since been deleted) you also stated
"Just don't be a gimp and stop reporting people for little stuff, woke mindset.".

So have another go with that additional context.
Tell us how you've matured and have the ability to interact with others as an adult.

 

[El Vito Corleone]

Hi PsianaRama, thanks for responding so quickly.


I'll admit that looking back on that, I was obviously acting immature and probably at the time was a wee bit heated during our conversation due to the magnitude of the situation. I think that because of the report that was put against me, I was severely annoyed about the way it was put against me, meaning he didn't even come to chat to me but went straight to the forums instead.

As I've said, looking back on that report and conversation, the comments towards this guy were very immature and unneeded at the same time. I should've responded with respect and had an overall civil conversation with him and the staff.

I do obviously have the ability to interact with people as an adult, but that was in the heat of a moment kind of thing. I don't usually get that angry and petty towards people, but i think because of the situation, my head had gone. I'm not saying that's acceptable, I'm just taking accountability.

Since being away I've looked back on the game and realised sometimes i took things to seriously. I now feel like if i came back, id be a lot more reserved with my judgement and would use a lot more sense in my thinking towards different roleplaying situations.

 

[Stavik]

It does not take much to just be civil with people, and at the time you seemed to be just fine rules wise for some time.

What is going to be different if we let you back in?

 

[El Vito Corleone]

Hi @Stavik thanks for taking the time to reply.

I agree it doesn’t take much to be civil with people. I always try and stick to the rules and at the time I was going through a period of trying to improve the gang I was apart of so didn’t want the inconvenience of being banned. As I said in my previous reply I was just annoyed with how the report came about but I’ve already discussed about that.

I’ve obviously not played in a wee while and I’ve realised how much fun it was at the time. If I get let back into the server then i will try my best to get the best out of every role playing situation, I’m not saying I’m going to be perfect at it, but I’ll definitely try my best to get the most out of every situation. If I get back into the server I’ll be very conscious of the rules in place, because in all honesty I know this would probably be my last chance so I don’t want to waste it.

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply.

 

[Bonzi]

Hello @El Vito Corleone .

This is your fourth permanent ban. Staff have had to waste a fair bit of time trying to establish some trust in your actions and approach to playing on RPUK - and for the last three times you've contradicted yourself.

I was just annoyed with how the report came about but I’ve already discussed about that.

I'm confused with this statement - someone thought you had broken the rules, so they reported you. And staff had concluded that not only you broke the rules in the in-game situation, but you also flung abuse on the actual report. Whether or not you consider it a 'little thing' - you still broke the rules, and given your track record you were sent away. Members of our community have the right to raise these issues with the staff team if they wish.

a period of trying to improve the gang I was apart of so didn’t want the inconvenience of being banned.

Why did this not make you want to follow the rules at all times then? From my perspective, if you were truly wanting to improve your gang/faction/whatever, you'd lead by example and champion the rules we have in place.

I'm not going to close the door on you, but you are going to have to do some serious convincing if you wish to return.

 

[El Vito Corleone]

Hi @Bonzi thanks for replying so quickly again.

Regarding the statement you're confused about, the meaning behind what i was saying about "being annoyed" was that due to the magnitude of the situation, i was slightly bemused and frustrated that he didn't even want to chat about the situation in Liaison and went straight to the forms instead. I've already commented on particular comments that were served upon that specific form and yes they were childish but I've moved past that now.

At the end of the day leading a gang comes with a lot of complications, a lot of situations and a lot of crucial decisions. If I'm being honest when something or someone does something in your gang it normally reverts back to the leader and how he's running his gang overall. We never strived to break the rules but as a gang, we normally found ourselves in the thick of things, normally controversial which probably led to eyes being on us a lot more. I'd say we and myself as a gang were always on the knife edge during roleplaying situations, that's not because we had the intention of breaking rules, but because we wanted to take the roleplaying situation to the highest and best standard that bordered on realism. Towards the end, recruitment was a bit Ski-whiff and I think it created a domino effect in gang, causing us to practically get a blanket ban. I go back to it though, when chippies was at it's highest point i'd say that myself and the rest of the gang were a massive plus towards the server including its affect to gangs in the city. We might've fought a lot and that's probably what it looked like to all outsiders but there was always a reason behind our fights, meaning we were always having consistent roleplaying situations.

I just think after having that time away, i've watched past clips and do recognise where sometimes we went wrong but also a lot of positives as well. Overall, i know its hard to gain the trust again after 4 permanent bans but i'd be thankful to be given one more chance to prove I positively impacted this server.

Thanks again for reading and replying.