IAaronI
Well-known member
- Location
- Grove st
Server: GTA RP
Character Name: Aaron Smith
Steam ID: 76561199521442851
Ban ID (just the numbers): 20109
Ban Reason: G3.1
Why do you think you were banned: I was banned for metagaming, which is where you use out-of-character information to gain an in-game advantage. Grove had been fighting cutlass, and we decided to push the arcade where I was downed on the back stairwell and was shouting comms while downed. While I was doing this, what appeared to be comms were heard from my mic (appearing to be external communication audio)
Why should we unban you: Firstly, I would like to apologise to staff for being here. In all honesty, I never expected to be here, as I did try my best to follow the rules to the highest degree. However that being said the there are two sides to a coin and in this case as much as I would love to say I had clean record my actions before I got banned were simply sloppy and beyond unacceptable to say the least; alongside this metagaming banned I was also banned for NLR and RDM about a week before and 2 misuse of OOC kicks. The month I’ve spent away from the server has led me to realise how far my standards had fallen and determined what I need to do to not have a repeat of this sort of behaviour on the server (which I will elaborate on later in the appeal).
Now, onto the events of the night that got me banned. As stated earlier in the appeal, Grove and Cutlass were in a war, and we pushed the arcade in which I was downed and giving comms when what appears to be Audio from an external call/communication was heard from my mic. Now, when I was reported, my response was that I believed this audio to be from old clips I had been deleting from my drive to make space. I would like to reiterate that at the time I wrote that, I genuinely believed that to be the case. Why? When I heard that 2-second snippet, I didn’t realise it was anyone from Grove at the time we were warring cutlass, and I still do not. However, that being said, I did not include the whole truth, which I hold my hands up and apologise for. In reality there may have been a chance that I was sitting in a discord VC, this was a vc that was unrelated to RPUK I do believe that there is a real possibility that I was in a call screen sharing to members who were not apart of the community trying to convince them to join and play alongside me (I say maybe a possibility as I do not remember 100% for certain due to the time that had passed and me being slightly tipsy that night). Why did I lie? In all honesty, I lacked knowledge of the metagaming rule, and I believed being in any call while in-game was a rule break. Due to this, I tried to hide this fact to avoid a ban and carry on playing, which I can only apologise for.
Why should you trust me now? If I were to be a member of the staff team, I too would find it extremely difficult to trust me too. However, I now realise that my lying really has dug me into a deeper hole than telling the truth and admitting to my wrongs would have done. I really do not see a reason not to be truthful, as it would only make my case worse, as I’ve seen people do several times in appeals. I can only apologize for not being truthful earlier
As stated earlier, my actions as a whole on the server were very sloppy, to say the least, and I believe this to be due to my taking for granted the position I held in the community. Looking back on it I thought I could get away with anything, I’m not sure why this was the case; it could have been due to seeing people that I used to play with getting banned and still being about or even due to the time I’ve played making me believe that I wasn’t stupid enough to break rules. This ban has been humbling and put me in my place and led me to value my position in the community. I can only apologise that it took such a large action for me to do so. And I can only ask for a second chance to prove that I am a valuable member of this community. I was not going to bring this up but since I’ve been banned I’ve tried several other servers that were meant to be quote on quote better than RPUK however I have been unable to find something that comes close to RPUK which in my eyes shows my motivations to return and not end up in a circle of permanent bans that I’ve seen so many people fall into.
Kind regards
Aaron
Please confirm that you have read the unban appeal process and rules: Yes
