Unban Appeal - Jamie Lean - GTA RP

[Jamie Lean]

Server: GTA RP
Character Name: Jamie Lean
Steam ID: 76561199142523186
Ban ID (just the numbers): 21114
Ban Reason: C 1.8
Why do you think you were banned: i was banned because i got told a member of the community was ban evading and decided instead of doing the right thing and opening a ticket i ignored it because i did not want to get involved. when staff opened a ticket i told a lie and said i knew nothing about it because i did not want to get the person that told me in trouble so i was basically encouraging a player to break a rule by not coming to staff with what i knew.
Why should we unban you: Hello,

I’m writing this appeal because I made a mistake I should have known better.

I want to take full responsibility for it I now realise that my actions or rather my lack of action was wrong and I want to be honest about what happened why I made the wrong choice and what I will do to make sure it never happens again.

When I first found out about dazza/kz it was during a Discord call At that moment I knew I should have gone straight to staff but I did not I think part of me didn’t want to get involved or cause drama but that was the wrong mindset. I see now that by staying quiet I was protecting the wrong person and putting the community at risk There’s no excuse for that I should have reported it right away.

In future I will immediately contact staff via a ticket even if I wasn’t 100% sure about all the details yet. I’ve learned that it’s better to bring the information forward and let staff deal with it than to keep it to myself. After some much needed thinking time, I now understand that being part of RPUK isn’t just about following the rules for myself it’s also about helping to protect the community and the people in it.

I know that trust has to be earned and words alone are not enough I will have to show through my actions that I’ve learned my lesson and will not make the same mistakes twice. Moving forward I will be transparent I will report anything that I think is suspicious and I will always put the servers safety first something that I’ve learned from this i have been part of RPUK for a long time and it feels like a second home to me.

I am sorry because I realise that my silence could have caused real harm to RPUK. This isn’t about me being caught it’s about me understanding that I let the community down by not doing the right thing when it mattered most. That’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot since it happened and it’s not a mistake I will repeat.

Thanks for you time
Jamie lean
Please confirm that you have read the unban appeal process and rules: Yes

 

[Sammy]

Hello there @Jamie Lean , I hope you are doing well.

It´s a shame to see you in this section of the forums, especially for something so incredibly silly and avoidable!

Why did you decide to lie to us when you were initially asked about it and why did you decide to come forward the next day?

 

[Jamie Lean]

I'm doing good thank you I hope you are also doing well.

so when I initially got put in to a ticket I panicked because I never wanted to get involved in it and the way I found out would of ended up getting Leyton banned.

I come forward the next day because I realised that telling the truth would of been a much better way to go about the whole situation as I knew not telling the truth will damage if not remove all trust staff had for me and with the time I have put in to a WL gang that was the last thing I wanted to do and I hope that me knowing I was going to get banned for opening the second ticket somewhat shows that my stupid decision was down to me panicking and nothing more.

 

[Sammy]

I´m doing good, thank you!

But didn´t you at all stop to think that being caught in a lie would get you and Leyton into much more trouble? I understand wanting to protect your friends, but this really is not the way to do it. Everyone needs to take accountability for their own actions, don´t you think? You could have come forward together, but instead you decided to break the trust we put in you and lie to us.

I´ll be honest, it is very hard to give either of you credit for coming forward the day after the fact, since your choices were very limited at that point - it feels a lot more like damage control than it does like trying to make things right.

 

[Jamie Lean]

You are right, I can’t really disagree with what you have said. Looking back I should have realised that lying was only gonna make things worse for me and leyton. In the moment I just didn’t think it through properly I was to focused on trying to protect someone else instead of just taking responsibility.

That was the wrong mindset to have and i get now that everyone has to deal with the consequences of their own actions, by lying I broke the trust you had in me and just ended up making it worse for myself, i should have encouraged leyton to come forward with me rather than trying to cover up with him, that would have been the right way to handle it.

I know coming forward the next day does not look great, I can see why it comes across more like damage control than actually trying to make it right, at the time it was me realising I had messed up badly and did not want to keep digging the hole deeper, but I do understand why that doesn’t really earn me much credit it is something I’ve had to think about and I just want to make sure I don’t repeat it again.

 

[Sammy]

Alright, let´s move along from the lying for a second.

You stated that you knew you should have come forward when you found out Dazza was ban evading - why didn´t you? Not wanting to get involved evidently didn´t really work out so well, did it? And even with you trying to protect Leyton, all it would have taken is a "Hey staff, this guy is ban evading."

We are not horrible people, although sometimes we are harsh and make unpopular decisions - what led you to believe that you can not come to us? Or is it more a not wanting to work with staff? It just doesn´t make much sense to me why none of you decided to let us know to be honest with you.

 

[Jamie Lean]

You are right not wanting to get involved definitely did not work out for me at all at the time i think it was more about me trying to avoid drama than anything else. I didn’t want to be "that guy" which was wrong of me, and honestly I thought if I just stayed out of it then it wouldn’t affect me. Looking back now, that was really stupid because obviously it does affect me and the community.

It was not that i did not want to work with staff or that I thought I could not come to you, it was more that I was worried about getting dragged into something messy or causing problems for someone else and in my head it felt easier to just stay quiet but now I can see that all i did was make the situation worse for everyone including myself.

I know now that even if it is uncomfortable or feels like "snitching" the right thing to do is to just open a ticket and let staff handle it. You are right it really would have been as simple as sending a quick message, and I have learned the hard way why it is important to do that straight away.

 

[Sammy]

Very well @Jamie Lean

I am satisfied with your responses and am willing to give you another chance.
We sincerely hope you have learned from this going forward and will not repeat the same mistakes again in the future!

Do keep in mind, bans are pushed for reasons that might not always be entirely transparent for many reasons - in this case, serious harm could have come from you not coming forward.

Go back on the server, enjoy your time and prove me right!

Welcome back!!!