Daniel/McNuggie's 1yr Ban Appeal

[Daniel Ban Appeal]

(08-12-2017, 02:39 PM)Brassx Wrote:  

(08-12-2017, 12:01 PM)fancy Wrote:  Its been a year. He did some unforgiving things. While some people wont forgive him for it, it shouldnt stop them from at least acknowledging what hes done to change.
And for all the effort and what ive seen him do in order to make himself happier and not hurt those around him when he cant control himself, +1.

Thing is, people can't really acknowledge 'what he's done to change'. He hasn't shown anything that proves that what he's doing isn't just a front to get unbanned, or simply 'acting'. He's behaved like this before; Pretended to be someone he's not, and fooled quite a few people. He has always been good at saying what people want to hear.

However, let's say he has changed and does get unbanned - I can just imagine how toxic the server would be for him, and others, if that were to happen. For example: Look at what happened to a few people who found a bug and did not immediately report it, instead abused it during a beta test. They were properly punished, yet groups of people were constantly passive and directly aggressive to them, "oh great another exploiter won", "Hey guys an exploiter joined.", "#SpreadExploiting".

Given all of the wrong he has done, I don't really see the people that were affected simply pretending nothing happened. I also don't see it being an enjoyable experience for him(It's not going to be the same as he remembers back in the day), nor really others involved.

Now that's basically just an educated guess, based on previous experiences in my time, but that's how I feel it would likely play out.

I know what you're saying by people not truly being able to tell if I changed and being extremely skeptical about believing it. I did lie a lot about my opinion and feelings back then to get myself advantages and to get away with things, which doesn't help. However; I don't know what I can do to actually prove it to you guys that what I'm doing isn't a front. There's a number of people who commented on this Appeal who have played with me in the last year and have remained my friends so they are fully aware of the person I am now. I cant prove to you guys that I'm serious about my new behavior without a chance to do so; and I'm afraid I haven't really had one given both the forum and ingame ban.

I also get what you're saying about the two different possible sides of conflict. One, the server generally not being enjoyable for me due to the potential of people holding grudges and such, however please know that this won't affect me. I'll be laying low for a while to get back in the flow of things. I stand by the fact that if I return I'm here to make friends, mend relationships, and actually contribute to the server. If people give me issues due to what I did I entirely understand and will be able to get through it. I'll specifically talk to the people who have issues and solve it as maturely as possible. I never once expected that if I were to be unbanned that people would pretend like nothing happened, nor things to be the same, rather I've hopes that people would acknowledge my mistakes and give me a chance to show that I wouldn't ever do such a thing again.

I know where the logic in your educated guesses are at, but I've thought out everything. I'll do and take anything for this chance. I know that it would be one of the most wonderful things to happen to me this year too to get the chance to play on this server again, make some new friends, and to connect back with some old.

I honestly can't give the 100% promise that people will be okay with me on the server, but I can promise that I will be 100% okay with people and will take nothing to heart and just focus on fixing any negative relationships here that would remain. I can also promise that none of you would regret it, so PLEASE give me even the smallest opportunity.

Thanks for reading.