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Joshy

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  1. I think it's hard to interpret tone and vibe from text, but I sincerely enjoyed some of our conversations and consider you an intelligent person despite our disagreements.  I think you're going to do great no matter where you go.  Hopefully you aren't on your way out with a sour note...  the culture and politics here are literally the worst I have ever seen in my life, which I think says a lot, but I still enjoy the few hidden gems I run into; you're one of them.  Good luck and be well 🙂 

  2. Any songs you totally botch the lyrics?  I have a ton.  Sometimes I sing it wrong for fun anyways.  There's a classic song "Africa" by Toto (Weezer has a popular version too)...

     

    For years I thought the lyrics were: "I guess it rains down in Africa"

    Actual lyrics: "I bless the rains down in Africa"

     

     

     

     

     

    Another example

     

    It sounded to me like he was saying: "It's where Matt Damon hides"

    Actual lyrics: "It's where my demons hide"

     

     

  3. Do you have anything new to add to this?

     

    I know I told you the minimum was 60 days, but I did say this below in the other thread.  Just reminder too that your ban is permanent, which I was upfront about it there as well.

     

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    Reapplying in 60 days (or less) saying you're a changed person and with nothing to show for it isn't going to be compelling at all.

     

    It sounds like you might not be banned from the game.  Are there any admins there that can positively speak on your behalf?  Throw us a bone.  I'm trying to figure out if there's any chance of having you on Discord with us.

     

    Why are we being such sticklers about letting you back on?  You're already permanently banned.  Any chance of lifting the ban at all is a generosity.  We're not like paid workers making some nice salary over this while certain groups of people can't follow the rules we ask.  If you're a frustration and it's spelled out in the rules...  after a few warnings I think it's fair game to kick you off.  What went wrong on the 17th why did you go above and beyond to break the rule and how do we know you wont be a hassle again?  Can you explain maybe something happened that day that wont happen again?

     

    Don't get your hopes on this because I'm much more radical than a lot of others: I'm personally okay with lifting your ban.  I'll have to check with the team first and the team decision will lead to the outcome.  They decide.  I gave you hints in the other thread hoping you might take to it and use it to persuade them, but it looks like we're still stuck on square one.  I don't like nor condone what you've done, but I think it's tolerable enough underneath different punishments like long-term bans, and you've given it some time that I'm okay with.  I don't think you're a changed person and I think you'll probably get banned again, but I'm personally okay with trying again- hope that you can prove us wrong.  You can have my wobbly +1 support to lift your ban, but I think we're already in fair territory if they team were to reject it; I would still consider it extreme generosity to let you back on even if you were on thin ice and were to be banned for the wind blowing in the wrong direction (hyperbole).

  4. Maybe the voting hasn't progress far enough, that we can ask @Pyros or @FrenZy if maybe a very special one time exception can be made for a late addition??  It would be a really good gesture in my opinion, but I'm not sure how far along voting is and certainly their statements here aren't a promise to sponsor just anyone who asks.  If you're still interested I think it's worth a shot sending them a PM especially after it looks like a few candidates have withdrawn.  (edit) I don't know if they can make the exception or if they're willing to do that (I wouldn't want to suggest anything false or not possible).  I'm trying to be creative, but maybe we have some lessons learned for the next round.

     

    Maybe they can use Staff feedback thread in the future to privately enter their name in as an interested candidate for CR, then the Council will have access to a pool of candidate they can signoff on as sponsors (much like looking at applications or appeals elsewhere).  I could totally see how DMing 4-5 people might be discouraging after the first one is less responsive, and I feel like for some people who have been around for a really long time I remember something odd at one point like we couldn't even DM division leaders and above (or something odd like that happened to me once or twice).

  5. I just found their info.  The template really helps, but I think I can live with this since I had time and found it.  They were banned in GMOD.

     

    Tay K (RoadToGettinSumBitches)#5707 (398933844104839189)

    https://discordapp.com/channels/445659297125498881/778433419520376863/835157509621809242

     

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    Just a little perspective from our side.  Someone who was more involved with our community including leadership roles did something similar, and I think they have also received a ban over this.

     

    What should we do for you or why should we let you back in?

  6. !warn 684617538948038690 leaving

     

    I thought you were kind of trolling me when you first messaged me because I tried to warn someone on CS:S on accident.  Maybe you were, but after chatting a little bit I found you to be a very impressive and enjoyable person to talk to.  I hope and think we will continue to chat here and there.

  7. Didn't want to be shown as recently browsing and then ignore the message.  I was looking at the appeal out of curiosity.  I've heard that I wont have a major say on this and they would like for Ben or Council to determine the outcome of the appeal.  It's known that I often ask or try for leniency.

     

    My involvement: I was the one who deleted the GIF.  A little background on why I thought it was very minor while others might be more firm on their stance.  GIFs do not auto-play for me.  I didn't even know that they auto-play.  Quite honestly I still don't even know if all GIFs auto-play or if there was something special about yours that might not?  This is where it's getting interesting because it's very well agreed upon, that these type of images will at least warrant a warning, and if it false-triggers the antivirus we'll automatically ban.

     

    The iffy part is when it just crashes Discord.  If it's on auto-play and it crashes Discord...  it's very hard to recover and enforce.  I happen to be online and was curious about that particular GIF.  It doesn't auto-play for me so I simply deleted it when I got back and just told you a verbal unofficial warning to please not post it.  You're already aware of reports versus user-notes.  I added yours to user-notes only to show why I deleted a message if anyone asked later, but things escalated when others were able to recover.

     

    That's all I know and think I'm allowed to say.  Letting you know your appeal isn't being ignored.

  8. You may have seen me sitting in this thread a bit.

     

    I can't tell you about discussions behind the scenes.  What I will tell you is that I am not involved on the decision on this.  I just posted something because I didn't want the appearance of me looking at your thread and then ignoring it.  I did not ignore it.

  9. Just tossing this out there, but I'm not sure how hard it would be to implement something like this or if it's practical... maybe if someone is online past a certain number of hours playing maybe their seat on the server can be more secure?  Maybe this way a really loyal person who isn't paying could invest a lot of time into the server (not in spectator), which helps keep the server alive, and they wont be tossed off?  I've seen some plugins consider some of these things for people with rtv so maybe some blend of it could help for reserved slots.  I haven't seen it in other communities, but I've seen it in other games that your time or activity online can help you in a sense buy some perks (not the full set but in this particular case the reserved slot).

  10. I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to pay for it and not be able to get on.  That's a pretty common perk I've seen at other communities.  What do you propose otherwise?  I can see it from your side the first come first serve claim, but people donating for the perks...  what would they get out of it?  I have yet to see a better alternative.

  11. Just to help me keep track of things this is your Discord ID # 807642823079231489 and previous ban appeal is here and another one looks like for the same incident.

     

    Your ban began on 4th March so the ban has been about 5 weeks or a smidge over 1 month.  I just want to make it clear up front: Your ban is permanent.  I don't like painting rosy pictures or being misleading.  That being said: We've made exceptions before or have lifted bans after an extended amount of time.  That extended amount of time if any possible exception is made at all (no promises) is typically about 6 months.  If it happens to be 6 months, then you'll probably want to try again around September.  I'm on the very relaxed side compared to many of my counterparts and I'm okay with about 3 months for your situation (around June), but I've still got to convince a few others that streamlining ban appeals is going to be okay because the decision is not solely mine to make.   I'll need your help in order to do that.  Rushing with more ban appeals after a short amount of time has made me feel iffy and less confident about this.

     

    I cannot promise you anything, but it will likely help if you start showing positive activity elsewhere in the community.  If you're not banned in the game, then maybe an admin can attest to your good behaviour.  Posting on the forums also helps a lot because a lot of Discord Moderators use the forums too.  Feel free to come up with other creative ideas if you'd like, but these were just the more obvious examples.  Can your ban still be lifted without any of this?  It's possible, but it will be difficult.  Can your ban still stick despite positive activity?  I wont lie: That's possible too.  I understand it may come off as unfair now that you are stuck on the other side... it became fair game for us after our warnings were ignored and rules were broken enough for a ban, which came after a warning, kicks and mutes; however: I will still try to help you and see what can be done.

     

    I can't see any possible way of lifting this ban anytime soon so I plan to lock and mark the thread as complete.  I'll leave it open just a little bit longer (maybe a day or two) just in case you do have anything new or evidence to provide.

  12. My wife got the Pfizer one, but they wont tell me what I'm getting until I'm pretty much there taking it.  I don't like that they keep it a secret until you're there taking it because it does make the vaccine look more mysterious and suspicious, but I understand they don't want anyone holding out in order to be selective; especially because demand is still high enough.  I couldn't get the shot anywhere in my area so we'll have to drive a little bit to get it 😞

     

    I have family members they are totally against taking it.  They think other people taking it are kind of like guinea pigs or lab rats taking a big risk to get the shot.  I feel like the risk is so low and we've taken other vaccines just like you were saying.  A little frustrating they wont take it because they want us to visit, but it's like...  we're trying to not die, get really sick, neither spread it to others.  A lot of these anitvaxers to me they seem to be the same people who thought the virus was a lie, but it's obvious to me now they were wrong.  I kind of understood that shakiness at the beginning of the pandemic that it looked like nobody I knew was catching...  came in like a tidal wave and my own grandmother nearly died over it (she was in the hospital for months and there were a lot of difficult days); an unfortunate irony is she also thought it was fake at first.  She learned the lesson the hard way, but at least she didn't lose her life over it.

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