Un-ban Appeal - Rox - 14/01/18 (Unbanned 21/01/18)

[Rox]

In-game Name
JimBob

Steam ID
76561198068614128

The date of your ban.
29/09/15

Member of the team that banned you.
As it has been 3 years, I do not know

Reason given for your ban.
Rule 3C Trolling (Although I believe it is no longer rule 3C. If so, then here is the rule) "(2.7) Trolling - Running around the police/medics/anyone, throwing yourself in front of vehicles, playing music in any chat or on teamspeak, bombarding the messaging system, buying multiple vehicles to block spawn areas or using them to blow things up, jumping off buildings without RP,spamming the vote admin or vote kick system, talking/playing music in the lobby screen, playing soundboards/voice changers ingame and open TS channels"

The Server you initially were banned on.
Server 1

In your own words, please type why you think you were banned.
I didn't take roleplaying seriously at the time. I was young, immature, and I didn't pay attention to the consequences. I would be rude, shout a lot, and I was generally being a negative person. I believe I used to mic spam repeatedly, shouting disrespectful words to others, which is one of the reasons why I was banned. 

Why should we unban you ?
I have matured in the past 3 years. I was only 13 years old at the time, and I'm 15 now. Sometime after I was banned (around 2 years later) I started to play Gmod. I had become a staff member on a Star Wars RP server called True Gaming. I enjoyed taking the roleplay seriously. Now and again when I was on the server, some of the other staff members would take a break and go on to Arma 3 and join this server. I could never join it because of the huge mistake I made when I was young. I had left the Star Wars RP server a couple of months ago, but I would still greatly appreciate it if I could be unbanned, as I am now aware of the consequences and I'm prepared to take roleplaying seriously; You have my word. PS: I did make an unban appeal a while ago, and I did not get around to responding to the staff members who replied, so I am sorry about that.

Please confirm this unban request is for you.
Yes

I have read and understand the unban appeal process
Yes

Please confirm you understand there is no timeframe for your appeal.
Yes

Before you submit this form please confirm you have fully read the rules click here
Yes

 

[Jefke V]

okey tell me , What can you bring to our community if we choose to unban you? 
And are you aware we are a serious roleplay community?

 

[Rox]

okey tell me , What can you bring to our community if we choose to unban you? 
And are you aware we are a serious roleplay community?

I can bring a new an improved attitude back with me and put my serious roleplay to good use. For example, I was considering applying for a role in the NHS if I do get unbanned, so I can communicate with players directly to make their roleplaying experience as best as it can be. I am very aware that this is a serious roleplay server now, and I have started to thoroughly read through all of the rules to make sure that my roleplay experience is as serious as possible and that I do not make any mistakes that could affect another player's experience. I can see why roleplay uk is serious because of the incredibly dedicated rules.

 

[Jefke V]

is their a reason you waited so long to appeal? 

 

[Rox]

is their a reason you waited so long to appeal? 

I was new to roleplaying at the time, and I wasn't aware of the forums or anything. I am glad that I wasn't aware at the time, because if I was, then I would have just repeated my mistakes. The three years had given me time to mature and to become more serious.

 

[Jefke V]

in the 3 years the rules has changed, di you read our rules? 
And will you be able to follow them if we choose to unban you? 

 

[Rox]

in the 3 years the rules has changed, di you read our rules? 
And will you be able to follow them if we choose to unban you? 

When I was playing o the server 3 years ago, I did not read the rules, as I was quite a rebellious 13 year old. In the past couple of days, I have read the rules and I'm rereading them to memromise them. So in relation to your question, I can assure you that I will follow the rules and make everyone's roleplay experience as great as it can be.

 

[Samatlewis]

Please quote and explain some of our basic rules:

RDM

NLR

VDM

Staying In Character

 

[Rox]

(I have highlighted the parts which I have written myself in yellow, and anything that is in grey I have copied and pasted)

RDM (2.2) - "Shooting at someone without engaging in any form of quality role play (eg. Giving enough time for them to comply with your order. Count downs are not considered quality roleplay, please at least attempt to create an interesting roleplay story before considering shooting.) is considered RDM. (Punishment is a ban)." This rule does not apply in the red zone. If this rule is broken down, it is basically when a player (or it can be a group of players) engage in poor quality roleplay so they can just find a poor excuse to go into combat. When RDM occurs, the vast majority of the time the other person does not consent with the poor quality roleplay, so the player who is committing RDM could just be going around to shoot people. If people were to go around shooting each other for no reason at all, or it was very poor quality roleplay, then that defeats the whole purpose of good quality and serious roleplay.

NLR - "A new life means that your character has lost all previous memories. It still is the character you play, example: You are still apart of the rebels or cops and you still know all your friends. Your character forgets the events and information leading up to their death. The only exception to this is your wanted level. Wanted/Bounty prices are persistent over deaths to enable long winded police chases and bounty hunter chases and without this, we wouldn’t have police and bounty hunters tracking down the person with them being on the run for weeks/days. Example: Matt, John and Ben are rebels who try to rob the bank."  The new life rule is put in place to make sure that the roleplaying that had just occurred is not affected by future events which involve a character who had just died coming back to life straight after that event because you wouldn't see someone come straight back to life after they have been confirmed dead. You may continue with your life if another player has killed you for no reason or poor quality roleplay (RDM) or a player has intended to run you over (VDM). There are many rules attached to the new life rule, but there are quite a few of them, so I'm sorry for making this so long.

[SIZE=medium](5.1) A new life starts, when: [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character has been killed by a cop. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character has died in a RP situation. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character has been involved in an accident. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](5.2) A new life does not start when: [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character has been the victim of a clearcut case of VDM (Which is what I have stated above)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character has been the victim of a clearcut case of RDM [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]You are downed[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]You disconnect (end of session) [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](5.3) When you respawn: [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character does not remember any previous roleplay situations. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character does not remember where any of its vehicles outside the garage are [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character does not remember any previous enemies (your killer/robber etc) [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character cannot return within 1000m of the location of death or be involved in the same combat situation until the 15 minute NLR timer has expired. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character does remember their friends & gang members.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](5.4) When you are revived/downed:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]You may not actively enter or continue any combat situation for the next 15 minutes.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Your character retains all knowledge of the time before they are downed.[/SIZE]

While you are downed you may not divulge tactical information to anyone. The exception to this is information spoken in direct chat in game. Please be mindful that you are heavily injured and should act accordingly.

These rules are designed to keep the roleplay on Roleplay UK perfect, because this gives a chance for the players to take part in immersive RP, and not poor quality RP.

VDM (2.1) - "Vehicle Deathmatch (also known as VDM) - Using any vehicle as a weapon (e.g running people over, causing explosions including while sling loading, ramming, etc), will result in you receiving a ban. Three vehicles are excluded from this, MRAPS (Ifrits, Hunters and Striders) can ram other MRAPS in order to disable them, yet not to kill the passengers. This is allowed as these vehicles are the only vehicles ingame that can withstand being rammed. Please note that you need to initiate roleplay before attempting to ram an MRAP. (Please note - MRAPS don't need to be initiated on in the redzone) This is to prevent random ramming on site. (Three minutes of chasing also constitutes initiation of MRAP and MRAP ramming)." VDM broken down is when a player who is either trying to drive over people, ram other cars with no intent to RP, or trying to blow the cars up. This rule is designed to make sure that cars are specifically used for RP purposes, not just to blow them up. If people were to roam around in their cars, trying to run over anyone within their view, then this would defeat the purpose of serious and good quality RP as there is no purpose behind running people over. 

Staying In Character (3.1) - "You must remain in character at all times, unless a uniformed Admin authorizes you to speak out of character. Roleplay everything." This is one of the main reasons why the roleplay on Roleplay UK has the best quality roleplay. Staying in character means participating in good quality roleplay and intending to become a character who partakes in different roleplay situations without breaking out of character. Breaking out of character means that you are talking about something that is not RP related. For example, a player is talking with another player. One of the players says "I'm glad I bought this game". This is breaking out of character because the whole purpose of staying in character is to create a new life and focus on making situations as realistic as possible. Although you are playing a game, it is important that you do not mention that you are playing the game when partaking in roleplay (as the rule says above "you should roleplay everything unless you have been asked by a uniformed admin to come out of character").

 

[JohnJoeegan]

Nice to see a good bit of effort was put into your reply.

Its been a while since you got yourself banned, please make sure you are confident that you can follow our rules before rejoining our game servers.

Unbanned 21/01/18