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Unban Appeal for arkan_unban 

In-game Name: Arkan

Server: GTA RP

Steam ID: 76561198297490078

Ban ID: !!rpuk7367!!

Reason given for your ban: Being very racist

In your own words, please type why you think you were banned.: I was banned for being very racist and for being a troll.

Why should we unban you ?: I would first like to start off by apologising for how I presented myself previously. I do not condone any of the behavior that my past self has done. As I have previously tried to explain, I have no record of ever doing this. From the information that I have been supplied and from talking to your staff team when I made my last unban request, I now understand that I was banned for being very racist and a troll.

Back then I was a young immature teenager who would do stuff without thinking which may have led to this. Since being banned, I have changed a lot as a person. I am now employed full time and have recently turned 21. I have lots of friends who play on RPUK who always say good things about it. I can only sincerely apologise for whatever my past self has said or done. I did a lot of stupid things when I was younger which looking back I regret doing. I would like to apologise to anyone that I may have offended and would be grateful to be provided with another chance to prove myself and show that I can play on your servers properly and would like to change the perception of myself. I really enjoyed the short time I played on your FiveM server and would be very grateful to have another chance to play with your very friendly community.

I have taken George Harris's comments on board and have removed all the inappropriate comments on my Steam profile. Once again I would be so grateful if you could please provide me with a chance to play on your servers and would be more than happy to speak with you on Teamspeak and agree to any terms that are put into place.

Please confirm that you have read the unban appeal process and rules: Yes

 
Phoenix said:
That is not the reason given for your ban. Please provide the reason.
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Sorry if I have gotten confused. Originally I was told I was banned from a ban ported over from Arma, I was then advised it wasn't this and it was for being racist on a stream. After then speaking with George Harris he advised me the ban was because "You were banned for being very racist.". I am also unable to join the server as I can not join the discord due to me being banned from this. Therefore I am unable to see the rule that is quoted on my ban.




 
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Mike said:
You don't have to be on the discord to see the rules you can find them on the forum here; 
- https://www.roleplay.co.uk/community-rules/
- https://www.roleplay.co.uk/gtarprules/

With this in mind, what would you describe suits your situation the most? 
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I believe the rule that describes the situation at hand is (C1.2) Discrimination - Do not express discriminatory or otherwise offensive views. This is no place for racism, religious hatred, ageism, sexism, homophobia, gender or disability discrimination. - Permanent ban. This rule is written very clearly about how not to express yourself and what punishment will be received because of this. As previously stated, I am truly sorry for what my past self has said and done. I have matured a lot since this happened and would never think of doing or saying things like this again. I am horrified at what my past self has done and what damage my words may have caused to someone. There is no excuse for what my past self did. I would be very grateful to be provided with a chance to prove myself to your community and become a part of this wonderful community.

 
I'd like to ask, if you were unbanned, what positive impact would you bring to the community? 
What would you want to do with your character(s). 

 
Mike said:
I'd like to ask, if you were unbanned, what positive impact would you bring to the community? 
What would you want to do with your character(s). 
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I feel I would be able to bring a positive attitude towards playing on the server, share new ideas, and bring a fresh set of eyes onto the server. I would like to come back and pick up where things left off. I had just started getting to know people around the city and had recently started a job as an electrical repairman. I had been doing this for some time, whilst doing taxi missions on the side to try and make some extra money. I met some very friendly and nice people along the way and managed to get their contact information. I had plans to move myself up in the world and start to earn some proper money, in either legal or illegal ways. During this time whilst switching between being an electrical repairman and doing a Taxi on the side, I had met someone who had proposed to me with a very nice offer to start to earn some large amounts of cash. I wasn't given all the details but was told that it would include a 2-3 month stint and would include manufacturing and sourcing products. I had rejected the offer initially as I was quite skeptical of this offer, as I was still new to the city and didn't have many friends yet. We kept in contact for some time whilst I continued to make more money doing my two jobs. Things then hit a hard place back home with my family in Limnos, so I had to take an urgent ship out of the country and go back home. My mother had fallen really unwell and unfortunately, we lost her after a couple of days of me being home. I spent quite a while back home with my family grieving our loss, but over a year later, we are all a lot better and have slowly gotten over our loss. Now over a year and a half later, I think it is time to return to the city in which I tried to make my new life and try again. I will try and contact my previous friends that I met and try and pick things up where they left off. I hope my friend who offered me the job a long time ago, will still be able to help me, grow as a person and become a very rich and wealthy man. I would also like to meet new people and maybe find other lines of work so I can provide for my family back home.

 
Good afternoon @arkan_unban, I hope all is well! 🙂

arkan_unban said:
I have changed a lot as a person
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Please tell me what has actually changed between then and now?
You've appealed twice, had one declined due to lack of effort and another declined due to us seeing some repeat patterns in your behaviour which mirrors your ban.

How am I to know that if I let you back in, we're not just going to see you back here on a ban within a few days? 

 
Danoo said:
Please tell me what has actually changed between then and now?
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Danoo said:
How am I to know that if I let you back in, we're not just going to see you back here on a ban within a few days? 
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Honestly, a lot has changed. Since being banned I am now employed in a full-time and fast-paced role. I work 5 days a week and have changed a lot as a person. I like to spend a lot of time now traveling around the UK site seeing, exploring, and finding new places to adventure. I have matured a lot since starting my new job and have learned a lot more people skills since starting. I understand a lot more now about the consequences words can have on people and the mental effects of what I say and do can have on people. Mentally my health is a lot more stable. I have recently gone through a bereavement which affected me in a lot of ways, but playing video games and exploring the world more has helped me cope a lot. Playing video games is something that I have always enjoyed, in many ways or other. But have recently realised why a lot of people play them. People play video games as an escape mechanism from the real world, and my actions previously could have affected a lot of people in many ways that now thinking about I am disgusted to think about. I would never wish or hope this upon anyone and would want the same punishment for anyone acting how I did. I also understand that people make mistakes in life. Doing what I did on RPUK is one of the mistakes in my life that I regret doing. There are no words that can justify what I did, nor can I justify why I did it. If I had an opportunity to go back in time and change what I did, it would be the first thing I do, change my mistakes. In no way shape or form is racism or discrimination acceptable. To racially discriminate, use racial slurs, or be toxic to someone, is frankly disgusting and not acceptable. Looking at my past self and having quite a lot of time to reflect on these actions whilst being banned, makes me feel disappointed to think that I thought it was acceptable to present myself how I did and act how I did. 

The comments on my Steam profile, honestly, I had forgotten they were there. I didn't post these nor do I condone this type of behaviour anymore. Initially, I didn't delete them when George pointed them out, as I was quite confused as to why he was looking into other parts of my online persona. Thinking now, the correct thing to have done would have been to do what I am doing now deleting the posts and apologising for what I did, rather than trying to justify why these comments posted by others were there. 

 
Do you have any other interesting past? - Have you had racist comments / or made comments yourself elsewhere? 
 Be honest. 

 
Mike said:
Do you have any other interesting past? - Have you had racist comments / or made comments yourself elsewhere? 
 Be honest. 
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Hi @Mike

How are you? Excited for the weekend?

A previous staff member pointed out comments that were posted on my Steam profile and I have now rectified this and removed them. If there is anything else that I may have missed, if you can let me know so I can remove them. Because yes there may be things that I have posted but do not remember doing now/other people have posted.

 
As excited as one can be, no work till Monday, can't complain! 😄

I hope you're well yourself. 

Ignore the posts made by others on your steam profile, I am more curious if you, yourself made such comments. 
Do you have any other histories in other communities that you'd like to share here with us? 
Have you, yourself caused damage to other communities? 

 
Mike said:
As excited as one can be, no work till Monday, can't complain! 😄

I hope you're well yourself. 

Ignore the posts made by others on your steam profile, I am more curious if you, yourself made such comments. 
Do you have any other histories in other communities that you'd like to share here with us? 
Have you, yourself caused damage to other communities? 
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Thanks for the prompt response, this is greatly appreciated.

In terms of "other communities" I have only ever had involvement in one other community which was on Arma 3. I can't name this server due to this breaching rule C3.0. I played in this community from 2017-2023, and recently the community has closed down temporarily. During this time I had accumulated over 5000 in-game hours on the server. I had worked my way up to management level in two factions, reaching Superintendant in Police and Operations Manager for the Highways Agency. I also became staff within this community for around 4-5 months in 2021. I had been banned a handful of times from this for minor rule breaks, which were just human error. I had never been banned for being racist/toxic. I admit that I did like to have my fun and yes I did use to have a very troll-like personality. But this never reflected any of my bans. I was also Chief of the Wiki on this community and had the most involvement with this. The things I did would never have been to hurt the community, as I loved this community. It was a part of my life. I spent a lot of hours playing the server, working my way up the ranks within factions, joining the staff team, and managing the whole Wiki. 

Like I said previously, my past does look very bad and I fully appreciate this. I did a lot of stupid things that honestly do not reflect who I am as a person. I made mistakes that no words can say how sorry I am for doing these things. I would just be very grateful to be allowed an opportunity to play on your servers, as I would love to show that I am a different person now.

 
How can I trust you're a different person, given your very troll like past? 
Not just in this community but in an other too, be honest with me, are you a racist person? 

Do you have tendencies to whip out racist remarks while you "troll" people? To get under their skin? To be insensitive? 
Please be honest. 

Why are you so interested in playing on RPUK? Is it to prove you're a different person? Or is there other motivation that I am missing? 

 
Thanks @Mikefor taking the time to respond.

How can I trust you're a different person, given your very troll like past?
Not just in this community but in an other too, be honest with me, are you a racist person? 
Do you have tendencies to whip out racist remarks while you "troll" people? To get under their skin? To be insensitive? 

I feel that given my past and the reputation that is affiliated with me, it is really hard for me to write and fully express my apologies and get across who I am now as a person. I was an idiot. I made a lot of mistakes, and the only person to blame for them was myself. I did things without thinking, not realising the impact of what I did could have had on people. I would make stupid decisions without thinking or caring about any repercussions of what my actions could have caused. I would act childish if things did not go the way that I wanted, which would lead to me behaving in unacceptable ways that no apology or justification can justify why I would behave like this. I would act irrationally and do things that I knew would irritate people. I would play to my limits, pushing every rule to the skin of my teeth. I have made racist/racial remarks in other communities as well in the past. I never truly understood the power of these words. I would openly use highly inappropriate words in conversations, but never in a way to racially target/profile someone. Regardless of this, it is still not acceptable. There are a lot of people out there who suffer a lot from racial abuse, homophobia, bullying and me acting and saying things I did even if I thought they would not affect people, it is just not acceptable in any way. I would not care as to what the outcome of me behaving like I did would do to not only myself and others, but the community itself. I would say things to and about people not realising at the time how drastic it was for me to say these things. I didn't realise that what I said can not only affect people at the time but affect their mental health in the future. The comments that I made on your servers are not acceptable in any shape or form, and would in no situation be acceptable to say to anyone as a joke or not. Words I say can have a very hard knock-on effect on people, that you may not actually realise. Mental health is a very huge problem in the world as its not something that you can openly see. I didn't know what mental health of the people I was saying these things to. A lot of people and myself included play virtual games to get away from the real world and It makes me feel disgusted to think that I thought it was acceptable to ever say the things that I did to people that I did or did not know. The long-term effect of how I behave and act towards other people is such a massive part of people's lives. Mistakes and actions I make can seriously hurt other people. I have spent a lot of time recently, sitting down and speaking to friends and family. Expressing my feelings and taking the time to listen to others. Doing this has made me feel a lot happier as a person and makes me realise now when someone acts how I used to, why did I ever think it was acceptable to act like this? I would never want or wish anyone to have to put up or take the stick of how I used to act and behave. I am just so sorry to anyone that I ever spoke to or behaved in the way I did to people.

Why are you so interested in playing on RPUK? Is it to prove you're a different person? Or is there other motivation that I am missing?

I am looking to rejoin RPUK, for the main purpose of change. My life has changed so much over the last 4-5 months. I have had ups and downs, moved around work roles, became a homeowner, and finally been able to sit down and realise the opportunity that I missed by acting how I did on your servers. I want to experience further what your servers have to offer and be around for the long term. I have a lot of friends who play on your servers who always speak very highly of RPUK. I have spent some time looking through your Wikipedia page and I am very interested in what RPUK has to offer. I would like to be able to be a part of the factions available, join departments within these, and climb the ranks. Investigate the world of legal and illegal activities, meet new people, and make new friends. RPUK is a very serious roleplay server, and this is something that I am very interested in becoming a part of and yes showing that I can act in a mature/acceptable manner and adhere to the server rules. I like how RPUK allows the community to have a lot of engagement in how things work in and out of the game as this is what I have found other servers do quite poorly. For example, the community owns gas stations and controls the fuel price. Small and clever things like this really interest me as these are very unique things. I just really hope that I can be given another chance to play on your servers to be able to actually prove to you that I am not who my past shows me as and that I can become a part of one of the best roleplaying FiveM communities.

 
Good morning @arkan_unban, I hope all is well! 🙂

Thank you for this appeal, you've been banned since 2022 and seem to be fully aware of your mistakes as far as I can see.
It's nice to see you own up to this and take full accountability for your actions, I do hope what you have said throughout this appeal is genuine and not just what you think we want to hear.

After having another staff member vouch for your character and informing me that you have indeed changed I am inclined to give you another chance on the server, granted if everything that you've said throughout this appeal does prove not to be genuine then you'll be swiftly removed from the community again.

Any ban you receive within the next 6 months will be a permanent, do not waste your chance here.
You may return to your previous forum account. 

UNBANNED
 

 
Welcome Back!

Now that you’ve been unbanned don’t forget to give our rules a thorough read over again here.

Please note unbans on the server are instant and you will be able to connect straight away.

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