ChrisRid

ACCEPTED (PARTIALLY) Please see your other appeal for further details, I have handled both at the same time to avoid confusion. https://forums.garnetgaming.net/index.php?/topic/22179-ban-appeal-for-the-peoples-champ/ @stretchy @Shin_Tsukimi @Glorbnob @FlameSoul @GrosCave Please lock and move.

ACCEPTED (PARTIALLY) With regards to your ban for homophobia, you have admitted to calling someone a slur which is against the server rules. Homophobia isn't tolerated under any circumstances and the punishment for such can be severe, with anything up to a permanent ban issued depending on the circumstances. The staff team have discretion over the punishment that they issue and 2 weeks is the average length of ban for using such language, although it's difficult to compare individual cases given that there can be many factors involved. With that said, I feel that a ban of 2 weeks is sufficient. The reason for partially accepting your ban is with regards to the automatic extension to a permanent ban for ban-evasion, I will handle both of your appeals at the same time. I have read Proggy's post and it seems that you misunderstood that when your post was 'accepted' this did not mean your appeal was accepted, but rather that your post had to be approved by a forum moderator in order for it to be made public. I would like to make it clear that generally speaking, automatic console bans for ban-evasion tend to stick, unless there's a very good reason otherwise (which is rare). In this case and with the advice from Proggy's post, I'd be willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and reduce the ban to just the 2 weeks which you were initially banned for. Please bare in mind though that in future if your account is banned, don't try to connect using another account, check your appeal first or contact an admin if you believe it was accepted and you should have been unbanned. Summary Your permanent ban will be reduced to the 2 weeks which was initially issued. @stretchy @Shin_Tsukimi @Glorbnob @FlameSoul @GrosCave Please lock an move.

It can be tough when life gets busy, I know the feeling! I just hope that work and your exams go well and hope to catch you around when you have a chance to hop on All the best in the meantime mate

I mean personally I think it's just cool to have a high-prestige, even if there's no real benefit. If you're going to continue collecting XP anyways then may as well just buy the rebirth totem and roll it over That said however, I'd still be up for the idea of higher-prestige rewards. We do have the vending machines which could perhaps have a few more high-rewards (but I guess this isn't the thread to suggest that) so might be worth coming up with some ideas and putting them forward? The points shop is good as it is though in terms of playtime rewards

I made sure to get a lovely photo of us as a memory of good times For real though, I'm sad to see you go mate! I hope that things go well in college and I hope to catch you now and then for a laugh. Take it easy in the meantime

-1 While I like the idea of boosting the engagement with totems, I feel that the current rewards are pretty good and varied, and I still get excited when I find one. The idea of both the pointshop and the !credits menu is to encourage playtime, and those who've played a lot can show off a cool hat or accessory which is otherwise difficult to get. As others have said, if it were too easy then a lot more people would own the rare / expensive hats, which makes them less desirable.

Neutral The HL2 crossbow is already in DarkRP in the same way that the HL2 rocket launcher, crowbar, and pulse rifle still is; it's just not possible to get hold of any new ones. There are some OG players who still own them and it's possible to use them still, but you'd be very lucky to find anyone with bolts to fire (as far as I know). I'm not sure why it's not possible to get hold of new ones now though, I like your suggestion to add it back, but if there's a good reason why it can't be done I would also understand. I'll stay neutral until I know more.

+1 This needs to be the most expensive hat in the game. After all, nothing says “I have excessive disposable income” like a blue party hat lmao

+1 I think the fishbowl hat seems like a pretty good addition to the others which are currently available in the F8 menu, why not

This is awesome! Need to get my self a snowman hat, I’ll tell work I have a ‘head cold’ until I get it hehe For real though, this is a sweet update!

-1 I like this suggestion on face value. For those who love building it would be a fantastic tool and would unlock so many new possibilities. However as you've mentioned, wherever there's a tool that CAN be used to minge, it DOES get used to minge. Even if there were limits set, a small percentage of people will experiment and eventually find ways of causing chaos. For example - even if we restricted large props, imagine being stuck in a prop so small that nobody could see who's it was. It's a good idea for sure, but I'm going to have to go -1 on this one.

It's funny you mention this because I've had something in the works for a little while actually. I just need a bit more free time, I won't half-do it lol

+1 I totally agree that it would be great for job commands to be added into the job description in order for new players to adopt them easier. GMod can be a little confusing with a steep learning curve for newbies, and I feel this would benefit a lot of people who struggle in the beginning potentially.

It's ok xFish, this is a ban that I put through yesterday and his SteamID is actually STEAM_0:1:61510234 With regards to your ban @sunnymuffinsI received a report from Goofy Guy who claimed that you were fading-door-abusing and then disconnected during a raid, just after he had killed you. He provided me with a clip which you can watch below as part of the recording of the sit. It shows him raiding your base and making it most of the way in, before you began fading-door-abusing and exchanged gun fire until he ultimately killed you, at which point he continued cracking the last keypad, at which point you disconnected. It's against the rules to disconnect during a raid, and while I would prefer the option of issuing a warn for FailRP / FDA, we are unable to place warns for a disconnected player. I actually reached out to management to ask about the suggested punishment for this case (the admin reviewing this appeal can see this in the Executive Chat) and it was confirmed that a ban for FailRP & LTAP is the correct course of action. In future my best advice would be to wait until the raid is over before disconnecting, by which time the raiders should have claimed your printers if they were intending to steal them from you. Please see my evidence below: Proof of dissconnect:

Neutral While I do think that this would be a good change, I believe there was a specific reason it had to be done this way, but Garnet would be able to elaborate. I’ll remain neutral for now until I learn more.

I'm the same, I used to play probably around the same kind of time actually, back when the map was often Hometown 1999 and printers never had coolers (they just blew up at some point randomly) lol. Those were the days! I love that DarkRP is still going, and it's things like this which probably keep it alive in fairness. I just personally prefer the original vanilla days and this server (while not 100% vanilla) has been the closest to it that I've known. I have no doubt though everyone would love a casino and a plethora of other mods, but it saddens me because I knew the day would come and it's so distant now from what I grew to love. Just a personal preference, and probably not a popular one lol.

-1 While I do really like this idea, the reason for my -1 is for the added difficulty in terms of moderation. I think it would add a great dynamic to the RP aspect and I like the examples that you have given of ways in which the Mayor might react (such as lowering taxes, or abolishing a law, etc) as this is an interesting take. It's just that I can see a massive increase in reports with reasons such as "raided PD before 5 mins was up" or "I removed the law and they still raided the PD" or "adverted raid but didn't give any reason" or even "RDM? I was countered in the 5 mins before I could raid the PD". So it will undoubtably add a large number of additional reports. Plus when it comes to raid timers (cooldown etc) they definitely have a place, nobody wants to be raided repeatedly, but where possible I think it's better to avoid additional timers for simplicity and speed of handling reports. Like I say though, it's a great suggestion but just a little difficult to moderate perhaps

You could always do /roll which gives 1-100, so 1-50 or 51-100 for a coin toss Ahh crap, I mean I know everyone will love this for sure but vanilla DarkRP to me is the one. It was going to happen one day I guess

Neutral I do agree with this actually, warns stay on record for a couple of weeks and if a player repeatedly breaks rules, they will eventually get banned for exceeding the warn limit. This has the added benefit of keeping track of repeated rule-breakers when different staff members are online and perhaps don't know about previous reports that have taken place. However, there are some good reasons to jail someone instead. For example, I have taken reports where a player is just a little worked up about something, and taking 5 mins to chill (being jailed) does a better job at preventing revenge on the reporter then a warn would. For a good player who generally follows the rules, being jailed by spawn is a bit embarrassing and similarly does a better job at preventing further issues. Or for the more professional minges, if there's someone that's genuinely and very obviously attempting to mass RDM but have only killed 2 people so far, a 12 minute jail isn't generally something they want to wait out so they tend to LTAP after a minute or two in the clink, which allows us to go ahead and ban them for RDM & LTAP before they even got their 3rd kill in So while I agree that warns do a great job at keeping track of behaviour, jailing does have it's place. I would however see a good argument for warns to always be given alongside jailing. As it stands, this is possible when someone breaks two different rules.

Neat idea with the prefix, it's nice for new players to know who's staffing on the server and hopefully it'll show a fantastic presence from the team. I'm hyped that the events are back too! We had a great time before and it will certainly boost the activity during low-pop times! Awesome update!

Hope to catch you around when you have some spare time All the best in the meantime mate!

That's truly awesome news! He's definitely in good hands with the right people Keeping my fingers crossed that Dude pulls through this like a champion

+1 Yea, I think this makes a lot of sense actually and I love the idea! Better yet, what if you obtained the hat by simply playing on the SWRP server? If that’s possible then I think that would be great. Perhaps also for MRP and TTT too?

Neutral (for now) You have a genuinely fantastic application, however I can’t give you a +1 until you’ve read the staff rules. Have a good read through them, edit your post as required and I’ll keep an eye out to edit my response once you’ve done so

Well done to everyone who’s helped make the server awesome through your hard work and commitment, it’s fantastic to see the server we all love move high up in the rankings! A big congratulations to our MVP’s @Wendoly and @Chawheadfor your massive sit counts, top work guys! For those who perhaps didn’t quite meet the mark, don’t worry, the start of a new month brings new possibilities so let’s get back in there! It takes time to learn and progress, and making mistakes is just a part of your onward journey as long as we learn from them. Don’t be disheartened. I’m hoping that this month I’ll be around a bit more, it’s been super busy (work-wise) but things are beginning to become more stable finally! Can’t wait to have a laugh with you all! Here’s to another month, cheers