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ACCEPTED Looking at the evidence, I cannot see the area in which you have both said you were able to pass through and as a result it's uncertain whether the whole tunnel had been blocked off. Remember though that you still may not build inside of tunnels, even as a hobo. Your ban will be removed, but you will be warned for building inside of the tunnel. @Banana_man321123 Will be spoken to about gathering clear evidence to support future bans. @Shin_Tsukimi @stretchy @Glorbnob @FlameSoul Please lock and move.

With regards to the prop block, please could I see your evidence @Banana_man321123 in order to determine whether this was the case? (Just to let you know, you gave a link to a Steam Profile if that was meant to have been the evidence) @Banana_man321123 Did a sit take place? If so do you have a clip in order to better understand the full situation and circumstances?

Hi there BtwltsLuna, Please could you edit your post to follow the correct format using the link below as reference, in order for us to be able to assist you:

While it's sad to see you go, I'm really happy to know that you've got some great things going on in life outside of GMod You're a super chill guy and we've always had a good laugh! I'll keep in touch mate. And just for the record, the logo that I use on Discord and in-game was made by this awesome guy! All the best in the meantime mate

Hi there Flash Bot, I appreciate you making an appeal, I'll give all of the facts from my point of view so that another administrator can form their own opinion of the situation. I remember you saying something about a flesh room shortly before taking this report, however I assumed this was a base that you had built. At the time reports were stacking up so I didn't have the time to speak with you further unfortunately. It's not that I was ignoring you at all, I think all the staff on the server were really busy around that time. The only moment that I had realised you had fully decorated the sit room was when you told me after someone had reported you for RDM, and while the player uploaded a clip, that's when you told me about the room. I asked you what you meant when you said you'd turned a sit roof into a flesh room and you said "noclip over there". Upon inspection, you had decorated literally the whole room, all the walls, the floor, everything and perfectly too. The sit roof boxes aren't part of the map, so it's not something you could accurately make in single player and dupe into the game either. Once I had noticed it, I asked you multiple times how you had managed to get up there and build, to which every time you responded with "Uhhh..." or "Lets not worry about how or why". I asked you if you were a mod (thinking that perhaps you'd bought VIP mod) and checked to see what staff were online, but you weren't staff. When the other player in the sit said "Hax" you said "Shut the fuck up...". I continued asking you repeatedly, but you still responded in the same way. When I asked you directly if you were hacking you again just said "Uhhhh...." and as you say, the final time I asked you you said "that's confidential". At this point I was under the belief that you had use a hack of some kind to either noclip or use staff commands in order to get up there, in order to build. I gave you plenty of opportunity to explain how you'd managed to build up there, including asking you directly if you had been hacking, but at no point did you give me any good reason as to how you were able to. If you had of given me a reasonable explanation, then I would have simply asked you to remove the props and would have continued with the initial report. I'd like to add that there have been others who have been permanently banned for making jokes of such a serious nature, which is why I gave you plenty of opportunity to explain. Here's the video of the sit that I have trimmed down:

Stay safe out there! Hope it all goes well for you mate

Hi there FetishForToast, Thank you for making an appeal, I appreciate you reached out to me over this situation but I feel it's better for this to be dealt with via the proper channels and by a third-party (another administrator) so they can look at all of the evidence and form their own opinion. I'll give all of the facts surrounding the situation from my point of view: Vetronus placed a report on FetishForToast for "walking around spamming the hard R". I quickly spectated FetishForToast to see if he was still doing so with the hope to capture it on video, but I didn't see anything of concern, he was simply walking around playing random sounds and clips but none of which were racist that I personally witnessed. Although please do remember that hobo's are allowed to micspam, but not media micspam (they can use their own voice but not play songs or use soundboards etc). I decided to teleport to the roof and bring both parties to discuss the report with them. In short, Vertonus was insistent that he had been racist but FetishForToast strongly denied it. Vetronus was quick to say he had a clip of the situation, and as the reporter, the burden of proof would fall on him if there was a conflict of opinion. The clip he sent me was of FetishForToast walking along the sidewalk and then up to Vetronas and saying the N word repeatedly, not in his own voice, but rather from a soundboard or such. I watched the clip a couple of times and tried to make note of who was talking and at what point, given there were a lot of people around at the time. There's an indicator at the bottom right side of the screen and I could see that FetishForToast was talking and the flicker of the indicator somewhat resembled that of the audio. At this point I was certain that FetishForToast had been racist and that the report was valid, but just as I was about to put a ban through for racism, FetishForToast offered to show me a clip that he had taken of the same situation. I decided to give him the opportunity to upload it and take a look, and in the meantime Vetronus asked if he could leave as he'd provided all the evidence he had, and so I returned him. Taking a look at FetishForToast's clip, there were many parts where he had tabbed in / out and the length of the clip was a bit longer. At no point in his clip did I hear the racial slurs that Vetronus had reported him saying. I tried to find sections of the clip where all of the same people were talking (looking at the bottom right) but scanning through it I couldn't see the same instance. I formed the opinion that while both clips could be valid, I believed that they may have taken place at different times. I also found it unlikely that someone could have fabricated evidence in such a short timeframe. I then spoke with FetishForToast and said that while I find it difficult given that there's two clips of seemingly the same situation, I was of the opinion that the report was valid and that the two clips had either been taken at different times, or perhaps that the sound being played wasn't being recorded in FetishForToasts' clip as I know it's possible to have sounds only play through the mic-output without preview. I felt that the evidence that Vertronus had provided was (from what I could see) real and sufficient to put through a ban. The sit was quite lengthy with periods where each party uploaded their own clips etc, so I have trimmed the whole sit into a shorter video which also includes both parties evidence. However, to be as clear and fair as possible, I would recommend using the following two links to verify the evidence as these were the links provided by each party. Reporters Clip: https://streamable.com/ft4m1g Reportees Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH2_1ZQQpKU My edited and trimmed clip of the sit: Conclusion I formed the opinion that either the clips had taken place either at different times, or the racial slurs that were played weren't picked up by the recording software (as it can be set to mic-output only). It wasn't an easy decision based on the fact that both partied had their own clips of what could be the same situation, but I also found it unlikely that a clip would have been edited so quickly to incriminate someone for seemingly no reason. I decided to put through a ban for 2 weeks for racism based on all of the information that I had seen.

+1 I met you in game and you seem like a real decent guy, it's cool to see that you've applied! You've made a superb application and really gone into some detail about why you should be chosen over others. I like that you have been staff elsewhere as this gives you an edge and means you should be up to speed in no time. Plus as you say, working in security (I would imagine) allows for a kind of mindset which is important when staffing, which could help you out for sure. You've got a clean record and are therefore of good character. I wish you the best of luck!

DENIED This was reported through the forums with all the evidence that's needed. Remember that as the rule states "You may not kill nearby players unless they're inside the building in which you're raiding" and these players were not inside of the base. Plus when using explosives you're responsible for all damage caused and need to be careful not to kill or damage others (hence the unintentional mass RDM ban that was issued giving you the benefit of the doubt). You're ban will remain. @Glorbnob @FlameSoul @stretchy Please lock and move.

+1 You know what, this might surprise people but I'm going to go with a +1 here. I will say that I've always been really hard on those who staff-abuse or otherwise break rules but I do believe people change and grow through life and you've said that this was one and a half years ago, plus you say Proggy doesn't have objections to you joining the team. Not only that but you refused to follow along with the others when they decided to mass, and you're ban record is clean to prove it. As you said, I think this was just a big mistake and I believe you've demonstrated that you have moved past it now and given enough time to change. Moving on, you have a really decent number of hours in-game and you already understand what's involved, having been staff previously. I'm not sure whether I've met you in game but others say they've had good interactions with you. I can't really fault anything about your application and you seem like a honest and reasonable person in all you've said, and so I wish you the best of luck!

Cheers for the mention, I hope all goes well for you with your time away from staffing here and perhaps I'll catch you in game sometime? I'm not sure what the crack is with reserves but in any case, be sure to look after yourself and see you around

Congratulations everyone on a fantastic launch to a truly amazing server! I’ve had such a great time with many of you guys and I’ve got a few things planned that I would love to do, so hopefully I’ll be able to find enough time this month to do them providing my work IRL gets a bit more settled. Well done to our MVP’s FlameSoul and DooDooCaCa, that’s actually a lot of sits considering the server is just getting started. You guys are always online whenever I’ve been on And lastly a big thank you to @Nutter and @Proggy and all of the managers who’ve no doubt had their work cut out to get everything up and running, you guys are awesome! Here’s to a successful month

Congratulations to all those who have worked hard and strived to be their best over the last month to make this server awesome Well done to our MVP’s DonBlotto, Bluey, and Moe who’ve done a crazy number of sits this month! You guys should be proud as that’s a superb achievement! Shoutout to Jacobs and Bob the Builder who I’ve trained this month having joined the team, it’s fantastic to see you’ve both got promotions already, awesome job guys! Here’s to another month

-1 I don't think you've put any effort into making this application and there are some red flags in my opinion. In this question, it asks for at least two paragraphs as a minimum in order to demonstrate qualities that would make you a good moderator on this server, and you've literally given two sentences with part of one sentence made up of "I used to troll when I was a low level" and part of another "I am kind sometimes but also mean". This needs significant improvement at best, but serves as a red-flag for me. This is your opportunity to show us why you're someone we would want on the team over other potential applicants. The ban was 6 months ago and Mass RDM is another big red flag for me. I understand that new players don't understand some of the rules when they first start out, but Mass RDM is a deliberate and repeated action. I'd want to understand exactly what happened and how you've matured / changed your ways. Remember that staff members are role models within the community and set an example for others to follow. You haven't read the staff rules.

Neutral I don’t mind the idea and I enjoy card games myself, so while the idea is generally good, I just can’t see people using it enough to warrant the additional download as DarkRP is meant to be a no download server (or at least minimal download for the small collection of addons that exist currently). However if it was only a small file then it may work out.

Changed my post after having read Shank’s response below, I didn’t know about that myself! So follow what he said

Strong -1 You’ve left out some important information which includes that of your previous offences. Having checked your record, you where banned 3 times in total, twice were this year for disrupting an event and exceeding the warn limit, the most recent of which is today! I don’t feel it necessary to critique your application any further as this alone is enough for my -1. Outside of applying for staff, I think it would be a good idea to work on improving your behaviour in game,

-1 While I think that you seem like a decent guy from what you’ve said, and you’ve got some good hours on the server, I was intrigued to understand why you were banned, as what you’ve said isn’t something I would necessarily ban someone for. After looking into it, I’ve realised this was literally a few days ago for mass FailRP. I think it would be a good idea to gain a better understanding of the rules and give it a bit of time before applying for staff on the server, as this alone is my reason for giving you a -1. Remember that staff members should be role models within the community and lead by example. Edit: Permanent -1 after your edit, you could have just given it some time before reapplying and said you’d made some beginner mistakes. But you’ve shown your true colours now.

The vehicle retrieving system works really well, I remember you telling me about it in-game and it was an absolute god send! Especially with the number of times I lost my car haha I'm glad that this has been added! I can't see any decent reason to pick up a car and propminge with it, so it will save the staff team a lot of issues, allowing them to focus on positive things as I belive this has been quite commonplace. CityRP is such a good laugh, I've really enjoyed playing on there. Hopefully the pop is maintained especially through the summer when it should be naturally higher. Personally I need to increase my staffing on DarkRP as I've been playing on CityRP a fair amount this week but as xFish said, always trying to support this awesome server through donations and otherwise. I'll look into doing another giveaway of sorts as that was a really good laugh last time

Ask her if she wants to try out the new CityRP mate But for sure it’s to take a break then to leave the team, enjoy your time away and hope to see you in game soon!

Last night was such a good laugh! I woke up this morning and couldn't wait to jump back in Great updates too!

Hi there Baller, I wouldn't normally respond for bans I have put through on behalf of other staff members but I'm doing so as not only have you DM'd me with a link to this, but also I was tagged by an ex-staff member in the offence-links section of our discord, so I'm just making sure this can get settled by the correct parties involved. Just to avoid any further confusion, the staff member who requested this ban is @Tax_Collector and their name is added to the end of the 'reason' as you can see in the image below. I put this ban through on their behalf after they requested it through the staff chat in-game, as they aren't able to ban at their current rank. Just for future reference, you are able to check the details of any ban by searching Steam ID's at the following link, just in case you ever need to check in the future https://garnetgaming.net/darkrp/bans/ I have tagged Tax Collector here and in the GG Staff Discord, so they will respond to this appeal as soon as they are free. I hope this helps

-1 I do like the idea, but unfortunately I just can't see anyone following the orders and/or the police chief might make people do silly things. I think it would be much better idea to get a good group of mates to all be police at once to achieve the same result, and I think it would be more fun that way. I personally think anything more serious in terms of roleplay, is better suited to PoliceRP than DarkRP.

-1 While I do totally understand and I've seen players leave after reporting MRDM when they were blown up in this sort of raid, I think GunShark made a pretty good point on this. Other than that, there are good reasons to allow firing off rockets straight away, for example in a legitimate raid a great tactic is to catch the baser off guard by knocking on the door, waiting a few seconds, and then hitting the front entrance with a rocket or two in order to take out the baser which will allow the raider to move through the entrance and crack the keypads. I get this is a more advanced raiding tactic, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Advanced basers can still protect themselves from such an attack anyway if they know how. I very rarely (if ever) raid myself, but I do actually appreciate a good team of raiders who come up with cool tactics like this and I wouldn't want to take it away from them. So unfortunately I'm going with a -1 on this, but I do see your reasoning behind your suggestion for sure.

+1 Because the credits are given for time spent in-game, I can't see the need for an additional cooldown timer to purchase payroll. Although I do understand that there might be people with lots of credits who would have to purchase payroll 10,000 times to use them up, so maybe introduce an option to buy multiples of payroll (e.g purchasing 10x payroll) to avoid spamming the chat if this was to happen