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ACCEPTED As it was with your friend, whose appeal has also been accepted; the evidence used to convict you for cheating was.... suspicious yet inconclusive. Truly I do not know if you were cheating or not, so I have decided to give you another opportunity to prove yourself. Thank you for taking your time to appeal and I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you...and if you were cheating, it might be best if you just don't do that anymore. Thank You

ACCEPTED I have reviewed the evidence gathered by gamingcarrot, and while he did catch you seeming to see players through walls and aim onto them, I wouldn't exactly call what he got "concrete." if you were cheating, you would have been using the trashiest client I've ever seen. With that being said, you will be unbanned from the server and given a second opportunity to play the game. I do apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you if you were not in fact cheating, but if you were, I would strongly advise against doing it again.

I personally spearheaded the removal of this rule simply because it was never utilized with good intentions; while you personally may have used it without any malicious intent, you were within the 10% of players who did. The other 90% would abuse this rule by setting their alt accounts to gang members, or instructing their AFK friends to become gang members so that they could make ridiculous bases such as plate-boxes, (where a player creates a giant cube around a building with no detail or creativity at all whatsoever,) and other absurd styles of building where the functionality of the street is impeded or the defender utilizes certain map geometry to gain a competitive advantage over raiders. Typically, in the presence of one of these abomination bases, low level Raiders are almost always outmatched and or intimidated by the sheer size and fortification thereof. Your argument is that you would be creative with it, I'm sure you would, but most other players would only utilize this rule to give themselves an unfair advantage over others.. And this is the reason it was removed to begin with. I'm open to hearing arguments against this declaration, but the only way this would ever be added back would be with extreme restrictions such as limitations on the fading door count, (to counter the amount of players/defenders inside,) or restrictions on exactly where these mega bases can be. ( to counter plate boxes and street obstructions)

As you may have noticed, many of our current functions/xp methods have been curated to specifically prevent passive level gain by means of AFK and idling.. All three of these suggestions would allow for passive/effortless level gain. Welcome to think of some modifications to these, or even other ideas before I close this. Think specifically of concepts which have a clear exchange of time/effort into XP levels.

He meant you could physgun dropped weapons, move them around, and freeze them.

DarkRP Staff Roster Month of May, 2024 ______________________________________________________ MVPs BusterBigNut-> Manager (431 Points Earned!) (#1 MVP) Schyzo-> Lead Moderator (413 Points Earned! | DOUBLE PROMO) Omi-> Lead Moderator (370 Points Earned! | DOUBLE PROMO) _____________________________________ Promotions BusterBigNut -> Manager | 431 Points (MVP) (NEW MANAGER) GamingCarrot -> Lead Administrator | 223 Points DONTTOUCHMYFROG87 -> Administrator | Game-Masers Director | 316 Points Orion8559 -> Trial Administrator | HR Assistant Director | 261 Points PiesAreCool -> Trial Administrator (120 Points) | Human Resources Sebbelebb-> Lead Moderator | 147 Points MICROWAVE -> Lead Moderator | 111 Points Jonnyflame-> Lead Moderator | 161 Points Sam Nella-> Lead Moderator | 95 Points Jerionslot (FBR)-> Lead Moderator | 124 Points Baiter-> Senior Moderator | 108 Points Doodledoo-> Senior Moderator | 210 Points Schyzo -> Lead Moderator | 413 Points(MVP) lemegetuhmufuckinuhh-> Senior Moderator | 338 Points Omi-> Lead Moderator | 370 Points(MVP) JOHN WICK-> Senior Moderator | 322 Points Jim-> Moderator | 72 Points ReddRecon-> Moderator | 112 Points _____________________________________ Extended Terms Garnet - Owner Conway - Community Director Merk - DarkRP Director Dmoney824 - Senior Admin | Operators (LOA) Danny The Dog - Senior Admin | 100 Points | Operators ReallyJustChillin - Senior Admin | 209 Points | Operators Chawhead - Admin | 14 Points | Operators Division Director FireHazard - Admin | 42 Points | Human Resources StarPhantom - Admin (101 Points) | GameMasters Assistant Director brande - Trial Admin (10 Points) | GameMasters (LOA) IND4GR0V3 - Trial Admin (56 Points) WohMi - Lead Moderator (55 Points) Versa - Lead Moderator (64 Points) Toleration - Moderator | GameMasters Pyrops - Moderator (LOA) Camp Kill Yourself - VIP Moderator Sylex22 - VIP Moderator FreakyFrankie - VIP Moderator (LOA) apheirus_ - VIP Moderator (LOA) _____________________________________ Resignations & Removals CreativeStageName - Senior Moderator (21 Points, NOT ENOUGH ACTIVITY TO AVOID DEMOTION) ChrisRid - VIP (Resigned) Lika - VIP (Behavior Issues) Whiskey - VIP (Cheating on Gmod :^( sad) RUSSIANWINTERS - VIP (Staff Abuse) Silasq - VIP Enzorimasson - VIP (Inactive) Small - VIP (Inactive) GARBAGE - VIP (Inactive) Tjizzle - VIP (Inactive) gunner - VIP (Inactive) Oyasumi German - VIP (Resigned) Martian - VIP (Resigned) purpting - VIP (Inactive) WaffleCheeseCake - VIP (Inactive) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Congratulations to all who were promoted, especially to our new Manager, BusterBigNut, and our new Lead Admin, GamingCarrot. Both of these guys have been incredible over the past few weeks, cleaning up some loose ends in the division areas as well as maintaining incredible playtime and report counts on the server. I didn't initially plan to promote them this month, but after seeing how many staff we've lost in recent weeks, I think we need to make this move in order to get prepared for summertime! Hopefully everyone is hyped up and ready as we roll into our busiest season. Thank you all for all of your continued support!

Truly a change of pace in comparison to our last few months, (especially last month) were we were strictly dedicated to chasing down crashes. New updates & content is exactly what we needed....and bug fixes, like the prostitute. I totally didn't make that a priority....Y'ALL BETTER BE HOES!

@TheBreadofLife "I state..you're fat & gay, he's fat & gay, get out my base."

ACCEPTED I'm going to revoke the ban on a technicality, you were being spectated due to accusations of you cheating, but most of the video was lost due to a glitch on Buster's end. This is not a declaration that you are innocent, because the proof I did see was just shy of the mark to keep you banned..However due to the fact that it did not quite meet that mark, I'll allow you to return to the server. We'll be monitoring you for further issues of this kind, so I would take this as your instruction to not cheat on our server, else next time there will be no appeal.

DENIED Unfortunately, your appeal will be denied due to the fact that did you did not properly fill out the required format which was provided to you by Danny The Dog in the above comment. You may re-attempt this appeal whenever you choose, however, please be sure that you follow the format in the next attempt. Thank you!

It seems you left out some crucial details in your appeal.. Naturally, I'm not going to handle this appeal as it may be seen as bias, so I'll assign this to @Chawhead and @busterbignut to work collectively to ensure a fair trial on your part. Now, let's get the whole story out here on the table so we're all on the same page here. You claim to have been banned for simply being in a discord server with menaces to the community, (as you listed, hama,torq;) But if that were an offense, I would have banned half of the VIP playerbase (at the time,) as they were all in at least one toxic third party discord server. Let's get back to the beginning, back in November 2022, you were Community Banned for your involvement with some players exploiting, the same group then went on to display toxic behaviors towards Garnet and Proggy, which extended the simple exploiting ban into a Permanent Community Ban. Fast forward a bit to 2023, you ban evade on the server with an alias called "Sythe," and played consistently for 2-4 months, making it well known to your friends that it was you, but nobody came forward so you didn't get banned. Shortly thereafter, due to some...questionable decisions made by Cyber Sword, you and some other previously permabanned players were given a second chance, on the grounds that you supply the server with population via the use of alt accounts and afking. This decision was one I did not agree with at any point, but I had no say in the matter at the time, so your ban was revoked and you went on to play the server on your main account once again. Now Cyber DID warn you that when you came back, you'd be on thin ice, and any form of toxicity or malicious intent that you displayed could have your ban re-instated, this warning was given to you and to all other players forgiven by Cyber. Once you returned to the server on your main account, you caught my eye a few times, being toxic, harassing others, and even going as far as getting caught exploiting with Hoal. I wanted to permaban you on the spot, but cyber saved you once again. About two months after that, someone came forward from inside your "Island Boys" Group chat, and provided us with proof of you and your friends being malicious and conspiring to cause chaos on our server, he provided us with instances of you being directly involved in a call with the conspirators as they were carrying out their attacks, watching them cheat, hearing them talking openly about ban evading and mass rdming over and over again. Personally, you were given a second chance, then another chance, but you repeatedly made the decision to hang around bad company instead of just "vibing out" on the server as you say you wanted to. It may seem harsh, but after time and time again, if you are given another chance, I don't foresee it going any better than the last few times...But I'll leave that up to the operators staff to decide.

Denied Previous attempts at charity raffles on the server resulted in players charging back if they didn't win... Unfortunately, we can't have nice things on the internet. Thank you.

Accepted This concept has been placed on the back burner of our development board for possible addition....at some point, maybe? It's a stretch okay. :^(

Denied Instead we've added an interaction cooldown to printers, since players insisted upon using autoclickers/e-spam scripts to automate the printer farming process. :^( ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

Denied ______________________________ I feel as though, while the cinema owner and its capabilities could be explored a bit more.. adding an assistant would not benefit the role very much, for reasons stated above. Perhaps we can look into expanding the cinema job a bit in other ways though! ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

Denied ______________________________ The overwhelming community pushback speaks for itself.. allowing the higher/elite players to respawn after a user finally takes them down is a terrifying thought to me for some reason. :^( ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

Accepted ______________________________ We're working on making the rules a new popup which would show up for new players and be something staff could force upon players who are having trouble accessing the page and/or simply don't want to be bothered to. :^) ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

Accepted? ______________________________ The bank robber is a practically redundant class, yes, and as such perhaps he should be removed? or perhaps a change can be made to give him an edge over other classes attempting to rob the bank. This will be added to a list to be discussed for potential addition in a future update. ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

ACCEPTED ______________________________ This has been added to our development board for possible addition in a future update, thank you for your time! :^)

Denied ______________________________ I feel as though the big white text on the center of your screen should sufficiently serve as notification that a warrant has been issued. Making it necessary for police to advert their raids would simply make it easier for players to only monitor chat to ensure their base is not at risk of being raided while they farm, such automation is not within our plan for the server. ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

Woohoo, forgot to mark this as ACCEPTED We have integrated the PM system from SWRP.

Denied ______________________________ Hobos, by definition, are not intended to be on an equal playing field to normal civilians, hence the weapon restriction being added in the first place. A hobo is not intended to be a standard member of society, which means they should not have access to higher-end weapons; You could even go as far as saying that hobo is just a troll/fun job, whose purpose is to give the server a bit of lighthearted fun amidst the other roleplay classes we have. Giving hobos access to other weapons essentially violates the rolepaly logic of them being at the bottom of the food chain. I don't feel as though this is an issue that we should address at this moment in time. ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

ACCEPTED ______________________________ After much debate, we finally decided to accept this and have it added to our rulebook, gone are the days of being locked in a tight hallway and blasted to pieces by a point & click defender inside the base. ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

Denied ______________________________ I think this idea is terrific, except the fact that adding additional bank robber(s) would be worsening the fight against single-purpose classes, due to the fact that they literally would serve no purpose than to rob a bank which, lets be honest, does not fill up often enough to warrant having specific teams that have permission to rob it. I feel as though the bank robber class could stand to be removed as well, but that's a discussion I'll have with Garnet. ______________________________ Thank you for the time & effort you put into your suggestion!

Explained perfectly by Conway here, if you see something, say something.