Blooms ban appeal

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In-game name: Blooms

SteamID (STEAM_0:0:79747590)

Staff members in-game name: AwesomeAidan0220

Staff members SteamID (/id (name): 

                                STEAM_0:1:124539447                            

Date & Time of incident:  May 3rd 2020

Timezone: MT

Ban Reason: Cheating

How long were you banned for?: 999 years

Proof of ban: https://imgur.com/5nERnTz

 

What happened? (include any proof): Thought the clips was taken by 0zzy but I have no idea where the clips went if anyone can link them below that'd be awesome 

 

More insight on this ban can be found here: 

 

 

Why should your ban be removed?: Yes, I messed up in a terrible way. Unfortunately I cant go back in time and stop that. Only thing I can do now is move forward from this and have learned from my mistake. It has been a year since the ban and I know something like that wont happen again. I miss the community to much to not be apart of it and I miss working on projects and setting up missions and operations and small events. I believe that I can bring that back and make sure the community always has something to do on the server. I worked really hard in the past on making AFSOC a fully functioning faction and spent countless hours and nights working on docs and tryouts, sadly the event server is no longer and most of the ideas I had for AFSOC wont happen but I am beyond happy that AFSOC survived the change of 3 leaders and still became a faction. I want to make sure all those amazing experiences that I had on the server continue for all the new players come in.  If my ban is removed I will work just as hard as I did before to help bring content and new ideas for the server. I would love feedback from the community on this matter and would be thrilled if you guys accept me back into the community. Thank yall for the time. 

Cheers 

[AlexConway 1,154]

+1 If a member who was decently constructive in there time on the server and wants to come back but is permanently banned, and the community is willing; they should however: The important thing to remember is they are not accustomed to the same ban threshold as other members; since they were validly banned before and are unbanned for a reason other than the ban being false.

I think you fit this. You did a lot to help out (so I've been told), had a lapse in judgement, hopefully people can view that and you have an opportunity to display that on server.

For those who don't know he's reposting because his appeal was prematurely handled. Not by a fault of his own.

Edit: I'll addon to this, many people get unbanned for second chances, people more undeserving than him. Before anyone claims biased - I've never met the dude, but I'm willing to give him a chance.
 

1 hour ago, AwesomeAidan0221 said:

I even told him when I banned him that If I was still Manager I would have unbanned him after 6 months. 

I mean this right here. The banning executive said that after 6 months you will/would be unbanned him. Regardless of if Adian is staff or not, that is the premise on which you were banned. "He's no longer staff, so it doesn't matter", you keep bans from old staff, the premise is the same

Edited May 6, 2021 by AlexConway

[Austin 294]

+1 from being someone who hacked on garnet and got unbanned why not. Blooms a dope dude, but he did slash me and garnets throat in among us

[Fetn 1,217]

+1 You deserve a 2nd chance you did a lot for the MRP community, you deserve a 2nd chance. 

[Ozzy 1,992]

-1 I think the precedent this sets is dangerous and ridiculous. 
 

Not gonna lie, the impact you had on the server is overblown. I’ve been vocal since I came into the MRP community that Docs and Tryouts are things 90% of the server can do and mean little to nothing. The event server failed. Whether that’s attributed to your ban, Shrimps leaving out of frustration, or what ever else, it failed. AFSOC has very little impact on the server. They basically serve as aerial taxi’s when requested and are sometimes involved in the seldom thought out operation/event.

I don’t know you as a person but I’ve heard you’re chill and a good dude. That’s great but neither is a reason to unban someone for cheating, something that has literally never happened outside of ban wipes.

 

PS: Didnt ban you, didn’t record you, nor is the screenshot of your Citizen account from me.

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3 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

 Didnt ban you, didn’t record you, nor is the screenshot of your Citizen account from me.

I know you didn't ban me. Thought you had the recording and evidence not sure but your name popped in my head if you didn't that's fine was just trying to find out who had it or maybe you knew because I believe you was around during the time of my ban but it has been quite sometime so my bad on that.

[acer 636]

10 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

-1 I think the precedent this sets is dangerous and ridiculous. 
 

Not gonna lie, the impact you had on the server is overblown. I’ve been vocal since I came into the MRP community that Docs and Tryouts are things 90% of the server can do and mean little to nothing. The event server failed. Whether that’s attributed to your ban, Shrimps leaving out of frustration, or what ever else, it failed. AFSOC has very little impact on the server. They basically serve as aerial taxi’s when requested and are sometimes involved in the seldom thought out operation/event.

I don’t know you as a person but I’ve heard you’re chill and a good dude. That’s great but neither is a reason to unban someone for cheating, something that has literally never happened outside of ban wipes.

 

PS: Didnt ban you, didn’t record you, nor is the screenshot of your Citizen account from me.

-1

I completely agree with what Ozzy said here. Regardless of what you've contributed, if you cheat you should still be banned. "Oh, what about Yurri", I've changed the way I see things, and I was acting with bias when that incident occurred, and I think there is a large amount of bias around this case in general (obviously not on purpose). Very confused why what he contributed matters if it's never mattered in the past, I could be extremely mislead though. Not trying to step on toes or be rude in any type of way, it's just that this incident is very ordinary, and shouldn't be handled completely different just because he contributed a little towards the community. I don't have anything against you personally, and I'm sure we could be great friends if you're unbanned, but I just don't agree with that decision.

Edited May 6, 2021 by Acer

[RealRichard 106]

-1, I really don’t think allowing cheaters to be unbanned is a good precedent to have set. The only way I could really see you being unbanned is maybe chilling out in the other Garnet servers and re make a name for yourself that doesn’t have the label Cheater on it.

Chill in TS, all that and maybe one day you’ll be unbanned. I’m sure you were fun to have around but all that hard work in AFSOC means nothing when there was cheating throughout it.

[Salmon 488]

-1

You got banned for cheating and admitted to it. Wait for a wipe.

 

Edited May 6, 2021 by Salmon
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[AwesomeAidan0221 694]

+1

I was the one who banned Blooms when I was Manager and I still have the proof of his cheats, I’m in class rn but when I get home in the afternoon i’ll try and upload it if my computer cooperates today. 
The reason I am advocating for his unban is because Blooms was probably the most wholesome, nice and charismatic dude I have met in this community which made me very upset when I caught him cheating. If anyone deserves a second chance it would be this dude. Blooms rose up fast though the server because of his personality and gained a position in the early stages of AFSOC because of it. This made him feel like he needed to cheat to compensate for being a fairly newer and less skilled player with such high responsibilities. This is no excuse for his actions more of an insight from his point of view. I know that if he was given a second chance that he will not disappoint, if you need more judge of character then just look at the 3 pages of messages on his goodbye post he has linked in this appeal, almost everyone only has good things to say about his personality and character. I even told him when I banned him that If I was still Manager I would have unbanned him after 6 months. 

 

On another note, I really hope my computer cooperates because the way I caught him hacking is the funniest shit ever.

Edited May 6, 2021 by AwesomeAidan0221

[Ebichu 85]

Now I'd say this is a bit tricky. Now you have contributed to Garnet even if it didn't work out too well. Ozzy made it seem like that even though you made an impact, it was a bit of a flop(sorry) so it wouldn't end up swaying him which I dont quite agree with. I think that a person who has intentions to improve Garnet should be brought back and its already been a year so +1.

[AwesomeAidan0221 694]

https://streamable.com/z15aj3

Here is the clip I was talking about, I was able to extract it from my computer before it crashed on itself. I still laugh every time I see this video.

I would like to reiterate that I am in support of his unban. Yes he hacked(albeit for just one day), but I also know that Blooms immediately regretted it and stopped hacking for two weeks before I got this video, found the files on his computer and admitted to it. Not everything is black and white like everyone seems to believe. Even though he hacked I still have a lot of respect for the guy and I know if he is given the chance he won't mess it up again.

Edited May 6, 2021 by AwesomeAidan0221

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12 minutes ago, AwesomeAidan0221 said:

https://streamable.com/z15aj3

Here is the clip I was talking about, I was able to extract it from my computer before it crashed on itself. I still laugh every time I see this video.

 

This is true comedy. I completely forgot about this existing XD

[Theos 423]

+1 

Cheating once and regretting it ever since, and basically excluded from the community permanently from 1 bad decision, is too harsh imo. Its clear from everyones comments that you were a positive member of the community, and weren't a troublemaker, who just made that dumb decision. For that reason I think you should be unbanned.

It doesn't make sense for you to remain evicted from a community for life for doing less than others who have been allowed back into the community.

14 hours ago, RealRichard said:

The only way I could really see you being unbanned is maybe chilling out in the other Garnet servers and re make a name for yourself that doesn’t have the label Cheater on it.

Worth mentioning a cheating ban is a community ban, so he can't play the other servers or join the Teamspeak without being instantly banned or having 'ban evasion' added to his ban reason

[Jared Cox 651]

+1

Blooms easily has to be one of the kindest guys I have ever met on the server. To my knowledge I don't believe I have ever put down a +1 to an unban appeal for somebody who cheated, but I believe that blooms is a very different case. I was in Aidan's GB when him and I met blooms, and to reiterate what Aidan commented, I was very disappointed when blooms was banned, but I always believed that an unban for blooms was warranted after a long period of wait. Blooms is very different from a LOT of people who have submitted an unban appeal for cheating in the past, and that is simply because of his character. Blooms easily has the most positive and wholesome character out of everyone I have ever met on MRP, nothing about this guy screams suspicious or malicious. Again, to reiterate Aidan's comment, I can understand blooms' perspective of why he would feel the need to cheat. Blooms may have Dr. DisRespected one short time, but I would not be worried in the slightest about him committing something like this again if he were to be unbanned, and I would NEVER say something like this normally about a banned cheater. I know I may sound hypocritical as someone that has barely any sympathies for cheaters, but if the former manager who actually banned the guy believes 100% that he deserves a second chance, that speaks volumes.