Accepted _iAlex Perma Mute Appeal

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    • Punished account name: _iAlex
    • Platform or server punished on: Skyblock
    • Ban message if applicable: n/a
    • Have you read the rules? Yes, multiple times
    • Do you think this punishment was incorrect? No
    • Why should you be unbanned? Addressed bellow!
    • Please list any other times you were punished on Skyblock: I was muted once prior to my permanent mute & I was banned on 2 separate occasions; one taking place in 2016 and my most recent one being a little over a year ago.
    • If you know, tag the staff member that banned you: Pancake Krissy
    • Do you understand and accept our rules and code of conduct? Yes, wholeheartedly.

    Hello Pancake, Krissy, Moderators, and anyone else whom may be reading this appeal;

    My name is Alex. I was permanently muted on February 12, 2021 for "Major player and staff disrespect/harassment" as time has passed I have come to peace with my mute because as I grew older and matured as an individual, I realized how wrong I was for my actions back then and how childish I was to think that I was in the position to argue with the muting moderators in regards to the reasoning behind my mute and for that I am sorry. I have appealed my mute previously just to be turned down, but as time has passed I have decided to try one last time to have my mute be revoked so I can fully enjoy Skyblock once again.

    Moderators, I am asking for forgiveness and one last chance to enjoy the server I started playing almost 7 years ago. I fully understand why I was turned down the first time and based off of my actions at the time of my mute I think it is fully understandable and justifiable to decline my request at an unmute however after almost a year has passed, I truly do think I have changed as an individual therefore all I ask is for one last chance at redemption. Since my permanent mute, I have started going to college as a business finance major, started working at a well known finance center in my area (would not like to disclose too many details) and I have started volunteering at an exotic car maintenance center as an intern purely for experience in the field. I have spent time in the real world therefore I think I know now better than ever the difference between right and wrong and what should and shouldn't be said. I know the things I used to say back then and the way I acted was disgusting and completely unacceptable especially on a PG rated server and there is no undoing what I said and did back then. I know I will have to live with that regret forever not only because of the fact it got me muted but also because a large number of players on the server now view me as a horrible person when I wholeheartedly think that it is not true. I ask for an unmute because Minecraft is one of my favorite videogames to play on my free time. Being muted and not being able to interact with players almost makes Skyblock unplayable which has led to me not playing anymore and being extremely inactive. I love playing on the server but not having the privilege to communicate makes the experience significantly less enjoyable. I miss being able to interact as well as talk to my friends on the server, I took it for granted back then and I realize how valuable it is now that I don't have the freedom to speak in global chat anymore. I would like to apologize once more to anyone to whom I may have offended with my actions or statements that might view me as a cruel and disgusting person. I can only wish for your forgiveness.

    I would also like to address my childish attempts at mute evading. I would get on every once in a while just to check out who is online and I completely forgot that my alternate account was not muted. I typed once to see if I was muted which I was not and I got carried away with the power of typing in global chat when I usually cannot. I apologize for that as well.

    Sincerely,
    Alex S.
     
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    Hello Alex,

    Thank you for taking the time to appeal again. I think it is time we talk a little more about the punishment.
    Pancake, Kerahna and myself discussed your history and possible punishments because your actions were not inline with our code of conduct and subsequently made users uncomfortable. We decided on a mute so you were still able to play Skyblock at its core.

    Since then the way that we had hoped this would go is that you would spend a month or two being relatively active so we could see the changes you had been saying you made and we could then unmute you. However since the beginning we weren't seeing that form of engagement so we couldn't verify what you were saying and it is a similar story here. We want to give you the benefit of the doubt but at the same time the last person who said they changed after a long absence hadn't changed at all.

    I don't have any personal feelings towards you or what was done so forgiveness isn't the right phrasing because there is nothing to forgive. We need to base this on community engagement and how you can show us all these changes you have made within yourself.

    Can you identify the ways that you have contributed to the Skyblock community since your last appeal?
     
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    Thank you for the quick response Krissy I appreciate it.

    Well, at the time of my mute I had just completed my island which I had been working on for months. That island build was the main reason for me being super active at the time. After my mute I tried to play and act as if things were normal for about 2 weeks or so but the server was not the same and I had nothing I needed to do on the server so I generally stopped playing as much. I would get online once or twice a week for about a month but soon after that I started my Spring/Summer school semester which took away a lot of my free time so I couldn't even play the game as much as I'd have liked regardless of the situation mainly because of the fact that I would usually play for hours on end. In response to your question, I have not contributed in any way to the Skyblock community since my last appeal.

    There are not many ways for me to engage in the community while I am muted. I was never really active on the forums and the discord server is usually filled with players that did not like me so when I would join the calls they would all leave. All I could truly do is mind my own business on my island or loiter on other players islands. I tried it all when I was muted.
     
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    Hey guys, just wondering if you guys have gone over this since i posted? I'm really keen to get back into the community
    Krissy
     
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    We haven't at the moment but thank you for answering. Pancake should be taking the appeal from here and will rely as soon as he can.
     
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    Apologies for the delay,

    After discussion, we have agreed to give you a second chance and will be unmuting you. As you could expect, this comes with very strict guidelines. It is expected of you that you refrain from any sexually inappropriate comments or harassment on all platforms. Not only this, but you are expected to follow all code of conduct, alongside following all chat rules.

    Failure to comply with these requests will likely result in you being permanently muted again. I wish you the best of luck with your studies, and your future, and hope to see you around skyblock soon!

    Please refresh yourself with our code of conduct and our server rules
     
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    Thank you for creating an appeal, your appeal has been accepted!
    Please make sure that you read our rules here before continuing on as normal!
    Thread closed and moved to Appeals Archive.
     
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