TheGrifter

I'd like to thank everyone for giving me another chance. I appreciate it, I won't let you folks down.

Likewise, I apologize for my delay in responding to your post. It has been somewhat hectic on my end as well. I agree that there is a disconnect somewhere. I love this server, but for some reason, I kept screwing up. I'd like help, but I don't rightly know how one would go about that sort of thing. I don't want to be a screw-up, or a liability. But that's something I should have tried harder to accomplish when I still had the chance.

I understand your reluctance. But if I didn't care about this server, I wouldn't have made this appeal. I would have moved on to a different server. But this server is a unique community. It's got people who are actually playing characters, instead of constantly metagaming. I know I've failed on certain points to uphold the social contract as dictated by the server rules. It was not out of intention, but through foolishness. I'd plead guilty to manslaughter, but I'm not a murderer. Still, I respect your judgement on the matter. I don't know if there is a way to definitively prove that I won't get in to trouble again, without being given a chance to prove it. I can't show you the contents of my mind, heart. or soul. I can try to put it into words, but you have no way of knowing if I'm just saying what I think you want to hear. I'm not, but that's exactly what someone who was would say. I can give you my word, but you have no reason other than that to believe me. Still, I haven't lied to you folks. I've screwed up many a time, but I didn't ever lie about it. If we can go forward from that to establishing a dialogue, I'd very much appreciate that.

BYOND Key: (TheGrifter) Total Ban Length: (Forever and ever and ever and ever.) Banning staff member's Key: (Garnascus) Reason of Ban: (Cutting myself to bloody up the chapel, abuse of pain RP mechanics, prior trouble) Reason for Appeal: (I know I haven't always been the best at fitting in, in terms of Aurora. But in the time I have been here, I have found it to be one of the better servers. The adminstrators are rational people, the playerbase is imaginative and well-spoken, and the RP here is great. I know I screwed up. I shouldn't have let the other chaplain rile me up so much. That being said, I didn't hurt him. I hurt myself. Admittedly, that was to frame him, but he had assaulted me earlier, and I was getting no replies from security, who just thought it was sort of funny. My character being a pacifist, then decided to act in the way I did. I understand I screwed up in regards to pain mechanics and what-not. I know this isn't a defense, but I didn't know that was a rule beforehand. I should have read the rules, but I just sort of assumed that the rules were generally the same. Well, you know what happens when you assume, or so the old saying goes. I like this server. I'd like to come back to it at some point. Still, I understand if this appeal is refused. I know I was problematic as a player. But it wasn't because I wanted to cause trouble. I guess I should have tried harder to stay out of it though. Respectfully, -The Grifter)