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Name of Character: Bruce Altoni Character ID: N/A SteamID: STEAM_0:0:951941784 Your Discord ID#: its_Dotson Date of PK:10/30/25 Reason for PK: Fail Mug Why should you be unPK'd? What server rule or PK rule was violated?: I was in a Public Area. In the view of an npc, possible target mug If possible please provide video evidence or photo evidence if PK does not follow the guidelines

Yeah no one is getting comped for failing a gun fight, or RP escalation, I have literally never seen a ticket that suggests someone's tried to either This suggestion also doesn't consider actual RDM or VDM at all It's not whether you should 'consider the weight of drawing your weapon' when you get ran over from behind at mach speed by a random white shirt You're locked in on the specific instance of RDM baiting, that's not enough grounds to remove a system that is 99% of the time used for completely different scenarios -1 Terrible suggestion

maybe we should start with stricter punishments on staff abuse first

Maybe an addition i'd put on this suggestion would be fixed contract template items, rather than google docs like the typewriter uses For example, in City Hall there is a legal supplies vendor who sells contract templates, they could be: Sale/Purchase Agreement Lawyer Contract or probably a few other options- Then they are a nice IC template of a contract with places left out for Item Category/Money Amount etc. and then at the bottom Name and Signature of each party (auto filled via your char id upon signing) These can then be used via factions IC-ly to enforce missed fees for Lawyers, or missed payments on custom clothing or guns, and have a purpose in PK sits Could also be used in other Legal RP scenarios for things like Oil Coupons, Police ticketing, Fines, Bills at restaurants even I think it'd be cool, the more Diverge interactions that can be pulled away from a Google Docs tab the better imo

Steam Name: Marlock In Game Name(s): Darrelle "Big Dick" Dickson, Donnie Alonzo, Kenny Cooper Steam Profile Link: https://steamcommunity.com/id/MarlockTheGreat/ Steam ID: 76561198064436475 Discord Username: Marlock. Age: 28 When did you first join the server? June 2023 Total playtime on our servers (do !time in game): 2W 2D 20H Time Zone: Eastern Time (EST) How much time can you realistically dedicate to moderating? 4 to 5 hours daily Have you read the rules? Yes Do you have a working microphone? Yes Do you acknowledge that you must meet the weekly minimum ticket quota of 20 tickets? (Unless you have posted a valid LOA): Understood Are you familiar with SAM and or Nutscript commands? Yes Do you acknowledge that lying on this application will result in immediate denial and blacklisting from staff? Yes Long Answer What is your motivation or reason for applying? After spending a lot of time on Diverge Networks, I realized how much I genuinely enjoy helping improve the roleplay experience for others. I have staffed here before and I miss contributing to the server. I know how to handle situations calmly and without personal bias. I want to help new players, maintain immersion, and make sure everyone has a fun and fair experience. I want to give back to the community I have invested so much time into. Why should you be considered over other candidates? I am older and have more experience than most players in the community. I stay calm under pressure and handle every situation fairly. I do not get emotional or take things personally. I focus on solving problems, gathering facts, and keeping roleplay going. I want to improve the server, not just hold a staff title. Do you have any previous staffing experience? (Please list where, what position, and how long.) Yes. I was previously staff on Diverge Networks. Before that, I was an admin on Superior Servers StarwarsRP for over two years. I handled ban requests, moderated daily activity, ran events, and assisted with community management. I have been involved in Garrys Mod communities since 2009. Have you been banned before on any of our servers? If so, why? No. Would you say that you are well known in our community? What is your reputation? What do other members think of you? Yes, many people in the community know me. I held high command in multiple factions and I believe players would say I handled situations respectfully and calmly. I do not bring emotions into decisions. I keep the focus on fun roleplay and fairness. My reputation is that I am mature, helpful, and relaxed. What is your favorite moment on Diverge so far? My favorite moment was the July Fourth musket battle event. It brought players together, created a lot of laughs, and boosted community engagement. I enjoy events that unite the playerbase and increase interactions. These types of moments make the server memorable and help keep the community active. I would enjoy helping plan community events like that again. Have any staff members recommended you? If so, list their names: N A Problem Solving Someone RDMs and you are currently off duty. How do you handle this? I would contact an on duty staff member and explain what I witnessed. If no one is available, I would switch to my staff character and handle it. I would gather both sides of the story and review any proof. If the situation requires a higher ranking staff member, I would document everything and report it through the correct channels. You have seen a fellow staff member of higher or equal rank abusing fairly often, but not doing anything extremely noticeable. What do you do? I would gather evidence, such as video clips or screenshots, and then privately report it to a higher ranking staff member. I would not accuse them without proof. I would remain professional and follow procedure. A member of your faction or a friend of yours has a ticket made against them, accusing them of RDMing and minging. You know this person rarely does this. How do you proceed and does it create a possible bias? I treat the ticket like any other. I request evidence from both sides and compare it to the server rules. Friendships do not change how I handle staff duties. If I feel bias might exist, I request another staff member to handle the ticket. Fairness always comes first.

I thought it would be cool and much more "Mafioso", that in each crime family, street gang has an hitman who is sent by the Don and faction's superiors to kill the target, such as someone who has betrayed the agreements or someone from the enemy family or anyone who makes mistakes. But rightly the hitman must be given various information and must be sent ONLY FOR VALID REASONS.

on cool old server we had two features that helped combat this: - when you switched to a gun in your weapon wheel it would start on safety and depending on the type of gun (big rifles had longer timer), it had a short delay on how quickly you could unsafety it, to mimic the time it would take to actually grab it and raise it - progress bar on equipping/unequipping weapons in inventory (a few seconds) if you guys put aside your own subjective opinions, features like these despite seemingly small would absolutely go a long way in increasing RP quality. It would force people into enhancing interactions, instead of resorting to taking someones head off if they look at you funny. Always been an advocate for this, and so should you all.

just make it a requirement to do /me pulls out x gun forces players to roleplay (impossible for some)

If you are a staff member and you comp every ticket you get you should not be a staff member The best immediate answer is staff training and punishments for staff who are too lazy to investigate tickets fully- including not noting perps of rulebreaks

Have you been active in recent months? As long as you have a good understanding of the current server then I'm sure you'd be good! On the other hand your play time is generally low compared to some staff apps

I'm not going to go and check if this was or wasn't AI But Sean, maybe in a more concise TL;DR style response you could outline the key points instead of this enormous novel - just outline your apology in a normal paragraph or 2

+1 dig bick

+1 pretty chill guy bwo

Oh also forgot to mention, we have screenshots of you guys in a group dm chat. User who it was taken from deleted the chat when asked by staff to show it.

You were participating in a mugging pipeline with 2 other people. Simply put, killem (iirc thats his steam name, I dont have the file readily available rn) was mugging a bunch of people on chars that were brand new, across multiple characters. Then, he would put the spoils into a bank account connected to you and one other person. Then, he would be added to the account on a new character and continue. This is an obvious case of you participating and benefitting from a guy using throwaway chars that have no value to mug people. Those accounts will be cleaned out of all custom items that were mugged before you return from your ban.

Could also open up some cool attachments like weapon slings or something to decrease draw time etc? I think adding more to the gunplay, especially now attachments are back, would be great. I also think gun bags should show on your back, but not class as probable cause for a search by police Otherwise you can be interacting with a guy who has a whole AK stuffed in his trouser pockets, as far as you're aware

oh man, what if these hitmen guys also enforced faction stuff and rules, maybe they could be called enforcers or something

+1 Cool guy

i see we're just glazing me here

Character involved was deemed to be a mugging character and has since been punished, in addition you will be unPK'd.

-1

-1 Support Unless proven the char was indeed a mug char. Otherwise, legit Pk.

Would like to know if mugger is a alt/mug char and not main char. Too many coincidental muggings of our people from enemy factions and now a death. Use your main char to mug.

Hello, while I empathize with the situation and friends have made it clear how much they appreciate and care for your RP. The major issue here, is you didn't inform or contact staff when this happened; you connected an hour and 40 minutes later, deposited your stuff and went on. You didn't make a ticket at such a time either. The clip provided can't definitively say whether you disconnected, as part of client side bug or a user disconnection. To point out, you do move after gunshots and typically logs will show differently for cases of a crash or a timeout. The convenience of crashing at that exact time can't be ignored and you have failed to provide enough evidence for you defense. You state you had a thunderstorm and wifi kept going on and off, implying you should have had wifi at some point or access to the internet, to make a discord ticket or to inform staff in any way; even just when it came back on. Secondly, you state this has been a recurring issue with gunshots. Which means you were aware of the issue, which means you took the risk of playing with the possibility of a crash. ( and the consequence's thereof. ) The area you were mugged is also a red zone or a 'mugged where stand' zone. Meaning you were fair game. I have also investigated the user and it can't be proven they are a mugging character at this time. I can understand the gesture, you'd give back the items they'd have acquired mugging off of you. But you didn't actively attempt to do so, until your character was at jeopardy. Effectively rolling the dice. This is the clip provided https://screenapp.io/app/v/7xDb8JxsP2 and with the logs attached. I must deny the appeal at this time.

Please go to this link to grab the template, and then they can post one via the forums through the Ban Appeals route They will also need to set up their forums account Hopefully that helps

He wants everyone to see his profile picture.

+1 always liked this dood previous staff anyway so sure he knows what's necessary to help out

It's not for me to say, I'm sure someone Seasoned+ can make that call when they rule on the appeal I'm just saying that this is an RDM ban for a guy who RDM'ed with a previous RDM ban and a previous RDM note - If being banned for 2 weeks in August lead him to still RDM 2 weeks ago and now again the other day, he clearly needs more time to understand the server rules

This ban appeal is about the person banned, not anecdotal experiences with the person he RDM'ed It is Killing for Disrespect, which is RDM, from a player with other Killing for Disrespect and RDM notes Overcomplicating it doesn't change the core of the situation Read up on the rules and these things won't happen Good luck on your appeal

-1 Needs playtime, staffing ability aside there is a 1000 problems that occur that are unique to the server

This could be a new way to kill people and a new way to pk someone for example you place a bomb under someones car and click a button boom it blows up and they die scarface style

Yeah, that's the powergame part

Hi Here is the clip I was provided with, as you can see you left the item on the ground for well over 20 seconds, in a public zone, enough time to cause issue for the players and faction, and effect their ongoing RP. https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/liqM9eXQUtDg-6jcQ?invite=cr-MSxUUHQsNTExNDQzMTE&v=39 I will reiterate the length of the ban was determined with input from other staff members, and is intended to give you time to understand why studying the server rules and respecting them is important. Hopefully during your ban you will understand there are consequences to your actions, and reading the server rules will prevent you from having these issues in future. Once again, good luck in your appeal

PK Appeal Format Below is the format that you must followed when making a PK appeal, you must copy all sections and fill them out in detail. Rules: You may only make one appeal per PK, if you are denied you will be unable to appeal for that character again. You must appeal within one week of your character being PK'd, appeals posted after this time will be automatically denied. You may only comment on an appeal if you were DIRECTLY involved with the situation leading up to the PK. Replies that are not relevant to the situation will result in a forum warning and/or ban. You must follow the provided template for the appeal, failure to do so will result in an instant denial. Name of Character: Character ID: SteamID: Your Discord ID#: Date of PK: Reason for PK: Why should you be unPK'd? What server rule or PK rule was violated?: If possible please provide video evidence or photo evidence if PK does not follow the guidelines:

It takes 10 clicks with a 'one mississippi' between them if you want to save yourself from spamming and from accidental shooting They also already 'shift click' into place like ATM's now do which is nice I think it's manageable currently but if there's no negatives to adding it, why not increase the QOL

Dude typed this out in 4 seconds flat

The bargaining implies you know how silly that is

Still a poor app for a staff member compared to the other 2 It's a staff app, the response was based on the individual 'I think we should enforce the rules' - Doubt any staff disagree with that

I can agree with a guy without thinking they'd be a good staff member I think he sounds objectively bad for staff considering the whole 'I want to be a dick to people' powertrip Compared with the other open apps this is poor

+1 has a lot of experience, not sure what other gmt staff there are other than myself too

-1 because of the whole 'im going to be an ass thing' being the main push of the app, also curious how you were bad staff in the past though i do think points on being stricter on minging are super valid - it's gotten so much worse in recent months

+1 have known him to be realistic and reasonable, despite having very little interaction

+1 makes a lot of sense

Could do with a much more detailed response to basically every question!

I said your behaviour wasn't malicious, you were ignorant to the rules, and that is okay. You told me you believed there were 10 people who enjoyed the roleplay, which cancels out the people who reported it, and that they'd join you in a staff report. Feel free to open that report if you see fit, I am sorry you are unhappy with my responses

Hi - As a final response: Your PTSD RP was invalid, and not a reason to begin conflict with the police - which you did by spraying bullets and hitting them numerous times. It also wouldn't have helped you IC-ly with your court case. The decision to ban you and treat this as a rule break was mine, not the players. They did not report you for RDM or Cop Baiting, but with the information provided via logs, clips and testimonies that is the outcome I deduced. I tried to have more productive communication with you, but you were more interested in telling me about how you would be making a staff report with your 10 friends if I punish you. When you are unbanned, I hope you will not insist on 'roleplaying' in the same way. Thankyou for sharing your perspective

-1 - I think with the prior bans and such a more detailed and well thought out app would've been necessary

+1, seems well liked and experienced with moderating- wish all the text wasn't bolded though made it hard to read

+1/-1 - he is very young - but has had previous experience as staff. If he wasn't removed from staff for abuse, then why not let him get back into it!

Hey, I am the staff who handled this ban I had decided on this due to the evidence shown in the logs that shows you raiding multiple times within too short of a time frame, as well as using a new character who has not provided any considerable roleplay, value or time to the server. I had advised you to look into the killing/mugging/raiding rules and ensure you understand them a bit better before doing so again in the future, as well as building more value to the character you are using. Otherwise, you are avoiding the risk that is integral when deciding to attempt to steal or kill another player. I had also sought advice from other staff to help with my final decision. An additional factor in your ban was your own claim that you went to raid these properties to get back at your previous faction, who you had been PK'ed on. I understand that you believe your conversation was roleplay, but when it is matched with the facts of your very recent PK, it paints a picture that your decision to raid was based on a desire for revenge. - I am unable to attach a clip for this, unfortunately, due to the ESP information within it.