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The escalation rules should be viewed as a shell and starting point, not a rigid checklist. UA looks at the full situation, all factions involved, and all relevant factors before making a determination, including faction size, recent hires, main character status, alt characters, and whether anyone is trying to gain an unfair advantage. The purpose of a lockdown / hire block is to prevent war jumping, temporary recruiting, and alt abuse. It also makes escalation uncomfortable for everyone involved, which should push factions toward a quicker resolution instead of letting the conflict drag out. If someone was actively maining a faction but never formally set it as their main, that is ultimately on the player and their faction leadership. If they were involved enough to be impacted by the escalation, they should have seen it coming and made sure their main was properly set. Leadership also has a responsibility to warn members before things reach that point. A lock can be adjusted or removed if UA believes the specific situation calls for it, but it should not be assumed. Unless UA clearly states otherwise, factions should treat the lockdown and main character requirements as active. In your case, you were scared because you thought Popov was going to PK you, so you left the faction to do hits for Supreme in another faction. Once you realized there was no orders you left the other faction and now are stuck as a civ. watching from the outside. If you want numbers.....at the start of the escalation Supreme had 140 alts(More than any other crim. faction) to Popov 30 alts, for mains there were 25 for Supreme and 13 for Popov...... this was taken into account during the main lock decision.

-1 I rarely speak out this strongly against giving someone another chance, but in this case, I feel it's necessary. Attached I've sent the recent DMs he sent me during the time to which I banned him. Besides that I'd like to say this. While he wasn't the worst staff member we've had, the team is currently running smoothly without him. We shouldn't lower our standards just to add more bodies. This is the Diverge of today, not a few years ago. He was recently banned and continues to disagree with the reasoning behind it. In his forum post, he simply dismissed it as "retarded." He lashes out angrily at anyone who personally disagrees with him. This level of reactivity is unprofessional for staff. Even in his likely response to post, he's likely to push back without any apology or politeness to me whom has been nothing but professional towards him throughout his ban that I administrated in good faith. That should say enough alone. As a staff member who's been here for nearly a year, I have zero notes on my account. He has over 30! A consistent pattern of bans and notes shows a lack of accountability or issues with emotional regulation which are essential for any staff member to have and maintain during their duties.

I guess you really do live up to your name.

so can i get unbanned now

what the fuck

irrelevant

Reminder that String made this staff app literally less than 12 hours after crashing out at AceAdmiral, Boosted, and me in general.

Andy will win this conflict by himself.

This just seems like everybody who doesn't like him -1ing, yet nobody has actual proof he cheated this time around, so perhaps we should wait before condemning the man.

Hi Tommy im the one who wrote the orders as it was brought to my attention that you as a felon had been arming whiteshirts who didn't have the proper licensing. Along with being arrested in your company suit multiple times after being told not to draw attention to yourself when wearing the company suit. When you joined the faction you accepted the risk of potentially being pked for violating Faction rules. The main reason you were deemed a liability was your willingness to arm whiteshirts who had been turned away for not having a gun license. When it comes to the Factions gun racket any potential liability gets dealt with asap as its the biggest legal source of income for the faction and anyone getting caught selling our firearms illegally can put the store at risk of being fined heavily or shutdown. Hope this clears things up for you and best of luck on your future endeavors.

Italian this, Italian that. WE NEED SOME MORE NON ITALLIAN FACTIONS Major +1 from me!

Your Character or Steam Name: secret https://steamcommunity.com/id/xsfqnn/, hasuki https://steamcommunity.com/id/HASUKI8980/ Your SteamID : Main STEAM_1:1:439522528 , ALT STEAM_0:1:166960026 Your Discord ID#: xsfqn , ese_. Reason for ban: Ban Evading Length of ban: Permanently Reason for appeal (dispute/apology): Hello me and my friend used to play a year ago, He stopped playing but I was hooked and continued playing alone. Originally as i remember I got banned for lying to staff and RDM it was a 2 day ban. But as I said I was hooked and didnt wanna stop playing so I tried to enter the server from alt accounts and got Perma banned. A while ago I was reminiscing about the times I had on the server and I realized how much I missed playing on the server. I completely understand why I got banned and my appeal being rejected after, I just want to say I am really sorry. And I promise I wont make the same mistakes again. Why should you be unbanned? : I miss playing on the server and do think I learned from my mistakes. And there isnt any similiar experience like this server on gmod. Loosing that made me realize I should be careful and accept punishment. I am really sorry and there is nothing else to say. Additional Information (images, videos, etc): https://divergenet.works/topic/1146-ban-appeal/#comment-6916

+1

+1 We really need this

+1 I have known them for a long time, and even though our relationship hasn’t always been perfect, I cannot overlook how they have consistently tried to help me and contributed to my understanding of right and wrong. I believe that sharing this quality with other players would benefit the server and set a positive example, which is why I am giving a +1.

+1 Looks like a valid app, why not

Not everyone got 19 mil sitting in their bank account bro..

+1

+1 Yeah, he might be messed up but it looks like he actually learned from it and regrets it. i think he deserves another shot. most of the people who get perma ban dont even bother coming back, but the fact he is opening tickets and trying this hard shows he gets what he did wrong and probably won’t do it again. I dont know him at all, but I got banned for the same mistake before, so I’d say give him another chance to prove himself.

Give him another chance man

WE need a mosque to be brought to the city.

+1 even monkeys come up with a good idea sometimes xD i think thats a good idea.

Yeah it makes it easy to pk them when they are escaping you we all love metagaming (being sarcastic +1)

I realized something, when youre wearing a mask, everyone in the same family can still see your face model in TAB, even if youve never shared your name (F3) with them. The fact that people who don’t even have your F3 can see your player model just because youre wearing a mask… doesnt make any sense in my opinion I dont have this guys name at all, and Im pretty sure he doesnt even know who the fuck I am lol I think it needs to be fixed.

There is already a setting for that. Just open your Q menu, go to the top right and click on Options, then you’ll see ‘Attachments’. Go in there and if you set ‘Attachment Locking’ and ‘Lose Atts. On Death’, it should fix it.

When we ran into each other behind Garrison, I was still wearing my mugging fit and, if im not mistaken, my mask was on too After that encounter, i switched everything up, and hours had already passed since the situation

Can you send me the clip of identifying me?

Im not tryna find a loophole at all This is my fifth time getting PK’d, and its the first time Im actually appealing one with all due respect, in my opinion this whole PK situation is straight up bullshit Y’all are the ones who need to admit you took the L on that mugging lol you camped in front of Garrison for more than 2 hours just to PK me I didnt lose anything on my character that I actually care about anyway. Like I said, it’s just that this whole situation ending in a PK doesnt make ANY sense to me, and Im here to stand on that bro like tf?

+1 Looks like a valid guy give him a chance

W idea +1

+1 I totally agree with his point, cops getting PK’d could use a bit more flexibility in the rules

-1 Nigga tf is that

+1 Looks like a solid application give him a chance!

Your ban appeal has been reviewed and accepted. The ban will be lifted from your account shortly. If it was deemed an invalid ban, it will also be removed from your record.

I’ve run into this guy a bunch of times, and I can say he’s funny asf. I don’t think he’s a troll at all from what I’ve seen, he’s active on the forum and Discord. In my opinion, he could be a great staff member for the community, so it’s a +1 from me. Good luck on your appeal! -Turkish Guy

+1/-1 Low playtime.

dont know why I get -rep for not knowing what to do exactly

My homie got so fucking mad he camed back with an valid idea to fix the issue, +1 this nigga is onto something bro.

gobble gobble is speaking facts ngl +1

Real niggas aint need no timer, they just sense it.

Why not? +1

So YOU'RE part of the reason there's a queue and connecting to the server at 8PM on a saturday isn't a skill, I've practiced TOO LONG on cookie clicker to perfect getting on my 2nd favourite incremental game (I love incremental games) basically first try #Worstdonever

W idea why not??? +1

makes sense for me +1

Hello, first of all i want to state i wasn't involved in the situation at all. But i wanted to argue that "Due to your behavior in the sit room, your punishment was needed to be bigger." You cant just extend somebody’s punishment based on the way they talk or the words they use. The only topic banned by UA here is “ERP”, besides that players aint obligated to respect nobody or talk all polite n proper. And considering the dude you banned is clearly not somebody who’d even raise NITRP suspicion, plus you literally admitted yourself that you extended the punishment because of his behavior, it’s kinda obvious the call you made wasnt really the right one. Now if the player bein disrespectful makes you wanna use your own judgement and hit him with the max punishment for the rule he actually broke, thats fully your right as staff. But you cant increase somebody’s punishment just cause they got emotional, mad, or started venting their feelings. I know you still pretty new to being staff and my intention aint to teach you your job or point fingers at your mistakes, I just wanted to respectfully say that I dont think the decision you made really lines up with the server rules. And in a situation this complicated and open to debate, where the player clearly wasnt intentionally doing RDM and doesnt even got a crazy record/history, banning him mainly because of the way he acted over the admin sit, just dont feel like the right move to me. Just wanted to put that out there. Wish both sides good luck on the appeal tho, much love n respect.

its been long enough since it happened i think everyone can make mistakes he deserves another chance why not +1

string is a good guy.

"Most cartels uphold a reputation for their public acts of violence, where we are going to take it to a more hidden and professional place. Instead of dressing like some thugs, our guys will present themselves as serious, legitimate businessmen." It just sounds like you guys just want to be a mafia faction in all but name. You cannot have a cartel faction without frequent public acts of violence and barbarity. If you are going to have a cartel faction, you have to commit to it. I get it, you aren't going to dress up as cholos or whatever. But at the same time, you have to dress like actual Narcos if you really want it to work. I mean, dressing up like "Some thugs" wouldn't be bad roleplay. And the whole legitimate businessmen thing you guys are aiming for. I don't really see it, true Narcos will act like Narcos. True Narcos will dress like Narcos. Best case scenario, it would work for the people in high command. But for street level guys, no. Most Narcos do their best to puff out their chests and let the whole world to not mess with them. The last thing they will do is have a cool and calm demeanor. I mean, the Mexican government had some cartel boss killed a few months ago, and a third of the country was in hell because the Narcos were killing random people out of pure spite. Imagine if I'm a new player and I see a cartel faction and think "That sounds cool, I wanna join them." Because I'm imagining all of the brutal cartel stuff that usually happens. But when I join, it's just mobsters. Instead of having people named Paulie or Louie eating spaghetti for whatever. It's gonna be people named Pablo and Adolfo eating tacos or whatever the fuck. But other than the small differences, it's just a mafia faction. I signed up for a cartel faction, not a mafia faction with the cartel name just slapped onto it. Then I think "Man, this is lame." Then I leave the faction, or God forbid, leave the server. That ain't good, now is it. Speaking of the faction, it's really impressive that your cartel has over 40 members already. However, it's a bit perplexing that I haven't heard of literally any cartel roleplay in the server. Not in character, not out of character. Not. A. Peep. If I were the one making this application, I would have included footage of my guys actually roleplaying with other members of the sever instead of scripted RP. All you guys have is a Narcos intro parody, and a fake interview. Shouldn't there be a little more RP? I understand, this is a new organization. But there should have been more roleplay prior to the posting of this application. More importantly, there should have been footage of said roleplay included in the examples. What is currently there, leaves a lot to be desired. That being said, I'm going to give this a -1 until you guys start acting like you are in the CARTEL and not just Colombozzini.