Accepted Captain_Twinkies - Ban Appeal

Additional In Game Names: Captain_Twinkies

When you were banned: Over a year ago.

Reason for ban: Duping

Ban Length: Permanent

Staff member who issued ban: DianeB72

What have you learned and why should we trust you to do better? Hey. It’s Captain Twinkies. It’s been quite a while I guess. I really don’t know where to start. I’ve first joined in December of 2013 and have been a quite active player on MeepCraft. I’ve tried to make as many friends as possible and try to keep to the rules. I eventually applied for Helper and got accepted, but screwed that up, never got over that. Then, out of shame, I got myself perm banned on purpose so I would force myself to leave with honor, I was a wee dramatic at the time. And now here we are again.


I’ve not really planned on returning after my duping fiasco, but I was just overcome with nostalgia that I knew I had to appeal. I made so many friends over almost three years of my experience at MeepCraft. I’ve had so much fun running town's, meeting people, talking to people on TeamSpeak, and so on. I’ve learned to be a better, friendlier, and more open person through MeepCraft, that I know. I remember on Christmas, I would stay up all night DJing for Cooleysworld, Diane, and other MeepCelebs while we played MeepCraft. That is a clear and happy memory I have. I remember when Cooleysworld and another Mod were rapping to an instrumental beat that I had on. That was fun.


Through my entire experience at MeepCraft, I’ve led towns, nations, raiding groups, cults, countless drop parties, and more. I’ve dedicated so much of my free time into one game, one server, that I was and still am somewhat a part of it. Without sounding like a pretentious buffoon, I can physically feel it calling me. I absolutely craved MeepCraft whenever I came back from school, from church, from the gym, from a vacation, etc. When I discovered the wondrous application called MineChat, I couldn’t do without it. I would always load up the server on MineChat and /home tower to my Luxury Tower get home and just /g chat from there. I would just chat and chat, just simply because, I admit, I am an addict. I am and still am addicted to MineCraft and MeepCraft in general. I lurk the forums sometimes to just see what I’m missing, the tomfoolery of my mistakes, the hubris of my decision to dupe.


I got overboard. My judgment got the better of me. When I discovered the dupe, I was absolutely flooded with possibilities. I knew I would be able to rebuild my empire before when I was a Helper, I just couldn’t give it up. I greatly regret that fateful moment when I discovered the dupe. If it wasn’t for that day, that night, I probably would still be playing on MeepCraft, having fun with the wonderful MeepCommunity. I am absolutely sorry for my mistakes. I went completely overboard. I understand now, having fully scoped my actions, that my duping doesn’t just affect me, it affects everyone. It has the power to crash the economy itself, and that is not right. It was wrong for me to dupe, it’s horrendous what could have happened if it continued. I only ask for forgiveness, in that I now fully understand what my actions could take on the server as a whole.


My history isn’t all that great. I’ve been demoted as a Helper for an unfortunate drop party incident, banned for a fake chargeback, and banned for duping. I know it looks like crap. Why should I be allowed to return? Why should my mistakes be overlooked? I can understand that the staff will have these questions.
Look, there is nothing to do but to say that I have learned my lesson and that I fully understand what my mistakes were and how to avoid them. I cannot undo my previous actions, they were of yesterday’s version of me. All I ask is that you guys recognize that I fully believe, from my own perspective, that I have changed. People always say they have changed and understood what they did wrong, but sometimes that isn’t the case. I’m here to say that isn’t the case. I really have changed for the better. My former self was a hormone filled ego-crazed high school freshmen who really didn’t know what he was doing. Like most of us, we all go through an era in our lives that we always look back and cringe. The catalytic period in our lives that eventually leads to our maturation and adulthood but creates mud puddles along the way to fruition. We can all admit we have been foolish, unwise, and brash in some period or time in our lives, especially during teenage years.


My argument for my unban is that the factual reality of our own corruptibility and maturational stages as people. We are all susceptible to being allured through money or power. We all have stages in our lives where we are still undeveloped, whether mentally or physically. I ask not to forgive my former self but to give new life to my current self. My past is riddled with grime and crust but I will strive to be clean and willing to be good as my current self. Enough with philosophical blabber, I just really miss MeepCraft. I cannot really rationalize why I love and am attracted to MeepCraft so much, but just the fact that I crave it. In lieu of ignoring and hiding my desire to come back, I’ve finally taken up the courage to write this severely long appeal that I doubt anyone would want to read anyways. I do thank you for lasting this long into my appeal.


I will always try to watch my actions and be aware of my behaviors. I am truly sorry for duping and I fully recognize the impact it has.


Thank you,


Twinks.

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