In-Game Name: James_Hopkins, Stanford_Pines, James_Atwood

IP Address: 51.37.46.253

Why you were banned: Deathmatching.

When were you banned: January 12th, 2017.

Who (if applicable) banned you: Bailey

Why should you be unbanned? (Please write at least one well thought out paragraph): So I'd just like to start off this appeal by saying sorry. Over the course of 2016, I have made many mistakes. During this year, I would constantly troll the forums and troll in-game because I had nothing better to do, and I felt that's the only thing I could have fun with at the time. I've now realised the consiquences, and the reality of trolling and rulebreaking. By trolling, whether it be the forums, or in game, is looked down in negatively. Trolling is bad for a community such as Moving Target Gaming, as it portrays a bad image to any new-comers onto the server. December 19th, I made multiple troll threads for fun. Me, at the time somehow thought these were a good idea to post, but they weren't. By posting these silly threads which I thought were harmless, I ended up just bringing the image of MTG down for new players. I was banned for a month for my Trolling. During the first one or so days, I was pretty annoyed about it. After spending a month banned from the forums, I now fully understand what I was doing wrong. My ban message told me that I would be banned until January 19th, and I was told I should start behaving in 2017. After my forum ban, I began to understand what I was doing wrong. During this time, I bought Dillimore Tavern. I began to do bartender roleplay, in an attempt to clean up my act and behaviour on MTG. I actually enjoyed that roleplay very much, and I began to roleplay more and more often. During this time I began to speak with my cousins over teampseak, and we decided to kill this person as they had previously shot at my car. We did the kill, and as we went to leave I saw Flynn Barlow (Luks) watching us. At the time I panicked and just decided to shoot him. I now realise that I approached that situation in an invalid manner, and from my ban I now realise that it was infact against the rules. This was a slip up for me, and it was a stupid mistake. I should have never shot at Flynn in the first place, and I truely apologise. In 2017, I would like to make an attempt to stop my trolly behaviour in-game and on the forums. Since my unban from the forums, I have refrained from acting silly and posting useless statuses that would just make the community look worse. I understand what I've done wrong here, and I can't do much more than apologise for what I've done. I am requesting a second chance, to prove that I can roleplay to a high standard without breaking any rules, or acting in a trolly manner. I would like 2017 to be a year of redemption for me, and a year of serious roleplay. I would like to apologise to the admin team who've had to deal with my previous behaviour, and too Luks who was effected by the rule broken. If I were to be unbanned, I would put more time into creating/participating in more serious, well-thought roleplay. I hope to re-join the PD one day, and I think setting that goal for my unban would motivate me more, as I would be working towards a bigger role on the server. If I were to be unbanned, I would also put alot more time into roleplaying to a high standard, and in my opinion by doing a nice amount of roleplay in Dillimore Tavern I would further my roleplay skills. I have been on other roleplaying servers during my time of being banned, and I am gaining a better knowledge/understanding of roleplay, rules and just general controlled behaviour in a community. I hope that 2017 can be a year to clear my record. I understand that I've made mistakes in my past on the server, and I would really like to fix those mistakes, and begin some new roleplay. I would also enjoy making my own Private Organisation in Dillimore, or perhaps I would join Dalton's gang. I have read over the server rules, and I am now ready to roleplay seriously on the server. I would also like to thank the admins in a sense for banning me from the forums, as it gave me time to think about my actions and behaviour in the community, and after looking over the past year I am not happy with how I was presenting myself on the server. I am capable of roleplaying, but in my recent 6-8 months I have not been particularly fond of roleplaying to my full capability. I know this might not be an easy call to make, but if I were to be unbanned I can sincerely promise a change in behaviour. If the unban does not follow through, I will still work on controlling my behaviour, and before posting statuses/threads which could be trolly, I will think to myself "What are the negative outcomes here? Why am I even posting this thread?" etc. So please, I am requesting a second chance, and a second chance to roleplay on the server again. I can promise that I will not bring any trolly behaviour/roleplay back into the server, and I am well past that stage at this point. I now understand after the time I spent banned from the server that breaking rules impacts the server negatively. By breaking rules, it could potentially draw away new players, who would just assume that the server has no order, and anyone can just break rules. In some cases, this could influence players to begin the rulebreaking themselves. That would not be a good thing for our community, and would lead to less players active on the server, afraid they might lose their possessions to Deathmatching. I understand it has not been extremely long since my in game ban, but I feel as if the time I have spent has truely given me some time to reconsider my behaviour on the website. In conclusion, I apologise to the administrator team, for the negative image I have displayed on the forums over my time here, and I am requesting a second chance to come back and get involved with some serious roleplay. I apologise to Luks again, as he was effected by the rule I broke to get banned in the first place. Thank you for reading my application, and I really hope it can be considered. If an admin would like to ask me any more questions etc. I am willing to answer them below. Thank you for your time.