06-17-2023, 10:10 PM
While I have my doubts, I have some objective feedback, as someone who is responsible for easily 1/3 of Timbo's punishments (gags, bans, etc) over the years:
+1 unban w/ PGag
Neutral to unban w/o PGag
Timbo I'm glad to hear you are doing better for yourself.
- Timbo's primary issue, bar nothing else, was primarily micspam - an external/annoyance that doesn't affect gameplay when in dead chat/pre/post round. I will attest that Timbo usually didn't micspam or played topical soundboards very sparingly during the actual round.
- Timbo has been permanently banned since October of 2021, and has his last alt account banned in July of 2022 - a full year prior to this appeal.
- Timbo's ban history includes 7 micspam bans (ranging from a few days to a few weeks), an old Mass RDM ban (check his forum posts for details about RDM via incen), and 1 or 2 RDM and leave bans. He does NOT have 14 bans as the ban tracker suggests, as some of those bans are mistakes/rebans or reductions.
- This ban history does NOT include the lengthy and extensive history of warnings, gags, kicks, etc that staff have had to serve Timbo with over the years.
- Timbo did alt evade for a few months in 2022 via STEAM_0:1:645489460, which included a day ban from me for god-knows-what (though if memory serves the day ban was self-requested), before his permanent ban once alt evasion was confirmed.
- Even though his appeal seems short, content is what matters, not length. His short explanation seems sincere, and frankly even goes beyond what an appeal should probably contain. It obviously doesn't justify his actions, but it does help explain them.
- Timbo's ban is the gold standard of "fuck around and find out." However, I think a full year of being completely off the server is punishment enough.
- Probably the most relevant point I can make here, Timbo's ban for micspam predates the availability of the permanent gag. I think getting Chibill/Bryan to add a PGAG to Timbo upon unbanning solves the vast majority of his issues.
- As for any issues of Timbo's past toxic behavior, which was occasional but did manifest at times, well only time will tell. We've kept worse people around.
+1 unban w/ PGag
Neutral to unban w/o PGag
Timbo I'm glad to hear you are doing better for yourself.
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