Name: Zen
Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:94216966
Previous Rank (convert if required): Senior Moderator
Who demoted you?: I haven't been told - possibly SSL?
Date of demotion?: Unknown - I was permanently blacklisted from staff and was only told of this when I tried to make a resignation appeal. I haven't been told when this occurred.
What server were you demoted from?: SCP UK
What is the case against you?:
According to @Sven Sky in Discord DMs:
Is this true?: To a large extent, yes.
Prior to this demotion, have you ever been demoted?: No. I wasn't demoted at all, I was blacklisted post resignation.
Have you ever been kicked/warned/banned?: No.
What is your side of the story?:
I fully admit that I was rude a lot of the time when criticising staff/SL/Content Team decisions after resigning due to being unable to keep up activity requirements. While I feel like a lot of the criticism I gave was valid, I was needlessly rude and insulting a lot of the time when giving it, and sometimes was just outright insulting without actually giving any specific criticism. I have stopped doing altogether so after being insulted back by Yeke in a discussion about a recent change (regarding the removal of staff escalations).
In some instances, I was also needlessly argumentative with SL/CT regarding some decisions. Some of my criticisms were warranted and fair, but some were needlessly hostile and/or just extended past what was sensible (i.e. continuing to argue about it even once it becomes clear that SL/etc. are not going to change their minds and there isn't anything I can do about the decision).
Why should you return / what will you change?:
Regardless of whether I return, I intend to no longer be hostile or rude when attempting to provide criticism. It isn't necessary, it's rude, and it doesn't get me anywhere. I will still provide feedback/criticism/questions where I think it makes sense or I disagree with certain things, but I will no longer do so in the manner that I have done on various occasions over the past several months, and will not try to continue arguments and the like past when it becomes clear that it will not have any useful impact. I will also just generally try to not let things get to me like I have on some occasions - I might strongly disagree with SL/CT on some topics regarding the server, but at the end of the day, it's a Garry's Mod server, and it's unfortunately not a democracy, so there's nothing I can really do beyond provide my own viewpoints and suggestions and just let things go as they go.
I do wish to return to staff and Content Team in the future if possible - I had a lot of fun helping people out, dealing with people ruining things for others, and taking part in the Content Team discussions/decisions and the like, and I would like to do it again. I did have some issues with how certain things were done, though I believe a fair amount of them have since changed, and generally with some of the things that I have brought up in the past, I was just kind of being more dramatic than was necessary. If I do become staff again, I would also generally be more professional, as I had back when I was staff previously, on top of the changes I've already mentioned previously.
Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:94216966
Previous Rank (convert if required): Senior Moderator
Who demoted you?: I haven't been told - possibly SSL?
Date of demotion?: Unknown - I was permanently blacklisted from staff and was only told of this when I tried to make a resignation appeal. I haven't been told when this occurred.
What server were you demoted from?: SCP UK
What is the case against you?:
According to @Sven Sky in Discord DMs:
Ah yes you have been permanently blacklisted due to your toxicity towards the Staff Team and the Server Content when something gets denied. As they put in a lot of work and discussion during meetings it disheartens them when someone insults them because of their joint decision. As of that NL had approved a Permanently blacklist from staff for your behaviour a few months ago. If you view your Appeal you can see Hollands message he sums the reason up pretty well there on why you have been blacklisted.
Is this true?: To a large extent, yes.
Prior to this demotion, have you ever been demoted?: No. I wasn't demoted at all, I was blacklisted post resignation.
Have you ever been kicked/warned/banned?: No.
What is your side of the story?:
I fully admit that I was rude a lot of the time when criticising staff/SL/Content Team decisions after resigning due to being unable to keep up activity requirements. While I feel like a lot of the criticism I gave was valid, I was needlessly rude and insulting a lot of the time when giving it, and sometimes was just outright insulting without actually giving any specific criticism. I have stopped doing altogether so after being insulted back by Yeke in a discussion about a recent change (regarding the removal of staff escalations).
In some instances, I was also needlessly argumentative with SL/CT regarding some decisions. Some of my criticisms were warranted and fair, but some were needlessly hostile and/or just extended past what was sensible (i.e. continuing to argue about it even once it becomes clear that SL/etc. are not going to change their minds and there isn't anything I can do about the decision).
Why should you return / what will you change?:
Regardless of whether I return, I intend to no longer be hostile or rude when attempting to provide criticism. It isn't necessary, it's rude, and it doesn't get me anywhere. I will still provide feedback/criticism/questions where I think it makes sense or I disagree with certain things, but I will no longer do so in the manner that I have done on various occasions over the past several months, and will not try to continue arguments and the like past when it becomes clear that it will not have any useful impact. I will also just generally try to not let things get to me like I have on some occasions - I might strongly disagree with SL/CT on some topics regarding the server, but at the end of the day, it's a Garry's Mod server, and it's unfortunately not a democracy, so there's nothing I can really do beyond provide my own viewpoints and suggestions and just let things go as they go.
I do wish to return to staff and Content Team in the future if possible - I had a lot of fun helping people out, dealing with people ruining things for others, and taking part in the Content Team discussions/decisions and the like, and I would like to do it again. I did have some issues with how certain things were done, though I believe a fair amount of them have since changed, and generally with some of the things that I have brought up in the past, I was just kind of being more dramatic than was necessary. If I do become staff again, I would also generally be more professional, as I had back when I was staff previously, on top of the changes I've already mentioned previously.