Your in-game name: 'Outback' [ANZAC-1]
Your SteamID: STEAM_0:1:440188273
Your steam community link: https://steamcommunity.com/id/balanos
Date of blacklist: 29/08/2025
Who blacklisted you (if known): John Doe
To the best of your knowledge, why were you blacklisted: Cheating
List any times you have used methods to change or hide your IP: Maybe used a VPN once, I am not entirely sure.
List any alt accounts: My second account that does not have or play Garry's Mod:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199482542695/
Prior to this, have you ever been warned/kicked/banned/blacklisted: Only ever been banned. It was for keycard abuse + job abuse (1 day ban)
What will you do to stop this from happening again: Not cheat.
Why should you be unblacklisted: First and foremost, I tried to reach out to someone to get a proper understanding of what exactly my blacklist was for (more specifics or type of cheating), so I can address the situation properly but I was told to resort to here. Around the time of my blacklist was when the issues within A-1 came and association stuff was brought up, along with some allegations. I am not entirely sure if this was a on the spot thing, but according to John Doe it is known I frequently cheat on Civil Networks. At first, it was a "I know what you do and this is your final warning", which was quickly escalated to a "You're getting blacklisted". When I asked for any specifics or proof of me cheating, he replies with a "Na, appeal... Watch it be denied". The way he was responding to my messages felt unhelpful and unprofessional, especially from a Super Admin, and made it far more difficult for me to even write a proper amnesty. Due to these responses, I chose to speak to an SL about the situation. They also seemed to be confused on the matter and did not believe in these allegations.
On top of this, John Doe also went ahead and removed 3 other people from A-1 due to these allegations, which NL quickly undid. I am confused as to why and what made this conclusion of me cheating, and why it was so sudden. If what John Doe says is true, why not blacklist me earlier rather than at the same time as the allegations?
Upon further asking about specifics, such as how old the "evidence" is as he said he knew for a while, his response is "I thought you never cheated on our servers". How is me asking about the date of the evidence a confession to me cheating? In all honesty, it really doesn't make sense.
Finally, I was accused of "document nuking", straight after I was blacklisted. I opened the roster to see who they had removed along side me, checking the discharged tab. Upon opening this tab, I was given the refresh page because permissions were edited/removed. How can I be accused of something when clearly nothing had changed on the roster? You can go through the history and see nothing had been edited at all.
With all this being said, I urge someone to please show me the "evidence" of me cheating. I have not done anything wrong, and I believe the claims of evidence were an attempt to coerce a confession out of me regarding something I haven't done. I do not believe this is a fair treatment to a player of Civil Networks who has been around for almost 3 years.
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