I feel like you sum up my thoughts on this pretty well. This appeal brings up a lot of emotions for me. While you did break several rules of this community after your ban, and certainly chose to associate with some people who are less than popular figures within the server, your initial ban was not correct. I remember seeing you got banned at the time and wondering why, as I knew you weren’t in-game for the doc leak. In the time since your ban, you alted, much of the time being a productive member of the server and not really causing much trouble. This, in combination to reaching out to those you could from the server to apologize for your actions and seek forgiveness, really shows how you seek to be a productive member of the server. People have appealed for worse actions in the past, and given how the reason this appeal is more difficult is due to your actions after what I feel was an unjustified ban, for a person much younger than me who might not know how to handle that situation, leads me to want to give you a chance.
I know some individuals on this server might not be willing to give you a chance, but those are the same people who act like that a lot of the time, and don’t acknowledge that people change, and that this is a game after all. I’ve heard that several of those that your friend group wronged the most have accepted your apology and been willing to allow you back into the server, and that really shows what matters here. I think most people should believe you can change from a few bad mistakes, and given how I have kept up with you a bit and played some games with you in the past few months, I know that at heart you’re a good person who just wants to redeem himself.
If this was really about just getting to play the server, you could’ve just kept alting. I think, and from what you’ve told me, that this is about clearing your name and making things right. I can certainly respect that, and I am beyond excited to see you back on the server and putting in the kind of work you did back when we were in ARF together in 501st. +1 give the dude a chance.