Hey, so, here's a few things that I felt I should absolutely tell you all about. Well, I sort of got banned? I don't really know what happened, but I got banned for the first time 3 days ago. I came home, sat down on the couch, logged in, and... Yeah. They IP banned me. What for? I don't know. Why am I here right now? I'll get to that. Did I appeal? Yes. I sent a ban appeal to Scratch as all they did was give me a case number and never specified the reason I was banned. I decided i would wait until they responded to my inquiry. Just this afternoon, they did. And I was unbanned. The team member that lifted it was very understanding and simply asked me if I still endured any issues with accessing the site. I responded that I did not, and thanked them. But here's the thing: I have multiple issues with this. 1. They didn't tell my why I was banned. Therefore, I can't figure out what guideline I broke, so if it's something that's against the guidelines in a project, I don't know what it is so I can't fix it. 2. This is the first time I've gotten banned, ever. And what could've been a permanent ban no less! From what I've heard, typically it's 3 strikes and you're out. Temporarily banned once, Temporarily banned twice, three times, permanent. I've been on this site for nearly 5 years, and have never gotten banned once, why did they just now IP ban me? Anyway, this is not at all, under any circumstances, an encouragement to attack the Scratch Team. Do not harass them at all. What happened was a mistake, and I am unbanned now so attacking them is completely pointless. I do not need anyone to get upset on my behalf./srs But because of this ban scare, I've honestly got to say: My activity level has been low recently. I keep going on hiatus and I've been clinging to the site for so long when I've got almost nothing to do but a few MAP parts, and because of this might as well just leave. Now. No more waiting. If I don't know what I did wrong, then if I just don't get back on the site there won't be anymore trouble, correct? I won't be leaving entirely though, I plan on finishing up MAP parts and just popping in from time to time. My activity won't take a complete halt. Now, onto the apology part... I signed up for lots of MAPs. I can't even remember all of them, I give myself plenty of ways to keep track of everything and I don't use them. I sign up for a project, I promise I will come through on my end, only for me to ghost the project host and never show any work, and I'm going to say what I should've said so many times. To every single MAP host I have never shown any progress to, I owe you a sincere apology for offering my service in your projects and never following through. I shouldn’t be making empty promises, and because of that, I would like to be dropped from the project. If I am never going to show any progress, clearly someone else who can follow through is much more deserving of the spot./gen If I am a participant in one or more of your MAProjects and my work is past it's due date and i still I have never shown any progress, please let me know and I will apologize, and decide on whether or not I want to keep the part. Please drop me from all MAPs except for the following: Cabinet Man by @RabbitShabbat Kleptomaniacrow by @-MaquentaReverse- Cabinet Man by @Vinineon Lifetime Achievement Award by @1219lottle Cabinet Man by @MatthewMarshOnCS Trypophobia by @MatthewMarshOnCS Thank you for listening, Sincerely, -Taz
