Honestly, I haven't really read the responses. I read the OP to give my own feedback towards it. Now, I was completely against lorewipe prior July 2017 and had a very closed mind. Now I would love a lore wipe however some of my concerns are the following: People are going to leave official lore groups after two weeks to fuck them over It's going to be the same issues aka stalemate as I call it. After a few months it's going to go back to the same issues. People will attempt to powergame lore factions (like they did aka "The UN killed my child" 1 month into the apocalypse) Now again, I'm all for a lore wipe however Livonia has just came out and I wish to give it a few months for players to get used to the map before wiping. If we are roleplaying the lore in the future, we will need to understand how the roads work. But storylines are building in Livonia right now and it'd be a shame to just wipe it so soon or sudden. Disallowing groups from the lore is a bit mixed for me. When looking at 'unique groups' it's difficult to say "You cannot make a group that is anyway shape or form the same via goals or even story of how you are a band of survivors being a community or trade centre." Perhaps disallow very large or popular groups. Or even ones that got accepted so people can alter the concept ideas of groups that never got approved for the new lore. Personally not a big fan of this. I enjoyed the fact that the two countries were so split to have seperate lores. This is probably me being close minded again however the civil war does sound intriguing and could build a storyline against the CDF and LDF (for those who play the characters with that in their background). I don't really want to comment on the roadmap, personally, no offence. It does not interest me in the slightest so my opinion or comment won't matter. It's for those who actually want to enjoy the server. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest. I think the timejump will be confusing for new comers. And the fact everyday comes by, like tomorrow is our future, we cannot forsee. The closer we get to our future I think will influence how we will play or act. Newcomers will get confused as some tend not to properly read the lore or go off on their own tangent. (Not saying all, just some). Roleplay would seem a little unnatural such as people wanting to RP as a group who have known each other for 5 years since the apocalypse but then it's making up stories about them and they have to go with it etc but it never really happened making it a little harder to RP unless they are very VERY close friends. I like the second suggestion most. Though again, my worries of how the UN will be portrayed of being lazy and being blamed etc is a bit boring now. If it happened the 3rd time and people cried about nothing changing, that's on them in my opinion. Loremasters will have to focus with people who want to work on the lore, I remember it was very difficult when operating the ground zero mission with the UN it took us 2 1/2 to get bullet pointed information cause one LM wouldn't respond and the other was at work. I hope things work a lot differently on the second option.

Think of it in this way to help your mentality out: Roleplay out your character like it was real life. You don't like someone, find a reason to walk away. But other than that, this is a roleplay server. You can't just avoid them because you don't like them OOCly or because you're salty of what they have done ICly. IC is IC. OOC is OOC. You can't just avoid roleplay. Some people go to the extreme where they just log off which is a rulebreak. Others just pretend they cannot hear you which is also a rulebreak unless of course your character is deaf and makes actual sense to not acknowledging people. // is for emergency purposes or progressing. You cannot go //I don't want to roleplay with you. As it seems childish. Hide on the map? Go to another country? Make a new character? You can avoid people still by giving roleplay. It's a case by case scenario. You can freely whisper and walk away. But if they attempt to roleplay with you, you simply cannot ignore it and just log or whatever. If you're a hostage and you don't respond via VOIP or emotes and they demand you to talk, can be classed as BadRP / NVFL. Again, it's a case by case basis. If none of these solutions help, perhaps this isn't the server for you.

Welcome boys

Myself with Chapter & Verses

Link to the source of punishment (report/post): Why the verdict is not fair: It is and is not fair in my opinion. Additional statements/comments explaining your point of view: When I was a gamemaster, I remember we discussed about the F1 animation and being able to use a radio. Since I had a long hiatus in August for personal reasons as well, unless I missed something I do not know. I honestly thought it was allowed and wouldn’t wish to do it in a malicious intent. I cannot clearly remember if there was on the ANNOUNCEMENTS tab nor the CLICK THIS TO PLAY AND READ THE RULES BEFOREHAND. Unless I am being completely forgetful, I do apologise. As written in the report: As much as it argues, if I had a malicious intent to break the rules, I would've also not doublemic'd and just told my boys all together on discord. This shows my intent on following the rules and my lack of knowledge of the rule. However since I learnt about it in this report, I stated before and I will state again, will never happen again (unless of course there is a rule change and my dumb ass reads it this time). What would you like to achieve with this appeal: I would like to make it aware if we are going to make trials permanent to add it in an announcement or “A rule has been added, please read and click acknowledge to play”. The change of the rule was in the suggestions tab and I could've completely missed it. I am not blaming staff nor Roland for any part but it is a suggestion. However, I would like my ban removed and to keep my points. I made a mistake that I unknowingly did. Which I will not repeat again. This is the first time in 5 years I have ever received an in-game ban on the server and shows my intent to follow the rules is my intentions clearly. I believe it was an honest mistake on my own half due to the miscommunication of added rules behind the scenes and I should've attempted to reread the rules again when I had come back from my personal hiatus. What could you have done better?: I could of: re-read the rules again. Make sure I am fully aware of what has been added and check every month. I have realised that using the F1 animation and talking on the radio is not permitted anymore and will not be making the same mistake in the future. Also read any announcements for new rules that have been added (like I normally do). Reread the rules again coming back from my personal issues in August hiatus instead of fully assuming that I know the rules I think are still the same. When captured, realise I cannot use the F1 nor F2 animation to double mic as it is metagaming.

Oh jesus... I've played: An Irish Spiritualist that did palm reading and tarot cards. A doctor with psychogenic stuttering who worked for the WHO A kid with psychogenic amnesia. A CDF marksman with schizophrenia. An Irish Journalist. A Londoner Red Cross doctor. A psychopathic BDSM vampire Chernarussian A multiple personality disordered girl. A translator. A person with severe anxiety and trust issues.

It's great to know my real life grandad was an everton fan and a true Edinborough grandad. Haha, Much love dude, I enjoyed it! (I support all colours)

Filomena takes her radio. "Calm down Lucas. It's alright to have other settlements." She chuckles a little. "I get competition and all but so long as people are genuinely safe, that's all anyone should care about. I do agree on the good intentions. Last settlement we tried to make a treaty with turned out they were plotting a hit and run on us all. So... Let's hope nothing resorts to similar issues... The giveaways are a nice touch... I may have to steal that idea.... I kidd! I kidd!"

Listen! Tomophobia is a legit thing! And yes, that one female thank you Lenny