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^This guy is always on the elite's side.
Here's the scenario,
I let another community member get to me and I get a 7 day ban for profanity filter evasion. At the point of ban, I was stripped of my tittle and reduced down to "member" status. In that effect I felt like it was no longer a point in posting in the forums and being an active halo community member. No progression will ever be made, time in service no longer means a anything. I had been stripped of my dignity over an immature mistake and the ban to this day is glued to my profile and I see it every time I login.
I stopped reading the forums, stopped caring about was going on in the community because now, I look like any other guy that can't be trusted. Here and there I would login and check some of the forums just to see if there was anything interesting being talked about, but I literally found myself never responding.. never posting.. just watching. I'm no longer ashamed of my ban or moderation, I learned from it, now I watch from a third person perspective, but my involvement is limited.
I'll speak out, but only when necessary. I've seen the same conversations be brought up, predetermined there conclusions, and came to understand how the forums work and the perspective actual moderators have.
My point for saying all of this, is forgiveness.. not my tittle back. Just another chance to grow in the community. Yes a colored bar means nothing to some, but its meaning was given substance when it was programmed in to this site, if it meant nothing it wouldn't be here and no one would have a status. I won't mess up again, I hate to be punished for the same mistake twice and never have. I've gotten that off my shoulders, thank you for your time.