Hi,
I've begun writing a very long appeal, but it was becoming a messy wall-of-text. I'm going to write a short appeal here to test the waters. If it is denied, I will post a much more detailed appeal in a month or two (or whenever I am allowed to)
The TL;DR is this: beginning in about summer 2011, I became totally absorbed in MCPublic, to the detriment of my personal life. I spent 99% of my time alone, didn't return calls/texts, lost almost all the friends I had, ended up repeating a year at university, and was diagnosed with moderate-severe depression. When I quit MCPublic, the proverbial dam broke, and I took out all my repressed anger and frustration on the one community that had helped me through the most difficult time in my life by far. I used every tool at my disposal to create difficult situations for staff, then tried to point out their incompetency in an utterly misguided attempt to show how right I was.
I was wrong. While I still harbour doubts about the direction MCPublic is taking, I'm predominantly hopeful given the changes that have taken place over the past two months. My role on r/barneygale has been to report existing controversy, rather than create it. I have on occasion evaded my ban, and this should of course be taken into account in the response to this appeal. I hope I can be judged on my actions, rather than the opinions I hold. If appropriate, I will be happy to accept a length of time after which I can appeal again.
I am appealing my subreddit and IRC bans, with the hope to use this as a stepping-stone an an in-game unban.
Thank you for your consideration.
Barney Gale