basically the same as every year, but to recap:

you MUST post a reply to this thread if you want to participate. (if you want to include what kinds of items you like for your gift-giver, you may, it might be helpful)
this is just for my recordkeeping, if someone tells me in discord that they want to join, that message will be lost within the hour and i may forget. so you HAVE TO REPLY TO THE THREAD!!

Everyone should participate, even new players or people who cant think of something to give!
there are certainly items you can give which would be good gifts, and if everyone does, a lot less people will complain about the gifts they recieve (lol)

sometime in december, when there are "enough" participants, I'll randomly roll a name for each person.
You are their "Secret Santa" and will trade me the item you wish to gift to them, after I have DMed you their name on discord.

it is very very highly encouraged that the item you gift isn't "worthless" and you'd be happy receiving it in turn. If everyone gives really bad gifts- the whole event is moot.

these gifts will be handed out to the recipients after all have been recieved and once i ask around for a solid date that everyone should be available on.
Additionally, courtesy of myself and any other generous gifters who would like to contribute (DM ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE),
there will be a "BONUS GIFT" pool to ensure that no one receives a "bad" gift.

I'm going to be making a spreadsheet of all the items received to assure everyone that I'm not a scammer like always.
Feel free to DM me on discord at @pickle if you have any questions

Happy Gifting and remember to tell your friends to sign up!!

Steam Name (Current): Sunset City

Steam Name (During incident):ac4c666

Steam ID:Steam ID: 76561198110240252

Steam Profile Link:https://steamcommunity.com/id/ac4c666/

Name of staff you were banned by:Console

Length of the banermanent

Would you like your ban shortened or repealed?:repealed

Reason for ban:hacking (free to download aimbot)

Did you commit the actions stated in the ban reason?:yes and ive regretted

What really happened?:2016 i was a shitty 15 y/o went on low pop sandbox servers and just mindlessly used the aimbot on random things. its a decision i regret from today and went onto frg server.

Additional details:22 years old now and 6 years later i still regret the decision. i still see in my friends screenshots of the servers and each time remember and regret the mistake ive made. the server looks really fun and the puzzles and bosses look amazing, i wish could come back with everything having nothing at the start as want to make up for the shitty mistake ive made and come back to the community. 2023 and ive grown alot as a person and want to come back, ive seen the error of what ive done long before and been haunted by it. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Sorry John Smith,

But i feel i didn't explain my argument enough.
As seen in the ban appeal months ago i want to say sorry to the poor person that i harassed.
But as for this second appeal i want to further give reason for a second chance for myself.
At the time of ban i was about 14 years old. I was banned for extreme toxicity and targeted harassment.
I'm sure most people know that 12-15 year old males on the internet aren't the sharpest tool in the shed and are usually quite aggressive and toxic and i exemplified this. i was cruel and unjust. The person sheerly existed and that lit my fuse.
Again Unjust.
But i wish i could prove this to everyone in FRG that i have changed as a person within those 2 years. Funnily enough i am not too sure how i can prove other than just spending more time banned (most likely going to happen).
Two years to a young person can do a lot to them mentally because its quite a percentage of their overall experience. In these years i went to mental health care facilities because i was in a such deep depression (due to reason I'm not going to explain because that's just weird) . But i am going to say what depression does to an individual or at least what it did to me. It made always on edge, hateful, and overall non self-controlling. But since then i feel that i have changed for the better.
Again its hard to justify malice.
I want to say it was because i was extremely immature and ignorant for the fact that their is no other server or any other game out there really that even resembles something like FRG, Its something extraordinary that nothing can replicate.
But i'm going to say what i think is you're side of the argument.
"This Is obviously a lie"- If it is a lie hypothetically and then why would i go through all this effort to write an appeal like this ( You could just use chat gpt or sm shit) I'm not terribly sure how to prove that i typed this from sincerity. all i can say is that.
"Why should we even read let alone consider unbanning you?" Because i wish to exemplify that people can change, Even though overall this is just a gmod server its a place i can truly say its home away from home. Some people fail to see how somethings are incredibly important to others. I only remember happy memories with FRG.
"You are just going to rdm and harass people again if we unban you" Well then i guess all this effort was for nothing and that i'm just an idiot or something. I'm not insane no one in the right mind would go through all this effort just to prove a small tiny point of hatred towards some else .That's reverse flash amounts of petty.
Sincerely-SirMaldsAlot (ironically)
Poll: As a person who read this and atleast remembers someone resembling sirmaldsalot, can you say that i deserve a second chance?




TLDR: Two years can change a growing young adult and i feel i had grown quite a bit since the last time i played FRG.
Link to First Ban Appeal: https://forerunnergaming.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=10497


Steam Name (Current):SirMaldsAlot

Steam Name (During incident):AnnoyingOrangePorn

Steam ID:76561197971079267

Steam Profile Link:https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971079267/

Name of staff you were banned by:Brassx

Length of the ban: Permanent

Would you like your ban shortened or repealed?:Repealed

Reason for ban: Toxicity/targeted RDM/Harassment

Did you commit the actions stated in the ban reason?:
Yes
What really happened?:
I harrassed a poor individual to the extent of me checking all three toxicity boxes at once and got banned permanently because of my ignorance

Steam Name (Current): The Piss Lord

Steam Name (During incident): No clue

Steam ID:  STEAM_0:1:47040411

Steam Profile Link: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198054346551/

Name of staff you were banned by: Unknown (not in ban details)

Length of the ban: Perm

Would you like your ban shortened or repealed?: Either

Reason for ban: "bye" (yeah I know real helpful)

Did you commit the actions stated in the ban reason?: I did not commit bye

Additional details:

No clue as to why iv been banned, never even remember joining your servers, however there is a new gamemode on gmod that is owned by you and id like to check it out. I really could not tell you what I did but i doubt it worth a perm since I dont hack/exploit/break any UK/USA laws on any gmod servers and I doubt I engaged in anything considered hate speech. My best guess would be trolling since booze and a bit of trolling is funny af but I dont think its worth a perm eitherway.

Before you comment on my name, I have over 1000+ tf2 piss jars and people on tf2 find this coupled with my name very funny, its not meant to be toxic or sexual.

Current Steam Name: Shmiel

Steam Name During Incident: Shmiel

Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:485620490

Steam ID: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198931506709

Name of staff you were banned by: There wasn't a name in the ban, but I saw Leo in the server

Length of the ban: 365 days ( 1 year )

Would you like your banned shortened or repealed?: Either works but I would prefer it repealed

Reason for ban: I jokingly typed " I will rape you " to seus twice in chat. Im assuming it was that but it didnt say why I was banned.

Did you commit the actions stated in the ban reason?: Absolutely no, ask seus if you want

What really happened?: I typed "I will rape you" twice to seus in chat jokingly but didnt really specify that I was joking. I asked Leo if I can get banned for saying that and he said I can if I say it too many times. I didnt know at the time so I was muted and gagged. Then immediately around 10 minutes later banned for a year.

Additional details: I didnt even know I could be banned for that but uh sorry. I havent checked my warning for a while but I guess they were maxed out to be banned for a whole year. I havent played for a bit so mb.

P:S: I doubt any admin will actually use this but if you want to message me, Shmiel#4883 is my discord. Vizlat

SPOOKY SEASON IS UPON US!
That's right FRG Players, the anticipated FRG Halloween event is finally upon us. With it comes the new Seasonal Pass, new crates, tons of new items, new Inventory Search feature, and more!


The Crate

I moved away from having a Celestial this time (I don't want to overuse it), and instead opted for a wider assortment of items that have skill trees. Using the data from easter, everything has been re-balanced with all of that feedback in mind. Loot should be more plentiful now and rewarding (still subject to change).

• Added the new Seasonal Pass with the changes talked about above.
• Added the new Seasonal crates with the changes talked about above.
• Added many new discoveries.
• Brought back prior Halloween base weapons.
• Buffed Misery's End.
  • Gains more charges per orbs.
  • Allows you to gain orbs while already utilizing a buff.
  • Lowered cooldowns drastically.
    
• Buffed Grim's Beloved
  • Faster Firerate
  • Faster Projectiles
  • Projectile Tickrate is now 10x faster.
    
• Removed '100 random crates' from spin n win, revamped 50 random crates to have a chance at a rare pool of old crates.
• Added new "Bonus" chest to Spin N Win (see discord #changelogs for details).
• Secrets
  

Steam Name(Current): Simba

Age: 18

Current Rank: Member

Have you ever been banned and why: I don't believe I have.

Why would you like to be promoted?: I play a lot of PVE on the server, but I do go in to TTT when I see there's some people on. Usually when I do get on to play TTT there aren't a lot of mem+ people or staff to do rdm reports and whatnot.


Why do you think we should promote you?:I have almost 1300 hours on Gmod and 90% of it has been on FRG. I've played for a few years now and now that I'm in my own house I have more time to be on and help.

Do you have any administrative experience: I was an admin for a Mordhau server about 2-3 years ago. It was called Realm Of War. (RIP Mordhau)

Do you agree to FRG's policy on applications(yes or no): Yes.
(By agreeing above you are agreeing that you understand you are not entitled to said promotion, and that we have all rights to deny or approve the application
for any reason we see fit, you agree to not stir up any trouble if the application outcome is not your desired outcome.
Failing to abide by this can result in a full demote, or perma-denial.)

Additional Details: I do play mainly PVE on the server, but if I see or hear I'm needed on TTT I'll gladly go.

Steam Name(Current): Jek

Age: 25

Current Rank: Member

Have you ever been banned and why: No

Why would you like to be promoted?: I've spent quite a bit of time on FRG and figure it wouldn't be a bad idea to be able to help with stuff like reports on TTT.


Why do you think we should promote you?: Nearly 1700 hours spent across events and TTT, I like to think I get along with most people on here, and enjoy helping out new players when I can.

Do you have any administrative experience: No, but I'm really cool I promise.

Do you agree to FRG's policy on applications(yes or no): Yes
(By agreeing above you are agreeing that you understand you are not entitled to said promotion, and that we have all rights to deny or approve the application
for any reason we see fit, you agree to not stir up any trouble if the application outcome is not your desired outcome.
Failing to abide by this can result in a full demote, or perma-denial.)

Additional Details: :fox:

Steam Name(Current): Originalmind

Age: 22

Current Rank: Member

Have you ever been banned and why: no

Why would you like to be promoted?: I would like to help the server and feel like I play a pretty decent amount would like to be able to handle any situations when other staff or +members are not online.


Why do you think we should promote you?: I have 1000+ hours on FRG alone I've been a member of the community for a long time and would like to help people when needed.

Do you have any administrative experience: I do not have any experience but I'm a fast learner.

Do you agree to FRG's policy on applications(yes or no): Yes
(By agreeing above you are agreeing that you understand you are not entitled to said promotion, and that we have all rights to deny or approve the application
for any reason we see fit, you agree to not stir up any trouble if the application outcome is not your desired outcome.
Failing to abide by this can result in a full demote, or perma-denial.)

Additional Details: : I love FRG and the community and what Brass does with the server and as it improves I'd like to be apart of it.

Given how much different content there is spread across other servers and how many items and unique stuff you can fight and gain, I think a really cool addition would be something called

FRG Archives/Relics


Basically, this feature is a tab in the inventory that adds an interactive menu that adds an option to scroll between each different type of content like IOD, Trib, Lobby, Ostara etc...
and each type of Archive/Relic content area will contain different types of unlockables that each area provides. So when you do click on the let's say the Ostara card, it will take you to a new menu that will list everything you can find or unlock in that area, some things may be hidden until you find them. Below is a mock-up of what that menu can look like and its from Lost Ark, its simply an image that shows what Im thinking.



Below is the menu that it goes to when you do click on one of the cards above would look like. It is an example from Lost Ark and is more of an example image to get into what the suggestion is about, basically, it shows what each area has for unlockables and what you can find there in terms of Enemies, Collectibles, and Areas to explore. For an example of what this page would look like, let's use Ostara as an example, you would see all the different enemies in Ostara you can find, each floor/area you can find, and different unique items you can find here, and among the different things that you can add here that can be found in Ostara.
Also for each 10% you explore of that server, you get a reward, so each server would show a reward up for 100% so 10 rewards in total and each reward will be unique to that server, more info on that in the extra info below.




PS: The name of this feature and the images are merely an example and are not meant to be taken as what the feature would look like or named like in FRG.


Extra Info: Why add something like this? Well, it would add a more rewarding system for your effort in grinding even if you're not getting the drops you want, even if you are grinding on a certain server of content, during the grinding process you are unlocking and exploring the FRG Relics/Acrhives, and each big step you have rewards, a unique item or something related to that type of content. For example for Grims, for each 10% of that content you explore, you are rewarded something, so maybe a grim unique item like the pouches or the unique grims gem used to add a trait to your weapon, things like that.