I was banned from sending and responding to PMs on 04/26/24 for a PM I sent on 08/15/23 which had the title "Fuck you" and the message "Title."
First and foremost, I acknowledge that I was entirely wrong in sending this PM.
Secondly, I would like to apologize to TL for using it as a medium for sending such messages to other members of this website.
Finally, I would like to appeal this restriction on my PM permissions. I think that the fact that I had not sent any PM of this nature in the many years prior or the many months after are factors indicative of the fact that it is was a one-off mistake. I am trying hard to not just give mere excuses for what we all know is unacceptable conduct, so suffice to say that I was going through a really, really rough time around August of last year. I can elaborate further if desired, but the most relevant aspect of this is that I realized that I had lost so much of what I loved and who I was, and one part of that was Brood War, and I blamed the recipient for a large part of why I no longer felt comfortable being a part of the foreign BW community.
That being said, ultimately it was my inebriated choice to send that PM, and that person has never outright said that I am no longer welcome nor wielded their power in order to stop me from participating. It all existed in my own - at that time slightly deranged - mind. So, I am solely responsible for this. I just wanted to provide context for why I sent what I consider to be an out-of-character message to someone.
As such, I request that the decision to ban me from sending or responding to PMs be reviewed in light on my tenure on TL over the past 10+ years as a whole. The most I can do is to promise to never send or post any similar abuse against anyone on this forum in the future, and apologize for having done so at a low point in my life last year.
Thanks for your time and consideration.
Best,
Jealous