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Mercy is a word for priests. It is their prerogative to negotiate with God and beg God for your forgiveness. But we are not in the church. One must take responsibility for one's actions. And as our esteemed global moderator hilariousandco said to another forum user:
It won't be unbanned. Create a new account and don't do the same thing again.
If he had done that right away, he would have already made himself a new Legendary account in 4 years.
P.S. This is not advice. It's a statement of fact
Redemption is another word used by priests: "The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil".
I'm not sure whether he is allowed to create a new account since I think I remember that a rule in the forum states that a ban for an account applies to all accounts of the same person. Although I may be wrong, because he has created a new alt and he is still writing from it.
But, continuing with the beginning of my post, in the case he was allowed, walking the road of ranking up a brand new account from zero could be interpreted by me as an effort worthy of redemption. It is just that, as you said, he hasn't even tried it: it takes way less work.
Anyway, good luck GreatOrchid, I think you've learned your lesson and I don't wish ill on anyone. Maybe I would have been a good priest, had it not been for the chastity thing.