ARTDEAL3R requesting a pardon for lying to customers

• Your profile link: @ARTDEAL3R
• All of your Sythe Accounts: @ARTDEAL3R
• Report/post/reason that got you banned: artdealer openosrs script hack
• Proof of contacting victims for repayment or repayment of victims: N/A
• Anything you weren't banned for but want to confess to now: N/A
• Detailed description of the events that took place and why you think we should forgive you:

I was selling a CoX scouter plugin for the OpenOSRS client for a few months. The above thread was posted accusing me of hacking him for a lot of wealth from my plugin. I was informed by 2 people back in July that they were hacked and due to me wanting to scope the situation out a bit more and save face, I lied to them and said nobody else had gotten hacked. It was selfish of me but I wanted to not lose potential business over something I knew I had nothing to do with. I did my best to assist both customers with finding out what happened to them. I genuinely don't know. I didn't break any rules that I am aware of and I rely on Sythe for a lot of income so it's frustrating I am being punished so severely for something I didn't do.

I believe I should be forgiven because my reputation has already been damaged severely. After voting time on the pardon, an additional 3 months will be very tolling on me going in to the Christmas season (I won't even be able to participate in the revered Christmas Competitions!). I was as transparent and communicative as possible with the report, and I have a lot of people abusing me every day and accusing me of being guilty of something I didn't do. I've lost confidence in being able to provide plugins in the future, and have lost a lot of my once-had respect in the community. I really would like to return to being a pinnacle figurehead of 'trust' in the Sythe community as I once was. Looking back, I understand that lying to my customers was selfish, and not in the best interest of possibly preventing further damage in the community. I am sorry for lying to them both.

I documented this experience in a song if you wish to hear:


Happy Halloween

• Did you fully read and follow this sticky thread in the pardon section?: Yes
• Previous pardon link(s) if applicable: N/A