[Jammin]

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but do ban request matter? if he can keep the server from falling into the abyss i feel like thats good enough. like being on call, being there, not just making a ban request to a group of trolls and most of the time he askes for help so they would make the ban request more likely than evan would.

The importance of ban requests revolves around evidence. If a moderator isn't on, a ban request is made to gather relevant evidence. As a test mod you have to be able to prove you can properly ban folks who need to be banned, and not ban where bans are not warranted. Because, once you are a mod, any bans you make are on you to defend.