L-Ric, give him the benefit of the doubt, seriously.
I know alot of you have been pissed off with some of his topics/posts and one of his Patriotism topic about Macedonia, but the fact is he was new at the time, do you really believe it's easy at first to follow the rules? It takes time, and obviously, he's not been aware of most of rules, at least I don't think so. Right now, he's moved away from being a dick to a decent member, pretty much even you were once a dick as well, and many believed you were (This going back to 2006-2007 partially), especially when the warzone was back up.
And yes, even though his attitude has completely changed from a complete dick to a decent member in a short amount of time, doesn't that even show you someone is trying to improve? And yes, I see where the "Attention Whore" thing is coming from, really. I've experienced it back when the warzone was up, and really, many people got banned because of this. But this isn't someone who's Asking to be banned, this is someone who's trying to improve.
Moving aside from that, just give him a chance, and he'll kindly be nice and less arrogant to all of us. Making this topic did seem like a waste of time, but I assume he did it as a big apology to most of us he pissed off (Actually that's the point in this topic). So yeah, just give him a break.
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And L-Ric, never eat pizza in the morning. Trust me, I had it and seriously, had some... Problems.