Why is it the majority of players manage their games through great adversity including all the ups and downs of real life without it causing them to allow their games to lapse into CD? I've been through marriage (wife agro) deaths in the family serious illness, hospitalizations, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, power outages, internet outages, two feet of snow, kids soccer games, birthday parties, graduations, should we even mention work or work related travel. I've never allowed a position in a game I was playing to go into CD. I don't buy the RL excuses used here. If life get's in the way, fine. Everyone needs to set their priorities, and Dip is far down the pole from family, health, work, etc. But why is it that most people manage these things and some cannot. It boils down to respect for the game and your fellow community members.
I count myself fortunate that I've been able to play on through adversity. However if I could not and wanted to re-enter a community that my actions had adversely affected, I would publically apologize, give a brief explanation of the circumstances, and ask forgiveness, while offering to prove my worthiness again. Why is this concept asking too much? Why is a guy that dumped multiple games being restored to top status in one day? I don't see where asking a player to serve a week or two of penance to prove that they are seriously committed to the hobby again, and doing some good service towards people that their failures let down in the past. And yes, I feel this way even in cases where the circumstances were absolutely understandable as to their CD. It's a re-entry process. Asking a gradual acceptance of reissued trust is not unreasonable.