I have seen Taketheshot on multiple occasions. I have worked with them previously in the Staff team and they were on the CO council previously if my memory serves correctly. They definitely have more hours than me altogether when it comes to command. I don't see why denying Taketheshot would make sense on the sole basis of hours. If there are any other issues, I would understand but they have more hours, even if not on record than most people.
I applied with 20+ hours due to when playtimes got implemented and my change to the new Ckey. I don't see why Taketheshot would be kept at the gates just because he doesn't have the hours currently on record.
Purges were implemented for Players of old coming back and playing the role after not reading any changes. Reapplying for the WL means you will read the changes and make sure you are updated which Taketheshot most certainly will do.
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