I haven't always been on staff though have I? Look at almost every member of this staff has infractions on there profile from before they were staff. Not I though. Its really not that hard to follow simple rules. I always laugh, even now at some of the people in here as they post there infractions still bitching saying it wasn't justified. Its like....
"did you do what the infraction said you did?"
random user: "yeah but it was crap" or "I don't think it should be against the rules so I shouldn't have got one" or "I used to do it all the time and never got one before"
simple answer is, if its against the rules, don't do it! and if you do, don't bitch about getting an infraction over it, cause you knew it was against the rules, and if you didn't know it was against the rules then its still your fault because you obviously didn't take the time to learn the rules. Bottom line is the only one to blame for your infraction is yourself so don't bitch about it, just get over it.