Meh, too many people saying they were respected a long time ago when most of them I don't even remember.
He was respected long before you joined the servers.
I haven't played with you much recently, but I remember you from some time ago and you were a very friendly and responsible person - I hope that hasn't changed and I'm glad to see you back on the servers.
I never had any experience like Deacon had, so I can't really comment on that. I'm just going to assume it was something that happened for some other reasons.