I really don't think the neg trust is hurting you all that much. You've picked up quite a few campaigns over the last 1-2 years. I see you self promoting in darn near every new opportunity that pops up. You're not going to get them all, I can tell you that from past experience. You can be the most popular person on this forum and still not get them all.
But because of this negative feedback it may have lowered his chances of getting more projects.
In my opinion this is likely why Royse brought up this topic for possibly to find a way to settled the situation like from negative rating to make it neutral. If I remember correctly Royse also gave JG a negative rating and as of now it has been removed.