In 3 weeks im leaving in romania, and i will can not play gmod for like 2 months, i just get mod rank and i don't wan't to lose it i hope tis dosn't afect me rank.
When i will by back i will have the normal activity.
It would be better to resign and apply again when you come back because 2 months is a long ass time and i dont think its worth keeping the rank for nothing when you can apply again.
Stop speaking about the demotion! It should be fine. Just do as many F1's as you can before you leave! Someone called Slayer went inactive for about half a year. So you should be fine