[Ryan722]

Sorta surprisingly, I'm a +1 on this.

I was definitely supportive of you being banned especially after hitting 30 points (I think I issued the ban?). That said, it's been a pretty long time, and I actually believe that you're remorseful at least for the behavior that was harmful to other players. You've been in the community for a while, and I think a year away from the server suffices as punishment for now. You were a nuisance, but not ever really malicious that I can recall.

Also, I personally don't think ban evasion is that deep, or at least I don't think evading two months ago means your permaban should have no chance of being appealed now. Of course, not punishing ban evasion removes any incentive to not evade. But I don't think the one confirmed instance in your case means this should be an instant denial. If this gets accepted and there are future bans, and more instances of evasion, it would be worth taking more seriously.

Just to be clear, this is not an absolution of all the shit you did. Given that there's little precedent for appeals for 30-point bans, I think that a year is a good "time-out" length given the reasons for the warns and ultimate ban.

Speaking of no precedent, I don't know how I think the now expired warns should be handled if the ban is appealed. I certainly don't think a completely clean slate is the right move. Maybe a starting baseline of 15 points? A multiplier for future warns so that tolerance for rule breaking is a bit stricter? Not totally sure, but worth figuring out for this and future cases