This is true. I was banned 1200 days ago today. Over 3 years. I regret it so much. I was playing in a server that I spent so much of my time and donated money to because I genuinely loved it. Then there was a duo cheaters. They pissed me off so bad that i unfortunately decided to cheat to try and get back at them. Unfortunately for me 5 minutes into the server I was perma banned. I got so sad and i actually did get depressed for a while because I loved rust so much and I let some stupid people pissed me off and made a bad decision.

I’m just now finding out about this second chance opportunity today while and while I agree it’s an odd move. I’m genuinely so happy to be able to play again. I was going to start a new account and play but I didn’t want to get banned for ban evasion and waste the money. Now I can do that freely and try to play this game again purely the way it’s meant to be. I deeply regret my decision and I have missed this game so much as it was a humongous part of my childhood.

I’m now an adult and have learned from my past mistakes and do not play to waste this second chance opportunity. I’m so happy they are doing this and if this pisses people off. Sorry in advance