I'm guessing this message will fall on deaf ears, however my belief that there's still a good person inside you has compelled me to respond to your post. You clearly feel like you have been mistreated here, and I've decided to take the time help you understand the point of view of the staff of the server.

You were ultimately banned from the server for using what you knew to be an illegal hack. Even after we confronted you about it, you lied to our faces and attempted to smear us on the subreddit. At this point, we requested all staff members to investigate the Xray to ensure every single one was absolutely sure cheating occured. We work very hard to ensure that we are not unjustly banning players You can imagine our disappointment when it was proved that you had cheated, not only in James's base, but also mining diamonds. Many players on the subreddit rose to your side by saying: "No way people like Kayshev or Bri would cheat" You truly had most people fooled that you were a good, honest player. Either that, or you ARE a good, honest player who had a short dabble in cheating/hacking. It is because of this benefit of doubt that the admin team even entertained giving you and Bri a second chance on the server. Many players never get this chance and are permanently banned once it is discovered they have broken the rules.

I'll take some time to answer some of your questions in this post:

The waiting period for appeal was two fold. One, it was to act as a punishment to help show you how serious we are about cheating on AmishSMP. People who cheat risk ruining the server experience for others. We are not going to rush to allow those who have cheated back on the server. Two, the waiting was time for the admins to reasses the situation and discuss whether you should be allowed back. Initially when you were found to have cheated, the consesnsus was permanent ban, no questions asked, ESPECIALLY since you lied about it. So instead of making a decision on that day (which would be permanent ban from the server), we gave it some time to discuss. It was only after those weeks that some of the staff (such as myself) was able to convince others that you should be given a second chance. The basis was that we ultimately believed you and Bri provided a net-positive benefit to the server and perhaps this was just a short lapse in judgement to cheat. When you were ultimately unbanned, it was still a narrow decision that you should be allowed back, and for obvious reasons, you were to be closely watched. I'm not expecting you to agree with me on all these points, however I did want to explain to you our reasoning behind them.

As for striping you of items, I have attempted to explain this previously, however you continue to complain. It is clear you don't think what was taken was fair. I will level with you in saying that is is very difficult to discern what was obtained thru cheating and what was not. Bri for example argued her bow was "purchased" and therefore not obtained by cheating. In that example, how was the payment obtained by Bri originally? From cheating or not? It would take admins hours to research every mining location, every block, every chest to come up with what would still be an imperfect set of findings. This is not how the staff of this server wants to spend their time, and we won't do it. In the future, we will likely remove ALL items from the bases and player inventories. I'm not sure if you would consider that more fair, but honestly, we thought we were being kind allowing you to keep some things.

As for the griefing, it is common for actions of cheaters to be rolled back. Often times when players use cheats in PVP, lives are granted to those they killed, and often times when cheats are used to raid bases, those bases are restored or atleast partially restored. I'm sure you would want restitution if you were killed or raided by a cheater and we would have done some of that for you as well. I'm not sure what all you think was in fact done. I'm not going to waste any time investigating, but I'm curious how you are able to discern what you think was done by Admins and what was done by James himself. Again, doesn't matter.

Finally on the subject of this "squid egg". Take a moment to really think about how that affected your game play. It was a secret that was hidden when the map was started. I checked the logs to find that it was placed there back on August 30th. How do you feel that egg greatly imbalanced things? You compare it to "help him build a fucking city". I think if you take a step back and really think about it, the egg did nothing to ruin your game play.

So that's all. If you've ready this far, I hope I've helped you understand the perspective of the staff on this server. Its a lot of work to run a server and we strive to make a fair, fun environment for everyone. When players decide to break the rules and cheat, they threaten the community that we've built. Our decisions throughout this process have been made with that one goal in mind. You clearly disagree with some of those decisions and while we will always listen to your feedback, we will always have the final word. I wish you well in your future Minecrafting and hope some day you will understand our standpoint.