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Just would ike to add that we just got off of spring break in the U.S., so we've had an uptick in new young players joining while they were off school, and has that probably contributed some to the unusually high ban and appeal rate as well. 

There's also been a recent uptick in griefers joining in packs (and to be clear, I am not referring to any groups who've been on the server for any length of time, here, or who have done anything constructive or tried to interact and make friends, even if some among them have had issues; I mean whole gaggles of guests who'll sign on together for no other reason except to cause damage and trouble.)  Players of that type tend not to appeal, but they definitely make for a large number of bans being announced in server chat.  Not sure what's been driving that trend, but I hope it passes quickly.