[Kyratio]

For all of the people hammering on the GM team for not providing complete logs of the entire situation, I think it's also important to note that not a single one of the ban appeals really shows any kind of contrition. In fact, some of them even go as far as throwing other members of the community under the bus.

Using excuses such as:
-The GMs were in the Discord and should have put a stop to it. (Already covered in Balthie's previous post.)
-Another ground (Hearth) was doing the same or worse.

Tells me that they either still don't understand their behavior was wrong or worse, simply don't care. It makes me think the bans should be extended until they've at least proven they won't be participating in the same behavior that got them banned initially.

It's also concerning to see the amount of people who say they have no idea what's really happening because of a lack of evidence while simultaneously saying the banned users are innocent. You can't have it both ways.

Absolutely. (To the bit about it being concerning.) The bans weren't unwarranted, at least for one. For the other three I can't speak whatsoever. I never really interacted with them much, or if I did, I didn't know I did. But, I imagine the admins at least had something to warrant such a response. The issue is while the admins are attempting to be transparent, even more so than usual in fact, a lot of these people who were banned are important figures in large groups of players in the community. So, rather than people just accepting the vaguely explained reasoning, people demand exact reason and proof because they are angry for their friends.