The ban list.

[Crashlander04]

Pavja honestly, and realistically, even makes other x-rayers look good in comparison; it actually makes bans for 'ruining players experience' (AKA PvPing too well to be considered RP, and not obeying flimsy unofficial rules) look ridiculous.

Yus yus yus Don't compare pavja who was out to fuck up kiwike for revenge, to solitude who weren't doing anything wrong in the rule book but people got so angry that they started yelling until they got banned.

Don't feel like opening this can of worms again, but heaven fucking forbid that I, along with many others, actually wanted to be able to enjoy the server

As much as you had every right to enjoy the server, the rules never officially limited the endless use of PvP for RP reasons (which they did have contrary to popular belief).
I do fully agree Solitude should have been less violent and more apt to discussion for their goals (which were, everybody should accept, to conquer the world and gain revenge for conflicts they had taken part in), however much of the damage was caused by the ignorance or pride of the leadership of Promethia. The refusal to fight back against an RP enemy and constant threat, the further provocation and instigation of Solitude, and in many cases the complete denial of blatant RP reasoning did very well cause much of the damage.

They did raid constantly, but as was backed by their RP experiences and bakcground. Solitude, hypothetically was only fulfilling their attempted conquest and defeat of Promethia.

I remember a point at which Promethia was boasting of having over 40 members. Solitude had 4 dependable ones. The fact that Promethia's leadership could not gather enough strength to fight off four enemy invaders is, if anything, still more of a fault on themselves.

To deny reasonability to these claims that Solitude did attempt to RP is ignorant - several propositions and ultimatums were put forward by the warmongers as attempts to settle the matter (whether or not the general public liked or accepted them). It was only stated by unprecedented, arbitrary and vague rules that they were banned, as the ruining of player experience by overly active PvP (with RP reason)was never announced in any formal or fair manner to be against the rules in anything but an exaggerated case.

I don't want to start a flame war here. I'm just stating fair arguments from my perspective.